Telephone conversation # 4799, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/7/1964, 1:40PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 4799, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/7/1964, 1:40PM

Duration: (min: sec):

5:46

Reference No.:

4799

Description:

DISCUSSION OF ED FOREMAN'S SPEECH ON HOUSE FLOOR CRITICIZING TIMING OF LBJ'S ADDRESS ON RETALIATORY STRIKES FOLLOWING TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; MCNAMARA LISTS POINTS JUSTIFYING DECISION TO MAKE ADDRESS; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO CALL CARL VINSON, CARL ALBERT

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

LBJ

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 1

Speaker 2:

ROBERT MCNAMARA

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Congressional relations; Defense; Diplomacy; Elections; National politics; Press relations; Public relations; LBJ speeches and statements; Vietnam

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-04799

Date:

1964-08-07

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Transcript:

Transcribed by LBJ's staff. Transcript not yet digitized.

Citation

Telephone conversation # 4799, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/7/1964, 1:40PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 11, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-04799