Telephone conversation # 5605, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 7:36PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 5605, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 7:36PM

Duration: (min: sec):

3:37

Reference No.:

5605

Description:

FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH EARLE WHEELER AND CYRUS VANCE, MCNAMARA REPORTS ON EVENTS IN TONKIN GULF AND RECOMMENDS THAT PREPARATIONS FOR RETALIATORY ATTACK IN CURRENT DAYLIGHT HOURS BE CANCELED, WH OR DOD ISSUE STATEMENT TOMORROW, PATROLS IN GULF CONTINUE

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 2

Speaker 2:

ROBERT MCNAMARA

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Defense; Press relations; Vietnam

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-05605

Date:

1964-09-18

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 5605, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 7:36PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 05, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-05605