Telephone conversation # 6847, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY TRUMAN, 2/15/1965, 10:35PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 6847, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY TRUMAN, 2/15/1965, 10:35PM

Duration: (min: sec):

4:59

Reference No.:

6847

Description:

LBJ AND TRUMAN DISCUSS VIETNAM, COMPARE IT TO KOREAN CONFLICT; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT LETTER HE SENT TO TRUMAN FOLLOWING OUTBREAK OF KOREAN WAR; TRUMAN PRAISES LBJ'S HANDLING OF EVENTS; LBJ INVITES TRUMAN TO COME TO WH TO MEET WITH HIM; TRUMAN'S ILL HEALTH

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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:

HARRY TRUMAN

Other Speaker(s):

OFFICE CONVERSATION

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

See Also:

Collection highlight

Subject:

Congressional relations; Defense; East Asia and the Pacific; LBJ reminiscences; Pre-Presidential; Presidency; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

"SUMMARIZED"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-06847

Date:

1965-02-15

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 6847, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY TRUMAN, 2/15/1965, 10:35PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 28, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-06847