Telephone conversation # 8302, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/2/1965, 8:41AM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 8302, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/2/1965, 8:41AM

Duration: (min: sec):

8:49

Reference No.:

8302

Description:

LBJ TELLS MCNAMARA HE IS DEPRESSED ABOUT VIETNAM PROPOSALS, ASKS IF THERE IS ANY ASSURANCE US CAN WIN; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BACKING FOR GREATER COMMITMENT; MCNAMARA ADVOCATES CONSULTING CONGRESS; RUSK'S VIEWS; CURRENT MILITARY SITUATION; ENEMY BODY COUNT

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:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

See Also:

Collection highlight

Subject:

Congressional relations; Defense; Diplomacy; Public relations; Vietnam; Vietnam criticism

Archivist's General Note:

"FROM BEDROOM" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 7/14/1965, 6:15P; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES TIME AND DATE ARE 7/2/65, 8:41A; MUSIC AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; PREVIOUSLY OPENED IN PART ON TAPE SO.02; 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-08302

Date:

1965-07-02

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 8302, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/2/1965, 8:41AM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed July 25, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-08302