Telephone conversation # 8510, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 8/5/1965, 11:47PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 8510, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 8/5/1965, 11:47PM

Duration: (min: sec):

10:19

Reference No.:

8510

Description:

DISCUSSION OF BRITISH STERLING CRISIS, POSSIBLE DEVALUATION OF UK POUND; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SITUATION, EFFECT ON US DOLLAR; NEED FOR BRITISH TO TAKE MORE EFFECTIVE STEPS BEFORE US ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE THEM; MARTIN CRITICIZES STATE DEPT ROLE

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Martin, William McChesney, Jr., 1906-1998

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:

WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN

Other Speaker(s):

OFFICE CONVERSATION

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Business; Diplomacy; Economics; International economic policy; Western Europe

Archivist's General Note:

"RE BRITISH POUND DEVALUATION"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS CALLER AS FREDERICK DEMING, TIME AND DATE AS 8/6/1965, 3:52P; CONTEXT OF CALL INDICATES CALLER IS MARTIN; TIME, DATE FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-08510

Date:

1965-08-05

Time Period:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 8510, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 8/5/1965, 11:47PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 27, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-08510