Telephone conversation # 8550, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 8/18/1965, 12:10PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 8550, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 8/18/1965, 12:10PM

Duration: (min: sec):

3:31

Reference No.:

8550

Description:

LBJ TEASES MCCONE ABOUT DIFFICULTY LOCATING HIM; MCCONE TELLS LBJ EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN ASKED HIM TO HEAD CALIFORNIA COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE WATTS RIOTS; LBJ DISCUSSES PROBLEMS NEGRO YOUTH FACE IN HOUSING, UNEMPLOYMENT, DRUGS, EDUCATION, DRAFT REJECTION

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; McCone, John A. (John Alex), 1902-1991

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:

JOHN MCCONE

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Business; Civil disorders; Civil rights; Crime and law enforcement; Defense; Education; Housing; Humor and mimicry; Investigations; Labor; Selective service; Urban affairs

Archivist's General Note:

"SUMMARIZED"; "NEW YORK CITY"; 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-08550

Date:

1965-08-18

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 8550, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 8/18/1965, 12:10PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed July 25, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-08550