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Telephone conversation # 10650, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/28/1966, 6:06PM?

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 10650, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/28/1966, 6:06PM?

Duration: (min: sec):

1:29

Reference No.:

10650

Description:

LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S ADVICE ON RESPONSE TO PRESS REPORT THAT VIETNAM TROOP STRENGTH SHOULD BE INCREASED TO 600,000; SOURCE OF REPORT; WILLIAM WESTMORELAND'S CURRENT TROOP REQUEST TO JCS; MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS LBJ SAY HE HAS RECEIVED NO SUCH REQUEST

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

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Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

LBJ

Speaker 2:

ROBERT MCNAMARA

Location of Speaker 1:

LBJ Ranch, near Stonewall, Texas

Subject:

Defense; Press relations; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TEXAS WH OPS LOGS FOR 8/28/1966 LIST CALL WITH MCNAMARA AT 6:06P; WASHINGTON, DC WH OPS LOGS LIST CALL WITH MCNAMARA AT 8:04P BUT THESE MAY BE SAME CALL BECAUSE OF TIME ZONE DIFFERENCE

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-10650

Date:

1966-08-28

Location(s):

Texas

Time Period:

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