Telephone conversation # 10770, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/14/1966, 10:20AM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 10770, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/14/1966, 10:20AM

Duration: (min: sec):

3:09

Reference No.:

10770

Description:

LBJ DISCUSSES AP STORY QUOTING HIGH-RANKING MILITARY OFFICER ON WASTE IN VIETNAM CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS; MCNAMARA SAYS HE CAUTIONED OFFICIALS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS FOLLOWING SIMILAR NYT STORY; POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY BY ESCAPED POW DIETER DENGLER

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 1

Speaker 2:

ROBERT MCNAMARA

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Congressional relations; Defense; Press relations; Procurement and disposal; Vietnam; Vietnam criticism

Archivist's General Note:

RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ IS APPARENTLY ON SPEAKERPHONE AND IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-10770

Date:

1966-09-14

Time Period:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 10770, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/14/1966, 10:20AM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed July 25, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-10770