Telephone conversation # 12714, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/14/1968, 7:53AM
Duration: (min: sec):
3:02
Reference No.:
12714
Description:
MCNAMARA REPORTS TWO US PLANES PROBABLY VIOLATED CHINESE AIRSPACE WHEN THEY WENT OFF COURSE OVER HAINAN ISLAND, ONE PLANE HAS BEEN SHOT DOWN, DISCUSSES PAST INCIDENTS; LBJ ASKS FOR DETAILS ON INCIDENT, US REACTION, DEBRIEFING OF PILOT WHO LANDED AT DANANG
Contributor:
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009
Collection:
Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
Defense; Diplomacy; East Asia and the Pacific; Vietnam
Archivist's General Note:
"LOSS OF PLANE TO CHINESE FIGHTS OFF OF HY-NAN--PLANE MOVING FROM PHILIPPINES TO ONE OF CARRIERS ON GULF OF TONKIN APPARENTLY VIOLATED HY-NAN AIR SPACE..."; DATE, TIME AND "LISTENED TO YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT
Rights:
Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description
Restriction:
A (National Security)-SANITIZED
Specific Item Type:
Telephone conversation
Type:
Audio
Format:
Dictation belt
Identifier:
tel-12714
Date:
1968-02-14
Location(s):
Washington, DC
Time Period:
Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)
Transcript:
Transcribed by LBJ's staff. Transcript not yet digitized.
Citation
Telephone conversation # 12714, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/14/1968, 7:53AM,
Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings,
LBJ Presidential Library,
accessed April 26, 2024,
https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-12714
