Telephone conversation # 12722, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 2/19/1968, 12:17PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 12722, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 2/19/1968, 12:17PM

Duration: (min: sec):

3:31

Reference No.:

12722

Description:

EISENHOWER DISCUSSES CABLE HE HAS RECEIVED FROM SCIENTISTS ABOUT USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS STORIES ON MATTER, CONFUSION CAUSED BY SCIENTISTS' VISIT TO VIETNAM TO STUDY BARRIER SYSTEM, MINES

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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:

DWIGHT EISENHOWER

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

See Also:

Collection highlight

Subject:

Arms control and disarmament; Congressional relations; Defense; Diplomacy; National politics; Presidency; Press relations; Southeast Asia; Vietnam; Vietnam criticism

Archivist's General Note:

"NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MINES & TYPES OF WARFARE USED IN VN"; "LISTENED TO BY YB", "TRANSCRIBED IN FULL YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-12722

Date:

1968-02-19

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 # 12722, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 2/19/1968, 12:17PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 08, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-12722