Telephone conversation # 12833, sound recording, LBJ and MENDEL RIVERS, 3/22/1968, 5:00PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 12833, sound recording, LBJ and MENDEL RIVERS, 3/22/1968, 5:00PM

Duration: (min: sec):

0:35

Reference No.:

12833

Description:

BRIEF PORTION OF CALL CONCERNING EXTENSION OF EARLE WHEELER AS CHAIRMAN OF JCS FOR ONE YEAR; RIVERS DISCUSSES HIS HIGH REGARD FOR CLARK CLIFFORD AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, DAMAGE DONE BY ROBERT MCNAMARA, SUPPORT FOR EARLE WHEELER

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970

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:

MENDEL RIVERS

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Appointments and nominations; Congressional relations; Defense; Legislation; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

"FROM BEDROOM 3-22-68"; "PAUL THINKS IT'S SEN RUSSELL AND CONG RIVERS MF"; "RE GETTING AN EXTENSION OF A YEAR FOR GEN. WHEELER TO CONTINUE AS CHAIRMAN OF JCS--"; "LISTENED TO-YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING BELT; PORTION OF CALL RECORDED ON #12832

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-12833

Date:

1968-03-22

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 12833, sound recording, LBJ and MENDEL RIVERS, 3/22/1968, 5:00PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed July 25, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-12833