Telephone conversation # 13580, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/23/1968, 9:20AM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 13580, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/23/1968, 9:20AM

Duration: (min: sec):

12:40

Reference No.:

13580

Description:

CURRENT STATUS OF VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, BOMBING HALT; NEED TO BRIEF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; LBJ'S CABLE TO CREIGHTON ABRAMS; LOU HARRIS' CONTACT WITH SOVIETS; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR HHH BUT HIS CONCERNS ABOUT POLITICAL CRITICISM

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994; Reynolds, James J,

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:

DEAN RUSK

Other Speaker(s):

JAMES REYNOLDS; UNIDENTIFIED MALE

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978; Communist bloc; Congressional relations; Defense; Diplomacy; Elections; National politics; Press relations; Texas politics; USSR and Eastern Europe; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

"RE PEACE MOVES, INSTRUCTIONS FOR HARRIMAN--GENERAL DISCUSSION OF CURRENT SITUATION"; "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; CONCURRENT RECORDINGS OF PART OF REF #13577 AND OF ANOTHER CALL PRECEDE RECORDING OF RUSK CONVERSATION

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-13580

Date:

1968-10-23

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

Transcribed by LBJ's staff. Transcript not yet digitized.