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Telephone conversation # 13416, sound recording, LBJ and HALE BOGGS, 9/25/1968, 5:08PM

BOGGS PRAISES BAREFOOT SANDERS, REQUESTS LBJ WRITE LETTERS PRAISING BOGGS' AND CHARLIE DAVIS' SERVICE ON DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM COMMITTEE, ASKS THAT ALAN BOYD CONSULT BOGGS ABOUT ALLOCATION OF HIGHWAY FUNDS FOR LOUISIANA; LBJ SAYS HE MIGHT VETO FARM…

Telephone conversation # 13415, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/23/1968, 9:37AM

GEORGE BALL'S RESIGNATION AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN TO WORK IN HHH CAMPAIGN; SALE OF PHANTOM JETS TO ISRAEL; VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; BASE AGREEMENT WITH SPAIN; BRIEFINGS FOR CANDIDATES; EFFECT OF CAMPAIGN ON FOREIGN POLICY; GEORGE KENNAN; HENRY…

Telephone conversation # 13414, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 9/12/1968, 5:16PM

LBJ ASKS CLARK TO CONSIDER TEACHING AFTER ADMINISTRATION ENDS; ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION; WAYNE MORSE'S RE-ELECTION; LBJ DISCUSSES STRATEGY FOR CONFIRMING FORTAS, NEED TO CHALLENGE ROBERT GRIFFIN'S OPPOSITION TO FORTAS, PARTISAN NATURE OF OPPOSITION

Telephone conversation # 13413, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 9/12/1968, 5:16PM

ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION HEARINGS; QUESTION OF LBJ INVOKING EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S LAGGING SUPPORT FOR FORTAS; APPOINTMENT OF UNNAMED ACADEMIC TO DOJ ANTITRUST JOB; EDWIN WEISL, JR.; LBJ TEASES CLARK ABOUT WALKING TO WORK; CLARK'S…

Telephone conversation # 13412, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 9/12/1968, 5:02PM

LONG SAYS HE ANSWERED STEPHEN YOUNG'S REMARKS IN SPEECH LONG MADE DENOUNCING DRAFT EVADERS AND PROTESTORS AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO; LBJ'S SPEECH AT AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION; LBJ SAYS HE WILL READ LONG'S SPEECH TOMORROW

Telephone conversation # 13411, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM S. WHITE, 9/9/1968, 12:24PM

POSSIBLE SPEECH BY LBJ AT AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; CALLS FOR VIETNAM BOMBING HALT BY ARTHUR GOLDBERG, MIKE MANSFIELD; ENEMY SHELLING OF DANANG; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' VIEWS ON NEED FOR BOMBING; VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

Telephone conversation # 13410, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 9/7/1968, 10:14AM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF DALEY'S INVESTIGATION OF CHICAGO RIOTS DURING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; RAMSEY CLARK'S INVESTIGATION OF RIOTS

Telephone conversation # 13409, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 9/7/1968, 10:14AM

INVESTIGATION OF CHICAGO RIOTS DURING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE; BUGGING BY PRESS; COMMUNIST ROLE IN VIETNAM PROTESTS; RAMSEY CLARK'S VIEWS OF RIOTS; ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY; POSSIBLE USE OF OEO FUNDS BY PROTESTORS

Telephone conversation # 13408, sound recording, LBJ and SOL TAISHOFF, 9/6/1968, 7:27PM

BIASED PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF REX LEE TO FCC; DAVID SARNOFF'S HEALTH; LEE'S WORK ON EDUCATIONAL TV IN AMERICAN SAMOA; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT HIS FIRST MEETING WITH TAISHOFF

Telephone conversation # 13407, sound recording, LBJ and SOL TAISHOFF, 9/6/1968, 7:27PM

TAISHOFF'S HEALTH; LBJ ASKS TAISHOFF'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO FCC, DISCUSSES CANDIDATES: JOSEPH BORKIN, JOHN CRISWELL, REX LEE; QUESTION OF LBJ FILLING VARIOUS VACANCIES, NOT NEW PRESIDENT; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

Telephone conversation # 13406, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 9/6/1968, 2:47PM

GOLFING; MUSKIE ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ; SITUATION IN EASTERN EUROPE; CHARLES ROBB'S EXPERIENCE IN VIETNAM; US OFFER TO STOP ALL BOMBING IF ENEMY WILL STOP INFILTRATION, ROCKETING OF DMZ; PRIVATE TALKS IN PARIS; POPE PAUL'S PEACE EFFORTS; PAUL…

Telephone conversation # 13405, sound recording, LBJ and MARSHALL MCNEIL, 9/5/1968, 6:04PM

MCNEIL EXTENDS INVITATION FROM GRIDIRON CLUB TO LBJ AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO A PRIVATE DINNER HONORING LBJ; LBJ THANKS MCNEIL BUT SAYS HE DOES NOT LIKE SUCH DINNERS, WILL HAVE HEAVY SCHEDULE; MCNEIL EMPHASIZES RARITY OF GRIDIRON CLUB INVITATIONS TO…

Telephone conversation # 13403, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/2/1968, 3:57PM

DREW PEARSON'S COLUMN ON CHOICE OF HALE BOGGS, NOT EDMUND MUSKIE, TO HEAD DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM COMMITTEE; LBJ DISCUSSES HOW CONVENTION ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE, NEGOTIATIONS ON VIETNAM PLATFORM PLANK; FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFING FOR CONGRESSIONAL…

Telephone conversation # 13402, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/2/1968, 3:57PM

DISCUSSION OF UNHAPPINESS OF UNIDENTIFIED MALE WITH DIVISIONS WITHIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY; MARKS ASKS ABOUT LBJ'S VISIT TO LBJ RANCH, WISHES HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY; TODAY'S DREW PEARSON COLUMN ON CHOICE OF HALE BOGGS TO HEAD DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM…

Telephone conversation # 13401, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 9/2/1968, 10:10AM

DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATING TACTICS AT VIETNAM PEACE TALKS IN PARIS; LBJ ASKS FOR NEW PROPOSALS; PEACE EFFORTS BY POPE PAUL, GOVT OF NORWAY; LBJ SUGGESTS MEETING WITH ADVISERS AT CAMP DAVID TO PROBE FOR IDEAS FOR PROPOSALS

Telephone conversation # 13355, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/31/1968, 9:30AM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE COMMUNIST INVOLVEMENT IN RIOTS AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO AND IN RIOTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; NIXON ASKS FOR MEETING WITH LLEWELLYN THOMPSON ABOUT CZECHOSLOVAKIA CRISIS

Telephone conversation # 13354, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/31/1968, 9:30AM

LBJ READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON EASTERN EUROPE; ANATOLY DOBRYNIN'S MEETING WITH DEAN RUSK; NIXON ASKS ABOUT CURRENT SITUATION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, POLAND AND POSSIBLE COMMUNIST INVOLVEMENT IN CHICAGO RIOTS; PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL…

Telephone conversation # 13353, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/31/1968, 9:18AM?

HHH DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC VIETNAM PLATFORM AND HIS STATEMENT TO PRESS ABOUT NEED FOR HHH, NIXON TO MAINTAIN UNITY ON VIETNAM POLICY DURING CAMPAIGN; LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE JOINT STATEMENT BY NIXON, HHH ON VIETNAM TO BE RELAYED TO HANOI AT PARIS PEACE…

Telephone conversation # 13352, sound recording, JIM JONES and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/30/1968, 10:35PM

JONES SAYS LBJ IS OUT AT DINNER, OFFERS TO LOCATE HIM; HHH SAYS THAT IS NOT NECESSARY; JONES SAYS LBJ LIKED HHH'S SPEECH LAST NIGHT; HHH SAYS HE HAS TALKED WITH JOHN CRISWELL, ASKS JONES TO RELAY HHH'S AND MUSKIE'S GREETINGS; PRESS COVERAGE OF…

Telephone conversation # 13351, transcript, JIM JONES? and DEAN RUSK, 8/30/1968, 10:25PM

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RUSK FOLLOWS UP HIS REPORT ON TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (ANATOLY DOBRYNIN) ON SOVIET INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND RUMORS OF INVASION OF ROMANIA; RUSK SAYS HE ALSO WARNED DOBRYNIN THAT ANY MOVE AGAINST BERLIN WOULD BE OF GRAVEST POSSIBLE CONCERN TO…

Telephone conversation # 13350, transcript, JIM JONES? and DEAN RUSK, 8/30/1968, 10:15PM

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RUSK REPORTS ON TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (ANATOLY DOBRYNIN) IN WHICH DOBRYNIN REAFFIRMED SOVIET POSITION ON CZECHOSLOVAKIA, DISCOUNTED RUMORS THAT USSR WOULD INVADE ROMANIA; RUSK SAYS HE EMPHASIZED TO DOBRYNIN SERIOUSNESS OF US VIEWS ON CZECH…

Telephone conversation # 13348, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN BAILEY, 8/30/1968, 2:45PM

LBJ THANKS BAILEY FOR HIS SERVICE TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SAYS HE IS DISTRESSED ABOUT BAILEY'S RESIGNATION AS DNC CHAIRMAN; LARRY O'BRIEN'S APPOINTMENT AS NEW DNC CHAIRMAN, HHH'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER; PRESS REPORTS OF DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT CONVENTION…

Telephone conversation # 13347, sound recording, LARRY TEMPLE and GEORGE M. BUSH, 8/30/1968, 9:40AM

TEMPLE ASKS COL. BUSH FOR INFORMATION ABOUT GRADUAL WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS FROM CHICAGO, TELLS BUSH THAT LBJ WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH HOW HIS ORDER FOR TROOP DEPLOYMENT WAS CARRIED OUT, SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT REPETITION DURING WITHDRAWAL

Telephone conversation # 13346, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 8/29/1968, 8:57PM

POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION OF RIOTS AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO; ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY, PROVOCATIVE ACTS BY ANTIWAR ACTIVISTS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT FEDERAL AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATION, ASKS ABOUT ANTIWAR ORGANIZERS

Telephone conversation # 13345, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 8/29/1968, 8:57PM

LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION OF RIOTS AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO, EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT RIOTS IN OTHER CITIES; DELOACH SAYS FBI IS INVESTIGATING SEVERAL CASES, MENTIONS J. EDGAR HOOVER'S UPCOMING TESTIMONY

Telephone conversation # 13344, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/29/1968, 7:31PM

LBJ PRAISES DALEY FOR HIS WORK AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; DALEY SAYS HE IS SORRY LBJ DID NOT ATTEND CONVENTION; LBJ DENOUNCES PRESS COVERAGE OF RIOTING, CONVENTION; LBJ TELLS DALEY TO READ PRESS REPORT OF LIZ CARPENTER'S SPEECH TO DEMOCRATIC…

Telephone conversation # 13343, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 8/29/1968, 7:19PM

LBJ CONGRATULATES MUSKIE ON RECEIVING DEMOCRATIC PARTY VP NOMINATION, THANKS HIM FOR HIS WORK ON DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM; LBJ OFFERS HIS SUPPORT AND HELP; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ALSO OFFERS HER SUPPORT

Telephone conversation # 13342, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 8/29/1968, 7:12PM

LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WHAT HE FEELS IS POLITICALLY BIASED NEWS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, PARTICULARLY BY WALTER CRONKITE, CBS, NBC, SAYS INTERVIEWS ARE ONLY CONDUCTED WITH PEOPLE FROM NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA

Telephone conversation # 13341, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/29/1968, 4:16PM

HHH SAYS HE HAS CHOSEN EDMUND MUSKIE AS VP NOMINEE; LBJ SAYS HE WILL NOT COME TO CONVENTION TONIGHT BECAUSE IT WILL NOT HELP HHH, BUT HE WILL DO ANYTHING HE CAN TO ASSIST HHH'S CAMPAIGN

Telephone conversation # 13340, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 8/29/1968, 3:56PM

LBJ PRAISES FREEMAN'S WORK AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; FREEMAN EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT RIOTING; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT TV COVERAGE; APPOINTMENT OF LARRY O'BRIEN AS HHH'S CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR; FREEMAN'S FUTURE IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY OR CABINET; VP…

Telephone conversation # 13339, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/29/1968, 2:31PM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SELECTION OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY VP NOMINEE

Telephone conversation # 13337, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/29/1968, 11:45AM

LBJ REPORTS ON FBI CHECKS ON POSSIBLE VP NOMINEES, EMPHASIZES NEED FOR LOYALTY, EVALUATES HIS TOP CHOICES: EDMUND MUSKIE, FRED HARRIS, DANIEL INOUYE, TERRY SANFORD, CARL SANDERS; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE KENNEDYS AND ABOUT LARRY O'BRIEN AS DNC…

Telephone conversation # 13334, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 8/29/1968, 11:29AM

CLARK REPORTS ON FBI BACKGROUND CHECKS OF POSSIBLE VP NOMINEES EDMUND MUSKIE, FRED HARRIS, DANIEL INOUYE; LBJ ASKS CLARK'S EVALUATION OF THOSE THREE AND TERRY SANFORD, CARL SANDERS; RIOTS IN CHICAGO AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; PRESS COVERAGE OF…

Telephone conversation # 13333, sound recording, LBJ and TERRY SANFORD, 8/29/1968, 11:08AM

LBJ PRAISES SANFORD'S WORK AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; LBJ SAYS HE WILL WORK FOR PEACE IN VIETNAM, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR SANFORD AS VP NOMINEE, SUGGESTS SANFORD SERVE IN CABINET IF ORVILLE FREEMAN OR OTHER CABINET MEMBER RESIGNS