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Telephone conversation # 4677, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/4/1964, 12:30PM

DISCUSSION OF INVESTIGATIVE REPORT; SMATHERS REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE TODAY ON KING-ANDERSON MEDICARE BILL, RIBICOFF AMENDMENT; IN COMMITTEE SMATHERS EMPHASIZED LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR MEDICARE, SUGGESTED STRATEGY FOR HANDLING BILL

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Telephone conversation # 4678, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 8/4/1964, 1:01PM

LBJ ASKS FELDMAN TO LOOK INTO EVERETT DIRKSEN'S BILL TO HAVE SUPREME COURT-ORDERED REAPPORTIONMENT OF STATE LEGISLATURES DELAYED UNTIL AFTER TWO REGULAR SESSIONS OF LEGISLATURES HAVE BEEN HELD; LBJ'S CONCERN IT WILL BE ATTACHED AS RIDER TO VITAL BILL

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Telephone conversation # 4679, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 8/4/1964, time unknown

LBJ ASKS FELDMAN, LEE WHITE TO MEET WITH NEGRO DOCTORS FROM NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; LBJ IS SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS OVER MEDICARE, CIVIL RIGHTS BUT CAN ONLY MEET BRIEFLY BECAUSE OF NSC MEETING ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK

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Telephone conversation # 4681, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 5:09PM

MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ THAT PRESS HAS BROKEN STORY ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, LEAK ALLEGEDLY CAME FROM CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE; MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS DOD ISSUE PRESS STATEMENT ON ATTACK, REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH DOUGLAS DILLON ON US RESPONSE, EFFORTS TO REACH RFK

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Telephone conversation # 4682, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/4/1964, 5:15PM

LBJ INVITES MAHON TO WH, ASKS IF HE SPOKE WITH ANYONE ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACK BECAUSE PRESS STORIES INDICATE LEAK CAME FROM CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE; MAHON DISCUSSES SPESSARD HOLLAND, CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR COTTON RESEARCH

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Telephone conversation # 4683, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/4/1964, 5:15PM

DISCUSSION OF SPESSARD HOLLAND, FEDERAL BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR COTTON RESEARCH; MIKE MANATOS

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Telephone conversation # 4684, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 8/4/1964, time unknown

LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO KERMIT GORDON OR ELMER STAATS, BOTH OF WHOM ARE UNAVAILABLE; WHILE LBJ IS ON HOLD, OFFICE SECRETARY TELLS LBJ THAT LOUIS SELTZER IS ON HOLD FOR HIM

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Telephone conversation # 4685, sound recording, LBJ and LOUIS SELTZER, 8/4/1964, 5:21PM

SELTZER ASKS LBJ TO MAKE STATEMENT BY TELEPHONE DURING DEDICATION OF CLEVELAND'S NEW PUBLIC HALL ON AUGUST 28; LBJ ASKS SELTZER TO SEND DETAILS TO HIS APPOINTMENTS SECRETARY; SELTZER PRAISES LBJ FOR HIS ACTIONS AS PRESIDENT

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Telephone conversation # 4686, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 5:26PM

SECRETARY ASKS IF LBJ WANTS TO RETURN JOHN SWEETERMAN'S CALL, ANNOUNCES REEDY; REEDY CONVEYS PRESS REQUEST TO BRING IN LIVE TV RECORDERS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAK, DISCUSSES ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING ON TONKIN GULF…

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Telephone conversation # 4687, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 8/4/1964, 5:28PM

ADMINISTRATION POLICY ON GIVING BUDGET ESTIMATE INFORMATION TO CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES; SPESSARD HOLLAND'S REQUEST FOR USDA BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR COTTON RESEARCH; HEW REQUEST FOR HILL-BURTON APPROPRIATION FOR COMMUNITY HOSPITALS; LISTER…

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Telephone conversation # 4688, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 8/4/1964, time unknown

LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO BE PREPARED TO PLACE CALL TO UNIDENTIFIED PERSON (BARRY GOLDWATER) IN BALBOA, CALIFORNIA

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Telephone conversation # 4690, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/4/1964, 5:50PM

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACK; RUSK RECOMMENDS EITHER HE OR LBJ CALL CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER LESTER PEARSON; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO CALL HIM

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Telephone conversation # 4691, sound recording, LBJ and CLAUDE DESAUTELS, 8/4/1964, 5:51PM

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK; LBJ ASKS DESAUTELS ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON OFF-THE-RECORD MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, ARRANGEMENTS FOR NOTIFYING CONGRESSMEN; EVERETT DIRKSEN

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Telephone conversation # 4692, sound recording, LBJ and OLIN JOHNSTON, 8/4/1964, 6:00PM

JOHNSTON TELLS LBJ THAT FEDERAL PAY BILL HAS PASSED BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS; DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULING SIGNING CEREMONY; JOHNSTON TELLS LBJ HE HAS TOLD PRESS HE WILL VOTE FOR LBJ, EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF VOTERS' FEAR OF WAR AS CAMPAIGN ISSUE

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Telephone conversation # 4693, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 8/4/1964, 8:01PM

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACK; DELOACH INFORMS LBJ THAT THREE BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN MISSISSIPPI, PRESUMABLY OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; LBJ ASKS FBI TO DELAY PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL AFTER FAMILIES HAVE BEEN CONTACTED

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Telephone conversation # 4694, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 8/4/1964, time unknown

LBJ TELLS WHITE THAT THREE BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN MISSISSIPPI, PRESUMABLY OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, ASKS WHITE TO CONTACT FAMILIES OF JAMES CHANEY, MICHAEL SCHWERNER, ANDREW GOODMAN

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Telephone conversation # 4696, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 8/4/1964, time unknown

WHITE REPORTS ON STATUS OF CALLS TO FAMILIES OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; LBJ INSTRUCTS WHITE TO HAVE FBI PROCEED WITH PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT IF FAMILIES ARE NOT REACHED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE INFORMATION WILL LEAK WHEN BODIES ARE MOVED

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Telephone conversation # 4698, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 8/4/1964, 8:35PM

DISCUSSION OF PLANS FOR THE EVENING

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Telephone conversation # 4699, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 8:36PM

OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS IF SHE SHOULD PLACE CALL TO GEORGE MAHON; REEDY ASKS IF PRESS CAN SET UP EQUIPMENT FOR TV COVERAGE OF LBJ'S STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK IN FISH ROOM, ASKS IF HE CAN HAVE LBJ'S STATEMENT MIMEOGRAPHED

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Telephone conversation # 4700, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/4/1964, 8:38PM

LBJ DISCUSSES MIXUP IN ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEETING ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, BRIEFS MAHON ON MEETING, US RETALIATORY ACTION, POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, MIKE MANSFIELD'S OPPOSITION; OPPOSITION TO POVERTY BILL IN MAHON'S DISTRICT, TEXAS DELEGATION'S…

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Telephone conversation # 4701, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 8/4/1964, 8:47PM

LBJ ASKS WHITE IF HE HAS INFORMED FBI THEY MAY ISSUE PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BODIES OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS HAVE BEEN FOUND; WHITE REPORTS ON CALLS TO THEIR FAMILIES; LBJ ASKS HIM TO CALL OGDEN REID, WILLIAM RYAN, ASKS WHITE TO REVIEW…

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Telephone conversation # 4703, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/4/1964, 9:02PM

LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN IF ROBERT "FATS" EVERETT WILL RETURN TO VOTE FOR POVERTY BILL; LOBBYING EFFORTS OF NAM, FARM BUREAU AGAINST BILL; GOVERNOR'S VETO AMENDMENT; HEAD COUNT; POSSIBLE EFFECT OF TONKIN GULF ATTACKS ON VOTE; TIMING OF LBJ'S ADDRESS ON…

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Telephone conversation # 4704, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 8/4/1964, time unknown

LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO GOV. PAUL JOHNSON IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

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Telephone conversation # 4706, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 9:15PM

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON DELAY OF AIRCRAFT LAUNCH IN RETALIATORY RAID FOLLOWING TONKIN GULF ATTACKS, RECOMMENDS DELETION OF SENTENCE ON TARGETS FROM LBJ'S STATEMENT; EFFORTS TO REACH GOLDWATER; LBJ QUESTIONS WHETHER TIMING OF ADDRESS WILL ENDANGER US…

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Telephone conversation # 4707, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 9:24PM

DISCUSSION OF NOTIFYING PRESS ABOUT LBJ'S STATEMENT ON US RESPONSE TO TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; DELETION OF REFERENCES TO BARRY GOLDWATER FROM SPEECH

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Telephone conversation # 4708, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/4/1964, 9:27PM

DISCUSSION OF CONFLICTING REPORTS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ROBERT "FATS" EVERETT WILL RETURN TO VOTE FOR POVERTY BILL; LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN TO TALK TO MOYERS DIRECTLY ABOUT THE REPORTS

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Telephone conversation # 4709, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HUGHES, 8/4/1964, 9:31PM

LBJ ASKS HUGHES ABOUT RIOTING IN NEW JERSEY; HUGHES REPORTS ON SITUATION, QUESTIONS SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR RINGLEADERS; LBJ OFFERS FEDERAL HELP; DISCUSSION OF VP NOMINATION, CAMPAIGN, BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ, DEFECTION OF LABOR VOTE DUE TO WHITE…

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Telephone conversation # 4710, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 8/4/1964, time unknown

LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH

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Telephone conversation # 4711, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL JOHNSON, 8/4/1964, 9:35PM

DISCUSSION OF DISCOVERY OF BODIES OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI; LBJ DISCUSSES TONKIN GULF ATTACKS, HIS BUSY DAY, THANKS JOHNSON FOR HIS COOPERATION; JOHNSON ASKS LBJ ABOUT HIS HEALTH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SCHEDULE, UPCOMING…

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Telephone conversation # 4712, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 8/4/1964, 9:40PM

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH RICHARD HUGHES ON NEW JERSEY RIOTING, WITH PAUL JOHNSON ABOUT DISCOVERY OF BODIES OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI; LBJ ASKS ABOUT DETAILS OF DISCOVERY

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Telephone conversation # 4713, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 8/4/1964, 9:40PM

FURTHER DISCUSSION OF DISCOVERY OF BODIES OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI; LBJ ASKS ABOUT PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATION OF GEORGIA INCIDENT; DELOACH REPORTS THAT THEY HAVE TWO SUSPECTS, BOTH KKK MEMBERS

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Telephone conversation # 4714, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/4/1964, 10:02PM

RUSK RECOMMENDS LBJ DELAY MAKING STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF ATTACKS UNTIL AFTER MISSION IS ACCOMPLISHED IN ORDER TO PROTECT US FORCES, AVOID CONFUSION; LBJ RELAYS MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATION THAT LBJ MAKE STATEMENT WITHOUT REFERENCE TO SPECIFIC TARGETS

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Telephone conversation # 4715, sound recording, LBJ and BARRY GOLDWATER, 8/4/1964, 10:06PM

LBJ READS GOLDWATER HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON US RESPONSE TO TONKIN GULF ATTACKS, DISCUSSES TIMING OF STATEMENT TO AVOID ENDANGERING US FORCES; GOLDWATER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S ACTIONS

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Telephone conversation # 4716, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/4/1964, 10:23PM

LBJ REPORTS ON STATUS OF TONKIN GULF RETALIATORY MISSION, THANKS MCCORMACK FOR SUPPORT; POSSIBLE EFFECT OF TONKIN GULF ATTACKS ON POVERTY BILL VOTE; RUSSELL TUTEN; REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO POVERTY BILL; DISCOVERY OF BODIES OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS…

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Telephone conversation # 4718, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 8/4/1964, 11:59PM

LBJ APOLOGIZES FOR LATENESS OF CALL; HARRIMAN SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS RFK'S FUTURE, DEMOCRATIC PARTY SITUATION IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK; LBJ WILL SET UP MEETING; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO SYRACUSE, STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF ATTACKS

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Telephone conversation # 4719, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/5/1964, 10:52AM

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON US LOSSES, RESULTS OF RETALIATORY MISSION FOLLOWING TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA ABOUT HIS PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH

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Telephone conversation # 4720, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 8/5/1964, time unknown

LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALLS TO GEORGE SMATHERS AND ROBERT SIKES

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Telephone conversation # 4721, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/5/1964, 2:20PM

REACTIONS TO LBJ STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF; KING-ANDERSON MEDICARE BILL; VOTES OF CHARLES BENNETT, PAUL ROGERS ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ OFFERS ASSURANCE OF HIS SUPPORT IF THEY VOTE FOR BILL; ROBERT SIKES' STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF; SEATING OF PIERRE…

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Telephone conversation # 4722, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/5/1964, 2:26PM

LBJ ASKS ABOUT DEPLOYMENT OF MILITARY SUPPORT FORCES FROM ABILENE, TEXAS; LBJ INSTRUCTS MCNAMARA TO CONSIDER REDUCTIONS IN DEFENSE FACILITIES IN ABILENE AND SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA; OMAR BURLESON; ANTI-CATHOLIC SENTIMENT IN ABILENE

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Telephone conversation # 4723, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/5/1964, 2:30PM

O'BRIEN REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO GET VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; RULES COMMITTEE VOTE TO SEND IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL TO CONFERENCE; RETURN OF TENNESSEE DELEGATION FOR POVERTY BILL VOTE; LABOR'S LOBBYING EFFORTS; O'BRIEN PRAISES LBJ'S STATEMENT ON TONKIN…

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