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Telephone conversation # 8328, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 7/9/1965, time unknown

LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALLS TO SECRETARY OR UNDERSECRETARY OF TREASURY, READS TICKER WHILE CALL IS PLACED; OPERATOR TELLS LBJ BOTH MEN ARE UNAVAILABLE; LBJ ASKS HER TO CALL DIXON DONNELLEY INSTEAD, WHO IS ALSO UNAVAILABLE

Telephone conversation # 8327, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SCHULTZE, 7/9/1965, 2:15PM

LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS ON ESTIMATED FEDERAL BUDGET AND ON BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; TREASURY AND COMMERCE DEPTS AS POSSIBLE SOURCE OF LEAKS; DISCUSSION OF SIZE OF FEDERAL DEFICIT, INCREASED TAX REVENUES, EXCISE TAX BILL, INCREASED NET BUSINESS…

Telephone conversation # 8326, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/9/1965, 2:00PM

ANNOUNCING APPOINTMENT OF CONSTANCE MOTLEY TO COURT OF APPEALS WITHOUT LEAKING APPOINTMENT OF THURGOOD MARSHALL; APPOINTMENTS OF ANTHONY CELEBREZZE TO CIRCUIT COURT AND OF NEW HEW SECRETARY; LBJ ASKS KATZENBACH TO PREPARE STATEMENT ON VOTING RIGHTS…

Telephone conversation # 8325, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 7/9/1965, 1:00PM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT KITCHEN AS HEAD OF STATE DEPT BUREAU OF EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS; FULBRIGHT ASKS TO MEET KITCHEN; LBJ ASKS FULBRIGHT WHEN HE WILL HOLD HEARINGS ON SIX AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS

Telephone conversation # 8324, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 7/9/1965, 1:00PM

FULBRIGHT'S CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT KITCHEN AS HEAD OF STATE DEPT BUREAU OF EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS; FULBRIGHT'S PERSONAL INTEREST IN BUREAU; KITCHEN'S RESUME; CARL ROWAN'S RESIGNATION AS USIA DIRECTOR; LACK OF NEGROES IN STATE…

Telephone conversation # 8322, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 7/9/1965, 11:35AM

LBJ ASKS MARKS TO SERVE AS USIA DIRECTOR; DEPUTY DIRECTOR, VOICE OF AMERICA VACANCIES; COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE PROGRAM; MARKS' RESUME; LBJ TELLS MARKS HE WANTS TO ANNOUNCE APPOINTMENT IMMEDIATELY; THURGOOD MARSHALL'S APPOINTMENT AS SOLICITOR…

Telephone conversation # 8321, sound recording, LBJ and JUANITA ROBERTS, 7/9/1965, 10:00AM

ROBERTS TELLS LBJ THAT HE TALKED WITH HENRY CABOT LODGE ON MARCH 24 AND MARCH 25, 1965, BUT ONLY MARCH 25 CALL WAS RECORDED AND THAT CALL IS BEING TRANSCRIBED NOW; LBJ TELLS ROBERTS TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION TO BILL MOYERS

Telephone conversation # 8320, sound recording, LBJ and JUANITA ROBERTS, 7/9/1965, 8:56AM

LBJ ASKS ROBERTS IF THERE IS A RECORDING OF HIS TELEPHONE CALL WITH HENRY CABOT LODGE IN APRIL OR MAY 1965 WHEN LODGE AGREED TO RETURN AS AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH VIETNAM, TELLS HER HE NEEDS EXACT DATE OF CONVERSATION AND WHAT WAS SAID

Telephone conversation # 8319, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/8/1965, 5:35PM

LBJ TELLS MCNAMARA TO DISCUSS VIETNAM POLICY WITH SOMEONE (GERALD FORD?) WHO IS APPEARING ON "TODAY SHOW" TOMORROW; MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT THE PRESIDENT'S CONSULTANTS ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS SUPPORT INCREASE IN US COMMITMENT; LBJ'S MEETING TODAY WITH GROUP

Telephone conversation # 8317, sound recording, MCGEORGE BUNDY and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 7/8/1965, time unknown

BUNDY ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALLS TO SENATORS FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN, KUCHEL, AND HICKENLOOPER AND TELLS HER TO HAVE THEM HOLD FOR HIM

Telephone conversation # 8316, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 7/8/1965, 4:35PM

LBJ ASKS BUNDY TO CALL SENATORS FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, KUCHEL, AND HICKENLOOPER AND TELL THEM HE HAS APPOINTED BILL MOYERS AS WH PRESS SECRETARY

Telephone conversation # 8315, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/8/1965, 1:19PM

LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S EVALUATION OF CANDIDATE FOR USIA DIRECTOR; DEPUTY DIRECTOR, VOICE OF AMERICA VACANCIES; BILL MOYERS' APPOINTMENT AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH CALIFANO OR ADAM YARMOLINSKY TO WH STAFF; WH DOMESTIC POLICY…

Telephone conversation # 8313, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 7/7/1965, 8:05PM

MLK PRAISES LBJ'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL; LBJ OFFERS TO SEND MLK COPIES OF SPEECH, ASKS MLK TO CALL ROY WILKINS TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR BILL, TELLS MLK TO CALL LEE WHITE IF LBJ IS NOT AVAILABLE

Telephone conversation # 8312, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 7/7/1965, 8:05PM

MLK DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL, EFFORTS TO REGISTER NEGROES; POLL TAX ISSUE; NEED TO RE-BUILD SUPPORT FOR BILL; MLK DISCUSSES INACCURATE PRESS INTERPRETATION OF HIS RECENT STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM

Telephone conversation # 8311, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 7/7/1965, 8:05PM

MLK CALLS TO EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT MCCULLOUGH SUBSTITUTE FOR VOTING RIGHTS BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES SOUTHERN, REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION; POLL TAX ISSUE; DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HOUSE, SENATE BILLS; NEAR DEFEAT OF RENT SUBSIDY PROVISION OF HOUSING BILL; HOWARD…

Telephone conversation # 8308, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES MONTGOMERY, 7/7/1965, 6:26PM

FATHER JAMES MONTGOMERY APOLOGIZES WHEN CALL IS CONNECTED TO LBJ, EXPLAINS HE WAS CALLING FOR LUCI JOHNSON, ASKS HOW SHE IS DOING; LBJ TELLS MONTGOMERY THAT LUCI IS FINE, PRAISES HER, ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO TRANSFER MONTGOMERY TO LUCI

Telephone conversation # 8307, sound recording, LBJ and THURGOOD MARSHALL, 7/7/1965, 1:30PM

LBJ ASKS MARSHALL TO ACCEPT APPOINTMENT AS SOLICITOR GENERAL; IMPORTANCE OF HAVING NEGRO AS GOVT'S TOP TRIAL LAWYER; EFFECT OF APPPOINTMENT OF NEGRO ON US IMAGE ABROAD; EXPERIENCE MARSHALL WILL GAIN AS SOLICITOR GENERAL, POSSIBLE FUTURE APPOINTMENT

Telephone conversation # 8306, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 7/7/1965, 1:25PM

LBJ ASKS DUBINSKY ABOUT DREW PEARSON STORY REPORTING ALEX ROSE WAS OFFENDED THAT LBJ DID NOT CALL HIM ABOUT JOHN LINDSAY AND NYC MAYORAL RACE; DUBINSKY REASSURES LBJ HE ACTED CORRECTLY; LBJ THANKS DUBINSKY FOR HIS ACTIONS AT RECENT CONVENTION IN…

Telephone conversation # 8305, sound recording, UNIDENTIFIED MALE and MARIE FEHMER, 7/2/1965, time unknown

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (KEN GADDIS?) ASKS FEHMER IF MEETING HAS STARTED YET

Telephone conversation # 8303, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 7/2/1965, 11:02AM

EISENHOWER ASKS LBJ'S HELP IN HAVING WRIGHT PATMAN HOLD HEARINGS ON BANK MERGER BILL; LBJ ASKS EISENHOWER'S ADVICE ON VIETNAM; POSSIBLE INCREASE IN GROUND TROOPS, CALL-UP OF RESERVES, NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION; AIR CAMPAIGN, INCREASED INFILTRATION

Telephone conversation # 8302, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/2/1965, 8:41AM

LBJ TELLS MCNAMARA HE IS DEPRESSED ABOUT VIETNAM PROPOSALS, ASKS IF THERE IS ANY ASSURANCE US CAN WIN; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BACKING FOR GREATER COMMITMENT; MCNAMARA ADVOCATES CONSULTING CONGRESS; RUSK'S VIEWS; CURRENT MILITARY SITUATION; ENEMY BODY…

Telephone conversation # 8301, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 7/1/1965, 9:55AM

MOYERS REPORTS ON HIS LUNCH WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY; BUNDY'S RECENT SPEECHES; LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS CONTACTS WITH BUNDY, OTHER WH STAFF; RFK; MOYERS ADVOCATES MORE CANDOR WITH PRESS; LBJ DISCUSSES JACK VALENTI'S RECENT SPEECH, LBJ'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS…

Telephone conversation # 8223, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 6/30/1965, 7:38PM

GEORGE WOODS' DRAFT CABLE TO PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENT AYUB KHAN ON FOREIGN AID TO PAKISTAN, POSSIBLE STATE VISIT; LBJ REITERATES HIS WISH TO POSTPONE VISIT, DECISION ON FOREIGN AID TO PAKISTAN; PRESS LEAKS

Telephone conversation # 8222, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 6/30/1965, 7:38PM

MANN REPORTS ON GEORGE WOODS' DRAFT CABLE TO PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENT AYUB KHAN ON FOREIGN AID TO PAKISTAN, POSSIBLE STATE VISIT BY AYUB

Telephone conversation # 8221, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/30/1965, 7:35PM

PRESS HANDLING OF MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS TO VIETNAM?; TODAY'S MEETING ON VIETNAM (WITH EISENHOWER?); LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO TALK WITH RFK ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ EXPRESSES DOUBTS ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO CURRENT POLICY; MCNAMARA REMINISCES ABOUT BAY OF…

Telephone conversation # 8220, sound recording, LBJ and WRIGHT PATMAN, 6/30/1965, 7:10PM

LBJ CONGRATULATES PATMAN ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF HOUSING BILL, ASKS PATMAN TO CONTACT PUBLIC HOUSING LOBBY ABOUT THEIR OPPOSITION TO RENT SUPPLEMENTS; STOCK MARKET RISE; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT HIS SUPPORT OF AUSTIN PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT, PRAISES MARVIN…

Telephone conversation # 8219, sound recording, LBJ and MARSHALL MCNEIL, 6/30/1965, 7:06PM

MCNEIL PRAISES HALE BOGGS' HANDLING OF HOUSE VOTE ON HOUSING BILL, SUGGESTS LBJ CALL HIM; LBJ TELLS MCNEIL HE HAD ALREADY CALLED BOGGS AND MCCORMACK TO CONGRATULATE THEM AND HAS MET WITH LOUISIANA GOV. MCKEITHEN; PUBLIC HOUSING LOBBY'S OPPOSITION

Telephone conversation # 8218, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 6/30/1965, 7:01PM

CONFIRMATION OF JAMES COLEMAN TO 5TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS; KATZENBACH'S TALK WITH DREW PEARSON ABOUT APPOINTMENT; COLEMAN'S PAST REMARKS ON SEGREGATION; TIMING OF CONFIRMATION HEARINGS, HOUSE VOTE ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL; DANNY KAYE VISIT

Telephone conversation # 8216, sound recording, LBJ and HALE BOGGS, 6/30/1965, 6:55PM

LBJ CONGRATULATES BOGGS ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF HOUSING BILL; SHIFTS IN FINAL VOTE COUNT; LBJ ASKS ABOUT EFFECT OF FEAR OF INTEGRATION ON BILL; PUBLIC HOUSING LOBBY

Telephone conversation # 8215, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 6/30/1965, 6:15PM

LBJ CONGRATULATES MCCORMACK ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF HOUSING BILL, ASKS MCCORMACK TO TELL CARL ALBERT, HALE BOGGS HE IS PROUD OF THEM; FINAL VOTE COUNT; INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT?

Telephone conversation # 8214, sound recording, LBJ and PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER, 6/30/1965, 4:51PM

GEN. WILLIAM WISMAN REPORTS ON NUMBER OF US, SOUTH VIETNAMESE FORCES COMMITTED TO OPERATION IN (PHU BON?) VIETNAM, NUMBER OF AIR STRIKES AND CASUALTIES THERE; WISMAN FURTHER REPORTS ON ONE US CASUALTY, US PLANES DAMAGED AND DESTROYED AT DA NANG AIR…

Telephone conversation # 8213, sound recording, LBJ and PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER, 6/30/1965, 4:15PM

GEN. WILLIAM WISMAN AT PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER BRIEFS LBJ ON MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM, US FORCES

Telephone conversation # 8212, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/30/1965, 3:50PM

RUSK REPORTS THAT HE, MCNAMARA WILL REVIEW POLICY ON ARMY FOREIGN POLICY STUDIES LIKE PROJECT CAMELOT, ALSO TELLS LBJ THAT EISENHOWER'S LETTER TO WINSTON CHURCHILL WAS PUBLISHED IN HIS BOOK, NOT LEAKED BY STATE, WH; EISENHOWER'S SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM…