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  • Time Period > Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969) (remove)
  • Subject > White House administration (remove)
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  • Contributor > McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009 (remove)

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Telephone conversation # 8001, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and GEORGE BALL, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 8001, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and GEORGE BALL, 5/20/1965, time unknown
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Telephone conversation # 5600, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 6:26PM (Item)
  • "? MCGEO. BUNDY" WRITTEN ON SLIP AND "6:26 F SECY. ROBT. MCNAMARA" CROSSED OUT, BUT CONVERSATION IS WITH MCNAMARA, NOT BUNDY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • UPDATE ON LATEST ALLEGED ATTACK IN TONKIN GULF; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INTERFERENCE ON TELEPHONE LINES, EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT ATTACK; MELVIN LAIRD'S CHARGE THAT FEDERAL WORKERS ARE USED FOR POLITICAL TASKS; TOM GATES' CRITICISM OF MCNAMARA'S
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5600, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 6:26PM
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Telephone conversation # 8000, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and GEORGE BALL, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • "[TELEPHONE] WHITE 1255"; MCNAMARA ON HOLD 0:55; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 8000, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and GEORGE BALL, 5/20/1965, time unknown
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Telephone conversation # 412, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/11/1963, 2:45PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • #2"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ TALKS WITH UNIDENTIFIED MEN (BILL MOYERS AND JACK VALENTI?) ABOUT EDITING STATEMENTS, KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF HIS OFFICE; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 412, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/11/1963, 2:45PM
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Telephone conversation # 5975, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/27/1964, 2:39PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH JACK VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5975, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/27/1964, 2:39PM
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Telephone conversation # 8147, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/17/1965, 3:25PM (Item)
  • "1) RE UPI TICKER #120 ON VNAM RE PRESIDENT'S DECISION 'TO ESCALATE WAR'"; "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; TICKER TAPE AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 8147, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/17/1965, 3:25PM
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Telephone conversation # 8166, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/21/1965, 12:05PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; RECORDING IS BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED BY CALL FROM UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE TO FEHMER, ASKING FOR DATES FOR JOHN LEWIS AND JAMES "FORMAN" (FARMER?) OF SNCC VISIT
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 8166, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/21/1965, 12:05PM
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Telephone conversation # 11553, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/18/1967, 8:30AM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 11553, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/18/1967, 8:30AM
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Telephone conversation # 3358, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/8/1964, 5:50PM (Item)
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 3358, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/8/1964, 5:50PM
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Telephone conversation # 6471, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/24/1964, 7:20AM (Item)
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 6471, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/24/1964, 7:20AM
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Telephone conversation # 6607, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/9/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 6607, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/9/1964, 11:50AM
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Telephone conversation # 9313, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/8/1965, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 9313, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/8/1965, 10:55AM
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Telephone conversation # 10107, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1966, 8:26AM (Item)
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 10107, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1966, 8:26AM
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Telephone conversation # 10533, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/2/1966, 5:00PM (Item)
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 10533, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/2/1966, 5:00PM
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Telephone conversation # 11559, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/20/1967, 5:20PM (Item)
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 11559, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/20/1967, 5:20PM
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Telephone conversation # 9680, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/28/1966, 7:50AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • VERY BRIEF PORTION OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN LBJ AND UNIDENTIFIED MALE PRECEDES CALL; RECORDING OF MCNAMARA CALL STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY WITH UNIDENTIFIED DOCTOR DURING CALL; TV AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; CONTINUES ON NEXT
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 9680, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/28/1966, 7:50AM
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Telephone conversation # 9681, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/28/1966, 7:50AM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND DURING CONVERSATION; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 9681, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/28/1966, 7:50AM
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Telephone conversation # 9167, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/13/1965, 8:51AM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; ROBERT MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH JOSEPH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; MCNAMARA, CALIFANO ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 9167, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/13/1965, 8:51AM
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