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  • Subject > First Lady (remove)
  • Specific Item Type > Telephone conversation (remove)
  • Subject > Congressional relations (remove)
  • Date > 1965-11-12 (remove)
  • Contributor > Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 (remove)

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Telephone conversation # 9159, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 11/12/1965, 10:35AM (Item)
  • "RE HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE SENATE"; "POTUS COMPLIMENTED HIM HIGHLY"; LBJ PUTS BYRD ON HOLD BRIEFLY WHILE HE TRIES TO LOCATE LADY BIRD JOHNSON WHO ALSO WANTS TO SPEAK WITH BYRD BUT SHE IS NOT AVAILABLE
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  • LBJ EXPRESSES HIS AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S ADMIRATION OF BYRD, SAYS HE REGRETS BYRD'S DECISION TO RETIRE FROM SENATE BUT HOPES HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY HARRY BYRD, JR; BYRD THANKS LBJ FOR CALL, ASKS ABOUT LBJ'S RECOVERY FROM GALL BLADDER SURGERY