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Telephone conversation # 13908, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 1/3/1969, 8:09AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
  • LONG SAYS HE THINKS HE WILL DEFEAT EDWARD KENNEDY FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP BY CLOSE MARGIN; DISCUSSION OF VOTES OF VARIOUS SENATORS; MIKE MANSFIELD'S POSSIBLE ABSTENTION; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S POLITICAL DEBT TO RFK, ANIMOSITY TOWARDS LBJ; WILLIAM
Telephone conversation # 9684, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/28/1966, 9:32AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 13902, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 1/1/1969, 1:03PM (Item)
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; LONG EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE THAT HE WILL WIN RACE FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP AGAINST EDWARD KENNEDY; LBJ WARNS LONG THAT HEAD COUNT LBJ DISCUSSED WITH HHH INDICATES KENNEDY WILL WIN; DISCUSSION OF COMMITMENTS OF VARIOUS SENATORS
Telephone conversation # 13906, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 1/2/1969, 10:50AM (Item)
  • LONG DISCUSSES VOTES HE HAS IN HIS RACE FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP AGAINST EDWARD KENNEDY; LBJ ENCOURAGES LONG TO CONTACT HIS SUPPORTERS AGAIN, DISCUSSES HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, PREJUDICE AGAINST SOUTHERNERS, EDMUND MUSKIE'S DECISION NOT TO RUN