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Telephone conversation # 8600, sound recording, LBJ and MENDEL RIVERS, 8/21/1965, 5:41PM (Item)
  • BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; RIVERS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
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Telephone conversation # 8606, sound recording, LBJ and BUFORD ELLINGTON, 8/21/1965, 7:30PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JACK, MARY MARGARET, COURTENAY VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ALSO APPARENTLY PRESENT; MUSIC AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
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Telephone conversation # 8607, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY MCPHERSON, 8/21/1965, 7:30PM (Item)
  • "INADVERTENTLY RECORDED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LBJ IS MEETING WITH JACK, MARY MARGARET, COURTENAY VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ALSO APPARENTLY PRESENT; MUSIC AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
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Telephone conversation # 8657, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/27/1965, 10:56AM (Item)
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  • MOYERS REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON ABOUT POSSIBLE CANCELLATION OF LBJ'S TRIP TO RANCH; ITEMS FOR MOYERS' PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S SCHEDULE; CURRENT LEGISLATION; LACK OF PRESS COVERAGE OF PASSAGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION BILL; BIRTHDAY
Telephone conversation # 9039, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
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  • LBJ JOKES ABOUT RAMSEY CLARK'S OBJECTIONS TO APPOINTMENTS; DAVID BRESS; VETO MESSAGES; APPOINTMENT FOR ROMAN HRUSKA; REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADERSHIP; APPOINTMENT OF LADY BIRD'S COUSIN; PROSECUTION OF DRAFT DODGERS; RONNIE DUGGER; SHERMAN ADAMS; DONALD
Telephone conversation # 9899, sound recording, LBJ and STUART SYMINGTON, 3/18/1966, 3:35PM (Item)
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  • LLOYD HAND'S RESIGNATION AS CHIEF OF PROTOCOL, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF JAMES SYMINGTON; DUTIES OF PROTOCOL JOB; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SUPPORT FOR JAMES SYMINGTON; LBJ TEASES SYMINGTON ABOUT HIS HAT, TRIP THEY MADE TOGETHER; MOYERS' SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 9913, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 3/26/1966, 12:45PM (Item)
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  • DEFEAT OF EFFORT TO REQUIRE GEORGIA LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON REAPPORTIONMENT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S UPCOMING NATIONAL PARK TRIP; SANDERS DISCUSSES HOWARD CALLAWAY'S CAMPAIGN FOR GOV. AND ASKS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR CIRCUIT COURT VACANCY; GEORGIA POLITICS
Telephone conversation # 12706, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER MONDALE, 2/7/1968, 7:54AM (Item)
  • "FROM PAUL 2-8-68"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LBJ SPEAKS WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON BRIEFLY DURING CALL
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Telephone conversation # 11227, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 12/30/1966, 11:23AM (Item)
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  • LBJ'S, LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S MEETING WITH THOMAS DONAHUE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH SARGENT SHRIVER; QUESTION OF COMBINING COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS WITH WIRTZ AS HEAD; WH FELLOWS STUDY; JOHN CONNOR'S RESIGNATION; GEORGE MEANY'S VIEWS; UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
Telephone conversation # 11355, sound recording, LBJ and ALAN BOYD, 1/14/1967, 11:50AM (Item)
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  • BOYD DISCUSSES PROPOSED MERGER OF COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS, PROBLEMS THAT WILL BE FACED BY ACTING SECRETARIES; LBJ EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT MERGER, DISCUSSES OPPOSITION TO IT, HIS CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTEES; LBJ PRAISES BOYD'S MEETING WITH LADY BIRD
Telephone conversation # 10831, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 9/23/1966, 1:06PM (Item)
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  • MCCORMACK RELAYS INVITATION FROM ARCHBISHOP PATRICK O'BOYLE TO LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO ATTEND MASS FOR PEACE AT ST. MATTHEW'S CATHEDRAL IN WASHINGTON, DC, ON OCTOBER 4, 16 OR 23; LBJ ASKS MCCORMACK TO WORK ON UNNAMED LEGISLATION
Telephone conversation # 13602, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/26/1968, 11:47AM (Item)
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  • EVALUATION OF SPIRO AGNEW; POSSIBLE PERCEPTION LBJ IS ORDERING BOMBING HALT TO AFFECT ELECTION; GEORGIA POLITICS; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH FOR HHH; RUSSELL PRAISES LADY BIRD JOHNSON; LYNDON NUGENT; PEACE TALKS; INCREASED ENEMY CASUALTIES; CREIGHTON
Telephone conversation # 12201, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 9/11/1967, 4:28PM (Item)
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  • CATTLE SALES; LONG ASKS IF LADY BIRD JOHNSON CAN STOP IN MISSOURI ON UPCOMING TRIP; LYNDA BIRD'S ENGAGEMENT; MISSOURI POLITICS; RFK AND WARREN HEARNES; APPOINTMENT FOR DICK HOUTCHENS; HEARNES' CRITICISM OF LBJ; LBJ'S POPULARITY; LONG'S RE-ELECTION
Telephone conversation # 5218, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/26/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
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  • REQUEST THAT RFK SECOND LBJ'S NOMINATION; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO ATLANTIC CITY; HHH'S WH MEETING WITH LBJ; JOHN CONNALLY'S COMPLAINT ABOUT CONVENTION SECURITY; SEATS FOR ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, MFDP; "BULL" CONNOR; S 1451 VETO; RESPONSE TO AP 75
Telephone conversation # 6273, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 11/6/1964, 2:18PM (Item)
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  • ALBERT DISCUSSES SAM RAYBURN'S REFUSAL TO PURGE WILLIAM COLMER FROM RULES COMMITTEE IN 1961 AS PRECEDENT FOR DENYING DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIVILEGES TO JOHN BELL WILLIAMS; 1964 RETURNS COMPARED TO 1960; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S AND HHH'S OKLAHOMA CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5873, sound recording, LBJ and JACK BROOKS, 10/10/1964, 9:49PM (Item)
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  • CARPENTER ASKS ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S BEAUMONT TRIP; EDITORIALS BY UNIDENTIFIED NEWSPAPER; LBJ'S TEXAS CAMPAIGN STOPS, POLITICAL SITUATION; BROOKS' SPEECH TO TEXAS LABOR MEETING; LBJ GREETS UNIDENTIFIED MALE
Telephone conversation # 10019, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 4/5/1966, 5:10PM (Item)
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  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIPS; LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO MEXICO, YARBOROUGH'S TO AUSTRALIA; TEXAS APPOINTMENTS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENTS OF J. R. PARTEN, JAY TAYLOR, PRICE DANIEL; COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE; EDUCATION, HEALTH SPENDING; REDUCTION OF GOVT
Telephone conversation # 10412, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 7/15/1966, 9:31PM (Item)
  • OFFICE SECRETARY TELLS LBJ LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS WAITING FOR HIM ON TRUMAN BALCONY WITH GUESTS; CONVERSATION BETWEEN LBJ, OFFICE SECRETARY IS FOLLOWED BY 1:50 MACHINE NOISE; RECORDING OF FOWLER STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN AND ENDS BEFORE
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Telephone conversation # 12202, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 9/19/1967, 5:30PM (Item)
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  • MILLS SUGGESTS ORVILLE FREEMAN ANNOUNCE MILK MARKETING ORDER DURING TRIP TO MIDWEST WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON; LBJ DISCUSSES BUDGET CONCERNS, EFFECT OF ORDER ON MILK PRICES; EFFORTS TO CUT FEDERAL BUDGET TO MATCH PROPOSED TAX INCREASE; APPROPRIATIONS
Telephone conversation # 12507, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/17/1967, 4:07PM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 12/18/67"; "RELATIVE TO PR. MINISTER HOLT'S DEATH & LEGISLATION 8:55AM"; "RE CHAS. ENGELHARD"; "RE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS & LEGISLATION" ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ; DATE AND TIME FROM DAILY
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Telephone conversation # 12915, transcript, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 4/10/1968, 2:27PM (Item)
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  • LBJ MENTIONS LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S RECENT TRIP TO TEXAS, ASKS FOR YARBOROUGH'S VIEWS ON APPOINTMENT OF MARVIN WATSON AS POSTMASTER GENERAL; YARBOROUGH SAYS HE WILL SUPPORT NOMINATION BUT TEXAS LABOR MIGHT OBJECT BECAUSE OF WATSON'S TIES TO LONE STAR
Telephone conversation # 13552, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/16/1968, 4:40PM (Item)
  • "B.4(B) AND B.5"; "LOCAL", "SUMMARIZED-YB" AND LENGTHY NOTE ON CONTENTS WRITTEN ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; LBJ IS MEETING WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT RECORDING
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Telephone conversation # 11911, transcript, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 6/21/1967, 2:03PM (Item)
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  • AIKEN CONGRATULATES LBJ ON BIRTH OF HIS GRANDSON PATRICK LYNDON, HANDLING OF MIDDLE EAST CRISIS; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; SOVIET CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S RECENT TRIP TO VERMONT; LBJ JOKES ABOUT HIS GRANDSON'S