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  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH HHH AT TIME OF CALL
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT HHH'S RESPONSIBILITIES AS VP; LBJ TELLS PITTSBURGH MAYOR BARR THAT HE IS PLANNING TO CHOOSE HHH AS VP NOMINEE AND THAT HE MIGHT GO TO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION TONIGHT
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5236, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH M. BARR, 8/26/1964, 6:10PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • "(BLUR)"; "ORLANDO SENTINEL"; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE SMATHERS AT TIME OF CALL, SMATHERS ALSO SPEAKS WITH ANDERSEN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; LBJ DISCUSSES CATTLE PRICES, CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT FOOD PRICES; LBJ, SMATHERS THANK ANDERSEN FOR HIS RECENT EDITORIAL, ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ; HOUSTON POST, KANSAS CITY STAR ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5403, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN ANDERSEN, 9/1/1964, 10:12AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH KEN O'DONNELL AT TIME OF CALL
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT RFK AND NEW YORK SENATE RACE; REEDY ASKS PERMISSION TO ANNOUNCE LBJ'S PARTICIPATION IN CHRISTENING OF SHIP, USS CASIMIR PULASKI
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 4903, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/13/1964, 10:32AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL: DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE MAHON AT TIME OF CALL; WALTER JENKINS IS ALSO APPARENTLY WITH LBJ, MAHON
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON POVERTY BILL; ANDERSON RECOMMENDS LBJ APPOINT CHAIRMAN OF FEDERAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR ALASKA; DISCUSSION OF RIBICOFF AMENDMENT TO KING-ANDERSON MEDICARE BILL; ANDERSON EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR HHH AS VP NOMINEE
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 4665, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 8/4/1964, 11:12AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ PUTS CARTER ON HOLD BRIEFLY DURING CALL; LBJ IS POSSIBLY MEETING WITH WALTER HELLER AT TIME OF CALL
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT BUSINESS; DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS PRESS STORIES ON SUPPORT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AMONG LABOR GROUPS, FOR RFK AS VP NOMINEE, POSSIBLE STRATEGIES FOR HANDLING ISSUE; PRESS LEAK TO MARY MCGRORY
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 4319, sound recording, LBJ and CLIFF CARTER, 7/23/1964, 12:40PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ELMO ROPER AT TIME OF CALL
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN SOUTH; BUNDY REPORTS THAT HHH TOLD MARTIN AGRONSKY THIS MORNING ABOUT US COMMUNICATIONS WITH USSR ON VIETNAM; POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF PRESS LEAK; HHH'S STATEMENT TO PRESS ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACKS
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 4775, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/6/1964, 1:29PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE MEANY AT TIME OF CALL
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT HHH'S PRESS LEAKS ABOUT EVENTS SURROUNDING TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; JONES TELLS LBJ HIS CONSCIENCE DICTATES THAT HE VOTE FOR POVERTY BILL DESPITE POSSIBLE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES; LBJ THANKS JONES, ASSURES HIM OF HIS SUPPORT
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 4802, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT JONES, 8/7/1964, 2:24PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MIKE MANSFIELD AT TIME OF CALL
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; WAGNER ASKS LBJ ABOUT SELECTION OF ED WEISL, SR., AS NEW YORK NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN; WAGNER'S STATEMENT ON RFK; RFK'S ANNOUNCEMENT AS NEW YORK SENATE CANDIDATE, WITHDRAWAL AS MASSACHUSETTS
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5070, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/21/1964, 11:32AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH MIKE MANSFIELD AT TIME OF CALL
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN; DISCUSSION OF CHARLES ENGELHARD HEADING US DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5079, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/21/1964, 12:00PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH RICHARD NELSON AT TIME OF CALL
  • RUSK REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH MIKE MANSFIELD ABOUT CHARLES ENGELHARD'S MEMBERSHIP ON US DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY, REPORTS THAT DRAFT OF DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM CIRCULATED BY JOSEPH CLARK IS EARLY DRAFT, NOT CURRENT TEXT; PRESS
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5087, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/21/1964, 12:55PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • "RE:CONVENTION"; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT RECENT POLL ON WHITE BACKLASH; LBJ ASKS ENGELHARD TO HEAD DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY; ENGLEHARD IS AT DOUGLAS DILLON'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION; LBJ PRAISES DILLON, REMINISCES ABOUT ENGLEHARD'S HELP IN 1960
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5106, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES ENGELHARD, 8/21/1964, 7:35PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ SPEAKS TO JACK VALENTI IN MIDDLE OF CONVERSATION; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 6391, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/18/1964, 9:25AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH FRANK STANTON AT TIME OF CALL; HE IS ALSO APPARENTLY MEETING WITH WALTER JENKINS
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS; LBJ TELLS LADY BIRD JOHNSON HE IS BRINGING WALTER JENKINS, HIS WIFE AND SISTER AND OTHERS FOR DINNER, TEASES HER ABOUT PRESS LEAKS ON DINNER INVITATIONS
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5636, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 9/21/1964, 7:56PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5640, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/23/1964, 12:00PM
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5651, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/24/1964, time unknown
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5657, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/24/1964, 12:45PM
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5660, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/24/1964, time unknown
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • "1ST PART WALTER JENKINS - DO NOT TRANSCRIBE"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL ABOUT DELAYS IN HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCE
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5553, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 9/9/1964, 4:47PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH JACK VALENTI? BEFORE AND DURING CALL
  • DISCUSSION OF LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN ONLY SERVE 30 DAYS BEFORE A PERMANENT APPOINTEE MUST BE NAMED; FORTAS REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH HHH ON NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; JAMES ROWE; JOHN BYRNES AND MGIC
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5448, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/3/1964, 11:30AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5453, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/3/1964, 11:58AM
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5458, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/3/1964, 11:58AM
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; LBJ DISCUSSES REPAIR WORK WITH SOMEONE DURING CONVERSATION; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7353, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 4/20/1965, 7:54AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 6746, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 1/28/1965, 4:00PM?
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION BETWEEN LBJ AND HHH IS RECORDED; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH WILLIAM FULBRIGHT AND HARRY MCPHERSON AT TIME OF CALL
  • OFFICE SECRETARY GREETS HHH, THEN BUZZES LBJ; IN OFFICE CONVERSATION LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR FULBRIGHT? TO CONSULT WITH DEAN RUSK, RUSK'S POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES, RFK'S OPPOSITION TO RUSK, PRESS CRITICISM OF RUSK
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 8411, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 7/28/1965, 6:59PM?
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • "#18"; BROWN ON HOLD 1:40; OFFICE CONVERSATION AMONG TELEPHONE OPERATORS WHILE CALL IS CONNECTED; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 773, sound recording, PIERRE SALINGER and EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN, 12/27/1963, time unknown
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SECRETARIES AND TELEPHONE OPERATORS
  • SEVERAL SECRETARIES AND OPERATORS INVOLVED IN PLACING CALL; 2:48 PAUSE BEFORE CONNECTION IS MADE; RECORDING STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF CONVERSATION; WH OPS LOGS SHOW CALLS WITH BROWN AT 4:32P AND 5:00P
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 1164, sound recording, PIERRE SALINGER and EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN, 1/2/1964, time unknown
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • TELEPHONE OPERATOR
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY; ANDERSON IS IN NEW MEXICO; LBJ ASKS OPERATOR FOR A BETTER CONNECTION, AND END OF CONVERSATION IS NOT RECORDED; LBJ TALKS WITH RUSSELL LONG WHO IS MEETING WITH HIM AT TIME OF CALL
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 2310, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 3/2/1964, 12:46PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • TELEPHONE OPERATOR
  • DICTABELT PREVIOUSLY MISFILED; RECORDING OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN LBJ AND SMATHERS IS INTERRUPTED BRIEFLY BY RECORDING OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN OFFICE SECRETARY AND OPERATOR; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 4603, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/1/1964, 11:00AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 4298, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/21/1964, 3:29PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • DISCUSSION OF RFK, VP NOMINATION; LBJ REPORTS ON CONVERSATIONS WITH SOUTHERN, BORDER, MIDWESTERN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS; PENNSYLVANIA LABOR SUPPORT FOR RFK; MIDWEST DEFENSE CONTRACTS; OTTO KERNER'S ROLE AT CONVENTION; WAR ON POVERTY PROGRAMS
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 4336, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/25/1964, 10:01AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 6142, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 11/3/1964, 11:55PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • TELEPHONE OPERATORS
  • "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; 1:15 ELAPSES BEFORE CALL IS CONNECTED; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 6174, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 11/4/1964, 12:46PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5895, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 10/15/1964, 9:12AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • TELEPHONE OPERATOR
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH OFFICE SECRETARY WHILE LBJ IS ON HOLD, WAITING FOR CALL TO VANCE TO BE PLACED
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 6405, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 11/18/1964, 8:40PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5630, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/21/1964, 6:55PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • "? 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
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL, DURING CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH DAVID DUBINSKY, JACK VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL; VALENTI PLACES CALL TO O'DONNELL, THEN HANDS TELEPHONE TO LBJ
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5602, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 9/18/1964, 7:24PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 6611, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/14/1964, 11:30AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; QUILL ON HOLD 4:40; OFFICE CONVERSATION AMONG TELEPHONE OPERATORS? PRECEDES CALL
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 6131, sound recording, LBJ and DAN QUILL, 11/3/1964, 6:31PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7323, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/7/1965, 9:17AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings