Highlights from LBJ's Telephone Conversations:
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Citation No. |
Speaker |
Date |
Time |
Tape Number and PNO |
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3856 |
Everett Dirksen |
6/23/64 |
6:00P |
WH6406.14/23 |
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3859 |
Everett Dirksen |
6/23/64 |
6:22P |
WH6406.15/2 |
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LBJ discuss Kaskaskia River Project and excise taxes. |
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3810 |
Charles Halleck |
6/22/64 |
6:24P |
WH6406.12/13 |
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Halleck wants recess for Republican Convention, LBJ wants Poverty Bill. |
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3659 |
Karl Mundt |
6/09/64 |
4:55P |
WH6406.04/13 |
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Mundt will vote for cloture on civil rights. LBJ denies that he arm-twists. |
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2957 |
Larry O'Brien |
4/09/64 |
5:21P |
WH6404.06/15 |
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Types of people to invite to Cotton-Wheat Farm bill signing. |
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2985 |
Ralph Dungan |
4/10/64 |
12:30P |
WH6404.07/24 |
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LBJ's evaluation of Adam Clayton Powell. |
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3422 |
Sargent Shriver |
5/13/64 |
2:45P |
WH6405.05/15 |
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Aid to parochial schools. |
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3428 |
Larry O'Brien |
5/13/64 |
3:40P |
WH6405.05/21 |
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Aid to parochial schools. |
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3431-3432 |
John McCormack |
5/13/64 |
3:55P |
WH6405.05/24-25 |
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Other speakers include Frank Thompson and Jim O'Hara. Citation #3432 includes story about Bill Moyers and Billy Graham swimming with LBJ. |
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2886 |
Paul Rogers |
4/07/64 |
6:45P |
WH6404.04/6 |
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2887 |
T. Ashton Thompson |
4/07/64 |
6:48P |
WH6404.04/7 |
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2888 |
Charles Vanik |
4/07/64 |
6:55P |
WH6404.04/8 |
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2889 |
Larry O'Brien |
4/07/64 |
6:56P |
WH6404.04/9 |
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LBJ arm-twists to get passage of Cotton-Wheat Farm Bill. |
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Citation No. |
Speaker |
Date |
Time |
Tape Number and PNO |
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3519-3521 |
Richard Russell |
5/27/64 |
10:55A |
WH6405.10/3-5 |
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3522 |
McGeorge Bundy |
5/27/64 |
11:24A |
WH6405.10/6 |
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LBJ's personal anguish over Vietnam. |
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Citation No. |
Speaker |
Date |
Time |
Tape Number and PNO |
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3186 |
William Fulbright |
4/29/64 |
11:55A |
WH6404.15/7 |
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Fulbright concerned that trip to Greece and Cyprus will be seen as an attempt to avoid cloture vote on civil rights. |
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Citation No. |
Speaker |
Date |
Time |
Tape Number and PNO |
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3082 |
McGeorge Bundy |
4/21/64 |
11:00A |
WH6404.10/41 |
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LBJ humorously complains about his hectic schedule. |
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Citation No. |
Speaker |
Date |
Time |
Tape Number and PNO |
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3311 |
George Reedy |
5/01/64 |
1:20P |
WH6405.01/11 |
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LBJ talks about what he would like to say to the press. Reedy says it will be forgotten soon. |
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3183 |
Mike Mansfield |
4/29/64 |
11:32A |
WH6404.15/4 |
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LBJ complains about Dirksen talking about the dogs ears. |
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3323 |
Hubert H. Humphrey |
5/02/64 |
2:14P |
WH6405.01/23 |
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LBJ humorously explains why he held the dogs by their ears. |
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Citation No. |
Speaker |
Date |
Time |
Tape Number and PNO |
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3631-3632 |
Walter Reuther |
6/05/64 |
7:52P |
WH6406.03/1-2 |
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Discusses liberal-conservative split in Texas. |
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Citation No. |
Speaker |
Date |
Time |
Tape Number and PNO |
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3646 |
RFK |
6/09/64 |
12:25P |
WH6406.03/16 |
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Discuss need for a Congressional Resolution on Vietnam and discuss cloture on the civil rights bill. |
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3831 |
RFK |
6/23/64 |
3:11P |
WH6406.13/18 |
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Three civil rights workers missing in Mississippi. |
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3433 |
RFK |
5/13/64 |
4:05P |
WH6405.06/1 |
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Discuss civil rights cloture vote. |
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3699 |
RFK |
6/11/64 |
6:11P |
WH6406.06/15 |
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LBJ thanks RFK for his letter offering to go to Vietnam. |
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3800 |
RFK |
6/20/64 |
6:45P |
WH6406.12/3 |
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LBJ asks about Edward Kennedy following Edward Kennedy's airplane crash. Mrs. Kennedy joins the conversation. Poor quality tape. |
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3539-3540 |
RFK |
5/28/64 |
11:45A |
WH6405.11/9-10 |
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Discuss civil rights, Vietnam. Near end, LBJ tells RFK how much he needs him and doesn't like stories about tension between them. |
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The conversations on 6/23/64 tell a dramatic story of the civil rights workers who were missing in Mississippi. Here a some of the highlights:
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Citation No. |
Speaker |
Date |
Time |
Tape Number and PNO |
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3831 |
RFK |
6/23/64 |
3:11P |
WH6406.13/18 |
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RFK advises LBJ to make statement. |
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3836 |
James Eastland |
6/23/64 |
3:59P |
WH6406.14/3 |
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Eastland believes that the civil rights workers have disappeared as a publicity stunt. |
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3837 |
J. Edgar Hoover |
6/23/64 |
4:05P |
WH6406.14/4 |
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Hoover informs LBJ that civil rights workers car has been found and is on fire. |
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3845 |
James Eastland |
6/23/64 |
4:25P |
WH6406.14/12 |
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Eastland spoke to Governor Paul Johnson. Johnson would agree to have impartial observer come to Mississippi. LBJ tells Eastland that the car has been found. |
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3864 |
Lee White |
6/23/64 |
6:30P |
WH6406.15/7 |
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White evaluates LBJ meeting with parents of workers. |
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