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Highlights from LBJ's Telephone Conversations:
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Citation No.: 10029 Date: 4/9/1966 Comments: POOR SOUND QUALITY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN Topics: DISCUSSION OF LBJ ATTENDING CEREMONY DEDICATING LINCOLN STATUE IN MEXICO CITY; SECURITY IN MEXICO CITY; NEED FOR SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TO QUELL BUDDHIST UPRISINGS ; CHURCHILL STATUE DEDICATION; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT VIETNAM ; AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS Citation No.: 10046 Date: 4/22/1966 Comments: 1:54 OFFICE NOISE PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS APPARENTLY LISTENING TO NBC TV NEWS AT TIME OF CALL; GOLDBERG IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; LBJ ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY FOR COPY OF HENRY CABOT LODGE'S WEEKLY REPORT Topics: LBJ ASKS GOLDBERG TO TALK TO PAULINE FREDERICK ABOUT STORY ON USSR PROPOSAL FOR PEACE TALKS IF US STOPS VIETNAM BOMBING; GOLDBERG'S OPPOSITION TO BOMBING CAMBODIA ; LBJ ASKS FOR NEW US INITIATIVES ON AFRICA, ARAB-ISRAELI DISPUTE; BILL DOUGLAS AND CHINA Citation No.: 10050 Date: 4/27/1966 Comments: "SUMMARIZED"; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO; LBJ IS MEETING WITH BILL MOYERS AT TIME OF CALL Topics: LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SIZE OF 1967 FEDERAL DEFICIT, DISCUSSES INCREASED SPENDING ON VARIOUS PROGRAMS INCLUDING AGRICULTURE, HEALTH, EDUCATION, IMPACTED AREAS, GI BILL, NIH, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY PAY RAISES, WARNS OF NEED FOR FUTURE TAX INCREASES Citation No.: 10106 Date: 5/7/1966 Comments: CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: MCNAMARA DISCUSSES IMPACT OF VIETNAM SPENDING ON FEDERAL BUDGET, GREAT SOCIETY; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED DEFICIT, LACK OF LIBERAL SUPPORT FOR NEW PROGRAMS, INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, ECONOMY AND UPCOMING ELECTIONS Citation No.: 10113 Date: 5/10/1966 Comments: RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN AND ENDS BEFORE IT IS OVER Topics: WEBB DISCUSSES CUTS IN SPACE FUNDING AND RESULTING PROBLEMS IN MEETING SPACE GOALS; SATURN ROCKET TESTS; LBJ DISCUSSES OVERRUNS IN DEFENSE AND SPACE BUDGETS, SUGGESTS WEBB DELAY SOME PAYMENTS; WEBB'S CONCERNS ABOUT NASA JOB CUTS; LBJ'S COMMITMENT TO SPACE Citation No.: 10132 Date: 5/21/1966 Comments: RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN Topics: REUTHER THANKS LBJ FOR TELEPHONE REMARKS TO UAW CONVENTION; DISCUSSION OF ANTIWAR DEMONSTRATION AT CONVENTION, BACKGROUND OF PROTESTERS; LBJ THANKS REUTHER FOR HIS WORK TO IMPROVE SOCIAL CONDITIONS, DISCUSSES NEED FOR LIBERALS TO SUPPORT GREAT SOCIETY Citation No.: 10204 Date: 6/2/1966 Comments: "(GA)"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: CREATION OF SENATE CIA WATCHDOG SUBCOMMITTEE OF FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; GEORGIA GOVERNOR'S RACE; UNFAVORABLE POLL ON VIETNAM; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTION; CUBA AND USSR; COMPOSITION OF US FORCES IN VIETNAM, USE OF RESERVES; DRAFT REJECTEE TRAINING; LBJ TELLS JOKE ABOUT A MAN WHO MADE A SPEECH ABOUT SEX Citation No.: 10205 Date: 6/2/1966 Topics: POSSIBLE VETO OF MILITARY, CIVILIAN PAY BILLS; APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; RUSSELL SUGGESTS LBJ IMPOUND FUNDS; IMPACTED AREAS SCHOOL AID; SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM; REA; INFLATION; COMMUNITY ACTION; MIDTERM ELECTIONS; DROP IN LBJ'S APPROVAL RATING; JOB CORPS Citation No.: 10221 Date: 6/9/1966 Comments: LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY WITH SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE BEFORE TALKING WITH DIRKSEN Topics: LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT NEWS STORY THAT DIRKSEN RECOMMENDS BIPARTISAN CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, DISCUSSES EXTENSIVE BRIEFINGS HE HAS PROVIDED CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP IN CONTRAST WITH BRIEFINGS HE RECEIVED DURING EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION Citation No.: 10222 Date: 6/10/1966 Comments: RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: STATUS OF BILLS; WAYNE MORSE, AIRLINE LABOR DISPUTE; DIRKSEN'S CALL FOR BIPARTISAN VIETNAM MEETING ; RICHARD HELMS AS REPLACEMENT FOR WILLIAM "RED" RABORN AS CIA DIRECTOR; CIA WATCHDOG COMMITTEE; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; BOMBING PROGRAM; PEACE EFFORTS Citation No.: 10254 Date: 6/23/1966 Comments: BAYH ON HOLD 2:14; SOUNDS OF TELETYPE PRECEDE CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: BAYH ASKS ADVICE ON INDIANA DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, POSSIBLE ANTI-VIETNAM SPEECH BY VANCE HARTKE; LBJ DISCUSSES HARTKE, DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S RECORD, NEED TO HONOR TREATY COMMITMENTS, REFERS TO LOUIS LUDLOW'S PEACE PETITION, PATRICK NUGENT'S BROTHER IN VIETNAM Citation No.: 10266 Date: 6/28/1966 Comments: MCNAMARA ON HOLD 0:25; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES Topics: MCNAMARA ASKS FOR AUTHORITY TO BOMB POL TARGETS IN HANOI, HAIPHONG; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT TIMING OF MISSION, USSR'S RESPONSE IF SOVIET TANKER HIT; EFFECTS OF BOMBING ON MILITARY EFFORT, MORALE OF US TROOPS; ENEMY MORALE AND MILITARY EFFORT IN SOUTH VIETNAM Citation No.: 10270 Date: 6/28/1966 Topics: BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS IT MADE CLEAR THAT JCS HAVE CHOSEN TIME, MILITARY ASPECTS OF MISSION IN LIGHT OF PREVIOUS PRESS LEAKS; WASHINGTON STAR'S DEFERRAL OF RICHARD FRYKLUND STORY ON BOMBING; SOURCE OF LEAKS Citation No.: 10291 Date: 6/30/1966 Comments: CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT END OF CALL Topics: POSSIBLE DROP IN FEDERAL DEFICIT; LBJ DISCUSSES ADVICE HE HAS GIVEN FRIENDS NOT TO EXPAND BUSINESS TOO RAPIDLY; POSSIBILITY VIETNAM WAR MAY END SOONER THAN EXPECTED; MARIGOLD PEACE FEELER; SUCCESSFUL BOMBING MISSION YESTERDAY; CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATION Citation No.: 10406 Date: 7/5/1966 Comments: "SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN Topics: YOUNG ASKS FOR STATE, DOD CLEARANCE FOR TRIP TO VISIT WITH NEGRO TROOPS IN VIETNAM, SAYS CATHOLIC AND JEWISH LEADERS HAVE ALREADY VISITED TROOPS; LBJ SAYS HE WILL DISCUSS TRIP WITH MCNAMARA; LBJ'S RESPONSE TO PRESS QUESTION ABOUT BLACK POWER Citation No.: 10414 Date: 7/19/1966 Comments: DALEY IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; TV OR RADIO PLAYING IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: DALEY'S FRUSTRATION WITH AGITATORS, GANGS BEHIND RIOTS IN CHICAGO, OTHER CITIES; HHH'S COMMENT ON NATIONAL GUARD USE IN CHICAGO; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN CIVIL RIGHTS, ANTIWAR MOVEMENTS; DALEY'S MEETING WITH MLK; NEED TO SUPPORT POLICE AND GUN CONTROL Speaker: ABE FORTAS Date: 10/3/1966 Comments: CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO; MUSIC AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND Topics: RICHARD HUGHES, JAMES ROWE AS DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL; RFK AND HARRIS POLL QUESTIONING WARREN COMMISSION REPORT; LEE RANKIN; POSSIBILITY OSWALD WANTED TO SHOOT LBJ; JFK'S CLOTHES MAY SHOW BULLET DIRECTION; US NEWS STORY ON RFK, ASSASSINATION RECORDS
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