Highlights of LBJ's Telephone Conversations:
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Citation No.: 9414 Date:
01/04/1966 Comments: "BILL MOYERS AND POTUS"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; TIME NOT LISTED ON SLIP; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALLS WITH MOYERS AT 6:26P AND 6:34P Topics: MOYERS REPORTS ON LATEST EMPLOYMENT FIGURES; LBJ TELLS MOYERS THAT GEORGE BROWN BELIEVES ACTION BY WILLARD WIRTZ PRECIPITATED STEEL INDUSTRY DECISION TO ADJUST PRICES; LBJ ASKS MOYERS TO ATTEND MEETING WITH BRUCE BIOSSAT, TEASES MOYERS ABOUT HIS ABSENCE Citation
No.: 9429 Date: 01/05/1966 Comments: "SUMMARIZED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: WILKINS THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT, PRAISES GREAT SOCIETY SPEECH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, FUNDING NEW PROGRAMS; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF GREAT SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ACTION; WILKINS PRAISES HEAD START; OVERSEAS HEAD START PROGRAM; ROBERT WEAVER Citation
No.: 9458 Date: 01/07/1966 Comments: "SUMMARIZED"; ROCKEFELLER ON HOLD 0:20 Topics: ROCKEFELLER ASKS LBJ TO DECLARE NYC DISASTER AREA, REQUESTS SMALL BUSINESS LOANS, VETERANS LOAN GUARANTEES, OEO HELP FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY TRANSIT STRIKE; LBJ SUGGESTS OTHER METHODS BE STUDIED BEFORE ISSUING DISASTER DECLARATION; STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS; RFK Citation
No.: 9460 Date: 01/07/1966 Topics: LBJ REPORTS ON CALL FROM NELSON ROCKEFELLER REQUESTING FEDERAL DISASTER AID FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY NYC TRANSIT STRIKE, TELLS WIRTZ TO CONTACT OEP, SMALL BUSINESS AND VETERANS ADMINISTRATIONS, CONGRESSMEN ABOUT POSSIBLE AID; NEW YORK STATE POLITICS; RFK Citation
No.: 9522 Date: 01/21/1966 Topics: RUSK READS STATEMENT HE WILL MAKE AT HIS UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT CURRENT AND PAST VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS, BOMBING HALT, LACK OF RESPONSE FROM HANOI; LBJ SUGGESTS STRONGER LANGUAGE ON HANOI'S DECISION TO CONTINUE AGGRESSION, NEED TO RESUME BOMBING Citation
No.: 9526 Date: 01/21/1966 Comments: "SUMMARIZED"; EISENHOWER ON HOLD 0:30; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH THOMAS MANN AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ASKS SECRETARY TO "TAKE THIS" Topics: EISENHOWER ASKS FOR BRIEFING ON US POLICY ON UK EMBARGO OF RHODESIA; LBJ SUGGESTS ANDREW GOODPASTER BRIEF EISENHOWER ON RHODESIA AND VIETNAM, DISCUSSES HIS FUTURE PLANS FOR GOODPASTER; EISENHOWER PRAISES GOODPASTER; EISENHOWER'S RECOVERY Citation
No.: 9601 Date: 02/01/1966 Comments: CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: LBJ TEASES MCCARTHY, DISCUSSES MCCARTHY'S CONCERNS ABOUT BOMBING IN VIETNAM AND SUGGESTS MAXWELL TAYLOR BRIEF MCCARTHY ABOUT VIETNAM; TAYLOR'S PAST ROLE IN VIETNAM POLICY; EFFECT OF CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY ON HO CHI MINH, NORTH VIETNAM Citation
No.: 9602 Date: 02/01/1966 Comments: CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO Topics: EFFECT OF CONGRESSIONAL, PRESS CRITICISM ON NORTH VIETNAM; CONSULTATION WITH JAMES GAVIN; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE, OPPOSITION TO OVERTHROW OF DIEM; IMPROVEMENT IN STABILITY OF SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT, POSSIBLE ELECTIONS; INFLUENCE OF NYT; STATE DEPT LEAKS Citation
No.: 9603 Date: 02/01/1966 Comments: LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO MAXWELL TAYLOR THEN HANGS UP; CALL IS CONNECTED 1:45 LATER; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER Topics: LBJ ASKS MAXWELL TAYLOR TO BRIEF EUGENE MCCARTHY ON VIETNAM BOMBING, DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF BOMBING; CONGRESSIONAL, PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO BOMBING; USSR AMBASSADOR'S REQUEST FOR BOMBING HALT EXTENSION; LACK OF RESPONSE FROM NORTH VIETNAM; DIEM Citation
No.: 9607 Date: 02/02/1966 Comments: 0:28 MACHINE NOISE PRECEDES CALL; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: FREEMAN DISCUSSES LBJ'S MEETING WITH B. K. NEHRU, UN APPEAL FOR WORLD FOOD AID FOR INDIA; LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR INDIAN SELF-HELP, CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF FOOD AID, WORLD FOOD AID, INDIAN CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; INDIRA GANDHI VISIT; PAKISTAN Citation
No.: 9623 Date: 02/05/1966 Comments: TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN Topics: NEED TO IMPROVE LOBBYING EFFORTS FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS, SMALL BUSINESS LEGISLATION; MANSFIELD'S REPORT ON VIETNAM; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ COMPARES SAM RAYBURN, CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS Citation
No.: 9649 Date: 02/20/1966 Comments: "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 02/22/1966; CONTENT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES DATE IS 02/20/1966; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN Topics: RFK'S RECENT STATEMENT SUGGESTING VIET CONG BE INCLUDED IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; CLARK CLIFFORD'S VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM; PRESIDENTIAL WAR POWERS; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS ON LIMITING US OBJECTIVES IN VIETNAM, PESSIMISM ABOUT WAR Citation
No.: 9682 Date: 02/28/1966 Comments: RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO REPEAL TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; POSSIBLE MOTION BY SENATE DOVES TO DECLARE WAR; NEED TO PASS FOREIGN AID BILL; TAX BILL; RFK'S VIEWS ON COALITION GOVT WITH VIET CONG; COMPARISON WITH LAOS SETTLEMENT; RECENT POLLS Citation
No.: 9683 Date: 02/28/1966 Comments: CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO Topics: SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; RFK'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; O'BRIEN'S COMPARISON OF RFK, JFK; POSITIVE REACTION TO O'BRIEN'S VIETNAM SPEECH; LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN TO TALK TO DIRKSEN, MANSFIELD ON PASSING VIETNAM BILLS, HANDLING WAYNE MORSE AMENDMENT; TAX BILL Citation
No.: 9802 Date: 03/01/1966 Comments: "RE HANDLING OF THE MORSE AMENDMENT TO RESCIND THE PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY IN VIETNAM" Topics: LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH RICHARD RUSSELL ON HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION, EXPRESSES HIS CONCERN THAT MOTION TO TABLE AMENDMENT MIGHT IMPLY DILUTION OF RESOLUTION AND UNDERMINE HIS AUTHORITY AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF Citation
No.: 9812 Date: 03/02/1966 Comments: "SUMMARIZED"; OFFICE NOISE PRECEDES CALL; HHH APPARENTLY ON HOLD 2:15; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: HHH REPORTS ON MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON FOREIGN AID PROGRAM, HHH'S RECENT TRIP, VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS, VIET CONG, COMMUNISTS' ROLE IN WAR; COMMENTS BY WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, ALBERT GORE, SR., JOSEPH CLARK, EUGENE MCCARTHY Citation
No.: 9831 Date: 03/04/1966 Comments: "TO GET HIS REACTION ON STANLEY TUPPER"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO Topics: APPOINTMENTS FOR NEW ENGLAND REPUBLICANS; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; INCREASED PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HAWK POSITION; LODGE'S REPORT ON PROGRESS, MORALE IN VIETNAM; USSR AND BOMBING PAUSE; AIKEN'S TRIP TO CAMBODIA Citation
No.: 9845 Date: 03/07/1966 Comments: "RE UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS"; "SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN Topics: LBJ DISCUSSES ANNOUNCEMENT OF DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, NEED TO EMPHASIZE HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES, YOUTH AND CREATION OF JOBS FOR NEW WORKERS; CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATION; NEED FOR MORE VOCATIONAL TRAINING; POSSIBILITY OF HIRING WOMEN, RETIREES Citation
No.: 9866 Date: 03/09/1966 Comments: "RE HILL HEARINGS FINANCE CMTE"; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS PNOS; TELETYPE AUDIBLE AT TIMES Topics: CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF UPCOMING CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON TAX BILL; FOWLER COMPLAINS ABOUT SENATE WHIPS; LBJ DISCUSSES LACK OF EFFECTIVE SENATE ORGANIZATION COMPARED WITH WHEN HE WAS MAJORITY LEADER; TACTICS FOR SENATE PASSAGE OF CONFERENCE REPORT Citation
No.: 9895 Date: 03/17/1966 Comments: "SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: RFK'S REQUEST TO KATZENBACH TO BE ASKED TO MEETINGS; LBJ'S VIEWS ON DNC, CAMPAIGN FINANCES; LBJ'S RELATIONSHIP WITH KENNEDYS; 1964 VP SELECTION, NY SENATE RACE; UPCOMING ELECTIONS; LBJ AND BAY OF PIGS, CUBAN MISSILE CRISES; RFK'S RECENT VIETNAM SPEECH Citation
No.: 9918 Date: 03/28/1966 Topics: LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI ON INDIA'S FOOD CRISIS; GANDHI'S APPARENT LACK OF SENSE OF URGENCY ABOUT FOOD SITUATION; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT BUDDHIST CRISIS IN VIETNAM, EFFECT OF CRISIS ON US MILITARY |