Highlights of LBJ's Telephone Conversations:
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No.: 6106 Date: 11/01/64 Comments: RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN Topics: RUSK REPORTS ON HIS PRESS BRIEFING ON VIETNAM FOLLOWING ATTACK ON US FORCES AT BIEN HOA AIRFIELD; JIM GREENFIELD CONTINUED TO BRIEF PRESS AFTER RUSK'S BRIEFING Citation
No.: 6108 Date: 11/03/64 Comments: "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; BUNDY ON HOLD 0:50; LBJ SOUNDS HOARSE, TIRED; OFFICE SECRETARY WISHES BUNDY HAPPY ELECTION DAY; LBJ TRANSFERS TO MOYERS AT END OF CALL Topics: LBJ ASKS ABOUT VIETNAM SITUATION; BUNDY REPORTS JCS, WILLIAM BUNDY ARE WORKING ON PLANS FOR FUTURE ACTION, RECOMMENDS DELAYING DECISION UNTIL AFTER ELECTION; JOSEPH ALSOP'S, WALTER LIPPMANN'S VIEWS; ELECTION PROSPECTS; LBJ'S HEALTH; AUSTIN RALLY Citation
No.: 6109 Date: 11/03/64 Comments: "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LBJ SOUNDS HOARSE, TIRED; LBJ ON HOLD 0:28 WHILE CALL IS TRANSFERRED; OFFICE CONVERSATION BEFORE AND AFTER CALL Topics: MOYERS GIVES LBJ REPORT ON ELECTION RETURNS, HEAVY TURNOUT; POLLSTER'S ANALYSES OF RETURNS; KANSAS; NEW YORK; RFK SENATE RACE; GEORGIA; HEAVY NEGRO TURNOUT IN SOUTH; RETURNS IN REPUBLICAN SAN ANTONIO PRECINCT; MOYERS' VISIT WITH WALTER JENKINS Citation
No.: 6121 Date: 11/03/64 Comments: "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LBJ SOUNDS TIRED, HOARSE Topics: LBJ PRAISES HHH, HIS FAMILY; DISCUSSION OF REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN TACTICS ON BOBBY BAKER, WALTER JENKINS, BILLIE SOL ESTES; SCARE TACTICS AIMED AT MINORITIES; HHH'S ROLE WITH CONGRESS; JOHN PASTORE; ACTIVITIES AT RANCH TOMORROW; VIETNAM; MANDATE FOR LBJ, HHH Citation
No.: 6142 Date: 11/03/64 Comments: "AUSTIN"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN Topics: ELECTION RESULTS; NEW YORK, OHIO, WYOMING, DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA, CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, MARYLAND SENATE RACES; PIERRE SALINGER'S REQUEST FOR LBJ'S HELP LAST NIGHT; EDWARD KENNEDY'S VICTORY; RFK THANKS LBJ FOR HELP; LBJ SAYS NOTHING WILL DIVIDE THEM Citation
No.: 6143 Date: 11/04/64 Comments: "AUSTIN"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT Topics: LBJ AND KENNEDY EXCHANGE CONGRATULATIONS ON THEIR VICTORIES; PIERRE SALINGER'S LOSS IN CALIFORNIA SENATE RACE; MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR'S RACE BETWEEN JOHN VOLPE AND FRANCIS BELLOTTI; KENNEDY THANKS LBJ FOR HIS VISIT TO MASSACHUSETTS Citation
No.: 6166 Date: 11/04/64 Comments: "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; HARRY TRUMAN ON HOLD 0:35; BESS TRUMAN IS MEETING WITH HARRY TRUMAN AT TIME OF CALL Topics: TRUMAN CONGRATULATES LBJ ON ELECTION; LBJ PRAISES TRUMAN, OFFERS HIM ANY ASSISTANCE, INVITES HIM AND HIS FAMILY TO WH; LOYALTY OF CLARK CLIFFORD, OTHER TRUMAN ASSOCIATES; LBJ THANKS BESS TRUMAN FOR THEIR HELP, RENEWS OFFER OF MEDICAL, TRAVEL ASSISTANCE Citation
No.: 6203 Date: 11/05/64 Comments: "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; HHH IS MEETING WITH LBJ; BASS, MONTOYA, HARRIS, RFK ARE MEETING WITH MANSFIELD AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: ELECTION RESULTS IN TENNESSEE, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA, MONTANA, NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS; CALLERS TEASE HHH ABOUT HIS WESTERN ATTIRE; LBJ GREETS MONTOYA IN SPANISH; DELEGATION TO INAUGURATION IN MEXICO; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; POSSIBLE MEETING ON VIETNAM Citation
No.: 6204 Date: 11/05/64 Comments: "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; HHH IS MEETING WITH LBJ; RFK IS MEETING WITH MANSFIELD AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO Topics: RFK REQUESTS MEETING WITH LBJ ABOUT VIETNAM; LBJ AND MANSFIELD CONTINUE TO TEASE HHH ABOUT WEARING WESTERN ATTIRE YESTERDAY; MONTANA ELECTION RESULTS Citation
No.: 6232 Date: 11/05/64 Comments: "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LASKER IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR Topics: LASKER CONGRATULATES LBJ ON ELECTION; LBJ TEASES ABOUT HIS JEALOUSY OF ADLAI STEVENSON AND HHH; MICHAEL DEBAKEY'S ANSWERS TO STORY ON HEART ATTACK SURVIVAL RATES; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS LASKER FOR HER HELP ON FUTURE ACTIVITIES AS FIRST LADY Citation
No.: 6234 Date: 11/05/64 Comments: "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO Topics: LBJ THANKS MCNAMARA FOR HELP IN CAMPAIGN; ELECTION RESULTS IN TEXAS AND ORLANDO, FLORIDA; JOHN CONNALLY; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S DEFEAT OF GEORGE BUSH; RECRUITING NEW TALENT FOR GOVT VACANCIES; VIETNAM SITUATION AND POSSIBLE CHANGE IN US POLICY Citation
No.: 6239 Date: 11/05/64 Comments: "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT Topics: LBJ THANKS MLK FOR HIS SUPPORT AND SUPPORT OF NEGRO COMMUNITY, TELLS STORY ABOUT THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN; MLK CONGRATULATES LBJ, EXPRESSES OPTIMISM ABOUT FUTURE; LBJ ASKS MLK'S HELP WITH POVERTY PROGRAM, DISCUSSES LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S WHISTLESTOP CAMPAIGN Citation
No.: 6292 Date: 11/08/64 Comments: "LBJ RANCH" Topics: ELLENDER DISCUSSES LOUISIANA ELECTION RESULTS, EFFECT OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA; ELLENDER OFFERS LBJ HIS ADVICE ON VIETNAM AND NATO, EXPRESSES FEAR VIETNAM WILL BECOME ANOTHER KOREA, SKEPTICISM ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS OF US MILITARY MISSIONS Citation
No.: 6451 Date: 11/23/64 Comments: "RANCH (HAYWOOD)"; GEORGE BALL AND ROBERT MCNAMARA ARE MEETING WITH DEAN RUSK AT TIME OF CALL Topics: UPDATE ON PLANS FOR US-BELGIUM PARATROOP RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO; LBJ ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE REACTION OF US NEGROES, EXTENT OF US COMMITMENT; LBJ APPROVES PLAN; MCNAMARA REPORTS ON REACTION TO BASE CLOSINGS, THANKSGIVING PLANS; RUSK REVIEWS MILITARY PLANS Citation
No.: 6464 Date: 11/23/64 Comments: "RANCH" Topics: LBJ ASKS ABOUT REPORT THAT TSHOMBE WILL DENOUNCE US-BELGIUM HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO; BUNDY REPORTS TSHOMBE HAS GIVEN WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION; INABILITY OF UN, OAU, RED CROSS TO HANDLE CRISIS; POSSIBLE PRESS, US NEGRO REACTION; STATUS OF OPERATION
Date: 11/23/64 Comments: "RANCH" Topics: RUSK REPORTS THAT FIRST STAGE OF US-BELGIUM HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL, THREE AIRCRAFT AND PARATROOPS HAVE LANDED; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO CONTINUE TO INFORM HIM THROUGHOUT NIGHT ABOUT PROGRESS OF OPERATION Citation
No.: 6467 Date: 11/24/64 Comments: "RANCH"; BUNDY ON HOLD 1:30 Topics: BUNDY REPORTS THAT ALL PLANES HAVE LANDED SAFELY IN US-BELGIUM HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO AND US WILL MAKE JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT WITH BELGIUM IN AN HOUR; LBJ TELLS BUNDY TO GIVE HIM UPDATES THROUGHOUT NIGHT ON STATUS OF HOSTAGES, BELGIUM PARATROOPS Citation
No.: 6469 Date: 11/24/64 Comments: "RANCH" Topics: BUNDY REPORTS THAT US MISSIONARY PAUL CARLSON HAS APPARENTLY BEEN KILLED AND REBELS HAVE KILLED WHITES IN HOTEL IN STANLEYVILLE, BUT 5 US OFFICIALS IN CONGO ARE APPARENTLY SAFE; OVERALL MILITARY SUCCESS OF US-BELGIUM RESCUE OPERATION; PRESS REACTION Citation
No.: 6486 Date: 11/26/64 Comments: "RANCH"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL US-BELGIUM RESCUE MISSION TO CONGO; NEED TO CONSULT RICHARD RUSSELL; DOMESTIC, AFRICAN REACTION TO MISSION; MLK; CRITICISM OF WH PRESS RELATIONS; GUANTANAMO, TONKIN GULF CRISES; COMPARISON OF WH PRESS CORPS AND FOREIGN POLICY PRESS Citation
No.: 6609 Date: 12/14/64 Comments: "SUMMARIZED" Topics: LBJ TEASES TRUMAN ABOUT BEING OUT LATE LAST NIGHT WHEN LBJ HAD TRIED TO CALL HIM, INVITES TRUMAN AND HIS FAMILY TO INAUGURATION AND OFFERS TO PUT BLAIR HOUSE AND GOVT SERVICES AT HIS DISPOSAL; TRUMAN ACCEPTS INVITATION AND THANKS LBJ FOR INVITING HIM Citation
No.: 6610 Date: 12/14/64 Comments: "SUMMARIZED" Topics: LBJ INVITES EISENHOWERS TO INAUGURATION; EISENHOWER DECLINES BECAUSE OF MAMIE EISENHOWER'S DIFFICULTIES TRAVELING, DISCUSSES PRESS STORY THAT MISREPRESENTED REMARKS HE MADE; LBJ DISCUSSES WORKING WITH DWIGHT, MILTON EISENHOWER IN PAST; ROBERT ANDERSON Citation
No.: 6611 Date: 12/14/64 Comments: TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO Topics: VOTING RIGHTS BILL; LBJ SETS GOAL OF 100% VOTING; WAYS TO IMPROVE VOTER REGISTRATION; POSSIBLE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT; HENRY REUSS' CHARGE OF DELAY IN CIVIL RIGHTS PROSECUTIONS; SUPREME COURT DECISION AFFIRMING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT; JOHN CONNOR; NEW IDEAS |