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Citation No.: 12606
Speaker: RICHARD DALEY
Tape: WH6801.01 Program No.: 6
Length: 15:06
Date: 1/20/1968
Time: 10:05A
Place: MANSION
Other Speakers: LADY BIRD JOHNSON
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FROM B'RM 1-20-68";
"SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LBJ IS MEETING
WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON, MARVIN WATSON, ARTHUR KRIM AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING
ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
Topics: SUPPORT FOR LADY BIRD
JOHNSON AFTER EARTHA KITT INCIDENT; DISTRIBUTION OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; APPOINTMENT FOR BARRATT
O'HARA; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POLITICAL AMBITION; OTTO KERNER; ILLINOIS
POLITICS; DAN ROSTENKOWSKI; AGED CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
Citation No.: 12608
Speaker: ROBERT MCNAMARA
Tape: WH6801.01 Program No.: 8
Length: 2:36
Date: 1/22/1968
Time: 8:27A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "CRASH OF B-52 NEAR GREENLAND CARRYING
NUCLEAR WEAPONS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. PROPOSED NEWS RELEASE.";
"SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Topics: MCNAMARA REPORTS ON CRASH OF B-52 CARRYING NUCLEAR WEAPONS NEAR
GREENLAND, PRESS RELEASE REGARDING CRASH, EFFECT ON DENMARK'S ELECTIONS, ATTACK
ON KHE SANH; LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS REPORT ON HEAVY ENEMY CASUALTIES IN VIETNAM, LEAKS TO GEORGE WILSON
Citation No.: 12610
Speaker: ROBERT MCNAMARA
Tape: WH6801.01 Program No.: 10
Length: 8:01
Date: 1/24/1968
Time: 9:18A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "WHETHER HE SHOULD TESTIFY BEFORE ARMED
SERVICES COM. MCNAMARA THOUGHT HE SHOULD SINCE CLIFFORD WOULD JUST HAVE TAKEN
OVER AS SECY...ALSO ABOUT PUEBLO INCIDENT"; "YB";
"SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Topics: QUESTION OF
WHETHER MCNAMARA, PAUL NITZE OR CLARK CLIFFORD SHOULD TESTIFY AT SENATE ARMED
SERVICES, APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES; LBJ SAYS MCNAMARA SHOULD TESTIFY BUT
RELAYS RICHARD RUSSELL'S CONCERNS; JOHN MCCLELLAN AND F-111B; CAPTURE OF USS
PUEBLO
Citation No.: 12611
Speaker: RICHARD DALEY
Tape: WH6801.02 Program No.: 1
Length: 9:28
Date: 1/27/1968
Time: 10:58A
Place: MANSION
Other Speakers: HUBERT HUMPHREY
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "RELATIVE TO ROBERT KENNEDY - ALSO SHRIVER
APPT TO FRANCE"; "1-29-68"; "FROM BEDROOM" WRITTEN ON
ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; HHH IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL;
RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Topics: DALEY'S TALK WITH SARGENT SHRIVER ABOUT SHRIVER ACCEPTING AMBASSADORSHIP
OR RUNNING FOR OFFICE; LBJ DISCUSSES WEST VIRGINIA POLL ON 1968 ELECTION,
RFK; DALEY DISCUSSES 1948 CAMPAIGN, HIS RECENT TALK WITH RFK, EXPRESSES HIS
SUPPORT OF LBJ, HHH
Citation No.: 12617
Speaker: ROBERT MCNAMARA
Tape: WH6801.02 Program No.: 6
Length: 11:22
Date: 1/31/1968
Time: ?
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FROM PAUL 2/8/68"; "DAMAGE TO
NUCLEAR SHIP, BATTLES-KAISANG, ATTACK ON OUR EMBASSY, RETALIATION..." DATE
DETERMINED FROM CONTENT OF CALL; TIME UNCERTAIN; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALLS WITH
MCNAMARA AT 7:24A, 7:38A; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Topics: MCNAMARA REPORTS ON US NUCLEAR SUBMARINE ACCIDENT; DISCUSSION OF TET
OFFENSIVE, KHE SANH AND POSSIBLE EFFECT ON PEACE TALKS; NEED FOR PRESS
BRIEFINGS; LAST NIGHT'S MEETING WITH GERALD FORD, EVERETT DIRKSEN ON USS
PUEBLO; BRIEFINGS BY MILITARY OFFICERS
Citation No.: 12702
Speaker: JACK HORNER
Tape: WH6802.01 Program
No.: 2
Length: 13:40
Date: 2/5/1968
Time: 8:34A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FROM BEDROOM FEB 5 1968";
"SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; CONTINUES ON
NEXT PNO
Topics: HORNER ASKS ABOUT SOUTH KOREAN PRESS REPORT ON PANMUNJON TALKS ON USS
PUEBLO; LBJ SAYS PRESS IS LYING, COMPLAINS ABOUT MARVIN KALB, DREW PEARSON
COLUMN ON WILLIAM WESTMORELAND; TET OFFENSIVE; SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS IN VIETNAM;
MCNAMARA'S STATEMENT ON PUEBLO
Citation No.: 12711
Speaker: ROBERT MCNAMARA
Tape: WH6802.01 Program No.: 10
Length: 7:38
Date: 2/12/1968
Time: 8:29A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FROM PAUL 2-12-68";
"SUMMARIZED"; "JUST GOT MESSAGE FROM WESTMORELAND...HE STATES
CATEGORICALLY WANTS 6 BATTALIONS IMMEDIATELY…,YB"; "RE: TROOPS,
CIVILIANS TO REPLACE SOME MILITARY"; "LISTENED TO YB" WRITTEN ON
ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT
Topics: MCNAMARA SAYS WESTMORELAND HAS REQUESTED 6 MORE BATTALIONS IN VIETNAM;
MCNAMARA'S OPPOSITION TO RESERVE CALL-UP FOR PERMANENT TROOP INCREASE; LBJ
REVIEWS TALKS ON TROOP LEVELS IN EARLIER MEETINGS; MCNAMARA READS
WESTMORELAND'S CABLE; CIVILIAN CONTRACTORS
Citation No.: 12716
Speaker: CLARK CLIFFORD
Tape: WH6802.02 Program No.: 3
Length: 6:28
Date: 2/14/1968
Time: 9:46A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "CC HAD CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH FILE OF JACK
CONNOR...; DATE, "LISTENED TO YB", INCORRECT TIME 9:16A WRITTEN ON
ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER
CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: CLIFFORD'S REVIEW OF JACK CONNOR'S TRUST INSTRUMENT AS COMMERCE SECRETARY;
QUESTION OF C. R. SMITH USING SIMILAR TRUST; CLIFFORD RECOMMENDS MAXWELL TAYLOR
BE APPOINTED PFIAB CHAIRMAN; LBJ ASKS FOR CLIFFORD'S OBSERVATIONS OF ROBERT
MCNAMARA, EARLE WHEELER
Citation No.: 12717
Speaker: CLARK CLIFFORD
Tape: WH6802.02 Program No.: 4
Length: 10:46
Date: 2/14/1968
Time: 9:46A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "CC HAD CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH FILE OF JACK
CONNOR...; DATE, "LISTENED TO YB" AND INCORRECT TIME 9:16A WRITTEN ON
ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE;
CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO; 0:24 MACHINE NOISE PRECEDES CALL
Topics: LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT EARLE WHEELER'S ADVICE ON VIETNAM TROOP INCREASE;
USS PUEBLO; US PLANE'S VIOLATION OF CHINESE AIRSPACE; CLIFFORD'S MEETING WITH
ROBERT MCNAMARA ABOUT VIETNAM CRITICS; U THANT'S PEACE EFFORT; NORTH VIETNAMESE
RESPONSE TO PEACE EFFORTS
Citation No.: 12722
Speaker: DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Tape: WH6802.02 Program
No.: 9
Length: 3:31
Date: 2/19/1968
Time: 12:17P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MINES & TYPES OF
WARFARE USED IN VN"; "LISTENED TO BY YB", "TRANSCRIBED IN
FULL YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY;
RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: EISENHOWER DISCUSSES CABLE HE HAS RECEIVED FROM SCIENTISTS ABOUT USE OF
NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS STORIES ON MATTER, CONFUSION
CAUSED BY SCIENTISTS' VISIT TO VIETNAM TO STUDY BARRIER SYSTEM, MINES
Citation No.: 12723
Speaker: DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Tape: WH6802.02 Program
No.: 10
Length: 4:33
Date: 2/19/1968
Time: 12:17P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MINES & TYPES OF
WARFARE USED IN VN"; "LISTENED TO BY YB", "TRANSCRIBED IN
FULL YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY;
CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO
Topics: LBJ CONTINUES TO DISCUSS PRESS STORIES, SCIENTISTS' CABLE TO
EISENHOWER ABOUT USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN VIETNAM; UNSUITABILITY OF USING TACTICAL
NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN KHE SANH; LBJ OFFERS TO HAVE SCIENTISTS BRIEFED; LBJ'S VISIT
WITH THE EISENHOWERS YESTERDAY
Citation No.: 12724
Speaker: ROBERT MCNAMARA
Tape: WH6802.03 Program No.: 1
Length: 2:38
Date: 2/19/1968
Time: 12:29P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FROM KENNY 2/21/68"; "RE ATTACK
ON AUG 4 ALSO TONKIN GULF"; "OUGHT TO BE TRANSCRIBED";
"LISTENED TO YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING BELT; CONTENT OF CALL
INDICATES DATE IS 2/19/1968; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER
CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Topics: MCNAMARA DISCUSSES THE STATEMENT HE WILL MAKE AT SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEE HEARINGS ABOUT 8/4/64 ATTACK IN TONKIN GULF; INTELLIGENCE REPORTS
ABOUT THE ATTACK THAT REFUTE DOUBTS ABOUT WHETHER IT OCCURRED
Citation No.: 12728
Speaker: ROBERT MCNAMARA
Tape: WH6802.03 Program
No.: 5
Length: 6:06
Date: 2/21/1968
Time: 8:52A?
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: A-SAN
Comments: "FROM KENNY 2/21/68"; "LISTENED
TO YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; "RE: FULBRIGHT AND
GORE..."; TIME UNCERTAIN; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL FROM MCNAMARA AT 8:29A
AND 8:52A; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Topics: MCNAMARA DISCUSSES HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT 8/4/64 TONKIN GULF ATTACK AT SENATE
FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; CRITICISM BY ALBERT GORE, SR., WILLIAM FULBRIGHT,
EUGENE MCCARTHY; PRESS COVERAGE OF HEARINGS; U THANT'S PEACE PROPOSAL; EARLE
WHEELER'S HEALTH
Citation No.: 12802
Speaker: RICHARD RUSSELL
Tape: WH6803.01 Program No.: 2
Length: 15:03
Date: 3/7/1968
Time: 4:10P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FROM BEDROOM 3-8-68"; RECORDING
STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: LBJ'S 3/6/68 MEETING WITH FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, HICKENLOOPER, AIKEN,
AND SPARKMAN ON VIETNAM; FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; SENATE DEBATE ON WAR;
STUDY OF RESERVE CALL-UP, MORE TROOPS IN VIETNAM; VIETNAMESE DRAFT AGE; SENATE
HEARINGS ON TONKIN GULF
Citation No.: 12804
Speaker: DEAN RUSK
Tape: WH6803.01 Program
No.: 4
Length: 14:34
Date: 3/8/1968
Time: 10:35A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FROM BEDROOM 3-8-68"; TIME FROM DAILY
DIARY; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
Topics: LBJ'S 3/6/68 MEETING WITH FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, HICKENLOOPER, AIKEN, SPARKMAN;
SENATE DEBATE ON VIETNAM YESTERDAY; LBJ'S TALK WITH RICHARD RUSSELL; AUGUST
1964 TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; NEED FOR MORE TROOPS; DOD BUDGET; NEW HAMPSHIRE
PRIMARY; RESERVE CALL-UP
Citation No.: 12812
Speaker: RICHARD DALEY
Tape: WH6803.02 Program No.: 4
Length: 15:18
Date: 3/13/1968
Time: 10:49P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "JUANITA"; "FROM BEDROOM
3-14-68"; "TRANSCRIBED BY CAROL CURRIE (1 COPY)"; TIME FROM
DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT
PNO
Topics: DALEY'S TALK WITH RFK ABOUT RFK'S FUTURE, VIETNAM COMMISSION; LBJ SUGGESTS
RFK MEET WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON VIETNAM; RFK'S CRITICISM OF LACK OF SPENDING ON
CITIES, KERNER COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; LBJ'S MEETING
WITH EDWARD KENNEDY
Citation No.: 12813
Speaker: RICHARD DALEY
Tape: WH6803.02 Program No.: 5
Length: 5:15
Date: 3/13/1968
Time: 10:49P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "JUANITA"; "FROM BEDROOM
3-14-68"; "TRANSCRIBED BY CAROL CURRIE (1 COPY)" TIME FROM DAILY
DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO
Topics: LBJ CONTINUES TO DISCUSS DALEY'S POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO RFK ON COMMISSION
TO STUDY VIETNAM POLICY; HAWKS' CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; GOLD CRISIS;
EFFECT OF US POLITICAL DIVISIVENESS ON PEACE EFFORTS; POSSIBLE RFK MEETING WITH
CLARK CLIFFORD
Citation No.: 12814
Speaker: RICHARD DALEY
Tape: WH6803.02 Program
No.: 6
Length: 3:42
Date: 3/13/1968
Time: 11:22P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "JUANITA"; "FROM BEDROOM
3-14-68"; "TRANSCRIBED BY CAROL CURRIE (1 COPY); TIME FROM DAILY
DIARY
Topics: DALEY SAYS RFK WILL MEET WITH CLARK CLIFFORD TOMORROW ON VIETNAM POLICY,
DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH RFK ABOUT EFFECT OF POSSIBLE RFK PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY
ON DEMOCRATIC PARTY, DIFFICULTY IN DEFEATING PRESIDENT AT CONVENTION; DALEY
EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ
Citation No.: 12817
Speaker: RICHARD DALEY
Tape: WH6803.02 Program
No.: 7
Length: 12:23
Date: 3/15/1968
Time: 8:11A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "BEDROOM D. DALEY 3/14/68 OR 3/15";
CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES DATE IS 3/15/68; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; 0:15 MACHINE
NOISE PRECEDES CALL; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; TV OR RADIO
AUDIBLE AT TIMES
Topics: DALEY'S TALK WITH RFK ABOUT RFK'S POSSIBLE CANDIDACY, COMMISSION ON VIETNAM
POLICY; LBJ SAYS HE SHARES RFK'S CONCERNS ABOUT WAR, DISCUSSES PEACE EFFORTS,
ENEMY LOSSES, GOLD CRISIS, CONGRESSIONAL INACTION ON CITIES; DALEY SAYS LBJ
SHOULD TAKE OFFENSIVE
Citation No.: 12824
Speaker: WALTER REUTHER
Tape: WH6803.03 Program No.: 3
Length: 5:39
Date: 3/20/1968
Time: 8:36A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FR BEDROOM 3/20/68"; RECORDING STARTS
AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; RECORDING IS APPARENTLY INTERRUPTED AT TIMES AT
BEGINNING OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: REUTHER'S MEETING (WITH UAW BOARD?); LBJ DISCUSSES CHANGE IN ENEMY STRATEGY
IN VIETNAM, US RESPONSE, PEACE EFFORTS, SAYS HE WILL WIN NOMINATION DESPITE
PROBLEMS WITH ECONOMY, VIETNAM, MIDDLE EAST; SETBACK IN HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES ON OPEN HOUSING BILL
Citation No.: 12825
Speaker: WALTER REUTHER
Tape: WH6803.03 Program No.: 4
Length: 4:29
Date: 3/20/1968
Time: 8:36A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FR BEDROOM 3/20/68"; CONTINUES FROM
PREVIOUS PNO
Topics: LBJ CONTINUES TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS IN VIETNAM; REUTHER EXPRESSES SUPPORT
FOR LBJ; LBJ DESCRIBES HIS ACHIEVEMENTS ON POVERTY RELIEF, EDUCATION, HEALTH,
CIVIL RIGHTS AND DISCUSSES HIS SONS-IN-LAW'S SERVICE IN VIETNAM, PEACE EFFORTS
Citation No.: 12826
Speaker: CLARK CLIFFORD
Tape: WH6803.03 Program No.: 5
Length: 9:34
Date: 3/20/1968
Time: 8:44A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FR BEDROOM 3/20/68"; RECORDING STARTS
AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Topics: CLIFFORD REPORTS ON CALL FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY ABOUT RFK, VIETNAM, BUNDY'S
OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO LBJ; JOHN LINDSAY'S CALL FOR WAR RESISTANCE; LBJ'S
UPCOMING SPEECH; NEED FOR NEW PEACE PLAN BALANCED WITH MILITARY EFFORT;
PERCEPTION OF LBJ AS WAR CANDIDATE
Citation No.: 12837
Speaker: WILLARD WIRTZ
Tape: WH6803.04 Program No.: 2
Length: 16:32
Date: 3/23/1968
Time: 10:41A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FR BEDROOM 3/23/68"; CONTINUES FROM
PREVIOUS PNO; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
Topics: ILLINOIS POLITICS; WIRTZ' RECENT SPEECH; LBJ'S CAMPAIGN STRATEGY; QUESTION
OF WALTER REUTHER'S SUPPORT; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL; BERKELEY BURRELL'S
STATEMENT ON JOBS FOR NEGROES IN BUILDING TRADES; NEED FOR ADMINISTRATION TO
SUPPORT LBJ; ESTHER PETERSON
Citation No.: 12839
Speaker: LARRY O'BRIEN
Tape: WH6803.04 Program
No.: 4
Length: 5:55
Date: 3/23/1968
Time: 12:46P?
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FR BEDROOM 3/23/68"; TIME FROM WH OPS
LOGS; SLIP AND DAILY DIARY LIST CALL AT 1:50P BUT CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES
TIME IS EARLIER; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 PNOS
Topics: LBJ DISCUSSES EXISTING SUPPORT FOR HIS NOMINATION, ASKS O'BRIEN TO
HEAD HIS CAMPAIGN; STANLEY STEINGUT AND NEW YORK POLITICS; INDIANA PRIMARY;
ILLINOIS POLITICS
Citation No.: 12840
Speaker: LARRY O'BRIEN
Tape: WH6803.04 Program No.: 5
Length: 15:04
Date: 3/23/1968
Time: 12:46P?
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FR BEDROOM 3/23/68"; TIME FROM WH OPS
LOGS; SLIP AND DAILY DIARY LIST CALL AT 1:50P BUT CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES
TIME IS EARLIER; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO AND ON NEXT PNO
Topics: LARRY O'BRIEN'S ROLE IN LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; JAMES ROWE'S ROLE;
O'BRIEN SUGGESTS TERRY SANFORD BE INVOLVED IN CAMPAIGN; CALIFORNIA PRIMARY; STATUS
OF LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; CHANGES IN US MILITARY LEADERSHIP, OEO; RFK CAMPAIGN;
UPCOMING WISE MEN MEETING ON VIETNAM
Citation No.: 12841
Speaker: LARRY O'BRIEN
Tape: WH6803.04 Program No.: 6
Length: 11:03
Date: 3/23/1968
Time: 12:46P?
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FR BEDROOM 3/23/68"; TIME FROM WH OPS
LOGS; SLIP AND DAILY DIARY LIST CALL AT 1:50P BUT CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES
TIME IS EARLIER; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS PNOS
Topics: O'BRIEN DISCUSSES RFK CAMPAIGN, CAMPAIGN STRATEGY FOR LBJ; LBJ
PRAISES O'BRIEN, SAYS HE NEEDS O'BRIEN'S HELP IN CAMPAIGN; JAMES ROWE'S ROLE; ROBERT
WAGNER'S REQUEST FOR AMBASSADORSHIP; LBJ'S MEETING WITH TED SORENSEN;
APPOINTMENT OF TERRY SANFORD, OTHERS
Citation No.: 12848
Speaker: WILBUR MILLS
Tape: WH6803.05 Program No.: 7
Length: 9:34
Date: 3/24/1968
Time: 5:19P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FROM KENNY, 3/26/68"; "TAX
BILL"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
Topics: LBJ MENTIONS HIS MANY PROBLEMS, REVIEWS CRITICISM OF HIS ADMINISTRATION
AND HENRY "JOE" FOWLER'S CONCERNS ABOUT NATION'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS,
ASKS MILLS' VIEWS ON SENATE ACTION ON TAX BILL, SPENDING CUTS; MILLS RECOMMENDS
SENATE ACTION NOW
Citation No.: 12853
Speaker: ABIGAIL MCCARTHY
Tape: WH6803.06 Program No.: 2
Length: 4:15
Date: 3/31/1968
Time: 10:11P
Place: MANSION
Other Speakers: LADY BIRD JOHNSON
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FROM BEDROOM 4-1-68";
"TRANSCRIBED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; POOR SOUND; MCCARTHY IS ALMOST
INAUDIBLE; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ; LBJ PUTS MCCARTHY ON HOLD
BRIEFLY; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE BELT DUE TO POOR
SOUND
Topics: MRS. MCCARTHY TELLS LBJ SHE IS OVERCOME WITH EMOTION FOLLOWING LBJ'S
SPEECH; LBJ THANKS
HER, SAYS HE WILL WORK FOR PEACE; MRS. MCCARTHY REMINISCES WITH MRS. JOHNSON;
MRS. JOHNSON REVIEWS LBJ'S DECISION, MENTIONS THEIR SONS-IN-LAW'S SERVICE IN
VIETNAM
Citation No.: 12859
Speaker: NELSON ROCKEFELLER
Tape: WH6803.06 Program No.: 8
Length: 5:04
Date: 3/31/1968
Time: 11:59P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FROM BEDROOM 4-1-68"; "RE
PRES.'S MARCH 31ST SPEECH" ; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; FINAL PORTION OF
CITATION #12857 IS RECORDED AT BEGINNING OF THIS PNO; CITATION #12859 AND
#12901 ARE SEPARATED BY SHORT UNRECORDED SEGMENT ON BELT
Topics: ROCKEFELLER SAYS HE WAS SHOCKED BY LBJ'S SPEECH; LBJ SAYS HE HOPES SPEECH
WILL GIVE ROCKEFELLER SOME THOUGHT, DISCUSSES HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK
RE-ELECTION, FUTURE PLANS, EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE IN VIETNAM, MEETINGS WITH
ROCKEFELLER'S BROTHERS
Citation No.: 12903
Speaker: MIKE MANSFIELD
Tape: WH6804.01 Program No.: 2
Length: 15:46
Date: 4/2/1968
Time: 2:10P
Place: MANSION
Other Speakers: CLARK CLIFFORD
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FROM BEDROOM 4-2-68";
"TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM
DAILY DIARY; CLARK CLIFFORD IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; 0:15 MACHINE
NOISE PRECEDES CALL
Topics: MANSFIELD DISCUSSES CONCERNS ABOUT REPORTS OF BOMBING NORTH OF DMZ
APPARENTLY IN CONFLICT WITH LBJ'S 3/31/68 SPEECH; LBJ DISCUSSES BOMBING RESTRICTIONS
AND DELIBERATE VAGUENESS OF LANGUAGE IN SPEECH, BUT SAYS WE WILL NOT BOMB NORTH
OF 20TH PARALLEL
Citation No.: 12908
Speaker: IVAN ALLEN
Tape: WH6804.01 Program No.: 6
Length: 2:54
Date: 4/4/1968
Time: 11:00P
Place: MANSION
Other Speakers: LADY BIRD JOHNSON
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "ALL SUMMARIZED YB"; LADY BIRD JOHNSON
IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Topics: ALLEN THANKS LBJ FOR HIS STATEMENT UPON DEATH OF MLK, REPORTS
ON SITUATION IN ATLANTA; LBJ'S CALL TO CORETTA SCOTT KING; RIOTING IN WASHINGTON,
DC; POSTPONEMENT OF LBJ'S TRIP TO HONOLULU; LBJ'S 3/31/68 SPEECH; LADY BIRD
JOHNSON THANKS ALLEN FOR HIS WORK
Citation No.: 12910
Speaker: RICHARD DALEY
Tape: WH6804.01 Program
No.: 8
Length: 2:48
Date: 4/6/1968
Time: 5:19P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "ALL SUMMARIZED YB"; "ASKING FOR
FEDERAL HELP W/TROOPS IN CHICAGO RIOT AREA"
Topics: DALEY ASKS FOR FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL RIOTING IN CHICAGO AFTER MLK
ASSASSINATION; LBJ TELLS DALEY TO TALK TO RAMSEY CLARK ABOUT LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
FOR GOV. SAM SHAPIRO TO REQUEST TROOPS, DISCUSSES SITUATION IN WASHINGTON, DC;
NUMBER OF TROOPS NEEDED
Citation No.: 12911
Speaker: RICHARD DALEY
Tape: WH6804.01 Program No.: 9
Length: 1:07
Date: 4/6/1968
Time: 5:35P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "ALL SUMMARIZED YB"
Topics: LBJ ASKS IF GOV. SAM SHAPIRO HAS CONTACTED RAMSEY CLARK TO REQUEST FEDERAL
TROOPS TO CONTROL RIOTS IN CHICAGO AFTER MLK ASSASSINATION, SAYS HE HAS TOLD
CLARK TO GO AHEAD AND PREPARE TROOPS FOR DEPARTURE SO THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE
Citation No.: 12912
Speaker: RAMSEY CLARK
Tape: WH6804.01 Program
No.: 10
Length: 6:32
Date: 4/6/1968
Time: 5:50P?
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "ALL SUMMARIZED YB"; "TIME
?"; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Topics: CALL FROM GOV. SHAPIRO ABOUT FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL CHICAGO RIOTS
AFTER MLK ASSASSINATION; LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR REQUEST; DETAILS OF TROOP
MOVEMENTS; POSSIBLE CRITICISM BY GOV. GEORGE ROMNEY COMPARING RESPONSE TO
DETROIT RIOTS; WASHINGTON, DC SITUATION
Citation No.: 12913
Speaker: CYRUS VANCE
Tape: WH6804.01 Program No.: 11
Length: 0:56
Date: 4/6/1968
Time: 6:38P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "ALL SUMMARIZED YB"; RECORDING STARTS
AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: VANCE GIVES LBJ DETAILED REPORT ON RIOTING IN PRECINCTS IN
WASHINGTON, DC FOLLOWING MLK ASSASSINATION
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