Highlights from LBJ’s Telephone Conversations:
January –April 1968

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