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Highlights from LBJ’s Telephone Conversations:
May 1968 – January 1969
HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS APPEAR IN BOLD PRINT
Citation No.: 13104
Tape: WH6806.01 Program No.: 4
Length: 9:22
Date: 6/5/1968
Time: 6:35A
Place: MANSION
Other Speakers: STEPHEN SMITH; EDWARD KENNEDY
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: SHORTHAND NOTES ON SLIP WITH DICTABELT;
"(ALSO TALKED TO STEPHEN SMITH & SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY)" ON
ENVELOPE; EDWARD KENNEDY, STEPHEN SMITH ARE MEETING WITH SORENSEN AT
TIME OF CALL AND ARE ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LAST PORTION OF CALL REPEATED ON
CITATION #13106
Topics: LBJ ASKS SORENSEN TO CONVEY HIS SORROW TO KENNEDY FAMILY ABOUT
SHOOTING OF RFK, SAYS HE HAS ORDERED SECURITY DETAILS FOR ALL PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES AND THEIR FAMILIES; LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING SECURITY; LBJ EXPRESSES
SYMPATHY TO SMITH, EDWARD KENNEDY
Citation No.: 13110
Speaker: NELSON
ROCKEFELLER (MP3)
Tape: WH6806.01 Program No.: 10
Length: 4:49
Date: 6/5/1968
Time: 9:30A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: SHORTHAND
NOTES PRECEDE "CANDIDATES; POLITICS" ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT;
ROCKEFELLER IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
Topics: DISCUSSION OF SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
FOLLOWING SHOOTING OF RFK; PENDING LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING SUCH PROTECTION; ROCKEFELLER
DISCUSSES HIS CAMPAIGN; LBJ OFFERS CAMPAIGN ADVICE DESPITE THEIR PARTISAN
DIFFERENCES
Citation No.: 13113
Tape: WH6806.01 Program No.: 12
Length: 3:15
Date: 6/6/1968
Time: 10:52A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: SHORTHAND
NOTES PRECEDE AND FOLLOW "CONDOLENCES" ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING
DICTABELT; "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT;
KENNEDY IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
Topics: LBJ
EXTENDS HIS CONDOLENCES TO EDWARD KENNEDY AND KENNEDY FAMILY UPON DEATH OF RFK,
OFFERS ANY SERVICES THAT GOVT CAN PROVIDE; KENNEDY THANKS LBJ
Citation No.: 13140
Speaker: EVERETT
DIRKSEN (MP3)
Tape: WH6806.03 Program No.: 8
Length: 9:09
Date: 6/25/1968
Time: 4:53P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: SHORTHAND
NOTES ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; POOR SOUND QUALITY; DIRKSEN IS DIFFICULT
TO HEAR
Topics: DIRKSEN
DISCUSSES MEETING ON SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS, PRECEDENTS ON RECESS
APPOINTMENTS OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES; LBJ SAYS HE WILL NAME ABE FORTAS AS
CHIEF JUSTICE, HOMER THORNBERRY AS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE; DIRKSEN REPORTS ON
MEETING WITH "JOHN" DANAHER?
Citation No.: 13147
Speaker: EVERETT
DIRKSEN (MP3)
Tape: WH6806.04 Program No.: 6
Length: 10:07
Date: 6/27/1968
Time: 3:57P
Place: MANSION
Other Speakers:
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Topics: SAM
ERVIN'S VIEW THAT ABE FORTAS CANNOT BE APPOINTED AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE
UNTIL EARL WARREN RESIGNS; DISCUSSION OF SENATORS' VIEWS ON NOMINATIONS OF
FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; REPUBLICAN SENATORS' LETTER OPPOSING FORTAS'
NOMINATION
Citation No.: 13201
Tape: WH6807.01 Program No.: 1
Length: 11:30
Date: 7/1/1968
Time: 4:26P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: SHORTHAND
NOTES PRECEDE AND FOLLOW "FORTAS & THORNBERRY" ON SLIP
ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Topics: FBI, LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO SITUATION IN MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI; LBJ SAYS HE
WANTS DOJ STATEMENT THAT FEDERAL GOVT WILL INVESTIGATE ATTACKS ON JEWS,
NEGROES; NEED TO GET SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER
THORNBERRY
Citation No.: 13214
Tape: WH6807.02 Program No.: 4
Length: 8:04
Date: 7/24/1968
Time: 9:55A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "RE
BILLBOARD LOBBY [LOBBY LINED THROUGH] LEGISLATION; PENALTY PROVISION IN,
RANDALL AMENDMENT OUT"
Topics: LBJ
DISCUSSES HIS MEETING IN HONOLULU, ASKS ABOUT WILLIAM CRAMER'S ACTION ON
BILLBOARD PENALTY PROVISIONS OF HIGHWAY AID BILL IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE; TRINITY RIVER BILL;
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY LETTER TO LBJ; BELL LEASE AGREEMENT
Citation No.: 13222
Tape: WH6807.02 Program No.: 12
Length: 12:46
Date: 7/30/1968
Time: 8:46P
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "TO:
MARY RATHER"; "I STARTED TAPING THIS AFTER HE WAS ON THE LINE.
ESTIMATED TIME OF CONVERSATION WAS 8:46 [8:50 LINED THROUGH]-9:00P.M. DON'T
KNOW PARTY...DBM"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Topics: LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO CONTINUE BOMBING NORTH VIETNAM, POSSIBLE NEW
ENEMY OFFENSIVE, CANDIDATE HHH'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT EFFECT
OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ON VIETNAM; RICHARD HUGHES' CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM;
SOVIET PRESSURE ON VIETNAM
Citation No.: 13307
Speaker: HUBERT
HUMPHREY (MP3)
Tape: WH6808.01 Program No.: 7
Length: 5:07
Date: 8/18/1968
Time: 5:23P
Place: LBJ RANCH
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "SUNDAY"; "SUMMARIZED"; DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME OF
CALL AS 5:15P
Topics: CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S TRIP TO VIETNAM; HHH'S STATEMENT ABOUT
VIETNAM ON FACE THE NATION; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED ENEMY INFILTRATION DURING
BOMBING PAUSES; DEAN RUSK'S COMMENTS ON EUGENE MCCARTHY'S PROPOSED DEMOCRATIC
PARTY PLATFORM PLANK ON VIETNAM
Citation No.: 13309
Tape: WH6808.01 Program No.: 9
Length: 15:13
Date: 8/20/1968
Time: 11:22P
Other Speakers: UNIDENTIFIED MALE; UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "B.1"; "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING
DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; RECORDING IS BRIEFLY
INTERRUPTED BY CONVERSATION BETWEEN UNIDENTIFIED MALE, FEMALE; CONTINUES ON
NEXT PNO
Topics: LBJ'S
MEETING WITH ANATOLY DOBRYNIN ON SOVIET INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA; US
NEGOTIATIONS WITH USSR ON ARMS CONTROL ISSUES; THREAT OF SOVIET INVASION TO US
INTERESTS; CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY BY DEMOCRATS; NIXON'S CONCERN ABOUT
COMMENTS BY HHH
Citation No.: 13313
Tape: WH6808.02 Program No.: 1
Length: 3:01
Date: 8/26/1968
Time: 8:04A
Place: LBJ RANCH
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