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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
Other Speakers: JIM JONES
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "B-2"; "THEN LATER-CHARLES MURPHY"; "(MURPHY FIRST)
[LINED THROUGH]";"--NOT SURE OF THE IDENTIFICATION ON THIS--OR
SEQUENCE"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; JIM JONES IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME
OF CALL;
CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 PNOS
Topics: MURPHY
READS HALE BOGGS' PROPOSED DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM PLANK ON BOMBING IN
VIETNAM, SAYS HHH ACCEPTS IT; LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT ACCEPT PLANK THAT IMPLIES
BOMBING WILL STOP, THAT IT MAY ENDANGER US TROOPS, SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT TO
SPEAK DIRECTLY TO BOGGS
Citation No.: 13314
Tape: WH6808.02 Program No.: 2
Length: 14:41
Date: 8/26/1968
Time: 8:04A
Place: LBJ RANCH
Other Speakers: JIM JONES; HALE BOGGS
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "B-2"; "THEN LATER-CHARLES MURPHY"; "(MURPHY
FIRST) [LINED THROUGH]"; "--NOT SURE OF THE IDENTIFICATION ON
THIS--OR SEQUENCE"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; JONES IS MEETING WITH LBJ,
MURPHY WITH BOGGS; CONTINUES WITH INTERRUPTION FROM PREVIOUS PNO, ON NEXT PNO
Topics: BOGGS, JONES DISCUSS PROPOSED DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM PLANK ON
BOMBING IN VIETNAM; BOGGS EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN HHH AND
LBJ, CHAOS AT CONVENTION IF PLATFORM COMMITTEE CANNOT REACH AGREEMENT; LBJ
DISCUSSES PROPOSED PLANK WITH MURPHY
Citation
No.: 13315
Tape: WH6808.02 Program No.: 3
Length: 13:31
Date: 8/26/1968
Time: 8:04A
Place: LBJ RANCH
Other Speakers: JIM JONES
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "B-2"; "THEN LATER - CHARLES MURPHY"; "(MURPHY
FIRST) [LINED THROUGH]"; "--NOT SURE OF THE IDENTIFICATION ON
THIS--OR SEQUENCE"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS PNOS; LBJ IS MEETING WITH JONES; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
Topics: LBJ'S
POSITION ON DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM PLANK ON HALTING ALL BOMBING IN VIETNAM;
EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT ON INFILTRATION; INCREASED DANGER TO US TROOPS; LBJ
READS DRAFT OF SPEECH HE MAY DELIVER TO CONVENTION; HHH'S VIEWS ON PLANK
Citation No.: 13320
Tape: WH6808.02 Program No.: 8
Length: 15:09
Date: 8/26/1968
Time: 10:39A
Place: LBJ RANCH
Other Speakers: MACHINE NOISE; OFFICE CONVERSATION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "IN
CHICAGO"; 1:06 MACHINE NOISE AND OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDE CALL;
CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: WATSON
SAYS RICHARD DALEY WILL SUPPORT LBJ'S NOMINATION AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION;
DRAFT EDWARD KENNEDY MOVEMENT IF HHH DOES NOT GET NOMINATION ON FIRST BALLOT;
LBJ EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT DRAFT LBJ EFFORT; VIETNAM PLATFORM PLANK;
POSSIBLE VOTES FOR LBJ
Citation No.: 13321
Tape: WH6808.02 Program No.: 9
Length: 10:56
Date: 8/26/1968
Time: 10:39A
Place: LBJ RANCH
Other Speakers:
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "IN CHICAGO"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO
Topics: LBJ READS
PART OF SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HE WILL MAKE AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION; PLANS FOR LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO ATTEND CONVENTION; POSSIBLE
NEED FOR FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL DEMONSTRATORS; EFFORTS TO DRAFT LBJ OR
EDWARD KENNEDY AS NOMINEE
Citation No.: 13330
Speaker: HUBERT
HUMPHREY (MP3)
Tape: WH6808.04 Program No.: 1
Length: 14:41
Date: 8/29/1968
Time: 10:41A
Place: LBJ RANCH
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "SUMMARIZED"; "10:45A [LINED THROUGH]"; HHH ON HOLD
0:15; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: LBJ
PRAISES MURIEL HUMPHREY; HHH ASKS ADVICE ON VP NOMINATION; LBJ PRAISES HHH AS
VP, EMPHASIZES NEED FOR LOYALTY AND HIS REGRET ABOUT NOT APPOINTING HIS OWN
MEN; POSSIBLE NOMINEES: EDMUND MUSKIE, HALE BOGGS, DANIEL INOUYE, TERRY
SANFORD, FRED HARRIS
Citation No.: 13334
Tape: WH6808.04 Program No.: 5
Length: 6:25
Date: 8/29/1968
Time: 11:29A
Place: LBJ RANCH
Other Speakers: OFFICE CONVERSATION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "SUMMARIZED"; "11:35 [LINED THROUGH]"; SMALL CHILD
IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
Topics: CLARK
REPORTS ON FBI BACKGROUND CHECKS OF POSSIBLE VP NOMINEES EDMUND MUSKIE, FRED
HARRIS, DANIEL INOUYE; LBJ ASKS CLARK'S EVALUATION OF THOSE THREE AND TERRY
SANFORD, CARL SANDERS; RIOTS IN CHICAGO AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; PRESS COVERAGE
OF CONVENTION
Citation No.: 13401
Tape: WH6809.01 Program No.: 1
Length: 13:31
Date: 9/2/1968
Time: 10:10A
Place: LBJ RANCH
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Topics: DISCUSSION
OF NEGOTIATING TACTICS AT VIETNAM PEACE TALKS IN PARIS; LBJ ASKS FOR NEW
PROPOSALS; PEACE EFFORTS BY POPE PAUL, GOVT OF NORWAY; LBJ SUGGESTS MEETING
WITH ADVISERS AT CAMP DAVID TO PROBE FOR IDEAS FOR PROPOSALS
Citation No.: 13406
Tape: WH6809.01 Program No.: 6
Length: 9:54
Date: 9/6/1968
Time: 2:47P
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "TRANSCR LB" [YB?]; "SEN. EDMUND MUSKIE" WRITTEN ON
DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Topics: GOLFING;
MUSKIE ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ; SITUATION IN EASTERN EUROPE; CHARLES ROBB'S
EXPERIENCE IN VIETNAM; US OFFER TO STOP ALL BOMBING IF ENEMY WILL STOP
INFILTRATION, ROCKETING OF DMZ; PRIVATE TALKS IN PARIS; POPE PAUL'S PEACE
EFFORTS; PAUL MARCINKUS
Citation No.: 13409
Tape: WH6809.02 Program No.: 1
Length: 15:05
Date: 9/7/1968
Time: 10:14A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "RICHARD DALEY" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; CONTINUES ON NEXT
PNO
Topics: INVESTIGATION OF CHICAGO RIOTS DURING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE; BUGGING BY PRESS; COMMUNIST ROLE IN VIETNAM
PROTESTS; RAMSEY CLARK'S VIEWS OF RIOTS; ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY;
POSSIBLE USE OF OEO FUNDS BY PROTESTORS
Citation No.: 13414
Tape: WH6809.02 Program No.: 6
Length: 5:33
Date: 9/12/1968
Time: 5:16P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "ALL
THE REST OF 2 BELTS-FORTAS MATTER, SEN. HEARINGS"; "ATTY. GEN. RAMSEY
CLARK SEN. RUSSELL LONG" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; "TRANSCRIBED YB"
WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO
Topics: LBJ ASKS
CLARK TO CONSIDER TEACHING AFTER ADMINISTRATION ENDS; ABE FORTAS'
CONFIRMATION; WAYNE MORSE'S RE-ELECTION; LBJ DISCUSSES STRATEGY FOR CONFIRMING
FORTAS, NEED TO CHALLENGE ROBERT GRIFFIN'S OPPOSITION TO FORTAS, PARTISAN
NATURE OF OPPOSITION
Citation No.: 13501
Speaker: EVERETT
DIRKSEN (MP3)
Tape: WH6810.01 Program No.: 1
Length: 14:12
Date: 10/1/1968
Time: 10:31A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "TRANSCRIBED-YB" AND LENGTHY NOTE ON CONTENTS OF CALL ON SLIP
ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT
Topics: HHH'S SALT
LAKE CITY SPEECH ON BOMBING HALT; CURRENT US VIETNAM POLICY, NEGOTIATING
CONDITIONS; EFFECT OF SPEECH ON ELECTION; REPUBLICAN VACANCIES; JAMES RUSSELL
WIGGINS' APPOINTMENT TO UN; ABE FORTAS; POSSIBLE NOMINATION OF TOM CLARK AS
CHIEF JUSTICE
Citation No.: 13533
Speaker: GORDON
BUNSHAFT (MP3)
Tape: WH6810.03 Program No.: 11
Length: 7:47
Date: 10/10/1968
Time: 8:57P
Other Speakers: TELEPHONE OPERATOR; UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "RE
BUILDING INTO THE LBJ LIBRARY A REPLICA OF THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AS AN
EXHIBIT"; DICTABELT PREVIOUSLY MISFILED; LBJ ON HOLD 0:40; PREVIOUSLY
OPENED IN PART ON THE LBJ LIBRARY WEB SITE
Topics: LBJ ASKS IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO BUILD REPLICA OF OVAL OFFICE IN LBJ
LIBRARY; POPULARITY OF TRUMAN LIBRARY'S REPLICA; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S VIEWS; LBJ
SAYS THIS IS THE ONE THING HE WANTS; IMPRESSIVENESS OF OVAL OFFICE; SCHEDULE
FOR LIBRARY'S COMPLETION
Speaker: CONFERENCE CALL (MP3)
Tape: WH6810.04 Program No.: 6
Length: 15:43
Date: 10/16/1968
Time: 11:41A
Other Speakers: RICHARD NIXON; HUBERT HUMPREY; GEORGE WALLACE; OFFICE CONVERSATION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "CONFERENCE
CALL"; "TO HON HUBERT HUMPHREY, HON RICHARD NIXON, HON GEORGE
WALLACE"; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO; LBJ IS MEETING WITH WALT ROSTOW AT TIME
OF CALL AND SPEAKS WITH HIM BEFORE CONFERENCE CALL; LBJ IS ON SPEAKERPHONE AND
IS ON HOLD 0:40
Topics: LBJ BRIEFS
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON US POSITION ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT, ASKS THEM NOT
TO MAKE SPEECHES THAT WILL IMPAIR NEGOTIATIONS, SAYS HE WILL ADVISE ALL OF THEM
OF ANY BREAKTHROUGH, READS WH PRESS RELEASE ON PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; AL SMITH
DINNER
Citation No.: 13548
Speaker: CONFERENCE CALL (MP3) Tape: WH6810.04 Program No.: 7
Length: 2:51
Date: 10/16/1968
Time: 11:41A
Other Speakers: GEORGE WALLACE; RICHARD NIXON; HUBERT HUMPHREY
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "CONFERENCE
CALL"; "TO HON HUBERT HUMPHREY, HON RICHARD NIXON, HON GEORGE
WALLACE"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO; LBJ IS ON SPEAKERPHONE
Topics: CONTINUED
DISCUSSION OF US POSITION AT PARIS PEACE TALKS ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; LBJ
URGES ALL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO GUARD THEIR STATEMENTS ABOUT VIETNAM SO AS
NOT TO IMPAIR NEGOTIATIONS
Citation No.: 13569
Tape: WH6810.06 Program No.: 7
Length: 3:14
Date: 10/22/1968
Time: 9:50A
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "SAME
DAY"; BOMBING HALT" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT
Topics: RUSK REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH CYRUS VANCE ON US POSITION ON BOMBING
HALT, PEACE TALKS WITH NORTH VIETNAM; SOVIET ROLE AS INTERMEDIARY WITH NORTH
VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HALT MAY APPEAR POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, SAYS TALKS MUST BEGIN
IMMEDIATELY AFTER HALT
Citation No.: 13587
Speaker: EVERETT
DIRKSEN (MP3)
Tape: WH6810.07 Program No.: 8
Length: 4:15
Date: 10/23/1968
Time: 6:02P
Other Speakers: TELEPHONE OPERATOR
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT;
TELEPHONE OPERATOR SAYS "ARE YOU THERE?" AT END OF RECORDING
Topics: DIRKSEN REPORTS THAT RICHARD NIXON IS CONCERNED THAT LBJ WILL MAKE
ANNOUNCEMENT ON VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE IS TRYING TO GET PEACE, WILL INITIATE
CONSULTATION WITH CANDIDATES WHEN ANYTHING HAPPENS THAT WARRANTS IT, DISCUSSES
PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PRESS LEAKS
Citation
No.: 13591
Tape: WH6810.08 Program No.: 4
Length: 8:34
Date: 10/24/1968
Time: 10:08A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RECORDING
STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: POSITION
OF AVERELL HARRIMAN AND CYRUS VANCE ON PROPOSED AGREEMENT WITH NORTH VIETNAM;
SOVIET ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS; PROVIDING CABLES ON TALKS TO CLARK CLIFFORD;
RUSK'S CONCERN ABOUT LAG BETWEEN ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOMBING HALT AND BEGINNING OF
PEACE TALKS
Citation No.: 13601
Speaker: RICHARD
RUSSELL (MP3)
Tape: WH6810.09 Program No.: 6
Length: 12:33
Date: 10/26/1968
Time: 11:47A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RECORDING
STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: LBJ
REPORTS ON BIRTH OF LYNDA ROBB'S DAUGHTER LUCINDA, CONTACTING CHARLES ROBB IN
VIETNAM, BABY'S NAME; VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; US CONDITIONS FOR TALKS,
BOMBING HALT; TIMING OF HALT AND ELECTION; WILLIAM WESTMORELAND'S ALLEGED
REMARKS ON LATIN AMERICA
Citation No.: 13602
Speaker: RICHARD
RUSSELL (MP3)
Tape: WH6810.09 Program No.: 7
Length: 16:14
Date: 10/26/1968
Time: 11:47A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT;
CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO
Topics: EVALUATION
OF SPIRO AGNEW; POSSIBLE PERCEPTION LBJ IS ORDERING BOMBING HALT TO AFFECT
ELECTION; GEORGIA POLITICS; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH FOR HHH; RUSSELL PRAISES LADY
BIRD JOHNSON; LYNDON NUGENT; PEACE TALKS; INCREASED ENEMY CASUALTIES; CREIGHTON
ABRAMS
Citation No.: 13612
Speaker: RICHARD
RUSSELL (MP3)
Tape: WH6810.10 Program No.: 8
Length: 15:27
Date: 10/30/1968
Time: 10:25A
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: NIXON'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; MELVIN LAIRD; JOHN
MITCHELL; ANNA CHENNAULT; HISTORY OF BOMBING HALT NEGOTIATIONS; CREIGHTON
ABRAMS' SUPPORT FOR HALT; NIXON'S STATEMENT URGING SOVIETS, OTHERS JOIN TALKS;
DELAY IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT JOINING TALKS
Citation No.: 13613
Speaker: RICHARD
RUSSELL (MP3)
Tape: WH6810.10 Program No.: 9
Length: 9:36
Date: 10/30/1968
Time: 10:25A
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO
Topics: CONTINUED
DISCUSSION OF BOMBING HALT NEGOTIATIONS AND RICHARD NIXON'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH
VIETNAM GOVT; LBJ SAYS HE PLANS TO ANNOUNCE BOMBING HALT AND SAY THAT SOUTH
VIETNAM GOVT MAY ATTEND NOVEMBER 6 PARIS MEETING; ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S
RECOMMENDATIONS
Citation No.: 13614
Speaker: EVERETT
DIRKSEN (MP3)
Tape: WH6810.11 Program No.: 1
Length: 14:56
Date: 10/31/1968
Time: 4:09P
Place: MANSION
Other Speakers: TELEPHONE OPERATOR
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "(RETURNING HIS CALL)"; LBJ SPEAKS WITH TELEPHONE OPERATOR
BRIEFLY AT BEGINNING OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT 3 PNOS
Topics: LBJ
REVIEWS RECENT PEACE TALKS WITH NORTH VIETNAM; US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT;
EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ON TALKS; NIXON'S ASSOCIATES' CONTACTS WITH SOUTH,
NORTH VIETNAM; APPROVAL OF BOMBING HALT OF NORTH VIETNAM BY MILITARY, CREIGHTON
ABRAMS
Citation
No.: 13616
Speaker: EVERETT
DIRKSEN (MP3)
Tape: WH6810.11 Program No.: 3
Length: 0:52
Date: 10/31/1968
Time: 4:09P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: RECORDED ON SAME DICTABELT AS CITATION #13725-13729; CONTINUES FROM 2
PREVIOUS PNOS AND ON NEXT PNO
Topics: LBJ DISCUSSES CREIGHTON ABRAMS' AUTHORITY TO RESPOND TO ENEMY ATTACKS
AFTER BOMBING HALT, LBJ'S BRIEFING OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON BOMBING HALT
NEGOTIATIONS AND CONTACTS WITH SOVIETS ON PEACE TALKS
Citation No.: 13617
Speaker: EVERETT
DIRKSEN (MP3)
Tape: WH6810.11 Program No.: 4
Length: 14:47
Date: 10/31/1968
Time: 4:09P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "(RETURNING HIS CALL)"; CONTINUES FROM
3 PREVIOUS PNOS
Topics: VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, BOMBING HALT; ROLE OF USSR IN TALKS; LBJ
COMPLAINS ABOUT STATEMENTS BY NIXON AND MELVIN LAIRD, REPUBLICAN CONTACTS WITH
SOUTH, NORTH VIETNAM; US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT; DIRKSEN QUESTIONS EFFECT
OF HALT ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Citation No.: 13620
Speaker: HUBERT
HUMPHREY (MP3)
Tape: WH6810.11 Program No.: 5
Length: 15:38
Date: 10/31/1968
Time: 6:52P
Place: CABINET ROOM
Other Speakers: OFFICE CONVERSATION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "PRES
IN CAB RM"; "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING
DICTABELT; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: LBJ
REVIEWS LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, SAYS HE WILL ISSUE ORDER
TONIGHT TO STOP BOMBING; NEGATIVE EFFECT OF NIXON ASSOCIATES' CONTACTS WITH
SOUTH, NORTH VIETNAM; US CONDITIONS FOR HALT; RESPONSE TO CHARGE THAT HALT IS
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED
Citation No.: 13701
Speaker: ROBERT
MCNAMARA (MP3)
Tape: WH6811.01 Program No.: 1
Length: 5:56
Date: 11/1/1968
Time: 8:31A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT
Topics: MCNAMARA
PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH ANNOUNCING VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; DISCUSSION OF
EFFECTIVENESS OF CREIGHTON ABRAMS, ELLSWORTH BUNKER; EFFECT OF STATEMENTS,
ACTIVITIES OF HHH AND NIXON ON PEACE TALKS; RELUCTANCE OF SOUTH VIETNAM TO JOIN
PEACE TALKS; LBJ'S COLD
Citation No.: 13702
Speaker: RICHARD
RUSSELL (MP3)
Tape: WH6811.01 Program No.: 2
Length: 16:01
Date: 11/1/1968
Time: 11:38A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "LD"; "IN WINDER, GEORGIA"; "SUMMARIZED"
WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; "NOV. 1, 1968 1ST PART OF SEN.
RUSSELL" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS
OVER
Topics: DISCUSSION
OF LBJ'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOMBING HALT, CANDIDATES' REACTIONS; CREIGHTON ABRAMS'
STRATEGY; SOUTH VIETNAM'S RELUCTANCE TO JOIN PEACE TALKS FOLLOWING CONTACTS
WITH NIXON'S ASSOCIATES; NGUYEN VAN THIEU'S DEMANDS; STATUS OF PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN
Citation No.: 13706
Speaker: EVERETT
DIRKSEN (MP3)
Tape: WH6811.01 Program No.: 6
Length: 10:29
Date: 11/2/1968
Time: 9:18P
Place: LBJ RANCH
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "APPROX 9:20P"; "SUMMARIZED, YB"; TIME
FROM DAILY DIARY
Topics: LBJ SAYS
SOUTH VIETNAM HAD AGREED TO BOMBING HALT AND TO PARTICIPATE IN PEACE TALKS,
DISCUSSES INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS OF ANNA CHENNAULT'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM
GOVT, WARNS DIRKSEN OF CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH CONTACTS; DIRKSEN SAYS HE WILL TALK
TO NIXON
Citation No.: 13710
Tape: WH6811.02 Program No.: 3
Length: 14:58
Date: 11/3/1968
Time: 1:54P
Place: LBJ RANCH
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "TRANSCRIBED & SUMMARIZED YB"
Topics: NIXON
DISCUSSES EVERETT DIRKSEN'S CALL ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH
VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS, SAYS HE WILL COOPERATE WITH LBJ, GO TO PARIS
OR SAIGON IF NEEDED; LBJ REVIEWS HISTORY OF PEACE TALKS, BRIEFING OF CANDIDATES; LBJ LIBRARY
Citation No.: 13711
Tape: WH6811.02 Program No.: 4
Length: 8:45
Date: 11/3/1968
Time: 2:18P
Place: LBJ RANCH
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "SUMMARIZED YB"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS
BEGUN
Topics: LBJ
REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH GEORGE SMATHERS, RICHARD NIXON ABOUT NIXON'S
ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; CHARGE THAT LBJ'S
MOTIVES IN HALTING BOMBING ARE POLITICAL; SPIRO AGNEW'S ROLE IN CONTACTS WITH
SOUTH VIETNAM
Citation No.: 13713
Speaker: CONFERENCE CALL (MP3) Tape: WH6811.03 Program No.: 1
Length: 14:48
Date: 11/4/1968
Time: 12:27P
Place: LBJ RANCH
Other Speakers: CLARK CLIFFORD; DEAN RUSK; WALT ROSTOW; JIM JONES; TELEPHONE OPERATORS
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; JIM
JONES IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; HE AND LBJ ARE ON HOLD 1:12 WHILE
DEAN RUSK, CLARK CLIFFORD, WALT ROSTOW ARE CONNECTED; RUSK AND CLIFFORD
CANNOT HEAR EACH OTHER; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE MONITOR REPORTER SAVILLE DAVIS' INQUIRIES ABOUT NIXON ASSOCIATES'
CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM; INTELLIGENCE REPORTS OF ANNA CHENNAULT'S
ACTIVITIES; RUSK, CLIFFORD URGE THAT LBJ NOT MAKE INFORMATION PUBLIC; POLITICAL
IMPLICATIONS OF STORY
Citation No.: 13718
Speaker: HUBERT
HUMPHREY (MP3)
Tape: WH6811.03 Program No.: 6
Length: 3:41
Date: 11/6/1968
Time: 11:32A
Place: LBJ RANCH
Other Speakers: LADY BIRD JOHNSON; MURIEL HUMPHREY
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: SLIP
INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 11/5/68; DAILY DIARY, ENVELOPE CONTAINING BELT LIST
DATE AS 11/6/68; TV IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING
WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL, MURIEL HUMPHREY WITH HHH; RECORDING STARTS AFTER
CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Topics: LBJ AND
LADY BIRD JOHNSON PRAISE HHH AND MURIEL HUMPHREY; HHH SAYS HE IS SORRY TO HAVE
LET LBJ DOWN; LBJ DISCUSSES HHH'S DEFEAT AND DIVISIVENESS IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
READS TELEGRAM THAT HE AND LADY BIRD HAVE SENT TO THE HUMPHREYS
Citation No.: 13722
Speaker: EVERETT
DIRKSEN (MP3)
Tape: WH6811.03 Program No.: 10
Length: 4:42
Date: 11/8/1968
Time: 2:54P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "RE
THE SENATOR'S TALK W/NIXON THIS MORNING, S VIETNAMESE REACTIONS; CHINA
LOBBY"; "SUMMARIZED YB"
Topics: DIRKSEN
REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH RICHARD NIXON, SAYS NIXON DENIES INTERFERING WITH
VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ SAYS THAT NIXON SHOULD SEND MESSAGE TO SOUTH
VIETNAMESE IN SUPPORT OF LBJ, URGING THEM TO SEND DELEGATION TO PARIS PEACE
TALKS NEXT WEEK
Citation No.: 13723
Tape: WH6811.04 Program No.: 1
Length: 15:19
Date: 11/8/1968
Time: 9:23P
Place: MANSION
Other Speakers: TELEPHONE OPERATOR
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "KEY
BISCAYNE, FLA"; "TRANSCRIBED" ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT;
LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PUT CALL FROM NIXON THROUGH ON THIS TELEPHONE;
CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 PNOS
Topics: NIXON SAYS
HE TALKED WITH HHH TODAY, THANKS LBJ FOR CONGRATULATIONS; LBJ DISCUSSES REPORTS
THAT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ARE URGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS UNTIL
AFTER NIXON TAKES OFFICE, ASKS NIXON TO CONTACT BUI DIEM; LBJ PRAISES RICHARD
HELMS
Citation No.: 13725
Tape: WH6811.04 Program No.: 3
Length: 1:11
Date: 11/8/1968
Time: 9:23P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "KEY
BISCAYNE, FLA"; "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING
DICTABELT; CONTINUES WITH SOME INTERRUPTION FROM 2 PREVIOUS PNOS; POOR SOUND
QUALITY; RECORDING SKIPS AND SOME PORTIONS OF CALL NOT RECORDED
Topics: LBJ
CONTINUES TO DISCUSS SOUTH VIETNAM'S FAILURE TO JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS, HISTORY
OF NEGOTIATIONS, US CONTACTS WITH SOVIETS, US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT;
NIXON SAYS HE WILL CONTACT BUI DIEM AND URGE SOUTH VIETNAM TO PARTICIPATE IN
TALKS
Citation No.: 13763
Speaker: GEORGE
SMATHERS (MP3)
Tape: WH6811.08 Program No.: 3
Length: 14:49
Date: 11/23/1968
Time: 1:08P
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA"; "NO. 1"; CONTINUES ON NEXT
PNO
Topics: LBJ
DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH HHH ON RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH UN
AMBASSADOR, HHH'S FUTURE PLANS; LBJ PRAISES ROBERT MURPHY, DISCUSSES PROBLEMS
OF PRESIDENCY, NEED FOR NIXON TO HAVE STRONG FOREIGN POLICY ADVISERS; ANNA
CHENNAULT
Citation No.: 13767
Tape: WH6811.09 Program No.: 3
Length: 2:56
Date: 11/23/1968
Time: 6:58P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "25
NOV 'C' [INCORRECT DATE]"; "SAT"; "LD"; "RE TALK
W VP LAST NIGHT AND TODAY=RE DNC CHMNSHIP"; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: LBJ
DISCUSSES FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HHH'S LEADERSHIP
OF PARTY, SAYS HE SUPPORTS APPOINTMENT OF SANFORD AS DNC CHAIRMAN
Citation No.: 13768
Tape: WH6811.09 Program No.: 4
Length: 4:22
Date: 11/23/1968
Time: 6:58P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "25
NOV 'D' [INCORRECT DATE]"; "SAT"; "(LD) RE CHMNSHIP/DNC";
SHORTHAND NOTES ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO
Topics: CONTINUED
DISCUSSION OF HHH AND FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF
SANFORD AS DNC CHAIRMAN; HHH'S FUTURE PLANS; IMPORTANCE OF SOUTH TO DEMOCRATIC
PARTY;
INVITATION TO SANFORDS TO WH STATE DINNER
Citation No.: 13803
Tape: WH6812.01 Program No.: 3
Length: 3:53
Date: 12/4/1968
Time: 10:06A
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FROM
B RM"; "LD"; CHICAGO"; "RET'G HIS CALL"; "RE
REPORT ON VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO, AUG '68"
Topics: LBJ'S FAMILY; DISCUSSION OF DANIEL WALKER'S REPORT ON RIOTS DURING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN CHICAGO; DALEY ASKS LBJ TO ENCOURAGE RAMSEY CLARK TO INDICT DAVID
DELLINGER, TOM HAYDEN, OTHERS; INDICTMENTS OF CHICAGO POLICEMEN
Citation No.: 13812
Tape: WH6812.02 Program No.: 5
Length: 7:07
Date: 12/17/1968
Time: 3:52P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "FOWLER-FORD MATTER"; "NOT COMPLETE"; CONTINUES ON
NEXT PNO
Topics: DISCUSSION
OF CONCERNS OF HENRY FORD II, OTHERS ABOUT NEW IRS RULING (ON DEFERRED STOCK
COMPENSATION); LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION WITH COHEN AND OTHERS, SAYS HE DOES NOT
WANT AGENCIES TO ISSUE NEW RULES IN LAST DAYS OF ADMINISTRATION; ABE FORTAS'
VIEWS
Citation No.: 13813
Tape: WH6812.02 Program No.: 6
Length: 3:43
Date: 12/17/1968
Time: 3:52P
Place: MANSION
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "(FOWLER-FORD MATTER)"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO; POOR
SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES
Topics: CONTINUED
DISCUSSION OF NEW IRS RULING (ON DEFERRED STOCK COMPENSATION) AND LBJ'S
OBJECTIONS TO PROMULGATION OF NEW RULES IN LAST DAYS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION;
SENATE'S FAILURE TO CONFIRM ABE FORTAS AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE
Citation No.: 13821
Tape: WH6812.02 Program No.: 14
Length: 8:24
Date: 12/25/1968
Time: 5:41P
Place: MANSION
Other Speakers: LADY BIRD JOHNSON; BESS TRUMAN
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "**WISHED PRES. AND MRS. TRUMAN A MERRY XMAS AND TOLD THEM (W/MRS.
JOHNSON ALSO ON THIS CONVERSATION) WHAT WONDERFUL PEOPLE THEY WERE." ON
ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ, BESS
TRUMAN WITH HARRY TRUMAN AT TIME OF CALL
Topics: JOHNSONS
WISH THE TRUMANS MERRY CHRISTMAS, THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT; LBJ TELLS BESS
TRUMAN OF CALL TO CHARLES ROBB, PATRICK NUGENT IN VIETNAM, DISCUSSES THE MANY
JOHNSON BILLS THAT BEGAN IN TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION, RECOMMENDS MISSOURI
CORPSMAN DON NAUSE
Citation No.: 13832
Tape: WH6812.03 Program No.: 8
Length: 6:43
Date: 12/30/1968
Time: 9:41P
Place: LBJ RANCH
Transcribed: Y
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: "SEE
BELOW FOR GIST" AND LENGTHY NOTE ON CONTENTS OF CALL WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE
CONTAINING DICTABELT
Topics: KENNEDY
SAYS HE SUPPORTED EDMUND MUSKIE FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP BUT MUSKIE WILL NOT
RUN SO KENNEDY HAS DECIDED TO RUN FOR WHIP AGAINST RUSSELL LONG; LBJ DISCUSSES
ALBEN BARKLEY'S CHALLENGE IN FDR ADMINISTRATION, SAYS PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT
INTERFERE
Citation No.: 13906
Tape: WH6901.01 Program No.: 6
Length: 11:19
Date: 1/2/1969
Time: 10:50A
Place: LBJ RANCH
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: RECORDING
STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT PNO
Topics: LONG
DISCUSSES VOTES HE HAS IN HIS RACE FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP AGAINST EDWARD
KENNEDY; LBJ ENCOURAGES LONG TO CONTACT HIS SUPPORTERS AGAIN, DISCUSSES HIS
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, PREJUDICE AGAINST SOUTHERNERS, EDMUND MUSKIE'S DECISION
NOT TO RUN FOR WHIP
Citation No.: 13907
Tape: WH6901.01 Program No.: 7
Length: 2:10
Date: 1/2/1969
Time: 10:50A
Place: LBJ RANCH
Transcribed: N
Restriction: OPEN
Comments: CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS PNO
Topics: LBJ
EXPRESSES FEAR THAT FIGHT FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP WILL SPLIT DEMOCRATIC
PARTY AND CAUSE SOUTHERN COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN TO VOTE WITH REPUBLICANS;
DISCUSSION OF THOSE SUPPORTING LONG FOR WHIP
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