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Telephone conversation # 5624, sound recording, LBJ and FREDERIC DONNER, 9/21/1964, 12:22PM

DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULING MEETINGS OF COMSAT BOARD; DONNER TELLS LBJ HE WILL ACCEPT APPOINTMENT TO BOARD; LBJ EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR DONNER; DONNER TELLS LBJ HE CANNOT ATTEND UPCOMING MEETING BECAUSE OF UAW NEGOTIATIONS

Telephone conversation # 5622, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD WELSH, 9/21/1964, 11:50AM

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT COOPERATION OF LABOR, BUSINESS AND GOVT; APPOINTMENTS TO COMSAT BOARD; LBJ ASKS WELSH FOR MEMO ON PLANNED INCREASED FEDERAL SPENDING ON DEFENSE AND SPACE IN NEXT 4 YEARS, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION

Telephone conversation # 5621, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 9/21/1964, 11:32AM

DUNGAN REPORTS THAT CLARK KERR, GEORGE MEANY CANNOT ATTEND COMSAT BOARD MEETING; DISCUSSION OF DUNGAN'S APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO CHILE, HIS SUCCESSOR AS WH PERSONNEL DIRECTOR; DUNGAN REPORTS HE IS WORKING ON COMPUTERIZED FILE OF PROSPECTIVE…

Telephone conversation # 5620, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/19/1964, 5:52PM

LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN TO MEET WITH LEE WHITE TO PREPARE STATEMENTS FOR CONGRESS TO USE TO ALLAY LABOR'S FEARS THAT CIVIL RIGHTS ACT WILL CAUSE LOSS OF JOBS TO NEGROES, EMPHASIZING ADMINISTRATION'S POSITIVE PROGRAMS TO COMBAT CRIME, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

Telephone conversation # 5619, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 9/19/1964, 5:49PM

LBJ ASKS WHITE TO MEET WITH LARRY O'BRIEN TO PREPARE STATEMENTS FOR CONGRESS TO USE TO ALLAY LABOR'S FEARS THAT CIVIL RIGHTS ACT WILL CAUSE LOSS OF JOBS TO NEGROES; WHITE REPORTS THAT THOMAS DODD'S OFFICE HAS DOCUMENTED VOTING RECORDS OF GOLDWATER,…

Telephone conversation # 5618, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/19/1964, 5:44PM

BUNDY REPORTS ON PRESS COVERAGE OF INCIDENT IN TONKIN GULF; CONFUSION OVER MCNAMARA'S PRESS BRIEFING AND COMPETITION WITH WH PRESS BRIEFING

Telephone conversation # 5617, sound recording, VICKI MCCAMMON and WH SITUATION ROOM, 9/19/1964, time unknown

MCCAMMON ASKS OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO MCGEORGE BUNDY'S OFFICE, THEN WH SITUATION ROOM TO ASK ABOUT STATUS OF SUGGESTED REPLY TO PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT; UNIDENTIFIED MALE IN SITUATION ROOM SUGGESTS SHE CONTACT BROMLEY SMITH

Telephone conversation # 5615, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/19/1964, time unknown

MCCAMMON TELLS LBJ HE HAS A CALL FROM LARRY O'BRIEN; LBJ TELLS MCCAMMON HE WILL CALL O'BRIEN BACK LATER BECAUSE HE IS IN A MEETING; MCCAMMON RELAYS MESSAGE TO O'BRIEN

Telephone conversation # 5614, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/19/1964, 5:31PM

BUNDY REPORTS ON PRESS COVERAGE OF RECENT ATTACK IN TONKIN GULF; DISCUSSION OF GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON ATTACK; BUNDY REPORTS ON REACTIONS OF JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, WALTER LIPPMANN TO INCIDENT

Telephone conversation # 5613, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/19/1964, 2:27PM

LBJ ASKS ABOUT KATZENBACH'S MOTHER, PRAISES HIS RECENT TELEVISED SPEECH, ASKS HIM TO MAKE OTHER APPEARANCES TO DISCUSS CRIME-FIGHTING EFFORTS, ADDRESS LABOR'S FEARS OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT CAUSING LOSS OF JOBS TO NEGROES; PRESS REPORTS OF CABINET…

Telephone conversation # 5612, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 9/19/1964, 2:05PM

LBJ ASKS MOYERS TO ARRANGE TO HAVE DNC SEND COPIES OF FAVORABLE EDITORIAL FROM LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL TO TOP DAILY PAPERS; FRED DUTTON MEMO ON CALIFORNIA POLLS; POSSIBLE POLL ON GOLDWATER'S APPEARANCE LAST NIGHT

Telephone conversation # 5611, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/19/1964, 1:45PM

PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT LBJ ATTENDING FUNERAL OF J. FRANK DOBIE; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT LABELING HIS APPEARANCES AS POLITICAL OR OFFICIAL; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF DELIVERY OF WARREN COMMISSION REPORT ON JFK ASSASSINATION TO PRESS, TO LBJ

Telephone conversation # 5610, sound recording, LBJ and MARLIN SANDLIN, 9/18/1964, 10:30PM

LBJ AND SANDLIN DISCUSS TEXAS POLITICAL CLIMATE, FRANKIE RANDOLPH, JOHN CONNALLY, RALPH YARBOROUGH, UNFAVORABLE AD IN TODAY'S HOUSTON PAPERS; LBJ THEN DELIVERS REMARKS PRAISING HHH TO HOUSTON DINNER IN HONOR OF HHH

Telephone conversation # 5609, sound recording, LBJ and POLISH-AMERICAN CONGRESS DINNER, 9/18/1964, 9:00PM

LBJ DELIVERS REMARKS TO POLISH-AMERICAN CONGRESS DINNER VIA TELEPHONE, PLEDGING US SUPPORT OF POLISH FREEDOM, DESCRIBES DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS WITH POLAND

Telephone conversation # 5608, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 9/18/1964, time unknown

LBJ ASKS OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO LADY BIRD JOHNSON; OPERATOR REPORTS THAT SHE IS EN ROUTE FROM WH MESS TO MANSION

Telephone conversation # 5607, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 9/18/1964, 7:54PM

PRESS STORIES ON LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S OHIO TRIP, LYNDA JOHNSON'S TRIP TO GREECE; STROM THURMOND'S SWITCH TO REPUBLICAN PARTY; SOUTHERN NEGRO VOTE; PENTAGON REACTION TO TONKIN GULF INCIDENT; POLARIS A-3 MISSILE; GOLDWATER CAMPAIGN; PHOTOS OF LBJ…

Telephone conversation # 5606, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 9/18/1964, 7:54PM

FINDINGS OF WARREN COMMISSION ON JFK ASSASSINATION; BULLET THAT HIT JOHN CONNALLY; LEE HARVEY OSWALD; ALLEGED ATTACK IN TONKIN GULF; PRESS STORY ON GEORGIA DISASTER AREAS; APPOINTMENT OF MILLS LANE TO COMSAT BOARD; GEORGIA POLITICS; CHARLES DANIEL

Telephone conversation # 5605, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 7:36PM

FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH EARLE WHEELER AND CYRUS VANCE, MCNAMARA REPORTS ON EVENTS IN TONKIN GULF AND RECOMMENDS THAT PREPARATIONS FOR RETALIATORY ATTACK IN CURRENT DAYLIGHT HOURS BE CANCELED, WH OR DOD ISSUE STATEMENT TOMORROW, PATROLS IN GULF…

Telephone conversation # 5604, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/18/1964, 7:34PM

BUNDY REPORTS THAT BAD WEATHER IN TONKIN GULF MAY PREVENT FURTHER REPORTS ON ALLEGED ATTACK, ASKS IF LBJ WANTS TO MAKE PRESS STATEMENT TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING; LBJ ASKS BUNDY TO MEET WITH HIM

Telephone conversation # 5603, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 9/18/1964, time unknown

LBJ ASKS OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO WILLARD WIRTZ; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT EFFECTS OF LABOR, CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND JEWISH SUPPORT FOR LBJ; OPERATOR TELLS LBJ THAT WIRTZ IS NOT IN HIS OFFICE OR AT HOME

Telephone conversation # 5602, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 9/18/1964, 7:24PM

DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULING PROBLEMS FOR LBJ'S APPEARANCES AT NEW YORK LIBERAL PARTY PARADE, LUNCHEON, RALLY AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AND AT DINNER IN PHILADELPHIA ON OCTOBER 29 OR 31; DISPUTE BETWEEN NEW YORK LIBERAL PARTY AND NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Telephone conversation # 5601, sound recording, LBJ and WALKER STONE, 9/18/1964, 6:40PM

LBJ TELLS STONE THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO ACCEPT INVITATION TO APPEAR AT UPI EDITORS MEETING ALONG WITH GOLDWATER OR MILLER; DISCUSSION OF LATEST ALLEGED ATTACK IN TONKIN GULF; LBJ EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT ATTACK; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ

Telephone conversation # 5600, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 6:26PM

UPDATE ON LATEST ALLEGED ATTACK IN TONKIN GULF; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INTERFERENCE ON TELEPHONE LINES, EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT ATTACK; MELVIN LAIRD'S CHARGE THAT FEDERAL WORKERS ARE USED FOR POLITICAL TASKS; TOM GATES' CRITICISM OF MCNAMARA'S…

Telephone conversation # 5598, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/18/1964, 2:02PM

LBJ TELLS REEDY THAT RUSK, MCGEORGE BUNDY, MCNAMARA WILL BE MEETING WITH HIM AT 2:30P AND WILL HAVE PRESS STATEMENT AFTERWARDS

Telephone conversation # 5597, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 1:55PM

MCNAMARA READS PRESS STATEMENT ON ATTACK ON US DESTROYERS IN TONKIN GULF; LBJ ASKS ABOUT PLANS FOR MEETING OF MCNAMARA, RUSK, MCGEORGE BUNDY ON INCIDENT AND TIMING OF RELEASE OF MCNAMARA'S STATEMENT

Telephone conversation # 5594, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/18/1964, 12:08PM

DISCUSSION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR LBJ'S MEETING WITH BUNDY AND OTHERS IN CABINET ROOM

Telephone conversation # 5593, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 11:46AM

MCNAMARA GIVES LBJ REPORT ON PT BOATS' ATTACK ON US DESTROYERS IN TONKIN GULF, DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ACTION, NEED TO MAKE PRESS STATEMENT; LBJ CAUTIONS ABOUT ACTING HASTILY WITHOUT ADEQUATE PROOF OF ATTACK; ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW WEAPONS SYSTEM

Telephone conversation # 5592, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID LAWRENCE, 9/18/1964, 10:45AM

LAWRENCE REPORTS ON CONCERNS OF JOSEPH CLARK, MATTHEW MCCLOSKEY ABOUT SENATE INVESTIGATION BY EVERETT JORDAN OF NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, RECOMMENDS THAT HEARINGS BE STOPPED OR DELAYED

Telephone conversation # 5591, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 10:18AM

MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES THAT 4 PT BOATS ARE ATTACKING 2 US DESTROYERS IN TONKIN GULF AND ATTACK APPEARS TO BE INTENTIONAL, TELLS LBJ THAT JCS IS DISCUSSING POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ACTION FOR HIS CONSIDERATION

Telephone conversation # 5589, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/17/1964, 6:45AM

REEDY REPORTS ON FAVORABLE REACTION BY PRESS AND AUDIENCE TO LBJ'S SPEECH LAST NIGHT, COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON HIS DELIVERY; DISCUSSION OF ROBERT THOMPSON OF LA TIMES BUREAU AND OF PRESS PLAY OF UPCOMING SPEECHES

Telephone conversation # 5588, sound recording, LBJ and ALEX WARDEN, 9/16/1964, 11:03AM

MANSFIELD AND LBJ ASK WARDEN, PUBLISHER OF GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, TRIBUNE, ABOUT HIS HEALTH; LBJ THANKS WARDEN FOR HIS HELP IN ORGANIZING TODAY'S EVENT IN GREAT FALLS

Telephone conversation # 5586, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 9/15/1964, 8:10PM

JENKINS REPORTS ON FACTS ABOUT RESTRICTED RACIAL COVENANTS ON PROPERTY OWNED BY JOHNSONS IN TEXAS, READS STATEMENT ISSUED BY LBJ ABOUT PURCHASE OF THE ELMS; ABE FORTAS' ADVICE THAT KILDUFF ISSUE SIMILAR INFORMAL PRESS STATEMENT ON THIS MATTER

Telephone conversation # 5585, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 9/15/1964, 7:37PM

KILDUFF ASKS LBJ FOR RESPONSE FOR PRESS TO WILLIAM MILLER'S CHARGE THAT JOHNSONS OWNED PROPERTY IN TEXAS WITH RESTRICTED RACIAL COVENANTS; LBJ SAYS WALTER JENKINS WILL ISSUE PREPARED STATEMENT AFTER CHECKING FACTS ON MATTER