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Telephone conversation # 7516, sound recording, LBJ and SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR, 5/2/1965, time unknown

LBJ IS ON HOLD FOR TELEPHONE CALL TO UNIDENTIFIED PERSON WHICH IS DISCONNECTED; WHILE ON HOLD LBJ GIVES INSTRUCTIONS TO SOMEONE IN THE ROOM WITH HIM

Telephone conversation # 7515, sound recording, LBJ and PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER, 5/2/1965, 3:40AM

PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER RELAYS EMBASSY CABLE ON US CASUALTIES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 7514, sound recording, LBJ and PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER, 5/2/1965, 3:40AM

LBJ ASKS PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER FOR STATUS REPORT ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; SITUATION ROOM RELAYS US EMBASSY CABLE ON US CASUALTIES, LIGHT FIRING OVERNIGHT, REPORTS OF REBEL PLANS FOR ASSAULT ON POLICE STATION, US EMBASSY

Telephone conversation # 7513, sound recording, LBJ and WH SITUATION ROOM, 5/2/1965, 3:27AM

LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON SITUATION IN VIETNAM, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 7512, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/1/1965, 7:25PM

MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ THAT GEORGE REEDY HAS ISSUED PRESS RELEASE THAT YF-12A AIRCRAFT HAS BROKEN SPEED RECORDS, EXCEEDING 2,000 MPH; LBJ REQUESTS REPORT ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 7511, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/1/1965, 5:31PM

TAPLEY BENNETT'S RECENT CABLE ON CURRENT SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HIS CONCERNS ABOUT CONSEQUENCES OF CEASEFIRE; LBJ ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION FROM BENNETT, BRUCE PALMER ON CEASEFIRE, SUGGESTS ABE FORTAS CONTACT JUAN BOSCH ABOUT BENNETT'S…

Telephone conversation # 7510, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/1/1965, 3:52PM

BUNDY ASKS LBJ ABOUT CLARIFICATION OF POLICY ON USE OF TEAR GAS BY US TROOPS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 7509, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/1/1965, 3:51PM

BUNDY REPORTS ON PROGRESS OF OAS MEETING ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, COMMUNICATIONS WITH JUAN BOSCH ABOUT US TROOPS

Telephone conversation # 7508, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/1/1965, 2:45PM

MCNAMARA GIVES UPDATE ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; REBELS' COMPLAINTS ABOUT US TROOPS; PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORTS ON MEDICAL AND FOOD ASSISTANCE, EVACUATION OF US AND NON-US CIVILIANS; COORDINATION WITH USIA; LBJ ASKS ABOUT REPORT OF FIRING ON ELECTRIC…

Telephone conversation # 7506, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/1/1965, 2:21PM

DISCUSSION OF SENDING USIA REPRESENTATIVE TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CURRENT DOMINICAN SITUATION; CONCERNS ABOUT MAY DAY DEMONSTRATIONS; LIAISON WITH LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES; POSSIBLE MEETING WITH BETANCOURT; PRESS COVERAGE; COMMUNISM AND LINK WITH…

Telephone conversation # 7505, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/1/1965, 11:39AM

BUNDY APOLOGIZES FOR DELAY IN RELAYING CABLES TO LBJ, REPORTS ON CHESTER BOWLES' VACATION REQUEST; DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT FOR JOHN LEDDY; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF SAM GILSTRAP AS REPLACEMENT FOR BENJAMIN READ; LBJ INSTRUCTS BUNDY ON PRESS CONTACTS

Telephone conversation # 7504, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/1/1965, 11:30AM

LBJ INSTRUCTS MCNAMARA ON HANDLING PUBLIC RELATIONS ACTIVITIES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NAVAL PATROL; CONCERNS ABOUT MAY DAY DEMONSTRATIONS; NEED TO ENCOURAGE WESSIN Y WESSIN TO INCREASE HIS SUPPORT; MCNAMARA REPORTS ON MOVEMENT OF ADDITIONAL US…

Telephone conversation # 7503, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and ABE FORTAS, 5/1/1965, 10:05AM?

FORTAS DICTATES MESSAGE FOR LBJ ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, SUGGESTING APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF ROMULO BETANCOURT, JOSE FIGUERES FERRER, AND JOHN B. MARTIN IF OAS DOES NOT ACT

Telephone conversation # 7502, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/1/1965, 9:05AM

UPCOMING OAS MEETING ON DOMINICAN CRISIS; RECOMMENDATION FOR MORE US TROOPS; EFFORTS TO SEND BRAZILIAN, OTHER LATIN AMERICAN TROOPS; ABE FORTAS' ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS; JOHN B. MARTIN'S CONTACTS WITH JUAN BOSCH, JAIME BENITEZ; PRESS COVERAGE OF CRISIS

Telephone conversation # 7501, sound recording, LBJ and WH SITUATION ROOM, 5/1/1965, 6:23AM

LBJ ASKS FOR UPDATE; SITUATION ROOM REPORTS USSR HAS CALLED FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON DOMINICAN CRISIS; CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS; ANTI-US DEMONSTRATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA; OAS SECRETARY GEN. MORA'S ARRIVAL TODAY; US CASUALTIES; VIETNAM AIR…

Telephone conversation # 7452, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/30/1965, 8:56PM

JUAN BOSCH'S CONCERNS ABOUT SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GEN. ROBERT YORK'S MEETING WITH WESSIN Y WESSIN; LACK OF EFFECTIVENESS OF CEASEFIRE; LBJ'S STATEMENT TONIGHT; US CASUALTIES; LBJ ASKS IF HE CAN COME BY MCNAMARA'S HOUSE FOR A DRINK; RFK

Telephone conversation # 7450, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HELMS, 4/30/1965, 8:51PM

HELMS GIVES LBJ UPDATE ON INVESTIGATION LBJ HAD ASKED HIM TO UNDERTAKE

Telephone conversation # 7449, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 8:46PM

FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH JAIME BENITEZ, JUAN BOSCH ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, RELAYS BOSCH'S CONCERNS THAT US TROOPS ARE WITH WESSIN Y WESSIN'S TROOPS; LBJ TELLS FORTAS TO RELAY CONCERNS TO MCNAMARA; OAS; REACTION TO LBJ'S STATEMENT

Telephone conversation # 7447, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM "RED" RABORN, 4/30/1965, 8:25PM

RABORN RETURNS LBJ'S TELEPHONE CALL; LBJ TELLS RABORN THAT HE HAS TOLD RICHARD HELMS TO UNDERTAKE INVESTIGATION; LBJ'S RECENT STATEMENT ON DOMINICAN CRISIS

Telephone conversation # 7445, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 4/30/1965, time unknown

LBJ IS APPARENTLY ON HOLD FOR WILLIAM "RED" RABORN, WHO IS UNAVAILABLE; LBJ THEN ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO RICHARD HELMS INSTEAD

Telephone conversation # 7444, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 8:00PM

DISCUSSION OF WHETHER GEORGE BALL OR AVERELL HARRIMAN SHOULD ATTEND SEATO MEETING; LBJ ASKS IF BALL HAS FINISHED REPORT ON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVES, COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF PUBLICITY FOR HEALTH, AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS IN VIETNAM; WALLACE GREENE'S PLAN

Telephone conversation # 7443, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 7:31PM

BUNDY ASKS ABOUT HANDLING OF ACCIDENTAL BOMBING OF CAMBODIAN VILLAGE BY US AIRCRAFT; QUESTION OF HAVING SOUTH VIETNAM ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY; REACTION TO LBJ'S STATEMENT ON DOMINICAN CRISIS; JOSE MORA, OAS MISSION TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CEASEFIRE…

Telephone conversation # 7441, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 7:20PM

LBJ DISCUSSES STATEMENT ON DOMINICAN CRISIS HE HAS JUST DELIVERED, COMPLAINS ABOUT LIGHTING, TELEPROMPTER; FORTAS PRAISES STATEMENT

Telephone conversation # 7438, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 6:35PM

LBJ'S DRAFT STATEMENT ON DOMINICAN CRISIS; BUNDY SUMMARIZES US, OAS POSITION, ADVISES LBJ DELAY MAKING STATEMENT; WORDING OF SECTION ON COMMUNIST ROLE IN REVOLT; EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF SITUATION; US CASUALTIES; LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO INFORM US PUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 7436, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 4/30/1965, 6:30PM

DISCUSSION OF WHETHER OR NOT LBJ SHOULD MAKE STATEMENT ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; RUSK ADVISES LBJ NOT TO EMPHASIZE COMMUNIST INVOLVEMENT IN CRISIS; LBJ READS CURRENT DRAFT STATEMENT; RUSK AGREES TO REVISED LANGUAGE

Telephone conversation # 7435, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/30/1965, 6:25PM

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON US CASUALTIES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, TELLS LBJ US FORCES ARE DEFINED AS ON COMBAT MISSION, DISCUSSES CURRENT MILITARY SITUATION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DELAY IN MAKING STATEMENT; OAS DECISION TO SEND JOSE MORA; QUESTION OF COMMUNIST…

Telephone conversation # 7433, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ROWAN, 4/30/1965, 6:04PM

ROWAN ASKS FOR INFORMATION ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ SUMMARIZES SITUATION, TELLS ROWAN TO CONTACT MCGEORGE BUNDY OR THOMAS MANN FOR DETAILED REPORT

Telephone conversation # 7432, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 6:00PM

DISCUSSION OF TIMING AND LANGUAGE OF LBJ'S STATEMENT ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DELAYS IN DRAFTING STATEMENT, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SITUATION; WAYNE MORSE'S SPEECH; BUNDY RELAYS EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF SITUATION; OAS MEETING

Telephone conversation # 7431, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/30/1965, 5:47PM

MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ HE HAS ISSUED ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS TO US COMMANDER GEN. ROBERT YORK TO PERSUADE WESSIN Y WESSIN TO ACCEPT PROPOSED CEASEFIRE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 7430, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 5:45PM

BUNDY RELAYS CONCERNS OF GEORGE BALL, ELLSWORTH BUNKER ABOUT LBJ'S DRAFT STATEMENT ON DOMINICAN CRISIS, SUGGESTS STATEMENT BE DELAYED UNTIL AFTER OAS HAS MET; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DELAY IN MAKING STATEMENT, ASKS TO SEE SUGGESTED CHANGES IN STATEMENT