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Telephone conversation # 13727, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/9/1968, 10:34AM

RUSK REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN; LBJ SUGGESTS WILLIAM BUNDY CALL BUI DIEM PRIOR TO DIRKSEN'S MEETING WITH DIEM TO WARN DIEM THAT CONGRESS WILL NOT SUPPORT VIETNAM WAR IF SOUTH VIETNAM DOES NOT JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS

Telephone conversation # 13726, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/9/1968, 8:13AM

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH RICHARD NIXON ABOUT PARIS PEACE TALKS, SAYS NIXON WILL HAVE EVERETT DIRKSEN RELAY MESSAGE TO SOUTH VIETNAM THAT NIXON SUPPORTS LBJ, URGE THEM TO JOIN TALKS; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO BRIEF DIRKSEN BEFORE HIS MEETING WITH BUI DIEM

Telephone conversation # 13725, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/8/1968, 9:23PM

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

Telephone conversation # 13723, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/8/1968, 9:23PM

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…

Telephone conversation # 13722, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/8/1968, 2:54PM

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…

Telephone conversation # 13721, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/6/1968, 12:01PM

DISCUSSION OF ELECTION RESULTS; FORTAS SAYS HHH'S DEFEAT IS NOT REJECTION OF LBJ'S POLICIES; LBJ DISCUSSES MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE IN ILLINOIS AND TEXAS

Telephone conversation # 13719, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 11/6/1968, 11:54AM

DALEY DISCUSSES ELECTION RESULTS IN ILLINOIS, SAYS DEMOCRATS WON LOCAL RACES BUT LOST GOVERNOR AND SENATE RACES, PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECHES IN HOUSTON AND NYC, DISCUSSES EFFECT OF CHICAGO RIOTS ON HHH CAMPAIGN IN ILLINOIS, FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Telephone conversation # 13718, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/6/1968, 11:32AM

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

Telephone conversation # 13717, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/5/1968, 7:31PM

HHH THANKS LBJ FOR HIS APPEARANCE AT HOUSTON RALLY; LBJ AND OTHERS DISCUSS ELECTION RETURNS, OFFER SUPPORT AND GOOD WISHES TO HHH ON ELECTION NIGHT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON PRAISES HHH AND MURIEL HUMPHREY, TELLS HUMPHREY THAT HE CARRIED STONEWALL, TEXAS

Telephone conversation # 13716, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 11/5/1968, time unknown

LBJ SPEAKS WITH TELEPHONE OPERATOR ABOUT PLACING CALL TO UNIDENTIFIED PERSON

Telephone conversation # 13715, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 11/4/1968, 2:54PM

YARBOROUGH SAYS PRESS REPORT THAT HE BELIEVES LBJ WILL RUN AGAINST HIM IN 1970 IS UNTRUE; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPORT, TELLS STORY ABOUT TEXAS POSTMASTER; HHH RALLY IN HOUSTON; PRESS REPORT JOHN CONNALLY BACKS NIXON; POLL SHOWING INCREASED SUPPORT FOR HHH

Telephone conversation # 13714, sound recording, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 11/4/1968, 12:27PM

CLARK CLIFFORD SUGGESTS THAT HE TALK DIRECTLY WITH DEAN RUSK ABOUT HOW TO RESPOND TO SAVILLE DAVIS' INQUIRIES ABOUT NIXON ASSOCIATES' CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SAY NOTHING AND THAT WALT ROSTOW WILL NOT MEET WITH DAVIS

Telephone conversation # 13713, sound recording, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 11/4/1968, 12:27PM

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…

Telephone conversation # 13712, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and WALT ROSTOW, 11/3/1968, 2:28PM

OFFICE SECRETARY SPEAKS BRIEFLY TO ROSTOW, THEN ASKS UNIDENTIFIED MALE TO PICK UP ROSTOW'S CALL

Telephone conversation # 13711, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/3/1968, 2:18PM

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

Telephone conversation # 13710, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/3/1968, 1:54PM

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…

Telephone conversation # 13709, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/3/1968, 1:25PM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SMATHERS' TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (RICHARD NIXON) ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; NIXON'S REPUTATION AS ANTI-COMMUNIST; RECENT REMARKS BY JOHN TOWER, ROBERT FINCH, MELVIN LAIRD

Telephone conversation # 13708, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/3/1968, 1:25PM

SMATHERS' TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (RICHARD NIXON) ON REPORTS THAT JOHN TOWER, ANNA CHENNAULT ENCOURAGED SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT NIXON CAMPAIGN'S COMMENTS, REVIEWS NEGOTIATIONS AND REPORTS OF CHENNAULT'S…

Telephone conversation # 13706, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/2/1968, 9:18PM

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…

Telephone conversation # 13704, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 11/1/1968, 1:57PM

LBJ ASKS THAT HHH NOT MENTION VIETNAM UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DUE TO PRECARIOUS STATE OF PEACE TALKS; NEGATIVE EFFECT OF HHH'S STATEMENTS, ANNA CHENNAULT'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE; PRESS QUESTIONS ON POLITICAL EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT; LBJ'S…

Telephone conversation # 13703, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 11/1/1968, 1:09PM

YARBOROUGH PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH ON BOMBING HALT, SAYS COKE STEVENSON, ALLAN SHIVERS WILL ATTEND RICHARD NIXON'S RALLY IN TEXAS, ASKS LBJ TO GET PRICE DANIEL TO ATTEND HHH'S HOUSTON RALLY; LBJ REVIEWS HISTORY OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, HIS DECISION NOT…

Telephone conversation # 13702, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/1/1968, 11:38AM

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…

Telephone conversation # 13701, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/1/1968, 8:31AM

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…

Telephone conversation # 13621, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 10/31/1968, 6:52PM

LBJ ADVISES HHH ON WHAT TO TELL PRESS ABOUT SPEECH THAT LBJ WILL MAKE TONIGHT ANNOUNCING VIETNAM BOMBING HALT, ASKS HHH TO MAINTAIN SECRECY UNTIL AFTER SPEECH, THEN OFFER SUPPORT; LBJ PRAISES MURIEL HUMPHREY'S RECENT SPEECH, DISCUSSES HIS SPEECHES…

Telephone conversation # 13620, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 10/31/1968, 6:52PM

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…

Telephone conversation # 13619, transcripts, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/31/1968, 6:28PM

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LBJ REVIEWS RECENT VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, SAYS HE WILL MAKE STATEMENT TONIGHT THAT HE IS STOPPING ALL BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM AND THAT PEACE TALKS THAT INCLUDE SOUTH VIETNAM WILL BEGIN PROMPTLY, DISCUSSES UNAUTHORIZED CONTACTS WITH SOUTH…

Telephone conversation # 13618, transcripts, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/31/1968, 6:05PM

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LBJ REVIEWS RECENT PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, DISCUSSES PROBLEMS CREATED BY SPEECHES AND UNAUTHORIZED CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM, SAYS HE WILL ISSUE ORDER TONIGHT TO STOP ALL BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM AND WILL SET DATE FOR PEACE TALKS THAT INCLUDE SOUTH…

Telephone conversation # 13617, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM

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…

Telephone conversation # 13616, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM

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

Telephone conversation # 13614, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM

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…

Telephone conversation # 13613, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/30/1968, 10:25AM

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

Telephone conversation # 13612, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/30/1968, 10:25AM

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…

Telephone conversation # 13611, sound recording, LBJ and DARRELL SCHNEIDER, 10/29/1968, 12:11PM

DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS OF KING AIR AIRPLANE FOR LBJ'S USE IN RETIREMENT AND DELAYS IN HAVING MODIFICATIONS MADE; SCHNEIDER DISCUSSES ADVERSE EFFECT OF BRITISH CONTRACT (SST?) ON US AIRLINE COMPANIES

Telephone conversation # 13610, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/29/1968, 10:37AM

RUSK SAYS CYRUS VANCE HAS PROPOSED POSTPONING MEETING WITH NORTH VIETNAMESE; RUSK'S CONCERN THAT IF US GOES AHEAD WITH BOMBING HALT DESPITE ALLIES' OBJECTIONS, PERCEPTION WILL BE IT WAS DONE DUE TO DOMESTIC POLITICS; REPUBLICAN EFFORTS TO THWART…

Telephone conversation # 13609, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/29/1968, 10:30AM

RUSK DISCUSSES ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S MEETING WITH NGUYEN VAN THIEU, NGUYEN CAO KY ON PEACE TALKS; THIEU'S INSISTENCE ON NEED FOR MORE TIME BEFORE JOINING TALKS; POSSIBLE DELAY IN BOMBING HALT; CYRUS VANCE'S REPORT ON NORTH VIETNAMESE REACTION; JOHN…