Miller Center

Lyndon B. Johnson - Gulf of Tonkin Recordings

Below are audio files of Department of Defense, National Military Command Center (NMCC) recordings related to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. For Lyndon Johnson's telephone conversations on the Tonkin incident, return to the August, 1964 Johnson Presidential Recordings page.

August 4, 1964

Earle Wheeler to Edward Grimm (VN 1.01)
Earle Wheeler to Keith McCutcheon (VN 1.02)
CINCPAC Duty Officer to Edward Grimm (VN 1.03)
Silence (VN 1.04)
Keith McCutcheon to David Burchinal (VN 1.05)
Robert McNamara to U.S. Grant Sharp (VN 1.06)
U.S. Grant Sharp to David Burchinal (VN 1.07)
U.S. Grant Sharp to David Burchinal (VN 1.08)
WH Situation Room to NMCC, PacDesk (VN 1.09)
U.S. Grant Sharp to David Burchinal (VN 1.10)
U.S. Grant Sharp to David Burchinal (VN 1.11)
WH Situation room to Colonel Nickols (VN 1.12)
Robert McNamara to David Burchinal (VN 1.13)
David Burchinal to U.S. Grant Sharp (VN 1.14)
U.S. Grant Sharp to David Burchinal (VN 1.15)
U.S. Grant Sharp to David Burchinal (VN 1.16)
Lloyd Mustin to Robert Smith (VN 1.17)
U.S. Grant Sharp to David Burchinal (VN 1.18)
JCS Conference Room to NMCC, PacDesk (VN 1.19)
U.S. Grant Sharp to David Burchinal Grimm (VN 1.20)
Lloyd Mustin to Robert Smith (VN 1.21)
Robert Smith to Keith McCutcheon (VN 1.22)
U.S. Grant Sharp to David Burchinal (VN 1.23)
U.S. Grant Sharp to David Burchinal (VN 1.24)
U.S. Grant Sharp to David Burchinal (VN 2.01)
Earle Wheeler to David Burchinal (VN 2.02)
Robert McNamara to U.S. Grant Sharp (VN 2.03)
U.S. Grant Sharp to Robert McNamara (VN 2.04)
U.S. Grant Sharp to Robert McNamara (VN 2.05)
Robert McNamara to U.S. Grant Sharp (VN 2.06)
Robert McNamara to U.S. Grant Sharp (VN 2.07)
Chester Clifton to William Wisman (VN 2.08)
William Wisman to David Burchinal (VN 2.09)
Robert McNamara to U.S. Grant Sharp (VN 2.10)
William Wisman to David Burchinal (VN 2.11)
U.S. Grant Sharp to Robert McNamara (VN 2.12)
CINCPAC Duty Officer to NMCC (VN 2.13)
NMCC Conference Call (VN 2.14)
William Wisman to Lloyd Mustin (VN 2.15)
William Wisman to Kelsie Reaves (VN 2.16)
U.S. Grant Sharp to Earle Wheeler (VN 2.17)
Earle Wheeler to U.S. Grant Sharp (VN 2.18)

August 5, 1964

Earle Wheeler to U.S. Grant Sharp (VN 2.19)
Earle Wheeler to U.S. Grant Sharp (VN 2.20)
CINCPAC Duty Officer to Colonel Smith (VN 2.21)
U.S. Grant Sharp to McNamara's Office (VN 2.22)
U.S. Grant Sharp to William Wisman (VN 2.23)
Keith McCutcheon to William Wisman (VN 2.24)
William Wisman to David Burchinal (VN 2.25)
William Wisman to Lloyd Mustin (VN 2.26)
Robert McNamara to Melton (VN 2.27)
CINCPAC Duty Officer to NMCC, PacDesk (VN 2.28)