About this recording ROBERT MCNAMARA OFFICE CONVERSATION August 4, 1964 Office Conversation Robert S. McNamara American Defense and Security Education Citation Number: 4662 OFFICE CONVERSATION ON POVERTY BILL; MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT UNIDENTIFIED VESSELS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED IN TONKIN GULF, CARRIER HAS LAUNCHED AIRCRAFT IN RESPONSE; DISCUSSION OF US FORCES IN AREA, POSSIBLE RETALIATION; MENDEL RIVERS, CHARLESTON NAVY YARD Secret White House Tapes | Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA and OFFICE CONVERSATION, August 4, 1964 Backward Play Stop Forward Download audio Previous Conversation with GEORGE MAHON, August 5, 1964 Next Conversation with ROBERT KENNEDY and OFFICE SECRETARY, August 5, 1964 More Lyndon B. Johnson Recordings View all Lyndon B. Johnson tapes Conversation with JOHN FLYNT, August 5, 1964 audio icon Conversation with ROBERT KENNEDY and OFFICE SECRETARY, August 5, 1964 audio icon Conversation with JOHN MCMILLAN, August 5, 1964 audio icon Conversation with TELEPHONE OPERATOR audio icon Conversation with OFFICE SECRETARY audio icon Conversation with TELEPHONE OPERATOR audio icon Conversation with B. EVERETT JORDAN, August 5, 1964 audio icon Conversation with OFFICE CONVERSATION audio icon Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA and RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD, August 5, 1964 audio icon MACHINE NOISE, August 5, 1964 audio icon