About this recording DEAN RUSK ROBERT MCNAMARA May 20, 1965 Dean Rusk Robert S. McNamara American Defense and Security Citation Number: 8007 RUSK ASKS IF LBJ HAS BEEN INFORMED OF RISKS OF NEW BOMBING TARGET IN NORTH VIETNAM; MCNAMARA TELLS RUSK THAT LBJ DISCUSSED RISKS AT LUNCH TODAY; RUSK ASKS IF LOCAL COMMANDERS IN VIETNAM HAVE BEEN WARNED OF RISKS Secret White House Tapes | Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency Conversation with DEAN RUSK and ROBERT MCNAMARA Backward Play Stop Forward Download audio Previous Conversation with SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR and SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR Next Conversation with WH SITUATION ROOM, May 21, 1965 More Lyndon B. Johnson Recordings View all Lyndon B. Johnson tapes Conversation with WH SITUATION ROOM, May 21, 1965 audio icon Conversation with JOHN MCCORMACK, May 21, 1965 audio icon Conversation with JOSEPH KEENAN and OFFICE CONVERSATION, May 21, 1965 audio icon Conversation with JOHN MCCORMACK, May 21, 1965 audio icon Conversation with WH SITUATION ROOM, May 21, 1965 audio icon Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA, May 21, 1965 audio icon Conversation with MCGEORGE BUNDY, May 22, 1965 audio icon MACHINE NOISE, May 22, 1965 audio icon Conversation with BILL MOYERS, May 22, 1965 audio icon Conversation with MCGEORGE BUNDY, May 22, 1965 audio icon