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Conversation with MCGEORGE BUNDY and OFFICE CONVERSATION, August 19, 1965

… LBJ DISCUSSES DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S STATEMENT SUPPORTING LBJ IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION ABOUT THEIR ALLEGED DIFFERENCES ON VIETNAM; GERALD FORD; LBJ INVITES BUNDY TO JOIN MEETING WITH …

Conversation with ANDREW GOODPASTER, May 12, 1965

… LBJ ASKS GOODPASTER TO BRIEF EISENHOWER ON VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ SUMMARIZES US INVOLVEMENT IN DOMINICAN CRISIS; …

Conversation with LESLIE ARENDS, February 27, 1967

… ARENDS PRAISES LBJ'S MEETING THIS MORNING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S FOREIGN POLICY AND VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ THANKS ARENDS FOR REPUBLICAN SUPPORT, …

Conversation with WILLIAM S. WHITE, November 3, 1966

… DISCUSSION OF PRESS COVERAGE OF LBJ'S TRIP TO MANILA CONFERENCE; LBJ REPORTS ON CONFERENCE, … IN MALAYSIA, SOUTH KOREA, THAILAND, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH VIETNAM, INDONESIA; LBJ'S UPCOMING SURGERY; UPCOMING …

Conversation with WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, June 20, 1967

… EFFORTS TO ARRANGE MEETING BETWEEN LBJ, ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN PRESIDENTIAL … VISITS TO NYC; SOVIET DIFFICULTIES IN MIDDLE EAST, CHINA, VIETNAM; LBJ'S SPEECH TODAY; ADVANTAGES OF QUIET DIPLOMACY; LBJ'S …

Conversation with DEAN RUSK, March 3, 1965

… RUSK ASKS LBJ ABOUT SENDING DAVID BELL OR WILLIAM GAUD WITH MISSION TO SOUTH VIETNAM; LBJ TELLS RUSK TO SEND GAUD ON COMMERCIAL PLANE …

Conversation with MIKE MANSFIELD, HUBERT HUMPHREY and ROBERT KENNEDY, November 5, 1964

… RFK REQUESTS MEETING WITH LBJ ABOUT VIETNAM; LBJ AND MANSFIELD CONTINUE TO TEASE HHH ABOUT WEARING WESTERN …

February 1968

… challenge President Johnson for the Democratic nomination, LBJ reached out to the New York Senator for help on … the conversation, Johnson briefly turned to the subject of Vietnam. Tape: WH6802-03-12731 , Lyndon Johnson and Robert …

Secret White House recordings reveal a year quickly unraveling for President Lyndon Johnson

Conversation with DEAN RUSK, February 25, 1965

… RUSK TELLS LBJ THAT HE WILL HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON; LBJ SUGGESTS THAT RUSK SEND BALL TO THAT AFTERNOON'S CABINET … PREPARES FOR PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ SUMMARIZES US POLICY IN VIETNAM; TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION …

Conversation with DWIGHT EISENHOWER, February 19, 1968

… LBJ CONTINUES TO DISCUSS PRESS STORIES, SCIENTISTS' CABLE TO EISENHOWER ABOUT USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN VIETNAM; UNSUITABILITY OF USING TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN KHE SANH; LBJ OFFERS TO HAVE SCIENTISTS BRIEFED; LBJ'S VISIT WITH THE EISENHOWERS YESTERDAY …

Conversation with WH SITUATION ROOM, May 8, 1965

… LBJ ASKS FOR UPDATES ON SITUATIONS IN VIETNAM AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; WH SITUATION ROOM REPORTS … AND THAT ONE AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOT HAVE BEEN LOST IN VIETNAM …

Conversation with CONFERENCE CALL, GEORGE WALLACE, RICHARD NIXON and HUBERT HUMPHREY, October 16, 1968

… CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF US POSITION AT PARIS PEACE TALKS ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; LBJ URGES ALL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO GUARD THEIR STATEMENTS ABOUT VIETNAM SO AS NOT TO IMPAIR NEGOTIATIONS …

Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA, December 20, 1965

… PROPOSAL TO HOLD DOWN DOD BUDGET BY NOT FINANCING VIETNAM MILITARY COSTS BEYOND 1966; GERMAN OFFSET PAYMENT; POSSIBLE GERMAN MILITARY AID TO VIETNAM; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, EXCISE TAX, INCOME TAX; VIETNAM …

Conversation with MCGEORGE BUNDY, September 2, 1964

… BUNDY ASKS LBJ IF HE CAN BRING IN PROPOSED LETTER FROM MAXWELL TAYLOR TO VIETNAM'S GENERAL NGUYEN KHANH; LBJ TELLS HIM TO BRING IT UP …

Conversation with DOROTHY LAWSON MCCALL, March 28, 1967

… MRS. MCCALL TELLS LBJ SHE IS A REPUBLICAN BUT PRAISES LBJ, HIS STAND ON VIETNAM, AND INVITES HIM TO COME VISIT HER THE NEXT TIME HE …

Epic misadventure

… in Laos, his resistance to an American combat role in Vietnam, and his rejection of lethal force in resolving the … 30 Jun 1965, with McNamara telling LBJ that they were wrong in the Bay of Pigs not for doing it …

“Who would want to read a book on disasters?” That was the question John F. Kennedy put to an aide in late 1961 upon hearing that journalists were thinking about writing books on the first year of his presidency. It was a loaded question, as Kennedy was quite familiar with the book market, having written two popular volumes of history, including one on a political and military disaster. And there was no denying that his previous 12 months had been filled with foreign policy missteps—the most notable being the failed invasion at Cuba’s Bay of Pigs.

Conversation with MCGEORGE BUNDY, July 30, 1964

… PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF LBJ'S CHOICE FOR VP NOMINEE; BUNDY SUGGESTS LBJ ANNOUNCE IT NOW TO CABINET, CONGRESS; LBJ DISCUSSES … WITH RFK YESTERDAY; MCNAMARA; HHH; TALKING PAPER ON VIETNAM …

Conversation with JOHN MCCORMACK, June 23, 1964

… REQUESTS FROM WILLIAM RYAN, OGDEN REID THAT LBJ MEET WITH PARENTS OF ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; LBJ'S MEETINGS ON CYPRUS CRISIS; RESIGNATION OF HENRY CABOT LODGE AS US AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LBJ STRESSES NEED FOR ACTION ON OUTSTANDING BILLS …

Conversation with RICHARD DALEY, June 29, 1964

… DALEY EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ; LBJ INVITES DALEY, WIFE TO WH; LBJ REPORTS ON MISSISSIPPI SITUATION, VIETNAM; 1964 CAMPAIGN; BARRY GOLDWATER; ISSUES IN ILLINOIS, …

Conversation with JOHN MCCORMACK, June 23, 1964