About this recording GEORGE BALL April 25, 1968 George W. Ball American Defense and Security Media and the Press Middle East Citation Number: 12927 BALL DECLINES APPOINTMENT AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN; LBJ DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO BEGIN VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, HIS CONFIDENCE IN BALL, OTHER CANDIDATES FOR JOB INCLUDING JOHN MCCLOY, GALE MCGEE, LIVINGSTON MERCHANT, MCGEORGE BUNDY, CYRUS VANCE, EUGENE BLACK Secret White House Tapes | Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency Conversation with GEORGE BALL, April 25, 1968 Backward Play Stop Forward Download audio Previous MACHINE NOISE, April 25, 1968 Next Conversation with JOSEPH CALIFANO and OFFICE CONVERSATION, April 27, 1968 More Lyndon B. Johnson Recordings View all Lyndon B. Johnson tapes Conversation with JOSEPH CALIFANO and OFFICE CONVERSATION, April 27, 1968 audio icon Conversation with JOSEPH CALIFANO, April 27, 1968 audio icon Conversation with RICHARD DALEY, April 28, 1968 audio icon Conversation with EARLE WHEELER and OFFICE CONVERSATION, April 28, 1968 audio icon Conversation with JOHN MCCLOY, April 30, 1968 audio icon Conversation with DEAN RUSK, April 30, 1968 audio icon Conversation with UNKNOWN audio icon Conversation with WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, May 2, 1968 audio icon Conversation with WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, May 2, 1968 audio icon Conversation with WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, May 2, 1968 audio icon