Secret White House Tapes

Conversation with GEORGE BALL, April 25, 1968

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  • GEORGE BALL
April 25, 1968
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BALL SAYS HE HAS DISCUSSED HIS APPOINTMENT AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN WITH EDWIN WEISL, SR., AND WITH BOBBY LEHMAN AND HAS DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENT; LBJ EXPRESSES PLEASURE ABOUT BALL'S DECISION; DISCUSSION OF WHEN BALL CAN ASSUME THE OFFICE