About this recording ROBERT MCNAMARA OFFICE CONVERSATION April 30, 1964 Office Conversation Robert S. McNamara American Defense and Security Media and the Press War and Terrorism Citation Number: 3220 LBJ ASKS ABOUT OPTIMISTIC PRESS REPORTS ON BATTLE IN VIETNAM; USIA IN VIETNAM; HENRY CABOT LODGE; PRESS CRITICISM OF LBJ; UPCOMING TRIP BY MCNAMARA, EARLE WHEELER TO VIETNAM; LBJ WANTS NEW MILITARY IDEAS BESIDES BOMBING; LBJ DETERMINED TO WIN WAR Secret White House Tapes | Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA and OFFICE CONVERSATION, April 30, 1964 Backward Play Stop Forward Download audio Previous Conversation with HORACE BUSBY Next MACHINE NOISE, May 1, 1964 More Lyndon B. Johnson Recordings View all Lyndon B. Johnson tapes MACHINE NOISE, May 1, 1964 audio icon Conversation with TELEPHONE OPERATOR, MARIE FEHMER and OFFICE CONVERSATION audio icon Conversation with MCGEORGE BUNDY, May 1, 1964 audio icon Conversation with GEORGE REEDY, May 1, 1964 audio icon Conversation with JACK VALENTI and WHITE HOUSE GARAGE, May 1, 1964 audio icon Conversation with TELEPHONE OPERATOR audio icon MACHINE NOISE, May 1, 1964 audio icon Conversation with CLIFF CARTER, May 1, 1964 audio icon Conversation with JAMES FARLEY and OFFICE CONVERSATION, May 1, 1964 audio icon Conversation with GEORGE REEDY, May 1, 1964 audio icon