Secret White House Tapes

Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA, March 13, 1965

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  • ROBERT MCNAMARA
March 13, 1965
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QUESTION OF USING FEDERAL TROOPS IN SELMA; ADVANTAGES OF USING FBI PERSONNEL INSTEAD OF TROOPS, MARSHALS; EFFECT OF USE OF TROOPS ON PASSAGE OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL; LEAD TIME FOR ALERTING, TRANSPORTING TROOPS; KERMIT GORDON; LBJ PRAISES MARGARET MCNAMARA