About this recording WILLARD WIRTZ March 31, 1968 W. Willard Wirtz American Defense and Security Elections Politics The Presidency Citation Number: 12854 WIRTZ PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH AS CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE, SAYS HE HOPES TO EVENTUALLY PERSUADE LBJ TO CHANGE HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION; LBJ THANKS WIRTZ BUT SAYS DECISION IS IRREVERSIBLE Secret White House Tapes | Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency Conversation with WILLARD WIRTZ, April 1, 1968 Backward Play Stop Forward Download audio Previous Conversation with WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, April 1, 1968 Next Conversation with GEORGE MEANY, April 2, 1968 More Lyndon B. Johnson Recordings View all Lyndon B. Johnson tapes Conversation with GEORGE MEANY, April 2, 1968 Conversation with MIKE MANSFIELD and CLARK CLIFFORD, April 2, 1968 audio icon Conversation with WILLIAM KNOWLAND, April 3, 1968 audio icon Conversation with RICHARD DALEY, April 3, 1968 audio icon Conversation with CLARK CLIFFORD, April 3, 1968 audio icon Conversation with IVAN ALLEN and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, April 5, 1968 audio icon Conversation with BUFORD ELLINGTON, April 5, 1968 Conversation with RICHARD DALEY, April 6, 1968 audio icon Conversation with CYRUS VANCE, April 6, 1968 audio icon Conversation with JOHN STENNIS, April 6, 1968 audio icon