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The LBJ Library and Museum in Austin, Texas have released new phone conversations, listen to calls on the Tet offensive in Vietnam and violence in the wake of Martin Luther King�s assassination. You�ll also hear LBJ talk about North Korea�s seizure of the intelligence ship the U.S.S. Pueblo and LBJ�s decision not to run for re-election. And LBJ Library Senior Archivist Regina Greenwell joins us to provide context and analysis.

5/10/2008: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr

In this edition of LBJ calls, from 1967 President Johnson talks with Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler and White House Budget Director Charles Schultze. The conversation covers problems for a tax bill, the federal budget and spending for the war in Vietnam. Throughout the calls economic historian and author David Shreve provides background and analysis.

5/3/2008: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr

Listen to some of President Johnson�s calls from September 1966, as LBJ considers economic legislation and the war in Vietnam. You�ll hear calls with Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach, Defense Sec. Robert McNamara & Treasury Sec. Henry Fowler, and with Congressional leaders, including House Majority Whip Hale Boggs. Also, hear our interview with Congressman Boggs� daughter, journalist and author Cokie Roberts.

5/12/2007: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr

Hear phone calls recorded by President Lyndon Johnson in September 1966. Economic problems and appropriations bills are the focus of many of these calls, as LBJ talks to his Treasury Secretary, Budget Director and to Congressional leaders. You�ll also hear calls about Vietnam and about a story critical of LBJ in a Jewish publication.

4/21/2007: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr

This Saturday on C-SPAN Radio's LBJ Tapes, listen to phone calls from September, 1966. Topics include the upcoming Congressional elections, appropriations bills, such as spending for the war in Vietnam and a state resolution critical of that war. LBJ talks to members of Congress, an ambassador, and private sector advisers.

4/14/2007: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr

Listen to calls from July 1964, a month before the Democratic National Convention. You�ll hear conversations about the campaign, as well as civil rights issues. LBJ also gets a request from columnist Drew Pearson and teases Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen.

4/7/2007: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr

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