The LBJ Tapes: Gulf of Tonkin
President Johnson’s August 1964 calls about the Gulf of Tonkin and Congressional resolution.
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725 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson spoke with administration officials and advisors about the war in Vietnam, arms sales to Jordan and Israel’s objections, demonstrations at the embassy in Moscow and …
952 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson spoke with administration officials and advisors about a hostage situation in the Congo, the financial crisis in the United Kingdom, and his relationship with the pr…
310 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson spoke to administration staff and supporters about foreign policies, post-election politics, possible military base closings, and Vietnam. Note: Some language may b…
258 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson spoke to administration officials and others about civil unrest, the Poverty Bill and other legislation and international issues. Note: Some language may be offensi…
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915 viewsProfessor Barbara Perry discussed what happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963. President Lyndon Johnson and administration officials talked with various departments for updates on the shoot…
964 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson talked with administration officials and others about the three missing civil rights workers in Mississippi, the tax bill in Congress and questions about the Johnson…
325 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson talked about halting the bombing of North Vietnam and its effect on the pending presidential election and his address to the nation. Ken Hughes provided an insight i…
493 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson talked with advisors and Congressional leaders about Panama, Vietnam, federal budget cuts, the Civil Rights and Farm bills, and a major earthquake in Alaska. He also…
149 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson spoke with advisors about a stand off with Cuba over Guantanamo Bay, trade with England, the going investigation of his former Senate aide, the tax and Civil Rights …
163 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson talked with advisors about school desegregation in Alabama, Vietnam, and the continuing Congressional probe of the top aide to LBJ when he was a Senator. Note: Some …
357 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson spoke with Congressional leaders and advisors about his excise tax bill, the U.S. auto industry, continuing violence on Panama and an investigation of his former aid…
180 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson talked with his advisors about his proposed fiscal year 1965 budget and a tax bill, State Department leaks to the press, continuing unrest in the Panama Canal Zone a…
232 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson’s calls from early January 1964, as he talks about problems for the U.S. in Panama,beef imports and relations with ranchers and farmers, a trip to Indonesia by Attor…
169 viewsC-SPAN Radio notes the 50th anniversary of the Tet offensive and the escalation of the war in Vietnam with President Lyndon Johnson’s calls from January-March 1968. Participants include out…
782 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson talked with advisors about the Civil Rights and tax bills, a controversial judicial appointment, the Federal budget and leaks to the press. President Johnson complai…
996 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson talked about the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, sending ground troops to Vietnam and Congressional hearings on the war. Participants included Defense Secretary Robert Mc…
639 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson talked with advisors about the resignations of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and U.S. Ambassador to the UN Arthur Goldberg, the presidential campaign and the war…
314 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson’s conversations about the war in Vietnam and the presidential campaign with former President Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Presidential histori…
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