White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts, 11/22/1963 - 1/3/1969. LBJ Recording of Telephone Conversation, WH Series, ERNEST MCFARLAND, 8:20P

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White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts, 11/22/1963 - 1/3/1969. LBJ Recording of Telephone Conversation, WH Series, ERNEST MCFARLAND, 8:20P

1964

1 dictation belt, 1 digital audio tape

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11621879

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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McFarland, Ernest William "Mac", 1894-1984

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