Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, 11/22/1963 - 1/3/1969

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Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, 11/22/1963 - 1/3/1969

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, 11/22/1963 - 1/3/1969

1963-1969

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1150

This collection contains recordings and transcripts of President Lyndon B. Johnson's telephone conversations and of meetings held in the Cabinet Room. The recordings document many of the major events and decisions of the Johnson administration from November 22, 1963, to January 3, 1969, portraying the complexity of the office of the presidency and offering a unique perspective on the day-to-day management of the executive branch of the government. Recordings of telephone conversations document conversations between President Johnson and congressmen, senators, cabinet officers, aides, foreign dignitaries, businessmen, labor and civil rights leaders, members of the press, Democratic Party leaders, and family, friends and associates. Topics discussed during these conversations include strategies for passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, alternatives for handling foreign and domestic crises, such as the Guantanamo water crisis, conflict in Cyprus, the Gulf of Tonkin attacks, and numerous civil rights demonstrations and incidents, including the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Mississippi. The recordings also reveal the President's thoughts and actions concerning the progress of the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the controversy over the seating of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegation.

45.67 linear feet

eng, Latn

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library