Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and Robert McNamara.

Citation No.: 9326

December 20, 1965
Time: 9:12 AM

Location: Mansion
Speakers: President Johnson and Robert McNamara

General Topics: Business; Congressional Relations; Consumer Affairs; Defense; Diplomacy; Economics; Federal Budget; International Economic Policy; Labor; Legislation; National Politics; Public Relations; Taxes; Vietnam; Welfare; Western Europe

Topics: Proposal To Hold Down DOD Budget By Not Financing Vietnam Military Costs Beyond 1966; German Offset Payment; Possible German Military Aid To Vietnam; LBJ's Concerns About Budget, Excise Tax, Income Tax; Vietnam Christmas Truce, Air Raid, Port Congestion

More info on the LBJ telephone conversations: http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/...

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