Thursday, May 1, 2008

Library releases LBJ's phone calls from turbulent period in 1968

clipped from blogs.usatoday.com

The LBJ Library has released recordings and transcripts of phone calls that the former president participated in during four turbulent months in 1968.
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Archivists say the conversations covered a range of subjects, including these issues:

•  Seizure of a US intelligence ship, the Pueblo
•  Tet Offensive
• New Hampshire Democratic primary & the presidential campaign
• Senator Robert F. Kennedy's entry into the presidential race
• President Johnson's decision not to run for re-election
• Murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the unrest that followed

This page summarizes the latests calls that the library has released.

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