LBJ and John McKeithen, 8/7/64, 4.50p.
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Date: 2012-07-21

Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and John McKeithen

Citation No.: 4814

August 7, 1964
Time: 4:50PM

Speakers: President Johnson and John McKeithen

General Topics: Civil Rights; Crime & Law Enforcement; Defense; Education; Judiciary; Legislation; Pre-presidential; Press Relations; Vietnam

Topics: Tonkin Gulf Resolution Vote; Discussion Of Court Order On School Desegregation Of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana; Possibility Of Violence; KKK; LBJ Asks McKeithen's Assurance That State Will Maintain Order, Achieve Integration Without Use Of Federal Forces

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