LBJ and Everett Dirksen, 2/17/65, 6.20P. 1 of 2.
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Date: 2012-08-25

Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and Everett Dirksen. 

Citation No.: 6854. Continues to 6855. 

February 17, 1965
Time: 6:20PM. Continued.

Speakers: President Johnson and Everett Dirksen

General Topics: Business; Communist Bloc; Congressional Relations; Defense; Diplomacy; East Asia & The Pacific; National Politics; Pre-Presidential; Presidency; Press Relations; Southeast Asia; Speeches; Vietnam; Vietnam Criticism; USSR & Eastern Europe

Topics: Dirksen Notes Negative Speeches On Vietnam By Frank Church, George Mcgovern, Offers To Defend LBJ's Vietnam Policy; LBJ Gives Lengthy Report On Eisenhower's Views On Vietnam, Comparison With WWII, Korean War, Advice On Negotiating With Communists


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