LBJ and Deke DeLoach, 8/4/64, 8.01P.
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Date: 2012-07-21

Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and Cartha "Deke" DeLoach. 

Citation No.: 4693

August 4, 1964
Time: 8.01P

Speakers: President Johnson and Deke DeLoach, office conversation. LBJ is meeting in Cabinet Room with Congressional leadership, McNamara, Rusk, McGeorge Bundy.

General Topics: Civil Rights; Congressional Relations; Crime & Law Enforcement; Defense; Investigations; Press Relations; Public Relations; Vietnam

Topics: Office Conversation About Tonkin Gulf Attack; DeLoach Informs LBJ That Three Bodies Have Been Found In Mississippi, Presumably Of Three Missing Civil Rights Workers; LBJ Asks FBI To Delay Press Announcement Until After Families Have Been Contacted

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