English: Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and Barry Goldwater

Citation No.: 4715

August 4, 1964 Time: 10.06PM

Speakers: President Johnson and Barry Goldwater, office conversation

General Topics: Congressional Relations; Defense; Elections; National Politics; Speeches; Vietnam

Topics: LBJ Reads Goldwater His Proposed Statement On US Response To Tonkin Gulf Attacks, Discusses Timing Of Statement To Avoid Endangering US Forces; Goldwater Expresses Support For LBJ's Actions

More info on the LBJ telephone conversations: http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/Dictabelt.hom/content.asp

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