LBJ and Robert McNamara, 11/22/65 10.41A.

Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and Robert McNamara. Citation No.: 9188 November 22, 1965 Time: 10:41 AM Location: LBJ Ranch Speakers: President Johnson and Robert McNamara General Topics: Communist Bloc; Defense; Diplomacy; East Asia & The Pacific; USSR & Eastern Europe; Vietnam Topics: McNamara Discusses JCS Request To Bomb Petroleum Storage Targets In North Vietnam; State Dept Concerns About Response Of Communist China, USSR; Possible Military Gains; Question Of Mining Haiphong Harbor; McNamara Recommends Against Approving Request Now More info on the LBJ telephone conversations: http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/... President Johnson assigned his copyright to the United States government; however, the copyright of the President may not extend beyond statements made by President Johnson. Statements uttered by officials of the United States government in the course of their duties are considered to be in the public domain. Users of the recordings and transcripts are cautioned, however, that not all persons recorded were government officials. A number of the people recorded were, at the time of recording, private citizens. Therefore, those intending to quote from this material beyond the accepted limits of fair use are cautioned to determine the copyright implications of any intended publication.