LBJ and Richard Russell on Vietnam
Just prior to 11 a.m., the President placed a call to his friend, mentor, and sometime antagonist, Senator Richard Russell of Georgia. In this conversation, Johnson reveals his deeply conflicted thinking on Vietnam, a profound sense of anxiety absent from his public remarks on the subject. The exchange offers an intimate and revealing portrait of Johnson weighing perhaps the most difficult decision he ever had to make.
Date:
05/27/1964
Time:
10:55
Participants:
Lyndon Johnson, Richard Russell
Conversation Number:
WH6405.10 #3519, #3520, #3521 
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