Secret White House Tapes

Conversation with DEAN RUSK, August 19, 1964

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August 19, 1964
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RUSK ASKS LBJ TO CONSIDER LIMITING TRIP TO ITALY (FOR PRESIDENT ANTONIO SEGNI'S FUNERAL IN THE EVENT HE DIES?), MEETING WITH DE GAULLE IN ITALY RATHER THAN STOPPING IN FRANCE ON RETURN FROM ITALY; POLICY OF LBJ NOT LEAVING COUNTRY WHILE THERE IS NO VP