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President Johnson on the Phone in the Oval Office

President Johnson on the Phone in the Oval Office

Credit: Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

President Johnson simultaneously talks on the phone and watches three television sets in the Oval Office. To the left of the television is a teletype machine which brought Johnson the latest news. A portrait of Andrew Jackson hangs on the wall above the television sets.

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