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White House Tapes: Eavesdropping on LBJ
One of the first things Lyndon B. Johnson did when he moved into the Oval Office 40 years ago this month was install a secret tape-recording system.
Weekend Edition Saturday - November 15, 2003
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Suggested by Leah, who listens to WPLN in Nashville, Tennessee:
"I rarely laugh out loud, but [Johnson's] conversation with his tailor had me gasping for breath from laughing so hard. Luckily I was alone in the office."

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