Telephone conversation # 7968, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/20/1965, time unknown

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 7968, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/20/1965, time unknown

Duration: (min: sec):

8:16

Reference No.:

7968

Description:

BENITEZ CONVEYS MESSAGE FROM JUAN BOSCH THAT HIS FRIENDS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAVE ASKED HIM TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE; DISCUSSION OF CONFUSION OVER WHETHER US OR GUZMAN HAS BROKEN OFF NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Contributor:

Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982; Ben

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

ABE FORTAS

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 1

Speaker 2:

JAIME BENITEZ

Other Speaker(s):

TELEPHONE OPERATOR

Location of Speaker 1:

White House Situation Room, Washington, DC

Subject:

Defense; Diplomacy; Latin America; Press relations

Archivist's General Note:

"[TELEPHONE] 2154"; "FORTAS [CROSSED OUT] ARN.-BONITAS"; "4, 1145-1215" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; FORTAS ON HOLD 6:20; BENITEZ IS IN PUERTO RICO AND IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-07968

Date:

1965-05-20

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Citation

Telephone conversation # 7968, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/20/1965, time unknown, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed March 22, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-07968