Telephone conversation # 10666, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and SARAH HUGHES, 8/29/1966, 1:30PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 10666, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and SARAH HUGHES, 8/29/1966, 1:30PM

Duration: (min: sec):

12:13

Reference No.:

10666

Description:

FORTAS REVIEWS QUESTION OF BOOK USED BY LBJ IN TAKING OATH OF OFFICE AS RAISED IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK, LARRY O'BRIEN'S RECOLLECTIONS; HUGHES DESCRIBES "CATHOLIC BIBLE"; FORTAS SAYS BOOK IS IN WH CUSTODY, IS NOT KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE; PRESS INQUIRIES

Contributor:

Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982; Hughes, Sarah T. (Sarah Tilghman), 1896-1985

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:

SARAH HUGHES

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Assassinations; Judiciary; Presidency; Press relations; Religion; White House administration

Archivist's General Note:

"8/29 FORTAS/SARAH HUGHES 1:30P" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; THIS BELT RECORDED AT WH; HUGHES IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-10666

Date:

1966-08-29

Time Period:

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