Skip to main content

Telephone conversation # 12912, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 4/6/1968, 5:50PM?

Download (Right Click/Save As...):

187903-aud-tel-wh-12912.mp3

Title:

Telephone conversation # 12912, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 4/6/1968, 5:50PM?

Duration: (min: sec):

6:32

Reference No.:

12912

Description:

CALL FROM GOV. SHAPIRO ABOUT FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL CHICAGO RIOTS AFTER MLK ASSASSINATION; LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR REQUEST; DETAILS OF TROOP MOVEMENTS; POSSIBLE CRITICISM BY GOV. GEORGE ROMNEY COMPARING RESPONSE TO DETROIT RIOTS; WASHINGTON, DC SITUATION

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Clark, Ramsey, 1927-

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:

LBJ

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 1

Speaker 2:

RAMSEY CLARK

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

See Also:

Collection highlight

Subject:

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Assassinations; Civil disorders; Civil rights; Crime and law enforcement; Defense; National politics; Presidency; Urban affairs

Archivist's General Note:

"ALL SUMMARIZED YB"; "TIME ?"; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; 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-12912

Date:

1968-04-06

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

Transcribed by LBJ's staff. Transcript not yet digitized.