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Telephone conversation # 7932, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 5/20/1965, time unknown

FORTAS ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO ROBERT MCNAMARA WHOSE LINE IS BUSY; OPERATOR ASKS FORTAS IF HE IS "MR. ARNOLD" TODAY; FORTAS REPLIES THAT HE IS

Telephone conversation # 7933, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 5/20/1965, time unknown

FORTAS ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO LUIS MUNOZ-MARIN BUT NOT TO GIVE HIS NAME AS CALLER

Telephone conversation # 7934, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JACK VALENTI, 5/20/1965, time unknown

VALENTI TELLS FORTAS THAT IF POSSIBLE LBJ WANTS JUAN BOSCH OR JAIME BENITEZ TO GIVE INFORMATION TO PRESS THAT WIDOW OF COL. RAFAEL FERNANDEZ DOMINGUEZ WILL TRAVEL ON US PLANE TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOR HER HUSBAND'S FUNERAL

Telephone conversation # 7935, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LUIS MUNOZ-MARIN, 5/20/1965, time unknown

FORTAS EXPRESSES DISMAY OVER DEATH OF COL. RAFAEL FERNANDEZ DOMINGUEZ, PRESS REPORTS OF US TROOPS' ACTION FAVORING IMBERT; MUNOZ-MARIN TELLS FORTAS TO TELL LBJ US ACTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS DISHONORING HIM; MAYOBRE'S VIEWS; NEGOTIATIONS WITH…

Telephone conversation # 7936, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 5/20/1965, time unknown

FORTAS ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALLS TO BILL MOYERS, THEN TO JACK VALENTI; OPERATOR TELLS FORTAS THAT BOTH ARE ON OTHER CALLS

Telephone conversation # 7938, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 5/20/1965, time unknown

FORTAS ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO LBJ; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT GEORGE REEDY'S WHEREABOUTS AND ABOUT CABLE TO BE SENT TO ELLSWORTH BUNKER CONCERNING SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 7940, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and GEORGE REEDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown

TELEPHONE OPERATOR TELLS FORTAS LBJ IS NOT TAKING CALLS; FORTAS ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO GEORGE REEDY; REEDY, FORTAS DISCUSS WHAT REEDY WILL SAY IN 11:00A PRESS BRIEFING ABOUT NYT, WASHINGTON POST STORIES ON US FORCES AIDING IMBERT IN DOMINICAN…

Telephone conversation # 7941, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/20/1965, time unknown

DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORIES THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON POST ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CABLE FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE RETURN TO WASHINGTON; MCNAMARA TELLS FORTAS HE WILL COME TO WH FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH NEW ZEALAND DEFENSE MINISTER

Telephone conversation # 7942, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown

PRESS STORIES ON ALLEGED US AID TO IMBERT; DEATH OF COL. RAFAEL FERNANDEZ DOMINGUEZ; BUNDY'S TALKS WITH GUZMAN; CABLES 1824 AND 1830; POSSIBLE SPEECH BY JUAN BOSCH; TRIP BY "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ); PRESS BRIEFING IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BY VANCE, BUNDY

Telephone conversation # 7952, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, 11:15AM?

BUNDY BEGINS TO TELL FORTAS OF GUZMAN'S UNSIGNED MEMO IN WHICH HE STATES HIS INTENTION TO WITHDRAW FROM NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 7953, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, 11:15AM?

BUNDY READS UNSIGNED MEMO FROM GUZMAN BREAKING OFF NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BECAUSE OF DEATH OF COL. RAFAEL FERNANDEZ DOMINGUEZ, ALLEGING ACTION BY US TROOPS SUPPORTING IMBERT; POSSIBLE US RESPONSE TO MEMO, PRESS STORIES

Telephone conversation # 7967, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and BILL MOYERS, 5/20/1965, time unknown

MOYERS SUGGESTS THAT IN MCGEORGE BUNDY'S ABSENCE THERE IS NO WH COORDINATION OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CRISIS, OFFERS TO UNDERTAKE COORDINATION IN WH SITUATION ROOM ON ROUND-THE-CLOCK BASIS

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

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

Telephone conversation # 7969, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/20/1965, time unknown

DISCUSSION OF CONFUSION OVER WHETHER US OR GUZMAN HAS BROKEN OFF NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; BENITEZ SAYS HE WILL CONVEY INFORMATION TO JUAN BOSCH; FORTAS OFFERS TO ARRANGE TRANSPORTATION FOR BENITEZ TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 7970, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown

FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ) ABOUT REPORTS TO JUAN BOSCH THAT US, NOT GUZMAN, HAS BROKEN OFF NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DISCUSSION OF TRIP BY BENITEZ TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, RESPONSE TO PRESS STORIES ON US TROOPS'…

Telephone conversation # 7971, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown

PRESS BRIEFING BY CYRUS VANCE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ABOUT ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING US TROOPS' ACTIONS; BUNDY EXPRESSES RESERVATIONS ABOUT PROPOSED TRIP BY "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ) TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, TELLS FORTAS HE WILL CALL HIM BACK LATER

Telephone conversation # 7972, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/20/1965, time unknown

BENITEZ REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH JUAN BOSCH ON BREAKDOWN IN NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FORTAS DISCUSSES BENITEZ' ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS; DISCUSSION OF DIFFICULTIES BOSCH HAS HAD MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 7973, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 5/20/1965, time unknown

FORTAS ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO LBJ; INAUDIBLE OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH "BOB" (MCNAMARA?) WHILE FORTAS IS ON HOLD

Telephone conversation # 7976, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, 12:55PM?

FORTAS REPORTS "YLF" (JAIME BENIITEZ) SAYS JUAN BOSCH WILL ASK GUZMAN TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; BUNDY SAYS US MUST HAVE WRITTEN, NOT ORAL, CONFIRMATION OF TALKS DESPITE EMOTIONAL NATURE OF CRISIS; BUNDY DICTATES MEMO ON PRESS…

Telephone conversation # 7977, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, 12:55PM?

BUNDY DICTATES MEMO TO HIS SECRETARY, ALICE, ABOUT POSSIBLE PRESS BRIEFING IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BY BUNDY ABOUT STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS

Telephone conversation # 7978, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, 12:55PM?

BUNDY DICTATES MEMO TO HIS SECRETARY ON PRESS BRIEFING BY BUNDY ON NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; REEDY SAYS HE HAS JUST TOLD PRESS THAT CYRUS VANCE WILL BRIEF THEM IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; BUNDY REQUESTS REEDY BRIEF PRESS ON POLITICAL ASPECTS

Telephone conversation # 7979, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, 12:55PM?

BUNDY PROPOSES THAT HARRY SHLAUDEMAN TALK TO GUZMAN ABOUT RESUMPTION OF NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, THEN "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ) TRAVEL TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO ASSIST IN TALKS

Telephone conversation # 7982, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/20/1965, time unknown

BENITEZ REPORTS THAT JUAN BOSCH HAS ASKED GUZMAN TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HARRY SHLAUDEMAN'S ROLE AS LIAISON; TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR BENITEZ AND HIS COUSIN ROBERTO BENITEZ TO GO TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 7986, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and BILL MOYERS' OFFICE, 5/20/1965, time unknown

FORTAS ASKS TO SPEAK WITH BILL MOYERS WHO IS ON ANOTHER TELEPHONE CALL

Telephone conversation # 8002, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and GEORGE REEDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown

REEDY REPORTS THAT HIS AFTERNOON PRESS BRIEFING ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WAS ROUGHER THAN THIS MORNING'S BRIEFING

Telephone conversation # 8004, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR, 5/20/1965, time unknown

FORTAS ASKS SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR TO PLACE URGENT CALL TO MCGEORGE BUNDY FROM "MR. ARNOLD"; OPERATOR REPORTS THAT BUNDY IS AT THE AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND WILL CALL BACK

Telephone conversation # 8005, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown

FORTAS SAYS PRESS BRIEFING BY BUNDY IS INADVISABLE, DISCUSSES CABLE FORTAS IS SENDING TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, REQUESTS TEXT OF CYRUS VANCE'S PRESS BRIEFING; BUNDY REPORTS ON MEETING WITH GUZMAN AND ON ARRIVAL OF "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ); CABINET…

Telephone conversation # 8012, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown

STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; BUNDY REPEATS REQUEST TO GIVE PRESS BRIEFING ON POLITICAL SITUATION; BUNDY'S TALKS WITH "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ), GUZMAN; DEPORTATION OF REBEL LEADERS; FORTAS REQUESTS REPORT FROM CYRUS VANCE, BRUCE PALMER

Telephone conversation # 8024, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/20/1965, 6:30PM

VANCE REPORTS ON HIS PRESS BRIEFING IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, DISCUSSES THE MERITS, RECOMMENDATIONS OF CABLE 1805 CONCERNING MOVEMENT OF US TROOPS IN LIGHT OF CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES, LOYALIST ADVANCES; MCGEORGE BUNDY'S TALKS WITH GUZMAN; UPCOMING WH…

Telephone conversation # 8027, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, 8:00PM

BUNDY REPORTS ON HIS, "YLF'S" (JAIME BENITEZ) TALKS WITH GUZMAN, DISCUSSES NEW UNNAMED PERSON (DELEON?) AS POSSIBLE CABINET APPOINTEE; FORTAS ASKS IF BUNDY HAS KEPT OAS REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED OF TALKS; OAS PARTICIPATION; US TROOP ACTIONS; PRESS…

Telephone conversation # 8028, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/20/1965, 8:15PM

VANCE SUGGESTS UNNAMED PERSON (DELEON?) AS POSSIBLE APPOINTEE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, REPORTS THAT ERIC SEVAREID AND JOHN HIGHTOWER HAVE REQUESTED DEEP BACKGROUND BRIEFING FROM VANCE, MCGEORGE BUNDY; VANCE EXPRESSES OPTIMISM ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS WITH…

Telephone conversation # 8032, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/20/1965, 10:15PM

VANCE REPORTS UNNAMED PERSON (DELEON?) HE RECOMMENDED EARLIER HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT POSITION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ASKS IF HE SHOULD BRIEF ERIC SEVAREID; FORTAS SAYS BILL MOYERS WILL CALL VANCE WITH ANSWER; REACTION AT WH MEETING TO VANCE'S PRESS…

Telephone conversation # 10653, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, time unknown

ROBERTS DISCUSSES PRESS STORY ABOUT REPORT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S UPCOMING BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE ON KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION AND BIBLE DISAPPEARED; ROBERTS RELAYS LBJ'S REQUEST THAT FORTAS EXAMINE MISSAL THAT WAS…

Telephone conversation # 10663, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and UNIDENTIFIED MALE, 8/29/1966, time unknown

ALMOST INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION APPARENTLY ABOUT ACCOUNT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S UPCOMING BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION ON KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE

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

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…

Oral history transcript, Abe Fortas, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-fortasa-19690814-1-74-80.pdf
Biographical information; first consciousness of LBJ; relationship with LBJ; McCarthy issue; Bobby Baker case; Dominican situation; appointment to the Supreme Court; JFK Fair Employment Practice E.O.; civil rights record

Oral history transcript, John S. Foster, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-fosterj-19681203-1-81-82.pdf
Biographical information; Themis; meetings with LBJ; directorship; weapons system research development; Sentinel; Poseidon; Minuteman; MIRV; laser; potential nuclear threats; Test Ban Treaty

Oral history transcript, John S. Foster, Jr., interview 2 (II), 12/12/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-fosterj-19681212-2-81-83.pdf
ABM System; space; Functional Orbit Bombardment; Vietnam; F-III program; AMSA; Admiral Rickover