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  • instrumental in putting Cook in the Justice Department as an assistant to Tom Clark. R: Probably. I wouldn't knO\v. G: Do you know why he did that or what his motivation was? R: Probably I would think just that it was something that Don v1anted. He would
  • this. Mrs. Kennedy had also asked John Walker, the Director of the National Gallery of Art, to address himself to this problem, and I worked very closely with John on it, as I did with Mr. West, and ultimately with Mr. Clark Clifford, who was an advisor
  • Ramsey [Clark] and I don't know, but it was the Justice Department. ment of a black judge in the South. It was the appoint- We had a person highly qualified, and they brought up the old saw of IRS investigation, which was just utter nonsense. But it's
  • counsel--which indeed I think Mr. there was the position of Truman inherited from Mr. Roosevelt although I wasn't around at that time. S a m Ro s enman had the job and then Clark Clifford and Charlie Murphy. to me, It was astonishing in the early
  • Komer summarizing the contents and saying, "It's mostly a lot of flowery garbage." What he had done is sent it around to his kitchen cabinet. He sent it to Abe Fortas; he sent it to Clark Clifford; he sent it to Dean Acheson; I forget who the others
  • . But it was the type of thing--those trips, Clark Clifford, people like that, they would occasionally--and I don't know whether Wheeler did so or not; I don't recall-- Tape 1 of 1, Side 2 G: All right, sir. You were saying that these special high-ranking visitors
  • in November of 1955? H: Well, I can answer that specifically. In 1950 I was with Headquarters Army Field Forces at Fort Monroe, Virginia, as deputy G-3. manding general was General Mark Clark. The com- A most outstanding officer. I went to Korea from
  • : Do you recall who some of his early associates and advisers were during this period? J: Yes. I recall some. I can't tell you how much of this is hearsay or how much this comes from later knowledge, but he had Ed Clark . here who has been