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Telephone conversation # 11377, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/20/1967, 12:55PM (Item)
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  • LBJ READS PRESS REPORT OF BOBBY BAKER'S TESTIMONY AT HIS TRIAL; LBJ'S MEMORY OF EVENTS; LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON RESPONDING TO PRESS, DISCUSSES BOB KERR'S POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS; QUESTION OF LBJ TESTIFYING AT TRIAL; IRS DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE BAKER
Telephone conversation # 8406, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/28/1965, 11:48AM (Item)
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  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS TO COME TO WH TO WATCH LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON, TELLS HIM NOT TO BE SURPRISED BY WHAT HE ANNOUNCES (FORTAS' APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT)
Telephone conversation # 10653, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, time unknown (Item)
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  • 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
Telephone conversation # 10666, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and SARAH HUGHES, 8/29/1966, 1:30PM (Item)
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  • 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
Telephone conversation # 13130, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
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  • LBJ IS APPARENTLY READING PRESS STORY ON SUPREME COURT; HOMER THORNBERRY AND CHARGES OF CRONYISM IF HE IS APPOINTED TO COURT; RELEASE OF EARL WARREN'S RESIGNATION LETTER; HUGO BLACK'S REACTION TO WARREN'S RESIGNATION; OTHER POSSIBLE APPOINTEES
Telephone conversation # 13149, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM (Item)
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  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF OPPOSITION TO SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY AND LBJ'S MEETING WITH TIME MAGAZINE REPORTER LAST NIGHT; LBJ'S PERSONAL ASSOCIATION WITH FORTAS; PRESS STORIES ON CHARGES OF CRONYISM IN NOMINATIONS
Telephone conversation # 10822, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM (Item)
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  • TOM CLARK AND WIRETAP CASE; NICHOLAS KATZENBACH'S APPOINTMENT AS UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; STOKELY CARMICHAEL AND DEFEAT OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; JUSTICE DEPT VACANCIES; THURGOOD MARSHALL'S APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE RECORD; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11189, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/22/1966, 3:41PM (Item)
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  • FORTAS DISCUSSES MEETING WITH "CLARK" (CLIFFORD?) ABOUT RELEASE OF LBJ'S LETTER TO JACQUELINE KENNEDY; CONTROVERSY ABOUT RFK'S ROLE IN FBI WIRETAPS; PRESS LEAK OF 1962 ORDER; LBJ EMPHASIZES HIS OPPOSITION TO WIRETAPS EXCEPT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
Telephone conversation # 11142, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/16/1966, 9:56AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 8204, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1965, 3:00PM (Item)
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  • EDWARD LONG'S HEARINGS ON IRS WIRE TAPS; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO WIRE TAPS; RFK; PRESS LEAKS; CANDIDATES FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL; ARCHIBALD COX; CHARLES ALAN WRIGHT; NEED TO PROMOTE US TRAVEL TO HELP BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; US AMBASSADOR TO NATO; HARLAN
Telephone conversation # 10657, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
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  • FEHMER READS RESPONSE TO ACCOUNT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE ON KENNEDY BIBLE, OTHERS REVISE IT; MOYERS SUGGESTS CHRISTIAN DEFER PRESS QUESTIONS; RICHARD GOODWIN'S ACCOUNT OF KENNEDYS' CONCERNS ABOUT BOOK; LOOK MAGAZINE
Telephone conversation # 13128, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
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  • JOHN CROOKER, SR. AND JR.; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME COURT?: CYRUS VANCE, CLARK CLIFFORD, RAMSEY CLARK, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS BIAS AGAINST LBJ; BOB KERR'S OPINION OF DOUGLAS DILLON; ANDRE MEYER'S, FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11150, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM (Item)
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  • ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS, MISHANDLING OF WH MATERIAL; ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTMENT; RFK; ASSIGNMENT OF BAREFOOT SANDERS, LARRY LEVINSON TO WORK ON ANALYSIS; JACQUELINE KENNEDY'S
Telephone conversation # 8676, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/30/1965, 3:44PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 8370, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/21/1965, 4:31PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 9536, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/26/1966, 9:54AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 10553, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 9476, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/10/1966, 8:40PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 11333, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/11/1967, 3:45PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 10912, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 10913, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 132, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/29/1963, 1:15PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 10654, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 10655, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 10656, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 13148, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 10929, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/6/1966, 6:02PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 11149, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM (Item)
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