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Telephone conversation # 6175, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/4/1964, 1:00PM (Item)
  • FORTAS CONGRATULATES LBJ; UPCOMING APPOINTMENTS IN CABINET, WH STAFF; BOBBY BAKER; POSSIBLE SUBPOENA OF WALTER JENKINS; CLARK CLIFFORD AS CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; WILLARD WIRTZ; RFK'S INFLUENCE IN JUSTICE DEPT; NEED TO IMPROVE LBJ'S PUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 6275, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/6/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • BUNDY SUGGESTS COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT TALENT HUNT; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE; DOUGLAS DILLON; POSSIBLE CHANGES IN WH STAFF; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS AT RANCH; CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOM FINNEY; VISITS BY FOREIGN MINISTERS, HAROLD
Telephone conversation # 6304, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/9/1964, 11:57AM (Item)
  • GEORGIA, NATIONAL ELECTION RESULTS; POLLS; LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ON VIETNAM, SELECTION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; WALTER JENKINS; TRANSITION; POSSIBLE DEFENSE CUTS; LYNDA AND LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN WORK; MARGARET CHASE SMITH ADS
Telephone conversation # 6329, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/11/1964, 8:39PM (Item)
  • KILDUFF REPORTS THAT UPI HAS ISSUED AN ADVISORY RETRACTING STORY ABOUT JOHNSON FAMILY INTERESTS IN CLEVELAND PAY TV; DISCUSSION OF NBC STORY THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL
Telephone conversation # 6330, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/11/1964, 8:39PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORY THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL
Telephone conversation # 5695, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/27/1964, 12:55PM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF CABINET COMMITTEE TO STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS OF WARREN COMMISSION REPORT ON JFK ASSASSINATION TO IMPROVE PROTECTION OF PRESIDENT; CRITICISM OF SECRET SERVICE; POSSIBLE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION, PROTECTION FOR GOLDWATER; CLARK CLIFFORD
Telephone conversation # 6335, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ABOUT WALTER JENKINS' RELEASE FROM HOSPITAL WHICH QUOTES MARJORIE JENKINS; WALTER JENKINS' FUTURE; CLARK CLIFFORD'S DISAPPOINTMENT ON NOT BEING NAMED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; RFK; "DON" (COOK)
Telephone conversation # 6337, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/12/1964, 8:05AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF SOURCE OF INACCURATE NBC STORY BY BOB GORALSKI THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL; POSSIBLE LEAK FROM JOHN CONNALLY'S STAFF
Telephone conversation # 6338, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/12/1964, 8:20AM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS KILDUFF TO ISSUE DENIAL OF NBC STORY THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL WITHOUT PRECLUDING POSSIBILITY THAT LBJ WILL MAKE FUTURE CHANGES IN CABINET; PRESS COVERAGE OF LUTHER HODGES' VISIT TO RANCH
Telephone conversation # 6339, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/12/1964, 8:30AM (Item)
  • KILDUFF REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH BOB GORALSKI, OTHERS ABOUT INACCURATE PRESS STORY THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL; LBJ INSTRUCTS KILDUFF ON PRESS HANDLING OF UPCOMING VISIT BY RICHARD RUSSELL AND OTHER GEORGIANS
Telephone conversation # 6347, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 11/12/1964, 10:25AM (Item)
  • SANDERS AGREES TO RECONSIDER INVITATION TO HUNTING TRIP WITH RICHARD RUSSELL, OTHERS; LBJ COMMENTS ON EFFORTS BY PRESS TO CREATE CONTROVERSY; PRESS STORY ALLEGEDLY LEAKED BY JOHN CONNALLY'S STAFF THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 6368, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 11/16/1964, 4:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS DELOACH TO CONDUCT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES, INCLUDING DON COOK, JOHN MACY, HOWARD CORCORAN; DISCUSSION OF WALTER JENKINS' CONDITION; LBJ ASKS DELOACH FOR HIS AND J. EDGAR HOOVER'S EVALUATION OF RAMSEY CLARK
Telephone conversation # 6386, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 11/17/1964, 1:37PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED RFK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; DON COOK; LBJ TELLS HOOVER TO CONSULT WITH EDWIN WEISL, SR., RELAYS WEISL'S ADMIRATION OF HOOVER, CAUTIONS HOOVER ABOUT PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 6389, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/17/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • PROPOSED BELGIAN PARADROP IN CONGO; PRESS LEAKS; PROTECTING AMERICAN LIVES THERE; POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR TO JOHN MCCONE AT CIA; FRANK PACE; CLARK KERR; JAMES ALFRED PERKINS; CANDIDATES FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY; TOM WATSON; LEROY COLLINS; JOHN CONNOR; JOHN
Telephone conversation # 6390, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/18/1964, 9:25AM (Item)
  • COOK GIVES LBJ SUGGESTIONS FOR UPCOMING SPEECH TO CED; LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR TRAINING TO IMPROVE UNEMPLOYMENT; VACANCIES AT TREASURY, HEW, CIA AND POSSIBLE APPOINTEES; TOM WATSON; FRANK STANTON; FDR, JR.; CLARK KERR; EDWARD BREATHITT; FRANCES
Telephone conversation # 6420, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/19/1964, 7:26PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS TO REVIEW LEGALITY OF DNC HANDLING OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS; CRYPTIC DISCUSSION OF UNNAMED PERSON; POSSIBLE FORMATION OF CABINET ETHICS COMMITTEE; "EARLE" (CLEMENTS?); BOBBY BAKER?; CLARK CLIFFORD AS CIA DIRECTOR; "DON" (COOK?)
Telephone conversation # 5621, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 9/21/1964, 11:32AM (Item)
  • DUNGAN REPORTS THAT CLARK KERR, GEORGE MEANY CANNOT ATTEND COMSAT BOARD MEETING; DISCUSSION OF DUNGAN'S APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO CHILE, HIS SUCCESSOR AS WH PERSONNEL DIRECTOR; DUNGAN REPORTS HE IS WORKING ON COMPUTERIZED FILE OF PROSPECTIVE
Telephone conversation # 6446, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/22/1964, 11:40AM (Item)
  • COOK'S ADVISORY ROLE IN UNNAMED BUSINESS DEAL; PAUL NITZE; PERSONAL DIFFICULTIES IN COOK'S ACCEPTING FEDERAL APPOINTMENT; APPOINTMENT OF EDWIN WEISL, SR. OR CLARK CLIFFORD AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; COOK TELLS LBJ NOMINEE MUST BE REGARDED AS INDEPENDENT
Telephone conversation # 6604, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/4/1964, 2:30PM (Item)
  • CANDIDATES TO HEAD CIA, GSA, TREASURY; JULIUS STRATTEN; CLARK KERR; BERKELEY STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS; AL HAYES; PAUL NITZE; CRAWFORD GREENEWALT; FRED KAPPEL; DAVID ROCKEFELLER; DOUGLAS DILLON; DAVID BELL; WILLIAM GAUD; REACTION TO BASE CLOSINGS
Telephone conversation # 6621, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY TRUMAN, 12/31/1964, 9:13AM (Item)
  • TRUMAN ASKS THAT "FRANK" BE CONSIDERED FOR AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENT; LBJ ASKS FOR TRUMAN'S EVALUATION OF CHARLES MURPHY, PRAISES TRUMAN'S FORMER STAFF MEMBERS LIKE MURPHY, CLARK CLIFFORD
Telephone conversation # 5462, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 9/3/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • LBJ IS ON HOLD, WAITING FOR CALLS TO BE PLACED TO ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT LBJ'S TALK WITH JOHN CONNALLY ABOUT RALPH YARBOROUGH AND HANDLING TEXAS PATRONAGE
Telephone conversation # 5499, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/5/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • CLARK
Telephone conversation # 9039, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • LBJ JOKES ABOUT RAMSEY CLARK'S OBJECTIONS TO APPOINTMENTS; DAVID BRESS; VETO MESSAGES; APPOINTMENT FOR ROMAN HRUSKA; REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADERSHIP; APPOINTMENT OF LADY BIRD'S COUSIN; PROSECUTION OF DRAFT DODGERS; RONNIE DUGGER; SHERMAN ADAMS; DONALD
Telephone conversation # 8336, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/15/1965, 9:12AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF GEORGE BALL, CLARK CLIFFORD AS UN AMBASSADOR OR UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; CLIFFORD'S REPUTATION AS "FIXER"; LBJ SAYS HE PREFERS THAT CLIFFORD BE APPOINTED UNDERSECRETARY, BALL BE APPOINTED UN AMBASSADOR
Telephone conversation # 8340, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 7/15/1965, 2:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS WILKINS TO LOBBY FOR SENATE PASSAGE OF RENT SUBSIDY PROVISION OF HOUSING BILL; APPOINTMENT OF HUD, HEW SECRETARIES, UN AMBASSADOR, NEW YORK JUDGESHIPS; ROBERT WEAVER; BERL BERNHARD; JOHN GARDNER; CLARK CLIFFORD; GEORGE BALL; RFK; CONSTANCE
Telephone conversation # 8126, sound recording, LBJ and DICK BROWN, 6/12/1965, 9:17AM (Item)
  • BROWN ASKS LBJ TO MEET DR. E. L. "BUD" SHANER WHO HAS DEVISED THEORY ON EFFECTIVE DECISION-MAKING; LBJ RESPONDS THAT HE CANNOT MEET WITH SHANER NOW BUT SUGGESTS HE TALK TO JACK VALENTI, DISCUSSES PRESS LEAK ON POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT FOR EDWARD CLARK
Telephone conversation # 9610, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/2/1966, 5:29PM (Item)
  • VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS IN BURMA, UN; LBJ'S MEETING WITH B. K. NEHRU ON EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO INDIA; NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, AID FROM OTHER COUNTRIES; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF CLARK CLIFFORD; CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY BY FULBRIGHT
Telephone conversation # 9488, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/13/1966, 1:27AM (Item)
  • PRESS STORY THAT MOYERS MAY RESIGN AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; MOYERS', RICHARD GOODWIN'S WORK ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; ALLEGED WH DISSENSION; CONTRIBUTIONS OF ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD TO SPEECH; MOYERS' ATTITUDE; MARVIN WATSON
Telephone conversation # 11714, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 4/20/1967, 4:45PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FROM TEXAS TO REPLACE CHARLES SHEPARDSON ON FRB; WILLIAM SHERRILL; TOM CLARK'S RESIGNATION FROM SUPREME COURT; POSSIBLE NEED TO APPOINT CANDIDATE FROM LOUISIANA TO PLACATE RUSSELL LONG
Telephone conversation # 12833, sound recording, LBJ and MENDEL RIVERS, 3/22/1968, 5:00PM (Item)
  • BRIEF PORTION OF CALL CONCERNING EXTENSION OF EARLE WHEELER AS CHAIRMAN OF JCS FOR ONE YEAR; RIVERS DISCUSSES HIS HIGH REGARD FOR CLARK CLIFFORD AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, DAMAGE DONE BY ROBERT MCNAMARA, SUPPORT FOR EARLE WHEELER
Telephone conversation # 12924, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE BLACK, 4/24/1968, 11:35AM (Item)
  • BLACK DESCRIBES HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, ASKS WHOM HE SHOULD CONSULT ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN; LBJ DISCUSSES RESPONSIBILITES OF JOB, SUGGESTS BLACK TALK WITH CLARK CLIFFORD
Telephone conversation # 12925, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE BLACK, 4/24/1968, 11:35AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF BLACK AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN; LBJ SUGGESTS BLACK CONSULT CLARK CLIFFORD ABOUT BLACK TAKING LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM HIS BUSINESS; TIMING ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S
Telephone conversation # 13133, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/23/1968, 8:43AM? (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT AND OF CANDIDATES TO REPLACE FORTAS: ARTHUR GOLDBERG?, CLARK CLIFFORD, CYRUS VANCE; QUESTION OF HAVING TWO JEWS ON COURT; POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTING VANCE AS SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 11618, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 3/7/1967, 5:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS YARBOROUGH'S OPINION OF CANDIDATES FOR AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC POST, KARL ROLVAAG AS AMBASSADOR TO ICELAND; YARBOROUGH'S TEXAS TRIP, VISIT WITH WALTER HALL; YARBOROUGH'S RECORD OF SUPPORTING LBJ; AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 11651, sound recording, LBJ and MITCHELL ROGOVIN, 3/24/1967, 12:12PM (Item)
  • CLARK
Telephone conversation # 11390, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GARDNER, 1/21/1967, 1:16PM (Item)
  • GARDNER DISCUSSES FIRING OF CLARK KERR, RAMIFICATIONS OF RONALD REAGAN'S ACTIONS AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF KERR TO FEDERAL JOB; REAGAN'S USE OF UNIVERSITY AS POLITICAL ISSUE; STUDENT PROTESTS; CONGRESSIONAL MESSAGES
Telephone conversation # 10818, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/21/1966, 12:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ SUGGESTS "ROSENTHAL" TALK ABOUT KATZENBACH'S FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE TO SHOW HIS QUALIFICATIONS TO BE UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; LBJ SUGGESTS KATZENBACH MEET WITH DIRKSEN, SENATE LEADERS ABOUT RAMSEY CLARK'S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL
Telephone conversation # 10822, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM (Item)
  • 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 # 10837, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 9/24/1966, 4:15PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF US ECONOMY, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, GERMAN OFFSET PAYMENTS; UPCOMING ERHARD VISIT; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INCREASED POVERTY APPROPRIATIONS, ASKS FOWLER'S REACTION TO APPOINTMENT OF RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SUCCEED
Telephone conversation # 11110, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER and JUANITA ROBERTS, 12/3/1966, time unknown (Item)
  • FEHMER READS MEMORANDA, DRAFT LETTERS FROM CLARK CLIFFORD, LAWSON KNOTT, OTHERS CONCERNING AGREEMENT WITH UT ON THE LBJ LIBRARY; ROBERTS ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE DRAFTS BY HORACE BUSBY, ASKS FEHMER TO MAKE COPIES OF DOCUMENTS FOR THE FILES