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  • FORTAS ASKS "ANNA" TO TELL MRS. FORTAS THAT HE WILL BE GOING HOME IN FIVE MINUTES
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7929, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ABE FORTAS' RESIDENCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • ABE FORTAS' RESIDENCE
  • SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR TELLS FORTAS THAT CALL CANNOT BE PLACED TO CYRUS VANCE AT THIS TIME; FORTAS ASKS OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO VANCE AT AMBASSADOR BENNETT'S RESIDENCE
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7926, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • FORTAS IS IN BROMLEY SMITH'S OFFICE; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CABINET APPOINTEES; DEPARTURE OF REBEL LEADERS; ROLE OF JUAN BOSCH, GUZMAN IN GOVT; LBJ TELLS FORTAS TO CONTACT MCGEORGE BUNDY, VANCE, PALMER ABOUT ALLEGED US TROOP ASSISTANCE TO LOYALISTS, TELL THEM TO STOP
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7776, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/19/1965, 10:57AM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS IF LBJ WANTS HER TO PLACE CALL TO J. EDGAR HOOVER; LBJ ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO FORTAS FIRST; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7910, #7911
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS CALL FROM DEAN RUSK ABOUT MEETING ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, FORTAS' ROLE IN CRISIS; POSSIBLE TROOP WITHDRAWAL; BUNKER'S OAS STATEMENT; ALLEGED US TROOP ASSISTANCE TO LOYALISTS; LBJ'S VIEWS ON THOMAS MANN; MANN'S ROLE IN BAY OF PIGS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7778, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/19/1965, 11:40AM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • "[TELEPHONE] 426-19 MAY"; FORTAS ON HOLD 1:20; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL
  • FORTAS TELLS MCNAMARA THAT MCGEORGE BUNDY MAY REQUEST THAT JAIME BENITEZ TRAVEL FROM SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FORTAS ASKS MCNAMARA TO ARRANGE TRANSPORTATION, GIVES HIM TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR BENITEZ, JUAN BOSCH
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7904, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE TELLS FORTAS ABOUT CALL CONCERNING PRIVATE BUSINESS MATTER, ASKS IF FORTAS WILL ATTEND MEETING AT 4:00P ON THE MATTER; FORTAS TELLS HER HE CANNOT ATTEND MEETING, ASKS HER TO SEND REPORT TO WH SITUATION ROOM
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7912, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • "[TELEPHONE] 426-19 MAY"; SLIP LISTS CALL AS "ARNOLD-VANCE (2 CALLS)"; VANCE IS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FORTAS PUTS VANCE ON HOLD TO TALK TO LBJ ON OTHER LINE (REF #7915); CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • VANCE TELLS FORTAS THEY ARE PREPARING RESPONSE TO LBJ'S QUESTIONS ON EXTENT OF US MILITARY ACTIVITY IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FORTAS DISCUSSES UPCOMING WH MEETING, TOM MANN'S RECOMMENDATION; DISCUSSION OF CAPTURE OF RADIO SANTO DOMINGO AND OF CABLE
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7913, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • FORTAS DISCUSSES NEED FOR STATE DEPT TO CIRCULATE UNNAMED REPORT TO PRESS, LACK OF PRESS INTEREST IN ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S STATEMENT TO OAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7787, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/19/1965, 8:30PM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON MILITARY ACTIVITY TODAY, DISCUSSES CABLE 1801 ON PROPOSED REPAIR OF RADIO SANTO DOMINGO; FORTAS COMMENTS ON WH MEETING THAT IS NOW TAKING PLACE; BUNDY TELLS FORTAS HE WILL SEND POSSIBLE PUBLIC, PRIVATE STATEMENTS; CABINET APPOINTEE
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7784, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/19/1965, 5:38PM
  • FORTAS DISCUSSES NEED TO HAVE FBI AND CIA CHECK ON POSSIBLE COMMUNIST AFFILIATION OF CABINET APPOINTEES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; RABORN TELLS FORTAS HE HAS ALREADY GIVEN REPORT TO BILL MOYERS, JACK VALENTI
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7907, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and WILLIAM "RED" RABORN, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • "[TELEPHONE] 2154-19 MAY"; FORTAS ON HOLD 1:30
  • FORTAS DISCUSSES NEED TO HAVE FBI AND CIA CHECK ON POSSIBLE COMMUNIST AFFILIATION OF CABINET APPOINTEES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7908, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • FORTAS CONVEYS LBJ'S INSTRUCTIONS TO VANCE AND BRUCE PALMER ABOUT US MILITARY ACTIVITY IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND ASKS FOR CERTIFICATION OF EXTENT OF PAST US MILITARY ACTIVITY; VANCE GIVES FORTAS ORAL REPORT ON US MILITARY ACTIVITY
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7909, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • BUNDY'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH UNNAMED PERSON (GUZMAN?); FORTAS ASKS THAT CYRUS VANCE COMMUNICATE WITH "HIS SUPERIOR" (ROBERT MCNAMARA?) BEFORE UPCOMING 2:45P WH MEETING ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; BUNDY SAYS HE WILL CALL FORTAS IN ONE HOUR
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7920, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/19/1965, 1:30PM
  • "HOLD CB"; SLIP LISTS THIS CALL AS "DAVIDSON TO MUNOZ-MARIN"; SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR TELLS UNIDENTIFIED MALE THAT HE WILL CONNECT HIM; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CALL BETWEEN FORTAS AND MUNOZ-MARIN HAS BEGUN; ONLY SMALL PORTION OF CALL RECORDED
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7788, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LUIS MUNOZ-MARIN, 5/19/1965, 10:24PM
  • PROGRESS ON SETTLEMENT OF DOMINICAN CRISIS; FORTAS REPORTS ON TALKS WITH "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ) ABOUT JUAN BOSCH'S VIEWS; EFFECT OF FIGHTING ON TALKS; POSSIBLE TRIP BY BENITEZ OR BOSCH TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LIST OF NAMES FOR CABINET POSITIONS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7902, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • FORTAS DISCUSSES NEED TO HAVE FBI CHECK ON POSSIBLE COMMUNIST AFFILIATION OF CABINET APPOINTEES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ASKS DELOACH TO HAVE SOMEONE TAKE DOWN LIST OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7906, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • MCNAMARA AND FORTAS DISCUSS CABLE 2992 [1805] ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND UPCOMING 2:45P WH MEETING; POSSIBLE MOVEMENT OF US TROOPS; PROPOSAL THAT OAS BE GIVEN CONTROL OF RADIO SANTO DOMINGO AND POSSIBLE EFFECT ON NEGOTIATIONS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7922, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • "[TELEPHONE] 2154-19 MAY"; "1. PRESIDENT-ARNOLD [CROSSED OUT ON SLIP] FORTAS (END)"; "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS TIME AS 9:54; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING, BUT PORTION OF CALL NOT RECORDED; COMPLETE CONCURRENT RECORDING ON REF #7778
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS CALL FROM DEAN RUSK ABOUT MEETING ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, FORTAS' ROLE IN CRISIS; POSSIBLE TROOP WITHDRAWAL; BUNKER'S OAS STATEMENT; THOMAS MANN'S RECOMMENDATIONS; LBJ'S VIEWS ON MANN; ALLEGED US TROOP ASSISTANCE TO LOYALISTS
  • Telephone conversation # 7910, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LBJ, 5/19/1965, 11:40AM
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7903, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7914, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7917, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7918, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7919, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/19/1965, 1:30PM
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7923, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7924, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/19/1965, 2:30PM
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7927, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • FORTAS SAYS HE HAS RECEIVED CIA REPORT ON POSSIBLE CABINET APPOINTEES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THAT HE HAS SPOKEN WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER, OTHERS, ABOUT IMPORTANCE OF ASSURING THAT NO APPOINTEES HAVE COMMUNIST AFFILIATION
  • Telephone conversation # 7911, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LBJ, 5/19/1965, 11:40AM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • LBJ ASKS MOYERS, VAUGHN TO 2:45P WH MEETING ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOMAS MANN, ABE FORTAS ON US POLICY; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM; LBJ READS CABLE 1801 ON RADIO SANTO DOMINGO; FORTAS RECOMMENDS DELAY ON ACTION ON STATION; FBI
  • Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • RUSK ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH HIM, THOMAS MANN, ROBERT MCNAMARA AND GEORGE BALL ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BEFORE FURTHER DECISIONS ARE MADE; LBJ'S SCHEDULE; LBJ ASKS TO INCLUDE ABE FORTAS, BILL MOYERS IN MEETING, DISCUSSES WHY HE HAS BEEN RELYING
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  • HOOVER READS INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ CRITICIZES STATE DEPT, DISCUSSES ABE FORTAS' ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS AND LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT COMMUNISTS IN NEW DOMINICAN GOVT
  • "[TELEPHONE] 2154-19 MAY"; RECORDED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH REF #7913; FORTAS IS ALSO IN WH SITUATION ROOM AND IS AUDIBLE ON OTHER TELEPHONE