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Telephone conversation # 12004, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 7/24/1967, time unknown (Item)

"RE DETROIT RIOTS & ROMNEY"; "(PLEASE RECHECK THIS ONE TO VERIFY--)"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS CALLER AS WARREN CHRISTOPHER, 7/25/1967, 7:15A; CALLER IS RAMSEY CLARK; DATE, TIME UNCERTAIN; DAILY DIARY LISTS SEVERAL CALLS WITH CLARK ON 7/24/1967
CLARK DISCUSSES HIS TALKS WITH UNNAMED PEOPLE ABOUT DETROIT RIOTS; LBJ ADVISES CLARK TO KEEP A RECORD OF HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH GEORGE ROMNEY TO AVOID MISUNDERSTANDINGS; CLARK SAYS HE WILL TALK TO ROMNEY IN ABOUT AN HOUR

.. \ ., JULY 29, 1967 - 11:05 a.m. DETROIT RIOT Vice President Cyrus Vance, George Christian '·. ,, ( . ~. ' ;_:.,. ' v··~· ~"'.1 --1 I MEMORANDUM ~-- THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON GO~TYIDEN"rIA L July 29, 1967 MEMORANDUM

Telephone conversation # 12008, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/26/1967, 3:15PM (Item)

POSSIBLE RIOTING IN CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY; ROBERT GRIFFIN'S CRITICISM OF LBJ; LEGALITY OF SENDING FEDERAL FORCES INTO STATES; GEORGE ROMNEY'S RELUCTANCE TO CERTIFY NEED FOR FEDERAL TROOPS; FBI INVESTIGATIONS INTO RIOTS; FEDERAL RESPONSE TO DETROIT

Telephone conversation # 12912, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 4/6/1968, 5:50PM? (Item)

CALL FROM GOV. SHAPIRO ABOUT FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL CHICAGO RIOTS AFTER MLK ASSASSINATION; LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR REQUEST; DETAILS OF TROOP MOVEMENTS; POSSIBLE CRITICISM BY GOV. GEORGE ROMNEY COMPARING RESPONSE TO DETROIT RIOTS; WASHINGTON, DC

Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 10:35 a.m. McNamara, Fortas, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

' '. ·- -- .JULY 24, 1967 - 10:35 a.m. REPRESENTATIVE TO SEND TO DETROIT I, Secretary McNamara Abe Fortas George Christian ,.., .,. , ' S ' r.:.. , ; ' !' 57. - MEMORANDUM 5~ THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON ,. -..._. GOnFIDE~i'FIAL

'• - •' l JULY 24, 1967 - 11:15 a. m. DETROIT RIOTS \Attorney General Clark l ·-Sec. McNamara Warren Christopher Abe Fortas Larry Levinson George Christian Roger Wilkins John Doar Tom Johnson ,,.. MEMORANDUM r.,....,_ .. 60

Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of fact at the airport--Governor Romney. Because apparently one of my staff, who was in charge of the airport arrangements and lining the people up to meet the President as he came off the plane, had naturally, since he was a good staff man, put me

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Folder, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. You see, Cyrus had gone, for the President, out to Detroit to try to pull the [Governor George] Romney-Mayor [Jerome] LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

of people. But in September when--and President Johnson was also involved in the program by that time in the sense that McNamara or somebody had described it to Senator Russell and Mr. Vinson. included George Mahon. I don't know who else. Ordinarily

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 2 (II), 11/18/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of that meeting the issue of whether or not to cormnit troops? Or, perhaps I should phrase that, I realize the request would have to come from Governor Romney. Was the question of whether or not Romney was going to ask for troops the point of contention

Oral history transcript, Charles Diggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the first night. I think it was the first or second night when the question was whether the federal troops should be brought in. The White House was in a real bind on this for various reasons. Of course Romney was governor, and he had requested

Folder, "August 2, 1967 - 12:09 p.m. Cabinet Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Guard training must be improved. Attorney General Clark said the President 1 s Commission is an excellent one. He then gave a chronology of the Detroit riots beginning with his call from Governor Romney and ending with the time when the troops were

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