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Telephone conversation # 10832, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/24/1966, 12:48PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES ON REF #10834; LBJ PUTS FORTAS ON HOLD WHILE TALKING TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH (REF #10833)
  • FORTAS' CONVERSATION WITH NICHOLAS KATZENBACH ABOUT POSSIBLE CRITICISM OF RAMSEY CLARK'S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, TOM CLARK'S RETIREMENT FROM SUPREME COURT; MORRIS ABRAM AS POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD'S ADVICE
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10832, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/24/1966, 12:48PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10821, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • FORTAS' TALK WITH TOM CLARK ABOUT NAMING RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; OTHER JUSTICES' VIEWS; SOLICITOR GENERAL VACANCY; EFFECT OF TOM CLARK'S RESIGNATION, THURGOOD MARSHALL'S APPOINTMENT ON SUPREME COURT; BOBBY BAKER; USIA JFK FILM; FBI
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10821, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM
  • ABE FORTAS
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
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 6175, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/4/1964, 1:00PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 5889, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/15/1964, 1:13AM (Item)
  • "NYC"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE BRIEFLY INTERRUPTS FORTAS, LBJ
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 5889, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/15/1964, 1:13AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 9477, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/10/1966, 8:40PM (Item)
  • MIRIAM OTTENBERG'S ARTICLE ON BOBBY BAKER; JUSTICE DEPT ATTORNEYS ON BAKER CASE; RFK; FORTAS SUGGESTS HHH AND DEAN RUSK GO WITH US DELEGATION TO FUNERAL OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SHASTRI; UK DELEGATION; PROPOSED DEAN RUSK, AVERELL HARRIMAN TRIP
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 9477, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/10/1966, 8:40PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10834, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/24/1966, 12:48PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM REF #10832 AND ON NEXT RECORDING; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10834, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/24/1966, 12:48PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 11189, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/22/1966, 3:41PM (Item)
  • 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
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 11189, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/22/1966, 3:41PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 5906, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/17/1964, 2:45PM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 5906, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/17/1964, 2:45PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10912, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10912, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10913, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10913, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 132, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/29/1963, 1:15PM (Item)
  • "(TRANSCRIBED)"; OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO FORTAS; 1:30 ELAPSES BEFORE FORTAS IS CONNECTED; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ SPEAKS TO "MAC" DURING CALL; DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT FORTAS' PROGRESS ON PROPOSED COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; FORTAS SAYS NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AND SOLICITOR GENERAL WILL TALK TO EARL WARREN; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES; LBJ'S AUTHORITY TO APPOINT COMMISSION; HALE BOGGS' REMARKS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 132, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/29/1963, 1:15PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 11150, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM (Item)
  • "WASHINGTON"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; FORTAS IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH "BILL" (MOYERS?) AT TIME OF CALL AND TALKS WITH HIM DURING CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT RECORDING; PREVIOUSLY OPENED IN PART
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 11150, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10929, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/6/1966, 6:02PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR, ALMOST INAUDIBLE; PREVIOUSLY OPENED ON K66.03, PN0 3
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10929, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/6/1966, 6:02PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 13144, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 6/26/1968, 9:18AM (Item)
  • SHORTHAND SYMBOL PRECEDES "FORTAS AND THORNBERRY SUPREME CT." ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY
  • CLARK REPORTS ABA HAS CLEARED SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; REVISIONS TO LBJ'S LETTER TO EARL WARREN; BUILDING SENATE SUPPORT FOR NOMINATIONS; WELLY HOPKINS' SUPPORT FOR HENRY "JOE" FOWLER; HEARINGS ON GUN CONTROL BILL
Telephone conversation # 13202, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 7/1/1968, 5:02PM (Item)
  • "RE MERIDIAN, MISS"; SHORTHAND NOTES PRECEDE AND FOLLOW "FORTAS & THORNBERRY" ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • DELOACH'S VACATION; LBJ DISCUSSES SITUATION IN MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, SAYS HE WANTS FBI TO INVESTIGATE BOMBING OF JEWS' HOMES; KKK THREAT TO BOMB FBI AGENT ROY MOORE'S HOME; BUILDING SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER
Telephone conversation # 5910, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 10/17/1964, 8:47PM (Item)
  • 0:45 OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ABE FORTAS AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 6431, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 11/20/1964, 4:23PM (Item)
  • INVESTIGATIONS OF JOHN MACY, ABE FORTAS, DON COOK; GOLDWATER'S ALLEGED MEETING WITH BOBBY BAKER; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S REMARKS ON WARREN COMMISSION, MLK; ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATES; RFK'S CAMPAIGN STAFF; WASHINGTON DC POLICE CHIEF APPOINTMENT; WALTER
Telephone conversation # 8861, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 9/14/1965, 7:21PM? (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT 1964 CAMPAIGN, POST OFFICE SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, JACK MILLER'S SPEECH CRITICIZING DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT; TELEPHONE OPERATOR REPORTS ON STATUS OF LBJ'S CALL TO ABE FORTAS; LBJ ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH
Telephone conversation # 10833, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/24/1966, 12:57PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; ABE FORTAS IS ON HOLD DURING THIS CONVERSATION
Telephone conversation # 13507, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/1/1968, 5:40PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF FAILURE TO WIN SENATE CLOTURE VOTE ENDING DEBATE ON ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION AS CHIEF JUSTICE, PLANNED FILIBUSTER, OPPOSITION FROM RIGHT; FORTAS' DESIRE TO WITHDRAW NAME; DISCUSSION OF OTHER POTENTIAL NOMINEES TO BE CHIEF JUSTICE; 1964
Telephone conversation # 8526, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/9/1965, 3:31PM (Item)
  • LBJ, KATZENBACH DEBATE MERIT OF DELAY IN SENDING FEDERAL EXAMINERS TO MISSISSIPPI UNTIL AFTER VOTE THERE ON MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO LIBERALIZE VOTING LAWS; NEGATIVE EFFECT OF FDR'S ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ; ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION; RFK
Telephone conversation # 13501, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/1/1968, 10:31AM (Item)
  • HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON BOMBING HALT; CURRENT US VIETNAM POLICY, NEGOTIATING CONDITIONS; EFFECT OF SPEECH ON ELECTION; REPUBLICAN VACANCIES; JAMES RUSSELL WIGGINS' APPOINTMENT TO UN; ABE FORTAS; POSSIBLE NOMINATION OF TOM CLARK AS CHIEF