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Telephone conversation # 7959, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO "SERGEANT" (KEN GADDIS); OPERATOR TELLS REEDY SHE CANNOT LOCATE GADDIS; REEDY ASKS HER TO LEAVE WORD WITH GADDIS TO HAVE ABE FORTAS CALL HIM IMMEDIATELY
Telephone conversation # 7980, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and ROBERT MCNAMARA'S OFFICE, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • "[TELEPHONE] WHITE 1255"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH ABE FORTAS WHILE TELEPHONE CALL IS PLACED
Telephone conversation # 13009, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 5/7/1968, 5:08PM? (Item)
  • LEGAL BASIS FOR COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, MEDICAL, SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION, OTHER FEDERAL SERVICES FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS; CLIFFORD'S CONCERNS ABOUT GETTING LEGISLATION ON THE MATTER; ABE FORTAS' ADVICE; DILLON COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Telephone conversation # 13210, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/15/1968, 5:52PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH STROM THURMOND, PROGRESS IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON ABE FORTAS NOMINATION, GUN CONTROL BILL; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND UP JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS; DIRKSEN ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH ADMIRAL JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; US AMBASSADOR
Telephone conversation # 13323, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/27/1968, 11:15AM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; DIRKSEN'S OPPONENT; LBJ'S HEALTH; DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; PARIS PEACE TALKS; CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S VIETNAM TRIP; ADVERSE EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT; APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE, DIRKSEN'S FCC
Telephone conversation # 7733, sound recording, LBJ and BRUCE PALMER, 5/18/1965, 12:01AM (Item)
  • FORTAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 6741, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/22/1965, 11:15AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS RUSSELL'S ADVICE ON ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTMENT; NICHOLAS KATZENBACH; CLARK CLIFFORD; ABE FORTAS' BACKGROUND, LONGTIME ROLE AS ADVISER TO LBJ, HIS ROLE IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; MCNAMARA TESTIMONY ON AUTHORIZATION BILLS; FEDERAL PAY
Telephone conversation # 8352, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 7/19/1965, 6:07PM (Item)
  • COLD WAR GI BILL; LBJ ASKS RUSSELL'S ADVICE ON UN AMBASSADOR APPOINTMENT, VARIOUS CANDIDATES; ARTHUR GOLDBERG; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; CLARK CLIFFORD; GEORGE BALL; ABE FORTAS APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; INDIA-PAKISTAN AID
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
Telephone conversation # 13503, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 10/1/1968, 10:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ AGREES TO MEET WITH CONGRESSMEN ABOUT FUNDS FOR PHILADELPHIA FEDERAL COURT BUILDING; SENATE DEBATE ON ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION AS CHIEF JUSTICE; HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; EFFECT OF SPEECH ON ELECTION; RECENT ELECTION
Telephone conversation # 7981, sound recording, UNIDENTIFIED MALE and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • BENITEZ IS IN PUERTO RICO, ON HOLD FOR "ARNOLD" (FORTAS) THROUGHOUT MOST OF RECORDING; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • BENITEZ BEGINS TO REPORT ON CONVERSATION BETWEEN GUZMAN AND JUAN BOSCH, THEN UNIDENTIFIED MALE ASKS HIM TO REPORT DIRECTLY TO "MR. ARNOLD" (FORTAS)
Telephone conversation # 7795, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/20/1965, 1:13PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO JOIN HIM FOR LUNCH WITH THE COWLES PUBLISHING GROUP, DISCUSSES DIFFICULTY INVOLVED WITH ASKING "MR. ARNOLD" (FORTAS) TO JOIN GROUP AND ASKS MCNAMARA TO TELL FORTAS THEY WILL MEET AFTER LUNCH
Telephone conversation # 7985, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and LBJ, 5/20/1965, 1:13PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO JOIN HIM FOR LUNCH WITH THE COWLES PUBLISHING GROUP, DISCUSSES DIFFICULTY INVOLVED WITH ASKING "MR. ARNOLD" (FORTAS) TO JOIN GROUP AND ASKS MCNAMARA TO TELL FORTAS THEY WILL MEET AFTER LUNCH
Telephone conversation # 8011, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • FORTAS DISCUSSES TALKS WITH GUZMAN ON SETTLEMENT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; POSSIBLE CABINET APPOINTMENTS; BUNDY TELLS FORTAS PREVIOUS AGREEMENT WITH JUAN BOSCH IS OUT OF DATE; DEPORTATION OF REBEL LEADERS; BUNDY COMMENTS ON CAP 65180; LOYALIST ADVANCE
Telephone conversation # 7916, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and OFFICE SECRETARY, 5/19/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • "[TELEPHONE] 2154-19 MAY"; RECORDED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH REF #7913; FORTAS IS ALSO IN WH SITUATION ROOM AND IS AUDIBLE ON OTHER TELEPHONE