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Telephone conversation # 8370, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/21/1965, 4:31PM (Item)

VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS INAUDIBLE AND LBJ IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES
FORTAS' LETTER WITHDRAWING HIS NAME FOR CONSIDERATION FOR SUPREME COURT; LBJ ASKS FORTAS' ADVICE ON OTHER POSSIBLE APPOINTEES; FULBRIGHT'S HEARINGS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INTERVENTION; LUIS MUNOZ-MARIN'S UPCOMING TESTIMONY; FORTAS' RECENT FBI CHECK
Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 8370, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/21/1965, 4:31PM
ABE FORTAS

Telephone conversation # 9420, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/4/1966, 7:05PM (Item)

FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH TWO UNNAMED MEN ON UNNAMED TOPIC (GRAND JURY HEARINGS ON BOBBY BAKER INDICTMENTS?); LBJ ASKS IF PERSON TO WHOM FORTAS SPOKE IS ANGRY WITH LBJ, LOYAL TO HIM, ASKS IF HE SHOULD CALL PERSON HIMSELF; FORTAS ADVISES LBJ NOT TO
Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 9420, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/4/1966, 7:05PM
ABE FORTAS

Telephone conversation # 9476, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/10/1966, 8:40PM (Item)

"CONTINUATION OF JUSTICE FORTAS CALL (FIRST PART OF HIS CALL NOT RECORDED)"; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
DISCUSSION OF COMPOSITION OF US DELEGATION TO FUNERAL OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SHASTRI, DEAN RUSK'S DESIRE TO GO, QUESTION OF LBJ GOING; FORTAS SUGGESTS EARL WARREN FOR DELEGATION; UK DELEGATION; MIRIAM OTTENBERG'S ARTICLE ON BOBBY BAKER
Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 9476, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/10/1966, 8:40PM
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 # 5215, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/26/1964, 11:50AM (Item)

Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 5215, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/26/1964, 11:50AM
ABE FORTAS

Telephone conversation # 9423, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/4/1966, 7:40PM (Item)

Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 9423, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/4/1966, 7:40PM
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 # 8204, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1965, 3:00PM (Item)

RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LBJ PUTS FORTAS ON HOLD 1:30 IN MIDDLE OF CONVERSATION
Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 8204, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1965, 3:00PM
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

POOR SOUND QUALITY; "RE MERIDIAN, MISS"; SHORTHAND NOTES PRECEDE AND FOLLOW "FORTAS & THORNBERRY" ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
BUILDING SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT FORTAS' ROLE IN WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; JOHN MCCLELLAN'S UNHAPPINESS WITH LBJ ABOUT HANDLING OF SIGNING OF UNNAMED BILL (CRIME BILL?)

Telephone conversation # 9422, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/4/1966, 7:24PM (Item)

KATZENBACH DISCUSSES TALKS WITH MIKE MANSFIELD, EVERETT DIRKSEN, ABE FORTAS ABOUT GRAND JURY HEARINGS ON BOBBY BAKER, HIS PLAN TO TALK WITH JOHN MCCORMACK TOMORROW, TELLS LBJ THAT FORTAS OPPOSES GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS OF BAKER ON MISAPPROPRIATION

Telephone conversation # 13201, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 7/1/1968, 4:26PM (Item)

SHORTHAND NOTES PRECEDE AND FOLLOW "FORTAS & THORNBERRY" ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
FBI, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO SITUATION IN MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS DOJ STATEMENT THAT FEDERAL GOVT WILL INVESTIGATE ATTACKS ON JEWS, NEGROES; NEED TO GET SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY

"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 # 8413, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/29/1965, 9:20PM (Item)

"DO NOT SUMMARIZE - RE FORTAS, WJ AND BB," TIME AND DATE OF CALL WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; NO SLIP ACCOMPANIES DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
OPPOSITION TO ABE FORTAS' SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT DUE TO HIS WORK FOR PUERTO RICO ON REFINERY FOR VENEZUELAN OIL, PRESS CONTACTS ON WALTER JENKINS' ARREST, ROLE IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CONFIRMATION HEARING; ROMAN HRUSKA; VOTING RIGHTS, IMMIGRATION

Telephone conversation # 6385, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 11/17/1964, 1:37PM (Item)

FBI INVESTIGATION; RFK; JOSEPH ALSOP; CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD, DON COOK; HOOVER RECOMMENDS IRVING KAUFMAN; JUSTICE DEPT ROLE IN JAMES HOFFA CASE; CLIFFORD'S ROLE IN 1964 VP SELECTION

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