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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 # 7406, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 11:30AM (Item)
  • FORTAS ON HOLD 0:20; LBJ PUTS FORTAS ON HOLD TO TAKE FOLLOWING CALL FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY, THEN LBJ RETURNS TO FINISH CONVERSATION WITH FORTAS ON REF #7407
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7406, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 11:30AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7413, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 12:17PM (Item)
  • LBJ TRANSFERS FORTAS TO THOMAS MANN AT END OF CALL
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON JUAN BOSCH'S PRESS CONFERENCE; PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT US MARINE ACTIVITIES WITH WESSIN Y WESSIN; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CUBAN ROLE IN REVOLT; NEED FOR OAS INTERVENTION; LBJ ASKS FORTAS TO TELL THOMAS MANN ABOUT PRESS CONFERENCE
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7413, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 12:17PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7776, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/19/1965, 10:57AM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 7778, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/19/1965, 11:40AM (Item)
  • 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 conversation # 7812, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/23/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • DAILY DIARY LISTS THIS AS CALL TO "MR. ARNOLD"; LBJ ASKS ROBERT MCNAMARA TO LISTEN ON ANOTHER PHONE; CONTINUES ON NEXT 3 RECORDINGS; POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • FORTAS DISCUSSES HIS DISAGREEMENTS WITH CABLE 1208 ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TALKS; DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CABLE AND SAN JUAN AGREEMENT WITH GUZMAN AND JUAN BOSCH ON CONTROL OF COMMUNISTS; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF AGREEMENT; OAS ROLE
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7812, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/23/1965, 5:10PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7814, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/23/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • DAILY DIARY LISTS THIS AS CALL TO "MR. ARNOLD"; ROBERT MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH LBJ, HAS BEEN LISTENING TO CONVERSATION AND SPEAKS TO FORTAS; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS AND CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • FORTAS EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT OAS ROLE AS DISCUSSED IN CABLE 1208 ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ GIVES HIS VIEWS ON TALKS WITH IMBERT, OAS INVOLVEMENT; DEPORTATION OF COMMUNISTS; JOSE MORA'S ROLE IN TALKS; VIEWS OF GEORGE BALL, STATE DEPT
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7814, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/23/1965, 5:10PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7813, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/23/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7813, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/23/1965, 5:10PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7910, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LBJ, 5/19/1965, 11:40AM (Item)
  • "[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
Telephone conversation # 7915, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and LBJ, 5/19/1965, 12:30PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 7773, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 9:21PM (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON IMPROVEMENT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, GUZMAN'S WISH TO RESUME TALKS, SUGGESTS "MR. ARNOLD"(ABE FORTAS) RESUME HIS TALKS; CYRUS VANCE'S, THOMAS MANN'S CONTACTS; US, UN POSITIONS; BUNKER'S OAS STATEMENT; QUESTION OF REPLACEMENTS FOR US
Telephone conversation # 7780, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 5/19/1965, 12:00PM (Item)
  • 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