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Telephone conversation # 10822, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10822, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 13148, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM (Item)
  • VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ SPEAKS TO SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH LARRY TEMPLE, JIM JONES AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT
  • DISCUSSION OF OPPOSITION TO SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; NEED FOR SENATE LEADERSHIP ON NOMINATIONS; SENATE COMMITTEE VOTE YESTERDAY ON GUN CONTROL BILL; HEAD COUNT ON NOMINATIONS; LBJ'S PAST ASSOCIATION WITH FORTAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 13148, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 6742, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/22/1965, 11:15AM (Item)
  • COMMISSION TO STUDY MILITARY, CIVILIAN PAY; ABE FORTAS AS POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; FORTAS' PAST REPRESENTATION OF OWEN LATTIMORE; RUSSELL REMINISCES ABOUT DEFENDING ALLEGED MURDERERS; LBJ ASKS RUSSELL TO CALL JAMES EASTLAND ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 8585, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 8/20/1965, 10:01PM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 220, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER LIPPMANN, 12/1/1963, 5:46PM (Item)
  • "(TRANSCRIBED)"; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994; LIPPMANN ON HOLD 3:40; ALMOST INAUDIBLE OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH LBJ, WALTER JENKINS, ABE FORTAS PRECEDES CALL
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 # 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/14/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • LBJ meets with Clark Clifford & Abe Fortas about 1968 election; arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Egal of Somalia; Lady Bird works on Women Doers' Luncheon on child health; LBJ gives speech & awards to Federal Career Women group; Lady Bird