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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 # 7790, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/20/1965, 1:05AM (Item)
  • FORTAS RELAYS PLANS FOR WIDOW OF COL. RAFAEL FERNANDEZ DOMINGUEZ TO TRAVEL TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, DICTATES CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FOR WIDOW AND MESSAGE FOR JUAN BOSCH AND OTHERS, DISCUSSES ANTI-US DEMONSTRATIONS; QUESTION OF BENITEZ ACCOMPANYING WIDOW
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7790, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/20/1965, 1:05AM
Telephone conversation # 7922, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/19/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • MCNAMARA AND FORTAS DISCUSS CABLE 2992 [1805] ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND UPCOMING 2:45P WH MEETING; POSSIBLE MOVEMENT OF US TROOPS; PROPOSAL THAT OAS BE GIVEN CONTROL OF RADIO SANTO DOMINGO AND POSSIBLE EFFECT ON NEGOTIATIONS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7922, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/19/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 7934, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JACK VALENTI, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • VALENTI TELLS FORTAS THAT IF POSSIBLE LBJ WANTS JUAN BOSCH OR JAIME BENITEZ TO GIVE INFORMATION TO PRESS THAT WIDOW OF COL. RAFAEL FERNANDEZ DOMINGUEZ WILL TRAVEL ON US PLANE TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOR HER HUSBAND'S FUNERAL
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7934, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JACK VALENTI, 5/20/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 7942, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • "[TELEPHONE] 426"; "ARNOLD-BUNDY"; "1, 9-11:15" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; FORTAS AND SMITH ARE IN WH SITUATION ROOM; BUNDY IS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7942, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 7684, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • FORTAS ON HOLD 0:45; SLIP, DIARY LIST CALLER AS "MR. DAVIDSON"; CALL BETWEEN "WALTER" AND "CECIL?" OF DENVER AND "JIM" CUTS IN IN MIDDLE OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT 3 RECORDINGS; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF #7688
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON TALKS WITH JUAN BOSCH ON SETTLEMENT OF DOMINICAN CRISIS; LBJ DISCUSSES CURRENT MILITARY SITUATION, COMPOSITION OF GROUP OF US OFFICIALS TO GO TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PUERTO RICO, FOR NEGOTIATIONS; BOSCH'S DIFFERENCES WITH THOMAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7684, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 11149, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM (Item)
  • "WASHINGTON"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; FORTAS IS MEETING WITH "BILL" (MOYERS?) AT TIME OF CALL AND SPEAKS WITH HIM AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; PREVIOUSLY OPENED ON TAPE
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 11149, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM
  • 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 # 11151, 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; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS; PREVIOUSLY OPENED IN PART ON TAPE K66.01, PNO 6
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 11151, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7756, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 12:50PM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • BUNDY IS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, DIFFICULT TO HEAR; BUNDY ON HOLD 1:29; FORTAS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ SPEAKS WITH OTHERS IN OFFICE DURING CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • BUNDY DISCUSSES GUZMAN'S MEETING THIS MORNING WITH CAAMANO AND REBELS ON MESSAGE TO BUNDY SUSPENDING TALKS; EFFECT OF PRESS LEAKS ON TALKS; DOUBTS OF GUZMAN'S ABILITY TO CONTROL GOVT; IMBERT'S PRESS LEAK; FORTAS' TALKS WITH JAIME BENITEZ ABOUT JUAN
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 7914, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7914, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 7917, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7917, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 7918, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7918, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 7924, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/19/1965, 2:30PM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7924, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/19/1965, 2:30PM
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 # 10656, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10656, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10657, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10657, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 13508, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/1/1968, 5:40PM (Item)
  • "SMALL BAND: END OF 5:40 P.M. CALL TO SECY CLARK CLIFFORD"; "FORTAS MATTER"; "TRANCRIBED-YB"; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 5:47P; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POLLS FROM PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS; DISCUSSION OF WHETHER LBJ SHOULD CALL ABE FORTAS ABOUT FAILURE OF CLOTURE VOTE TO END DEBATE ON HIS CONFIRMATION AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE; CLIFFORD RECOMMENDS FORTAS COME TO WH TO MEET
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 # 7742, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 3:47AM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • "2 BELTS"; "180344-0413"; BUNDY IS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR, AND IS ON HOLD 1:00; FORTAS, MCNAMARA, RUSK ARE MEETING WITH LBJ; BUNDY HAS BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 7743, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 3:47AM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • "2 BELTS"; "180344-0413"; BUNDY AND VANCE ARE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR; FORTAS, MCNAMARA, RUSK ARE MEETING WITH LBJ; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 7735, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 12:01AM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • "BUNDY, LBJ, ABE F, MANN, PALMER"; "THESE TWO BELTS WERE DONE IN PRESIDENT'S BEDROOM, ARE DUPLICATES OF 12:01A CALL"; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7731, #7732
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
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 # 7731, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 12:01AM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 4397, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/29/1964, 4:15PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S MEETING TODAY WITH AGRICULTURAL LEADERS; REEDY REPORTS ON HIS, ABE FORTAS' UPCOMING MEETING WITH LIFE MAGAZINE EDITORS, REPORTERS ON STORY ABOUT LBJ'S PERSONAL FINANCES
Telephone conversation # 5113, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/21/1964, 8:56PM (Item)
  • JOE RAUH AND CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING MISSISSIPPI, MFDP DELEGATION, SIZE OF ROOM FOR CREDENTIALS HEARINGS; PRESS COVERAGE OF CONTROVERSY; ABE FORTAS' ADVICE; POLL ON RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; POLLS REFLECTING WHITE BACKLASH, REPUBLICAN "FRONTLASH"
Telephone conversation # 5855, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • CAMPAIGN; PUBLICITY FOR LBJ'S EFFORTS TO CUT GOVT WASTE; JOHN CONNALLY; MARVIN WATSON; ADVANCE WORK FOR UPCOMING TRIPS; PHOENIX TRIP; SCIENTISTS, LAWYERS, WOMEN FOR LBJ; ABE (FORTAS?); LBJ CRITICIZES NEWSPAPER ADS, PRAISES BUSBY FOR NEW ORLEANS
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 # 11209, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 11:46AM (Item)
  • MOYERS RELAYS ABE FORTAS' VIEWS ON WH PRESS STATEMENT ABOUT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON LBJ AND WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT PRESS LEAKS AND MANIPULATION OF SOURCES BY THE PRESS
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 # 13813, sound recording, LBJ and SHELDON COHEN, 12/17/1968, 3:52PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEW IRS RULING (ON DEFERRED STOCK COMPENSATION) AND LBJ'S OBJECTIONS TO PROMULGATION OF NEW RULES IN LAST DAYS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION; SENATE'S FAILURE TO CONFIRM ABE FORTAS AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE
Telephone conversation # 7733, sound recording, LBJ and BRUCE PALMER, 5/18/1965, 12:01AM (Item)
  • FORTAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
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 # 13207, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 7/13/1968, 10:25AM (Item)
  • MARKS REPORTS ON TALK WITH "DREW" (PEARSON) ABOUT JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS FOR DAVID BRESS, HOMER THORNBERRY, ABE FORTAS; FCC RULINGS; AT&T INVOLVEMENT IN MARYLAND SENATE RACE; PHOTOS OF LBJ IN US EMBASSIES; USIA DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS; PRESS REVIEWS
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