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Telephone conversation # 8329, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/9/1965, 2:22PM (Item)
  • OFFICE SECRETARY REMINDS LBJ THAT FORTAS IS HOLDING; POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS' EVALUATION OF THEODORE TANNENWALD AS POSSIBLE APPOINTEE TO TAX COURT; FORTAS RECOMMENDS TANNENWALD, TELLS LBJ THAT CAROL AGGER ALSO RECOMMENDS CHARLES SIMPSON; ALMOST INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION OF QUALIFICATIONS OF BOTH MEN
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 8329, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/9/1965, 2:22PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 365, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/9/1963, 5:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS' ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF COUNSEL OF IRS, ASKS IF CAROL AGGER WOULD BE INTERESTED IN JOB; LBJ TEASES FORTAS ABOUT TAKING OFF EARLY TO HAVE DRINK WITH OVETA CULP HOBBY; FORTAS SAYS HE IS WORKING ON DRAFT OF LETTER ON UNNAMED
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 365, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/9/1963, 5:50PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7395, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 12:01AM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; TV AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; LBJ PUTS FORTAS ON HOLD TO LISTEN TO BROADCAST
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH JUAN BOSCH ABOUT CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, POSSIBLE CEASEFIRE; OAS TEAM; BOSCH'S SUGGESTION THAT FORTAS TALK WITH MRS. BOSCH WHO IS IN US; BOSCH'S POSSIBLE SUPPORT FOR CEASEFIRE IF WESSIN Y WESSIN ALSO SUPPORTS IT
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7395, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 12:01AM
  • 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 # 3747, sound recording, LBJ and CAROL AGGER, 6/15/1964, 7:55PM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • "PRES. HAD WJ TALK - DO NOT TRANSCRIBE"; SLIP LISTS THIS AS CALL TO ABE FORTAS; RECORDING INTERRUPTED BY FOLLOWING RECORDING
  • LBJ, OPERATOR DISCUSS CALL THAT CANNOT BE PLACED, THEN LBJ ASKS FOR "MRS. FORTAS"; ABE FORTAS ANSWERS; WALTER JENKINS ASKS CAROL FORTAS AGGER ABOUT REQUEST BY PRESS THAT LBJ FOUNDATION RECORDS BE MADE AVAILABLE TO REPORTERS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 7646, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/13/1965, 1:00PM (Item)
  • FORTAS IS IN PUERTO RICO, ON HOLD 1:28, AND IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; MCGEORGE BUNDY IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • PROTESTS BY CAAMANO, MRS. JUAN BOSCH ABOUT ALLEGED MOVEMENT OF US TROOPS TO ELECTRIC PLANT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; BUNDY EMPHASIZES PLANT HAS BEEN IN US CUSTODY FOR A WEEK; FORTAS' TALKS WITH JUAN BOSCH; OAS; LBJ ASKS FOR "CEASEFIRE" OF REBEL
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7646, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/13/1965, 1:00PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7408, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 11:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ RETURNS TO COMPLETE CONVERSATION WITH FORTAS BEGUN ON REF #7405
  • LBJ GIVES FORTAS UPDATE ON CURRENT SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; REQUEST FOR US FORCES TO PROTECT POLICE IN FORTRESS IN SANTO DOMINGO; JUAN BOSCH'S PRESS CONFERENCE; POSSIBLE CEASEFIRE; TED MOSCOSO AS POSSIBLE INTERMEDIARY WITH VENEZUELA
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7408, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 11:30AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7388, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/29/1965, 4:45PM (Item)
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH JAIME BENITEZ, OTHERS, ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ REPORTS ON DETERIORATING SITUATION, REBEL ATTACK ON EMBASSY; STATEMENT BY JUAN BOSCH, APPEARANCE ON MEET THE PRESS; OAS; POSSIBILITY OF MRS. BOSCH COMING
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7388, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/29/1965, 4:45PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7417, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 12:59PM (Item)
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON POSSIBLE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT; BOSCH'S CONCERNS ABOUT WESSIN Y WESSIN; JOHN B. MARTIN'S NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT STATE DEPT DELAYS; OAS; CANCELLATION OF MRS. BOSCH'S PRESS CONFERENCE
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7417, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 12:59PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7763, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/18/1965, 4:25PM (Item)
  • "BENITAS TO FORTAS"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LOUD HUM AND INTERFERENCE ON ORIGINAL RECORDING
  • BENITEZ REPORTS MRS. JUAN BOSCH HAS OFFERED TO PERSUADE BOSCH TO GO TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PERSONALLY FOR TALKS; WITHDRAWAL OF GUZMAN'S ULTIMATUM; COMMUNICATIONS DIFFICULTIES; CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS; FORTAS EMPHASIZES NEGATIVE EFFECT OF ULTIMATUM
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7763, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/18/1965, 4:25PM
Telephone conversation # 10913, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10913, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 1440, sound recording, LBJ and MARY LASKER, 1/20/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • "TRANS"; LASKER IS MEETING WITH ABE FORTAS AT TIME OF CALL; FORTAS IS BARELY AUDIBLE AT BEGINNING OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 5284, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 8/31/1964, 12:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS DUNGAN THAT LAUREN SOTH HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT CHAIRMANSHIP OF NATIONAL FOOD MARKETING COMMISSION, DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF (MARY?) "JONES" TO UNNAMED POST (FTC?); ABE FORTAS
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 # 8415, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 7/30/1965, 10:00AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSTPONEMENT OF CONFIRMATION HEARING ON ABE FORTAS' APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT BECAUSE OF CAROL AGGER'S OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT PERSUADING FRED VINSON'S WIFE TO AGREE TO VINSON'S SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT
Telephone conversation # 8381, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 7/23/1965, 4:25PM (Item)
  • SUPREME COURT VACANCY CREATED BY ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S RESIGNATION; ABE FORTAS' LETTER DECLINING APPOINTMENT; QUESTION OF MAKING ANOTHER JEWISH APPOINTMENT, APPOINTING WOMAN TO SUPREME COURT; HERBERT WECHSLER; POSSIBLE OTHER VACANCIES; JOHN PASTORE