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  • 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
  • SLIP AND DAILY DIARY LIST CALLER AS "MR. C.J. DAVIDSON"; FORTAS ON HOLD 1:18; JACK VALENTI SPEAKS WITH FORTAS BEFORE LBJ TAKES CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON REF #7702, #7703
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON NEGOTIATIONS HE, MCGEORGE BUNDY, CYRUS VANCE CONDUCTED WITH JUAN BOSCH, GUZMAN ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; VIEWS OF SAN ISIDRO GROUP; TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF SETTLEMENT; APPOINTEES TO CABINET OF NATIONAL UNITY; OAS; BOSCH'S CALL
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7700, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/16/1965, 12:30PM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • LBJ PUTS FORTAS ON HOLD BRIEFLY AT BEGINNING OF CALL; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; MCNAMARA IS AT THE WH, JOINS CONVERSATION AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH JAIME BENITEZ ABOUT JUAN BOSCH'S VIEWS ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ REVIEWS CURRENT SITUATION; DISCUSSION OF CUBAN ROLE IN REVOLT AND APPROPRIATE US RESPONSE; OAS AND POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL FORCE; POSSIBLE
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7404, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 10:50AM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • 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
  • 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
  • FORTAS' TALK WITH JAIME BENITEZ; JUAN BOSCH'S FUTURE; PLANS FOR FORTAS TO MEET BOSCH IN PUERTO RICO; ALLEGED LEAK BY RICHARD GOODWIN; COUNCIL OF STATE PROVISION IN 1962 CONSTITUTION; CURRENT SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CIVILIAN CASUALTY; MUNOZ
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7626, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/11/1965, 4:25PM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • FORTAS REVIEWS TRANSCRIPTS OF JUAN BOSCH'S BROADCASTS ON REVOLT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF LAWS CONCERNING RESIDENT ALIENS; CIA REPORT ON COMMUNIST ROLE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CRISIS; FORTAS SUGGESTS IT BE LEAKED TO PRESS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7605, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/7/1965, 5:31PM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • 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
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH JAIME BENITEZ, JUAN BOSCH ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, RELAYS BOSCH'S CONCERNS THAT US TROOPS ARE WITH WESSIN Y WESSIN'S TROOPS; LBJ TELLS FORTAS TO RELAY CONCERNS TO MCNAMARA; OAS; REACTION TO LBJ'S STATEMENT
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7449, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 8:46PM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7405, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 10:50AM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • 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
  • LBJ DISCUSSES STATEMENT ON DOMINICAN CRISIS HE HAS JUST DELIVERED, COMPLAINS ABOUT LIGHTING, TELEPROMPTER; FORTAS PRAISES STATEMENT
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7441, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 7:20PM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS CONCERNS ABOUT INCREASED COMMUNIST ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BECAUSE US FORCES ARE SPREAD THIN; FORTAS EXPRESSES OPINION THAT USSR IS MORE WORRIED ABOUT CHINA THAN ABOUT THE US; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS?
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 9536, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/26/1966, 9:54AM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7702, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/16/1965, 12:30PM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7813, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/23/1965, 5:10PM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7815, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/23/1965, 5:10PM
  • ABE FORTAS
  • BENITEZ RELAYS JUAN BOSCH'S VIEWS ON TALKS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EFFORTS TO CHANGE REBEL LEADERS' VIEWS; PRESS LEAKS; FORTAS EMPHASIZES US NEGOTIATORS' DISMAY ABOUT GUZMAN'S ULTIMATUM, SHORTNESS OF TIME NEEDED TO REACH AGREEMENT; CABINET
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7758, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/18/1965, 1:32PM
  • PROGRESS ON SETTLEMENT OF DOMINICAN CRISIS; FORTAS REPORTS ON TALKS WITH "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ) ABOUT JUAN BOSCH'S VIEWS; EFFECT OF FIGHTING ON TALKS; POSSIBLE TRIP BY BENITEZ OR BOSCH TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LIST OF NAMES FOR CABINET POSITIONS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7902, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; BUNDY REPEATS REQUEST TO GIVE PRESS BRIEFING ON POLITICAL SITUATION; BUNDY'S TALKS WITH "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ), GUZMAN; DEPORTATION OF REBEL LEADERS; FORTAS REQUESTS REPORT FROM CYRUS VANCE, BRUCE PALMER
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 8012, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • ABE FORTAS
  • LBJ ON HOLD 0:31; MOYERS, FORTAS, MCNAMARA ARE IN WH SITUATION ROOM; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #8017; RECORDED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH REF #8012
  • LBJ TELLS MOYERS TO KEEP STATE DEPT INFORMED OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EVENTS; MOYERS, FORTAS UPDATE LBJ ON MCGEORGE BUNDY'S TALKS WITH GUZMAN, CYRUS VANCE'S PRESS BRIEFING, LOYALIST ADVANCES, CEASEFIRE; MCNAMARA DISCUSSES VANCE'S ACTIVITIES, US TROOP
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • "[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
  • "ARNOLD-PRESIDENT"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; FORTAS IS MEETING WITH ROBERT MCNAMARA AT TIME OF CALL
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FLASH CABLE ON POSSIBLE LOYALISTS' ACCEPTANCE OF GUZMAN GOVT, POSSIBLE US MILITARY ACTION TO STOP IMBERT'S ADVANCE IF NECESSARY; GEORGE BALL MEMO ON ALTERNATIVES, OAS; BRIEFINGS BY REEDY, CYRUS
  • Telephone conversation # 8006, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LBJ, 5/20/1965, 5:10PM
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7903, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7917, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and CYRUS VANCE, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7977, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, 12:55PM?
  • ABE FORTAS
  • "PRES-MCN, BUNDY [MOYERS], ARNOLD"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; FORTAS, MCNAMARA ARE MEETING WITH MOYERS AT TIME OF CALL; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7796, RECORDED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH REF #8012
  • LBJ TELLS MOYERS TO KEEP STATE DEPT INFORMED OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EVENTS; MOYERS, FORTAS UPDATE LBJ ON MCGEORGE BUNDY'S TALKS WITH GUZMAN, CYRUS VANCE'S PRESS BRIEFING, LOYALIST ADVANCES, CEASEFIRE; MCNAMARA DISCUSSES VANCE'S ACTIVITIES, US TROOP
  • Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 0:45 OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ABE FORTAS AT TIME OF CALL
  • LBJ PROTESTS WECHSLER'S COLUMN ABOUT LBJ'S FRIENDSHIP WITH WILLIAM S. WHITE, EFFECT ON WHITE'S COLUMN ON U THANT, VIETNAM; US AID TO BURMA; NYT STORY ABOUT LBJ'S CLOSEST ADVISERS; ABE FORTAS; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOMMY CORCORAN; JAMES ROWE; WALTER
  • MANN REPORTS ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; POSSIBLE NEED FOR US FORCES; ABE FORTAS; JUAN BOSCH'S POSSIBLE RETURN TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; AID TO PANAMA; PANAMA CANAL NEGOTIATIONS; EFFECT OF LOW SUGAR PRICES ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; INACCURATE PRESS
  • GOLDBERG CONGRATULATES LBJ ON PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, ABE FORTAS' APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; UN RESPONSE TO STATEMENT; GOLDBERG'S TALK WITH U THANT ON PEACE EFFORTS; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S RECENT REPORT; HOUSE REPEAL OF SECTION 14-B