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Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 11:15 a.m. Detroit Riots - Clark, McNamara, Christopher, Fortas, Wilkins, Doar," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • of the authority under which the President was acting. The Secretary of Defense said the President had authority to move troops from one base to another without Executive Order or Proclamation. At 11 :42 the wire to Governor Romney was dispatched. At 11 :45
Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 10 p.m. Detroit crisis - President's activities from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • and told him of the extreme disorder in Detroit, Michigan. The Attorney General kept me advised throughout the morning. At 10:56 this morning, I received a wire from ยท Governor Romney officially requesting that Federal troops be dispatched to Michigan
Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 2 (II), 11/18/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 7 it was worded in a rather inexact and somewhat contingent manner. As we sat there, a telegram ,vas drafted in response to Governor Romney, and it was immediately dispatched--I think at about eleven
Oral history transcript, Stanley R. Resor, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)