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DATE RANGE
April 1968
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SUBJECT
Presidency
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Telephone conversation # 12911, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 4/6/1968, 5:35PM

LBJ ASKS IF GOV. SAM SHAPIRO HAS CONTACTED RAMSEY CLARK TO REQUEST FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL RIOTS IN CHICAGO AFTER MLK ASSASSINATION, SAYS HE HAS TOLD CLARK TO GO AHEAD AND PREPARE TROOPS FOR DEPARTURE SO THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Telephone conversation # 12910, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 4/6/1968, 5:19PM

DALEY ASKS FOR FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL RIOTING IN CHICAGO AFTER MLK ASSASSINATION; LBJ TELLS DALEY TO TALK TO RAMSEY CLARK ABOUT LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GOV. SAM SHAPIRO TO REQUEST TROOPS, DISCUSSES SITUATION IN WASHINGTON, DC; NUMBER OF TROOPS…

Telephone conversation # 12912, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 4/6/1968, 5:50PM?

CALL FROM GOV. SHAPIRO ABOUT FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL CHICAGO RIOTS AFTER MLK ASSASSINATION; LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR REQUEST; DETAILS OF TROOP MOVEMENTS; POSSIBLE CRITICISM BY GOV. GEORGE ROMNEY COMPARING RESPONSE TO DETROIT RIOTS; WASHINGTON, DC…