Oral history transcript, Sheldon Cohen, interview 2 (II), 6/18/1975 by Michael L. Gillette

LBJ's opinion of wiretapping; Senator Edward Long's inquiry regarding government agency wiretapping; wiretapping within the IRS relating to organized crime; approval for wiretapping activities in the early 1960s; Long's access to information regarding IRS wiretapping misconduct; LBJ's relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the benefits of being well-prepared to debate issues with LBJ; presidential access to sensitive case information; Cohen's response to unethical behavior; LBJ's idea to move the regional IRS office from Dallas to Austin; Cohen's efforts to avoid abuse of his authority as IRS commissioner; LBJ's request that the IRS investigate the Black Panthers and other radical groups, as well as a request to withdraw regulations that affected Ford Motor Company executive Semon Knudsen; Cohen's relationship with Attorneys General Robert F. Kennedy, Nicholas Katzenbach and Ramsey Clark; Cohen's relationship with the FBI, especially J. Edgar Hoover and Cartha "Deke" DeLoach; Walter Jenkins' advice on how to relate to LBJ; Cohen's tax advice to LBJ after the presidency; LBJ's decision to give the LBJ Ranch to the National Park Service; LBJ's interest in funding medical research; the laws relating to LBJ and Richard Nixon donating their papers; Cohen's telephone conversation with LBJ three days before LBJ's death.