Telephone conversation # 7684, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM

Citation

Telephone conversation # 7684, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/tel-07684

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Title

Archivist General Note

FORTAS ON HOLD 0:45; SLIP, DIARY LIST CALLER AS "MR. DAVIDSON"; CALL BETWEEN "WALTER" AND "CECIL?" OF DENVER AND "JIM" CUTS IN IN MIDDLE OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT 3 RECORDINGS; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF #7688, SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION, ALSO KNOWN AS THE "CROSSED LINES" CONVERSATION

Collection

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description

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Contributor

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982

See copyright note in Telephone Conversations collection description in the List of Holdings

Date

May 14, 1965

Duration

0.4979166666666667

Files

187903-aud-tel-wh-07684.mp3 (11.03 MB)

Format

Dictation belt

Identifier

tel-07684

Location Of Speaker 1

Oval Office or unknown location

Type

Audio

Other Speaker(s)

OFFICE CONVERSATION, "JIM", "WALTER", "CECIL?"

Reference No.

7684

Restriction

A (National Security)-SANITIZED

Rights

Possibly copyright restricted

Series

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1

LBJ

Speaker 2

ABE FORTAS

Specific Item Type

Telephone conversation

Subject

Defense Diplomacy Latin America Public Relations Vietnam Vietnam Criticism