Telephone conversation # 12907, transcript, LBJ and BUFORD ELLINGTON, 4/4/1968, 9:36PM

Title:

Telephone conversation # 12907, transcript, LBJ and BUFORD ELLINGTON, 4/4/1968, 9:36PM

Reference No.:

12907

Description:

ELLINGTON REPORTS HE HAS CALLED RAMSEY CLARK ABOUT SITUATION IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, FOLLOWING ASSASSINATION OF MLK, SAYS THEY WILL BE MOVING IN NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS; LBJ TELLS ELLINGTON TO CALL HIM IF THERE IS ANYTHING HE CAN DO

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Ellington, Buford, 1907-1972

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

LBJ

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 2

Speaker 2:

BUFORD ELLINGTON

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Assassinations; Civil disorders; Civil rights; Crime and law enforcement; Defense; Urban affairs

Archivist's General Note:

*TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

tel-12907

Date:

1968-04-04

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Transcript:

Transcribed by LBJ's staff

Citation

Telephone conversation # 12907, transcript, LBJ and BUFORD ELLINGTON, 4/4/1968, 9:36PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 20, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-12907