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Telephone conversation # 10653, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, time unknown (Item)
  • "8/29 MJDR/PRES/MRS. J" AND "MJDR/FORTAS" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; WH OPS LOGS LISTS CALL FROM ROBERTS TO FORTAS AT 10:46A EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME; THIS BELT WAS RECORDED AT WH; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • ROBERTS DISCUSSES PRESS STORY ABOUT REPORT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S UPCOMING BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE ON KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION AND BIBLE DISAPPEARED; ROBERTS RELAYS LBJ'S REQUEST THAT FORTAS EXAMINE MISSAL
  • Roberts, Juanita, 1913-1983
  • Telephone conversation # 10653, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 10913, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 11189, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/22/1966, 3:41PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
  • FORTAS DISCUSSES MEETING WITH "CLARK" (CLIFFORD?) ABOUT RELEASE OF LBJ'S LETTER TO JACQUELINE KENNEDY; CONTROVERSY ABOUT RFK'S ROLE IN FBI WIRETAPS; PRESS LEAK OF 1962 ORDER; LBJ EMPHASIZES HIS OPPOSITION TO WIRETAPS EXCEPT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
Telephone conversation # 11151, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
  • JACQUELINE KENNEDY'S LAWSUIT CONCERNING WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; EFFECT OF BOOK ON PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF LBJ; SYMPATHETIC PORTRAYAL OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY, RFK IN BOOK; LBJ'S RECOLLECTIONS OF TIMING OF HIS SWEARING-IN IN DALLAS
Telephone conversation # 10657, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
  • FEHMER READS RESPONSE TO ACCOUNT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE ON KENNEDY BIBLE, OTHERS REVISE IT; MOYERS SUGGESTS CHRISTIAN DEFER PRESS QUESTIONS; RICHARD GOODWIN'S ACCOUNT OF KENNEDYS' CONCERNS ABOUT BOOK; LOOK MAGAZINE
Telephone conversation # 11150, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
  • ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS, MISHANDLING OF WH MATERIAL; ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTMENT; RFK; ASSIGNMENT OF BAREFOOT SANDERS, LARRY LEVINSON TO WORK ON ANALYSIS; JACQUELINE KENNEDY'S
Telephone conversation # 5215, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/26/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 6175, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/4/1964, 1:00PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 6335, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 6336, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 5565, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/10/1964, 11:26AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 5440, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/2/1964, 8:25PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 5472, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/3/1964, 6:55PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 10553, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 9477, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/10/1966, 8:40PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 10656, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
  • RESPONSE TO ACCOUNT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE ON KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE; MOYERS SAYS RFK TOLD RICHARD GOODWIN TO REVIEW MANCHESTER'S MANUSCRIPT; SARAH HUGHES', LARRY O'BRIEN'S RECOLLECTIONS; LOOK MAGAZINE PUBLICITY
Telephone conversation # 10929, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/6/1966, 6:02PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 8204, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1965, 3:00PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 10654, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON, MARIE FEHMER, GEORGE CHRISTIAN ARE MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CONFERENCE CALL; ABE FORTAS TALKS TO JUANITA ROBERTS WHO IS IN OFFICE WITH HIM BUT ROBERTS IS NOT AUDIBLE; CONVERSATION CONTINUES ON NEXT 3 RECORDINGS
  • DISCUSSION OF RESPONSE TO ACCOUNT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S UPCOMING BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE ON KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE THAT WAS NOT RETURNED; ARCHIVAL HANDLING BY LBJ STAFF OF CATHOLIC MISSAL THAT WAS USED; SARAH HUGHES' RECOLLECTION OF EVENTS
Telephone conversation # 10552, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Telephone conversation # 10663, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and UNIDENTIFIED MALE, 8/29/1966, time unknown (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • ALMOST INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION APPARENTLY ABOUT ACCOUNT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S UPCOMING BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION ON KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE
Telephone conversation # 11333, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/11/1967, 3:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ OFFERS PLANE FOR EARL WARREN'S USE ON LATIN AMERICAN TRIP; UNNAMED MAN'S CONTRACT; NYT DECISION TO CANCEL SERIES ON WARREN REPORT; LBJ DISCUSSES KENNEDY MACHINE'S VINDICTIVENESS; APPOINTMENTS TO KENNEDY CENTER BOARD; ARTHUR SCHLESINGER'S
Telephone conversation # 11143, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/16/1966, 4:00PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE STATEMENT ON INACCURACIES IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ DISCUSSES LETTER FROM JAMES ROWE ABOUT THEODORE WHITE'S INTERVIEW WITH JACQUELINE KENNEDY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION; LEGAL ACTIONS OVER MANCHESTER
Telephone conversation # 10655, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • RESPONSE TO ACCOUNT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE ON KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE; EVENTUAL DEPOSIT IN LBJ LIBRARY OF MISSAL THAT WAS USED; DESCRIPTION OF MISSAL AND ITS COVER; QUESTION OF RETURNING BOOK TO JACQUELINE KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 11149, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; JACQUELINE KENNEDY'S LAWSUIT; ASSIGNMENT OF BAREFOOT SANDERS TO WORK ON ANALYSIS; RAMSEY CLARK'S DECISION TO TAKE HOUSTON BANK MERGER CASE TO SUPREME COURT; PORTRAYAL OF LBJ IN BOOK
Telephone conversation # 156, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/29/1963, time unknown (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Telephone conversation # 7726, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/17/1965, 1:39PM (Item)
  • FORTAS ASKS LBJ'S AUTHORIZATION FOR "KENNY" (KENNEDY CROCKETT) TO BRIEF JOAQUIN BALAGUER BEFORE BALAGUER'S MEETING WITH JUAN BOSCH; LBJ ASKS IF STATE DEPT SHOULD BE CONSULTED FIRST; FORTAS SAYS THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO CONSULT THEM
Telephone conversation # 10666, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and SARAH HUGHES, 8/29/1966, 1:30PM (Item)
  • FORTAS REVIEWS QUESTION OF BOOK USED BY LBJ IN TAKING OATH OF OFFICE AS RAISED IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK, LARRY O'BRIEN'S RECOLLECTIONS; HUGHES DESCRIBES "CATHOLIC BIBLE"; FORTAS SAYS BOOK IS IN WH CUSTODY, IS NOT KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 10821, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Telephone conversation # 132, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/29/1963, 1:15PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Oral history transcript, Abe Fortas, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Presidential nomination under Jack Kennedy? F: No. I was startled when he did. J: Where were you? How'd you hear it? F: I think just-- J: Did you go to Los Angeles? F: No, I didn't. I think just public-- J: Just like anybody else who's interested