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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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 132, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/29/1963, 1:15PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963