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  • LBJ ASKS HOOVER FOR UPDATE ON SEARCH FOR 3 MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER IN MISSISSIPPI
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3941, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/29/1964, 1:09PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT LBJ'S SUPPORT OF BUSINESS, BUSINESS' CONCERNS ABOUT GOLDWATER PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH HENRY FORD II AT TIME OF CALL; HOOVER IS CALLING FROM LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES HOOVER ON FBI INVESTIGATION OF MURDER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI, SAYS HE WILL NOT LET HOOVER RETIRE; RESULTS OF HOOVER'S PHYSICAL; HOOVER RELATES DETAILS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA; KKK INVOLVEMENT
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 4760, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 8/5/1964, 4:36PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • "EDGAR HOOVER AGAIN"; CONTINUATION OF CALL RECORDED ON REF #3891 INTERRUPTED BY STENNIS CONVERSATION RECORDED ON REF #3892
  • LBJ ASSURES HOOVER OF HIS RESPECT FOR FBI AND HOOVER IN INVESTIGATION OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; LBJ EXPLAINS BACKGROUND OF HIS APPOINTMENT OF ALLEN DULLES AS OBSERVER OF INVESTIGATION
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3893, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/24/1964, time unknown
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • CONVERSATION NOT NOTED ON SLIP; RECORDED ON SAME BELT AS 7/8/64 CONVERSATION; DAILY DIARY LISTS CONVERSATION WITH HOOVER ON 7/2/64, 5:02P; CONTEXT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES CALL TOOK PLACE ON 7/2/64
  • HOOVER REPORTS ON INVESTIGATION OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI, RANSOM DEMANDS TO GOODMAN FAMILY; LBJ ADVISES HOOVER TO USE FBI INVESTIGATORS RATHER THAN FEDERAL MARSHALS OR FEDERAL TROOPS, REMINISCES ABOUT TEXAS KKK ACTIVITIES
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 4138, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/2/1964, 5:02PM?
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT REPORTS OF BODIES FOUND IN MISSISSIPPI; HOOVER REPORTS ON INVESTIGATION, BODIES APPARENTLY ARE NOT THOSE OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; LBJ TELLS HOOVER TO SEND MEMO TO HIM, RFK, ON HOOVER'S TRIP TO MISSISSIPPI, MEETING WITH PAUL
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 4221, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/13/1964, 3:34PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • "PUT ON SAME TAPE"; LBJ INTERRUPTS CALL TO HOOVER TO TAKE CALL FROM JOHN STENNIS (REF #3892) THEN RESUMES CONVERSATION WITH HOOVER (REF #3893); LBJ ON HOLD 1:00
  • LBJ ASKS FOR UPDATE ON SEARCH IN MISSISSIPPI FOR 3 MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; HOOVER REPORTS ON INVESTIGATION, POSSIBILITY THAT INCIDENT IS A HOAX
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3891, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/24/1964, 5:30PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • HOOVER UPDATES LBJ ON INVESTIGATION OF BURNED CAR OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER IN MISSISSIPPI; HOOVER'S EFFORTS TO CONTACT GOV. JOHNSON WHO IS GIVING A PRESS CONFERENCE
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3857, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/23/1964, 6:15PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • LBJ READS HOOVER PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON MURDER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI, NEED FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, OBEDIENCE TO LAWS; HOOVER RECOMMENDS STATEMENT OPPOSING RIOTING; LBJ PRAISES FBI WORK IN MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA; GULF OIL
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 4820, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 8/8/1964, 9:58AM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • HOOVER UPDATES LBJ ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATION OF MURDER OF VIOLA LIUZZO; POSSIBLE ARREST OF SUSPECTS; CALL FROM ANTHONY LIUZZO TO LBJ; FBI INFORMANTS IN KKK; HOOVER DISCUSSES FBI INVESTIGATION INTO MURDER OF 3 CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 7162, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 3/26/1965, 8:10AM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • DISCUSSION OF CONGRESSMEN RYAN'S, REID'S REQUEST THAT LBJ MEET WITH PARENTS OF MISSING WORKERS ANDREW GOODMAN AND MICHAEL SCHWERNER; HOOVER BRIEFS LBJ ON INFORMATION HE CAN GIVE THE PARENTS ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3838, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/23/1964, 4:05PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • HOOVER UPDATES LBJ ON INVESTIGATION OF BURNED CAR OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3841, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/23/1964, 4:21PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PLANNED NAACP PICKETING OF WH; HOOVER GIVES HIM UPDATE ON CAR OF JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER, PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATION, PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR LBJ'S MEETING WITH PARENTS OF GOODMAN AND SCHWERNER
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3853, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/23/1964, 5:35PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • HOOVER UPDATES LBJ ON SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER, REPORTS ON STATEMENT BY MISSISSIPPI GOV. PAUL JOHNSON AND ON DOD'S ASSISTANCE TO INVESTIGATION
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3869, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/23/1964, 7:15PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • RFK ASKS HOOVER TO CHECK A CBS REPORT THAT BODIES OF JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER HAVE BEEN FOUND
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3876, sound recording, ROBERT KENNEDY and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/23/1964, 8:00PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • HOOVER REPORTS ON TALKS WITH GOV. JOHNSON, JOHN STENNIS; QUESTION OF HAVING MARINES OR NAVY PERSONNEL HELP IN SEARCH FOR MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; REASONS FOR NOT ACTIVATING MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3897, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/25/1964, 4:18PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • DULLES GIVES HOOVER OUTLINE AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF HIS REPORT ABOUT MISSISSIPPI SITUATION; FBI ROLE IN ENFORCEMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS; DULLES WILL TALK WITH NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES ABOUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3921, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/26/1964, 1:17PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • SEARCH FOR MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI; ROLES OF FBI, US MARSHALS, LOCAL OFFICIALS IN ENFORCEMENT OF DULLES' RECOMMENDATIONS; KKK; HOOVER REPORTS ON PLANNED PICKETING OF LBJ AT COBO HALL IN DETROIT TONIGHT
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3922, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/26/1964, 1:17PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH RITA SCHWERNER, WIFE OF MICHAEL SCHWERNER, MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER; LBJ TELLS HOOVER TO EMPLOY ALL NECESSARY MILITARY PERSONNEL IN SEARCH; UPDATE ON MISSISSIPPI INVESTIGATION; POSSIBLE USE OF MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3951, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/29/1964, 6:47PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT LBJ'S CONVERSATION WITH RFK; DISCUSSION OF ADVISABILITY OF HOOVER HIMSELF GOING TO NYC TO HANDLE INVESTIGATION OF RIOTS IN HARLEM; LBJ READS PORTIONS OF SEVERAL TELEGRAMS RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC REGARDING RIOTS
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 4295, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/21/1964, 1:06PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • LBJ DISCUSSES QUESTION OF HIS TELEPHONING ANTHONY LIUZZO, WIDOWER OF VIOLA LIUZZO; HOOVER DISCUSSES ANTHONY LIUZZO'S TEAMSTER BACKGROUND, ADVISES LBJ TO HAVE LEE WHITE CALL HIM; PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATION; KKK; PRESS HANDLING OF ANNOUNCEMENT
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 7167, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 3/26/1965, 9:36AM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • LBJ ASKS HOOVER TO MAKE BACKGROUND CHECK OF LLOYD CUTLER WHO IS BEING CONSIDERED AS COMMERCE UNDERSECRETARY; APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM "RED" RABORN AS CIA DIRECTOR; PAT COYNE; LBJ PRAISES FBI INVESTIGATION OF VIOLA LIUZZO CASE; TRUMAN'S STATEMENT
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 7341, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 4/13/1965, 4:55PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON NYC RIOTS, ASKS HOOVER TO CONTACT NYC OFFICIALS ABOUT NEED FOR FBI TO INVESTIGATE THERE AS IN SOUTH; HOOVER OFFERS TO GO TO NYC; NEED TO PROVIDE FEDERAL PROTECTION FOR MLK AT UPCOMING SPEECH IN GREENWOOD
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 4292, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/21/1964, 12:40PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • HOOVER TELLS LBJ THAT CAR OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER HAS BEEN FOUND, WAS BURNED; NO REPORT ON BODIES YET; DISCUSSION OF CONGRESSMEN RYAN'S, REID'S REQUEST THAT LBJ MEET WITH PARENTS OF MISSING
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 3837, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/23/1964, 4:05PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • HOOVER REPORTS THAT MLK WILL GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING ON RIOTS; DROP IN VIOLENCE IN DETROIT; FEDERAL RESPONSE TO SITUATION; RIOTING IN CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND; OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT OF SIMON MCHUGH TO SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 12005, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/25/1967, 10:33AM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBILITY OF J. EDGAR HOOVER GOING TO NYC TO HANDLE INVESTIGATION OF HARLEM RIOTS; RFK COMPARES NYC SITUATION WITH GEORGIA INCIDENT RATHER THAN MISSISSIPPI INCIDENT, QUESTIONS NEED FOR HOOVER HIMSELF TO GO TO NYC
  • REEDY CHECKS WITH LBJ PRIOR TO PRESS BRIEFING ABOUT SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER, ASKS IF LBJ HAS TALKED TO RFK ABOUT SITUATION; LBJ REPORTS ON CONTACTS WITH NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, BURKE MARSHALL, J. EDGAR HOOVER
  • TRIP BY J. EDGAR HOOVER TO MISSISSIPPI; POSSIBLE TROUBLE WITH UPCOMING MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL DESEGREGATION, ALLEN DULLES AS POSSIBLE MEDIATOR; USE OF FEDERAL PERSONNEL IN TROUBLED AREAS; SOUTHERN DELEGATIONS TO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; JOSEPH KENNEDY, SR.
  • DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL PROTECTION FOR MLK AT UPCOMING SPEECH IN GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI; RELATIONS BETWEEN J. EDGAR HOOVER, RFK, JUSTICE DEPT; NYC RIOTS, NEED FOR FBI INVESTIGATION, COMPARISON WITH SITUATION IN SOUTH; LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT
  • DULLES GIVES GOV. JOHNSON OUTLINE, RECOMMENDATIONS OF HIS REPORT ABOUT MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION; FBI, J. EDGAR HOOVER, SEARCH FOR MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; KKK TACTICS; RESPONSIBILITY OF NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES TO CIVIL RIGHTS
  • REEDY ASKS IF LBJ HAS SPOKEN WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER ABOUT SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER IN MISSISSIPPI; PRESS REPORTS ON STATEMENT BY HENRY CABOT LODGE FOLLOWING MEETING WITH LBJ; LODGE'S POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, OPINION
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATIONS, MEETINGS WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER, ROBERT MCNAMARA, RITA SCHWERNER (WIFE OF MICHAEL SCHWERNER), ON SEARCH FOR MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; WHITE REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH OGDEN REID
  • DELOACH REPORTS ON PROGRESS OF FBI INVESTIGATION OF MURDER OF L. A. PENN IN GEORGIA, RECOMMENDS THAT FEDERAL AUTHORITIES MAKE ARREST, NOT LOCAL AUTHORITIES; LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CALL TO J. EDGAR HOOVER YESTERDAY, CONGRATULATES DELOACH ON FBI'S WORK
  • INVESTIGATIONS OF JOHN MACY, ABE FORTAS, DON COOK; GOLDWATER'S ALLEGED MEETING WITH BOBBY BAKER; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S REMARKS ON WARREN COMMISSION, MLK; ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATES; RFK'S CAMPAIGN STAFF; WASHINGTON DC POLICE CHIEF APPOINTMENT; WALTER
  • PRESS STORIES ON SENATE RULES COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION OF BOBBY BAKER; POSSIBLE J. EDGAR HOOVER MEETING WITH COMMITTEE; JUSTICE DEPT REPORT ON DON REYNOLDS, TFX, AND LBJ'S ALLEGED USE OF COUNTERPART FUNDS ON HONG KONG TRIP AS VP; BOBBY BAKER GRAND
  • DEVELOPMENT OF LBJ RANCH HISTORIC SITE; KATZENBACH'S SPEECH TO SOUTH CAROLINA LAW STUDENTS ON SCHOOL DESEGREGATION; DREW PEARSON'S STORY ABOUT LBJ'S DIRECT PHONE LINES TO J. EDGAR HOOVER, OTHERS; QUESTION OF WH RESPONSE TO RFK'S RECENT STATEMENTS
  • MCCORMACK PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; TESTIMONY ABOUT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS IN BOBBY BAKER TRIAL; LBJ DISCUSSES RFK, BOB KERR, WIRETAPS, HIS ASSOCIATION WITH BAKER; RFK'S FEUD WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; HOUSE VOTE ON 21-DAY
  • FEUD BETWEEN RFK, J. EDGAR HOOVER OVER FBI WIRETAPS; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; LBJ'S MEETING WITH HOOVER, NICHOLAS KATZENBACH ON WIRETAPPING POLICY; PRESS LEAKS; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO WIRETAPS; ALVIN WIRTZ AND WIRETAPS BY HAROLD ICKES; BUGGING OF MLK