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  • Contributor > Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982 (remove)
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  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • "1, 9AM-10:45" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; OFFICE CONVERSATION WHILE FORTAS IS ON HOLD; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES DATE IS 5/20/1965; CONTINUES ON REF #7940
  • FORTAS ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO LBJ; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT GEORGE REEDY'S WHEREABOUTS AND ABOUT CABLE TO BE SENT TO ELLSWORTH BUNKER CONCERNING SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7938, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • TELEPHONE OPERATOR
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 2639, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 3/24/1964, 6:05PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 8406, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/28/1965, 11:48AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 8002, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and GEORGE REEDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown
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  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 11142, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/16/1966, 9:56AM
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  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • "[TELEPHONE] 2154"; "ARNOLD-?"; "2, 10:45-11:15" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT"; SPEED VARIES ON ORIGINAL RECORDING; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION WHILE FORTAS IS ON HOLD FOR CALL TO LBJ; CONTINUES FROM REF #7938
  • TELEPHONE OPERATOR TELLS FORTAS LBJ IS NOT TAKING CALLS; FORTAS ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO GEORGE REEDY; REEDY, FORTAS DISCUSS WHAT REEDY WILL SAY IN 11:00A PRESS BRIEFING ABOUT NYT, WASHINGTON POST STORIES ON US FORCES AIDING IMBERT IN DOMINICAN
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7940, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and GEORGE REEDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7688, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7815, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/23/1965, 5:10PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 11333, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/11/1967, 3:45PM
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  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 10822, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM
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  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; FORTAS REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH UNIDENTIFIED PERSON; DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORIES; SALE OF THE ELMS; FORTAS THANKS LBJ FOR PHOTO; BRIEF DISCUSSION OF BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 1524, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/24/1964, 5:28PM
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  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; POOR SOUND QUALITY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY WITH JACK VALENTI DURING CALL
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5564, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/10/1964, 11:26AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • "SUMMARIZED"; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DEAN RUSK, MCGEORGE BUNDY ARE MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7605, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/7/1965, 5:31PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ BRIEFLY INTERRUPTS CONVERSATION TO LISTEN TO NEWS BROADCAST THAT IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; PREVIOUSLY OPENED ON TAPE K66.03, PNO 1; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 10912, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5876, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 3:56PM
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  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5877, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 3:56PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • "[TELEPHONE] 426"; "ARNOLD-BUNDY 11:15"; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES IT FOLLOWS CONVERSATION BETWEEN LBJ AND FORTAS ON REF #7948; CONTINUATION OF PREVIOUS 2 RECORDINGS; BUNDY IS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7953, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, 11:15AM?
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  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • "[TELEPHONE] 2154"; "3, 1130-1200 AM" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; FORTAS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND LBJ IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7963, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • "[TELEPHONE] 2154"; "4, 1145-1215" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; FORTAS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND LBJ IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7964, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • "[TELEPHONE] 1230 RED"; "ARNOLD-BUNDY"; "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON SLIP BUT CONVERSATION NOT TRANSCRIBED; BUNDY IS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ROBERT MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH FORTAS AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7971, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 10666, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and SARAH HUGHES, 8/29/1966, 1:30PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • TELEPHONE OPERATOR
  • "SUMMARIZED"; LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO THOMAS DODD BEFORE TAKING CALL FROM FORTAS
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7594, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/6/1965, 7:32PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • TELEPHONE OPERATOR
  • "[TELEPHONE] 2154"; "FORTAS [CROSSED OUT] ARN.-BONITAS"; "4, 1145-1215" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; FORTAS ON HOLD 6:20; BENITEZ IS IN PUERTO RICO AND IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7968, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH WALTER JENKINS PRECEDES CALL; JENKINS ALSO SPEAKS WITH FORTAS DURING CALL
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 1410, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/17/1964, 7:40PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 5881, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 8:32PM
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  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7626, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/11/1965, 4:25PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • "POTUS CONVERSATION WITH MR. DAVIDSON 8:45-9:"; "AN INTRUDING THIRD PARTY DOES A BIT OF CUSSING AT THE START
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7689, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • "POTUS CONVERSATION WITH MR. DAVIDSON 8:45-9:"; "AN INTRUDING THIRD PARTY DOES A BIT OF CUSSING AT THE START
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7690, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • "9:12P F ABE FORTAS" LINED THROUGH ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING PREVIOUS DICTABELT (REF #7532-7540); RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7542, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/2/1965, 9:12PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • LBJ PUTS FORTAS ON HOLD BRIEFLY AT BEGINNING OF CALL; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; MCNAMARA IS AT THE WH, JOINS CONVERSATION AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7404, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 10:50AM
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  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • FORTAS ON HOLD 0:20; LBJ PUTS FORTAS ON HOLD TO TAKE FOLLOWING CALL FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY, THEN LBJ RETURNS TO FINISH CONVERSATION WITH FORTAS ON REF #7407
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7406, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 11:30AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • LBJ RETURNS TO COMPLETE CONVERSATION WITH FORTAS BEGUN ON REF #7405
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7408, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 11:30AM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7417, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 12:59PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7441, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 7:20PM
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  • OFFICE CONVERSATION
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7756, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 12:50PM
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  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7787, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/19/1965, 8:30PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • DAILY DIARY LISTS THIS AS CALL TO "MR. ARNOLD"; ROBERT MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH LBJ, HAS BEEN LISTENING TO CONVERSATION AND SPEAKS TO FORTAS; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS AND CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7814, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/23/1965, 5:10PM
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  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • FORTAS ON HOLD 0:55, DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 8676, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/30/1965, 3:44PM
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  • VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS INAUDIBLE; RECORDING APPARENTLY STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 8171, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1965, 4:35PM
  • White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts
  • Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
  • "BUNDY-ARNOLD, SMITH 20/1600?"; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES IT FOLLOWS CONVERSATION BETWEEN LBJ AND FORTAS ON REF #7948; FORTAS, SMITH ARE IN WH SITUATION ROOM; BUNDY IS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS
  • Telephone conversation
  • Telephone conversation # 7951, sound recording, BROMLEY SMITH and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, 11:15AM?
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