About this recording ABE FORTAS OFFICE SECRETARY May 19, 1965 Office Secretary Abraham "Abe" Fortas American Defense and Security Latin America and the Caribbean Media and the Press Citation Number: 7778 LBJ DISCUSSES HIS CALL FROM DEAN RUSK ABOUT MEETING ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, FORTAS' ROLE IN CRISIS; POSSIBLE TROOP WITHDRAWAL; BUNKER'S OAS STATEMENT; ALLEGED US TROOP ASSISTANCE TO LOYALISTS; LBJ'S VIEWS ON THOMAS MANN; MANN'S ROLE IN BAY OF PIGS Secret White House Tapes | Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency Conversation with ABE FORTAS and OFFICE SECRETARY, May 19, 1965 Backward Play Stop Forward Download audio Previous Conversation with ABE FORTAS Next Conversation with TELEPHONE OPERATOR, OFFICE CONVERSATION and GEORGE REEDY More Lyndon B. Johnson Recordings View all Lyndon B. Johnson tapes Conversation with GEORGE BALL and BILL MOYERS audio icon Conversation with TELEPHONE OPERATOR, OFFICE CONVERSATION and GEORGE REEDY audio icon Conversation with UNIDENTIFIED MALE audio icon Conversation with TELEPHONE OPERATOR and ABE FORTAS audio icon Conversation with BILL MOYERS audio icon Conversation with DEAN RUSK, BILL MOYERS, GEORGE BALL and GEORGE REEDY, May 20, 1965 audio icon Conversation with UNIDENTIFIED MALE audio icon Conversation with TELEPHONE OPERATOR and ABE FORTAS audio icon Conversation with GEORGE BALL, OFFICE CONVERSATION and ROBERT MCNAMARA audio icon Conversation with JAIME BENITEZ, TELEPHONE OPERATOR and ABE FORTAS audio icon