Warren Commission: Conversation with Rep. Les Arends
Speaker: | Lyndon B Johnson |
Delivered On: | 11/29/1963 |
Place: | Washington, DC |
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United States. Warren Commission. Investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. |
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LBJ and Rep. Les Arends speak here. LBJ consults with House leadership prior to release of statement. Here, we offer selected telephone conversations concerning the Special Commission to Investigate the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (the Warren Commission). President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963. Shortly thereafter, the House of Representatives and the Senate considered independent investigations of the assassination and the murder of Kennedy’s putative assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. To trump these congressional efforts, President Lyndon Johnson decided to form a presidential commission to investigate the assassination and Oswald’s death. These conversations document the formation of the commission — indentified by the popular title “The Warren Commission” — because the chairman was Chief Justice Earl Warren. The selected conversations you will hear document Johnson’s extraordinary persuasiveness. A comment about the recordings. These recordings vary dramatically in audio quality. |
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