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“You’re Goddamn Sure Going to Serve”

 

Photo credit: Yoichi Okamoto

Conversation Details

In two conversations on 29 November 1963, President Johnson entreated Sen. Richard B. “Dick” Russell Jr. [D–Georgia] to serve on the commission investigating the assassination of John F. “Jack” Kennedy. Russell opposed working alongside the head of the commission, Chief Justice Earl Warren, and declined the President’s request. Johnson persisted and announced the members of the Warren Commission on this day, informing Russell of his inclusion after the fact. 

 

Date:
November 29, 1963
Topic:
JFK Assassination, Warren Commission
Location
Oval Office
Conversation
K6311-05-07; K6311-06-14-15-16

Conversation Participants