Conversation with RUSSELL LONG, January 3, 1969

LONG SAYS HE THINKS HE WILL DEFEAT EDWARD KENNEDY FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP BY CLOSE MARGIN; DISCUSSION OF VOTES OF VARIOUS SENATORS; MIKE MANSFIELD'S POSSIBLE ABSTENTION; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S POLITICAL DEBT TO RFK, ANIMOSITY TOWARDS LBJ; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT