Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 3 (III), 6/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
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Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 3 (III), 6/29/1982, by Michael L. GilletteNumber of Pages:
29Description:
October 1965 visit to the Ranch; LBJ’s relationship with the press; activities at the Ranch; LBJ’s desire to pay off Democratic National Committee debt and Krim’s involvement; Cliff Carter; John Criswell; political discussions at the Ranch; Francis Morrissey nomination; LBJ’s staff; 1965 bombing halt in Vietnam; intelligence gathering in Latin America by the CIA and FBI; New York politics; dinner for Princess Margaret, including a guest with a criminal record; a ride in August Busch’s plane; buying out the land around the Ranch; donating clothes to a family living on the Ranch; Billy Graham; Ben Heineman; travelling to the Ranch; people sending messages to LBJ through Krim; LBJ’s intelligence and compassion; LBJ’s formidable presence, tendency toward exaggeration and last minute decisions, stubbornness and secrecy.Addendum: 3/29/1968 call from LBJ about polling to determine where LBJ stood against Eugene McCarthy and Robert Kennedy; early hints that LBJ would not run in 1968; reasons LBJ had for not running; early campaign planning; Jess Unruh; Robert Kennedy entering the presidential race; Larry O’Brien; Mike Mansfield; Oliver Quayle’s work on the polls; reading the 3/31/1968 speech before it was given; Krim’s arguments against LBJ’s withdrawal from the election; activities the day of the speech; Johnson family reaction to LBJ’s intention to withdraw; Horace Busby’s involvement with the speech; staff reaction to the speech; who knew about LBJ’s withdrawal before the speech was made; Krim’s plans to not be involved in the election.