Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Title:

Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Number of Pages:

49

Description:

LBJ as Vice-President; Cuban Missile Crisis; August 1964 telegram regarding Diem fall; Roger Hilsman; JFK assassination; DeGaulle and LBJ; LBJ's early presidency; LBJ and Vietnam; Ball's Vietnam memoranda to LBJ; Tonkin Gulf incident and resolution; escalation decisions; bombing of Haiphong POL; Adlai-Stevenson-U Thant initiative; bombing pauses; peace efforts

Contributor:

Ball, George W. (George Wildman), 1909-1994

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with George Ball

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details

Interviewee:

George Ball

Interviewer(s):

Paige E. Mulhollan

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-ballg-19710708-1-88-2

Date:

1971-07-08

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 20, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-ballg-19710708-1-88-2