Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

39

Description:

November 1967 report to LBJ by Bunker; Bob Komer and General Westmoreland; pacification progress and military situations; 1968 Tet offensive; Bunker's reputation that the U.S. had prior knowledge of the timing of the offensive; Bunker's impression that offensive was a deafeat for North Vietnam; Westmoreland's request for additional troops and Bunker's disagreement; defense of Phoenix program (identifying subversives); official visitors to Vietnam, 1967-1968

Contributor:

Bunker, Ellsworth, 1894-1984

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Ellsworth Bunker

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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