Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

44

Description:

Appointment as ambassador by LBJ; Guam Conference, 1967; impressions of Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky; Vietnam's presidential election campaign in 1967; religious factions; advice to Thieu; recommendation for U.S. to close Viet Cong's use of Cambodia and Laos as sanctuaries; lack of communication between South and North Vietnam; objectives of the pacification program and its implementation; agricultural gains in South Vietnam, 1968-1972; North Vietnam violations of Paris agreements; Congressional refusal to appropriate funds to South Vietnam; Bunker's impressions of U.S. intervention in Dominican Republic; open elections in Dominican Republic

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