Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Title:

Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Number of Pages:

29

Description:

Appointment as Secretary; relationship with LBJ during Eisenhower administration; State Department Appropriation Bill and Foreign Aid Bill in 1959 and 1960; LBJ's role as VP; Cuban Missile Crisis; differences between LBJ and JFK; budget; balance of payments; LBJ's relationship with JFK's people; appointment of new Secretary; Vietnam; role of Major General William Dupey

Contributor:

Dillon, C. Douglas (Clarence Douglas), 1909-2003

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 C. Douglas Dillon

Subject:

Foreign aid; Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

C. Douglas Dillon

Interviewer(s):

Paige E. Mulhollan

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-dillonc-19690629-1-74-12

Date:

1969-06-29

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 01, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-dillonc-19690629-1-74-12