Oral history transcript, Charles Frankel, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Title:

Oral history transcript, Charles Frankel, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Number of Pages:

42

Description:

Writing The Neglected Aspect; circumstances of appointment to office; disapproves LBJ's Vietnam policy; drafting the Smithsonian speech for LBJ; background of the International Education Act; the Interagency Committee on International Education; John Rooney and the Appropriations Committee create problems for State Department programs; characterizes Wayne Hays, John Brademas, John Tunney, Donald Fraser, Peter Frelinghuysen, Benjamin Rosenthal, Albert Quie; Patsy Mink, Wayne Morse, George McGovern, and Robert McClory; Fulbright and the Fulbright Program; political pressures and the Board of Foreign Scholarships; the Sterling Tucker appointment; cultural exchange programs; cultural exchanges and the CIA; Anthony Solomon; Dean Rusk characterized; Vietnam divides the LBJ Administration; resigns over Vietnam policy; LBJ and the intellectuals; LBJ and the credibility gap.

Contributor:

Frankel, Charles

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 Charles Frankel

Subject:

Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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