Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 4 (IV), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger

Title:

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 4 (IV), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger

Number of Pages:

19

Description:

Selection of the team to go to Paris to negotiate with North Vietnam; Averell Harriman; Cyrus Vance; Philip Habib; organizing the trip to Paris; failure to make serious progress in Paris; debates regarding “the shape of the table”; portraying news to the press in the Paris negotiations; information leaks during Paris talks; private talks held in Paris; Madame Anna Chennault; results of the Paris talks after the Nixon administration was in power; writing for The Vantage Point; LBJ in retirement.

Contributor:

Jorden, William J. (William John), 1923-

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 William J. Jorden

Subject:

Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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