Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 3 (III), 1/17/89, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 3 (III), 1/17/89, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

49

Description:

Communist attempts to control Quemoy, Matsu, and Taiwan; Jimmy Carter granting diplomatic recognition to the People's Republic of China in 1978; Chinese and Russian bargaining methods; criticism of Chinese and Russian relationships with the United States; why Quemoy and Matsu were so important and how difficult it was to militarily defend them; General Douglas MacArthur's trip to Taiwan; MacArthur's character; Chiang Kai-shek's threat to attack mainland China from Taiwan; Judd congratulating Chiang Kai-shek on Taiwan's economic and industrial success; the Free China Fund/Committee for a Million against admission of Communist China to the United Nations until it met certain qualifications; the Chinese Nationalist Air Force representative misusing funds; the Chinese way of dealing with people who have failed; Judd's efforts to equalize immigration laws; the Committee of/for a Million, also known as the China Lobby; the possibility that money from Chiang Kai-shek got into the American political system; Eisenhower's World War II experience and how it shaped his views on China; failed American efforts to advise and train Chiang Kai-shek and his troops; why General George C. Marshall failed in regard to China; Judd's ideas on briefing the American public on Vietnam to gain support; Judd's opinion on how America has treated Native Americans and other minorities throughout history; why it is unwise to give newly independent countries too much aid and/or full United Nations status; a 1946 bill Judd supported to place atomic energy research under a civilian commission; the impermanence of democracy

Contributor:

Judd, Walter Henry, 1898-1994

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 Walter Judd

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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