Oral history transcript, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, interview 3 (III), 12/11/68, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Title:

Oral history transcript, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, interview 3 (III), 12/11/68, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Number of Pages:

18

Description:

[Description is for all three Katzenbach interviews] LBJ's focus on military waste while on Preparedness Subcommittee; LBJ's concern with constitutional authority for his powers as vice president; LBJ and the PCEEO; Space Committee; JFK and LBJ policy on pardons; civil rights; riots in Oxford, Mississippi; integration of University of Alabama; Civil Rights Act of 1964; legislative maneuvering by LBJ; William McCulloch; Everett Dirksen; cloture threat; LBJ, HEW, and Chicago school funds; LBJ and civil rights leaders; LBJ-Yarborough conflict over patronage; Bobby Baker; Jimmy Hoffa; wire-tapping issue; communications satellite program; law and order issues; National Crime Commission report; Katzenbach moves from Justice to State Department; the Senior Interdepartmental Group; the AID program; national security advisers; crisis management; Vietnam policy-making; the "nongroup;" Walt Rostow as a second secretary of state; peace feelers; Marigold; the Ashmore-Baggs trip; anatomy of leaks; the March 31 speech; LBJ-RFK meeting in February, 1967; LBJ-RFK relationship; Bombing halt of October, 1968; the Pueblo incident; Katzenbach's trip to Africa; foreign and domestic policy considerations in shaping Middle East policy; the Six-Day War; LBJ's views of European policy; LBJ and the Soviets; LBJ-de Gaulle relationship; LBJ and NATO; stockpiles as a weapon against inflation; the copper issue; LBJ and price controls

Contributor:

Katzenbach, Nicholas deB. (Nicholas deBelleville), 1922-

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 Nicholas deB. Katzenbach

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Archivist's General Note:

Interviews 1-3 were previously combined into 1

Rights:

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