Oral history transcript, Frank McCulloch, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1985, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Frank McCulloch, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1985, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

35

Description:

Emotional involvement of journalists covering Vietnam; whether reporters reflected to perspectives of the publications for which they wrote; how transportation within Vietnam was arranged for reporters; how reporters decided what area to cover; sources; special privileges he received; Bob Shaplen and the military consulting with journalists; relationships between American journalists and those from other countries; Paul Harkins; William Westmoreland; laundering of intelligence estimates; exaggerated body counts; Henry Cabot Lodge; Maxwell Taylor; the relationship between American and South Vietnamese commitment to fighting ; altering of his articles by Time editors; Charlie Beckwith; his early impression of LBJ; the Maddox incident; the Navy’s Blue Marlin operation; the infiltration of South Vietnam by communist agents; airstrikes in Vietnam; Robbie Risner; Cambodia and Laos; secret raids on North Vietnam; Chieu Hoi; the inability of Americans to understand Asia culture; USAID; strategic hamlets program; Nguyen Khan; division among Catholic and Buddhist Vietnamese; Vietnamese view of government; Dr. Phan Huy Quat.

Contributor:

McCulloch, Frank

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 Frank McCulloch

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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