Oral history transcript, Karl E. Mundt, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Title:

Oral history transcript, Karl E. Mundt, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Number of Pages:

51

Description:

First meeting LBJ; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; 1948 Mundt-Nixon proposal; Joe McCarthy; USIA; Smith-Mundt Act of 1948; Arthur Larson; LBJ’s support of Eisenhower-Nixon-Dulles foreign policy; Quemay-Matsu-Pescadores problem; Russia détente; wheat sales; briefing of Foreign Relations Commission; coolness between Senator Fulbright and LBJ; OAS; Panama; LBJ’s role in Vietnam; Consular Treaty; Atlantic Alliance; DeGaulle; North American Alliance; NATO; Parliamentarian Conference in Brussels; African affairs; Rostow and Dean Rusk; reaction to LBJ joining JFK’s ticket; SJRes 12 Amendment; 3/31 announcement; comparison of LBJ to other Presidents; LBJ’s weaknesses; the press.

Contributor:

Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974

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 Karl E. Mundt

Subject:

Vietnam

Relation:

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Rights:

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