Oral history transcript, Frederick Nolting, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1982, by Ted Gittinger

Title:

Oral history transcript, Frederick Nolting, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1982, by Ted Gittinger

Number of Pages:

34

Description:

Situation on arrival in Vietnam as Ambassador; Chief of MAAG; General McGarr; Taylor-Rostow mission; Ed Lansdale; task force chaired by Roswell Gilpatric; impressions after traveling in the provinces; Viet Cong tenacity; Colonel John Paul Vann; pacification; significance of Nolting’s absence during Buddhist crisis; support of Diem; Ngo Dinh Nhu; Madame Nhu; William Colby and the CIA; Ambassador Nolting and General Paul Harkins; LBJ and the Vietnam situation.

Contributor:

Nolting, Frederick E. (Frederick Ernest), 1911-1989

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 Frederick Nolting

Subject:

Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

Frederick Nolting

Interviewer(s):

Ted Gittinger

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-noltingf-19821111-1-84-44

Date:

1982-11-11

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Frederick Nolting, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1982, by Ted Gittinger, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 01, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-noltingf-19821111-1-84-44