Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Title:

Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Number of Pages:

30

Description:

Biographical information; contact with LBJ; liberal clique; Rule 22; LBJ’s knowledge of the world; opinion regarding John Leacacos: Fires in the In-Basket, 1968; operational differences between Bundy and Rostow; White House National Security operation; Tuesday lunches; dissemination in the State Department of Tuesday lunch decisions; White House guidance on distribution of cable traffic in State Department; Kraslow and Loory’s The Secret Search for Peace in Vietnam; Polisy “Marigold” Affair; personal review by LBJ on in-close targets near Hanoi; “Sunflower” episode; LBJ’s 3/31 announcement; Ho’s letter to the President; transition at the Department of State; Glassboro; LBJ as a good personal diplomat; Bill Moyers.

Contributor:

Read, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Huger), 1925-

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 Benjamin H. Read

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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