Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 2 (II), 3/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Title:

Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 2 (II), 3/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Number of Pages:

35

Description:

Escalation of the Vietnam War; Gulf of Tonkin incident; inadequacies in advice given to the President; Ed Gullion episode; XYZ Affair; UN and U Thant; Bundy-Dobrynin conversation, fall of 1965; A-B Theory proposal; Glassboro; Averell Harriman and Nicolae Ceausescu; San Antonio formula; Anna Chennault; Nixon people’s conviction that LBJ Administration hurt U.S. relations with the South Vietnamese; junior members not in total sympathy with its Department.

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