Oral history transcript, Eugene V. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Title:

Oral history transcript, Eugene V. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Number of Pages:

41

Description:

Biographical information; working relations with White House staff; morale problems within State Department; justification of LBJ’s foreign policy; encourages dissent in State Department councils; Satellite telecommunications problem; COMSAT Corp.; LBJ’s handling of foreign policy; troops in Europe issue; NPT; Czechoslovakia; Harmel Exercise in NATO; détente; division of Germany; LBJ’s concern for European interest in nuclear problem; freedom of trade; offset payment settlement; John McCloy; withdrawal; Six Day War; LBJ’s personal involvement in Six Day War; refutes LBJ Administration was pro-Israeli; Tri-Partite Declaration of 1950; West Bank and Jerusalem problem; sale of Phanton jets to Israel; problem of reaching the negotiations stage for Vietnam

Contributor:

Rostow, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1913-

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 Eugene V. Rostow

Subject:

Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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