Oral history transcript, Gerard C. Smith, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Title:

Oral history transcript, Gerard C. Smith, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Number of Pages:

16

Description:

Relationship between Foster Dulles and LBJ; meeting LBJ; trying to establish trans-Atlantic nuclear force; going to the German government with a proposal for a MLF; LBJ’s understanding of, and congressional relations on, the trans-Atlantic nuclear force issue; MLF negotiations failure; lack of organization in the White House from the Kennedy years through 1964; relation between MLF’s demise and nonproliferation treaty negotiations; what happened to Smith’s colleagues following the MLF issue; papers relating to the Soviet philosophy of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.

Contributor:

Smith, Gerard C. (Gerard Coad), 1914-1994

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

Relation:

 

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

Gerard C. Smith

Interviewer(s):

Paige E. Mulhollan

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-smithgc-19690429-1-78-18

Date:

1969-04-29

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)