Oral history transcript, James C. Thomson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Title:

Oral history transcript, James C. Thomson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Number of Pages:

62

Description:

Biographical information; contact with LBJ; briefing LBJ while VP; Indochina; Vietnam; Diem; Roger Hilsman; William Bundy; Mac Bundy; John McNaughton; Interagency Planning Staff; Tonkin Gulf Resolution; peace negotiations; press leaks; bombing; "Why Vietnam;" China policy; Dean Rusk; LBJ's July 12, 1966 speech on Asia; Indonesia; Thailand; HHH; Thomson's departure

Contributor:

Thomson, James C. (James Claude), 1931-2002

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 James C. Thomson, Jr.

Subject:

Vietnam; Tonkin Gulf Incidents, 1964

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

James C. Thomson, Jr.

Interviewer(s):

Paige E. Mulhollan

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-thomsonj-19710722-1-81-98

Date:

1971-07-22

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, James C. Thomson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 24, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-thomsonj-19710722-1-81-98