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Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Professional background; Jordan’s two trips to Vietnam; report that the North Vietnamese threat was serious; Kennedy’s 1961-1963 decision to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam; Jorden’s belief that Kennedy would have followed LBJ course in…
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 2 (II), 3/20/1985, by Ted Gittinger
How Jorden got into foreign policy government service from journalism; going to Vietnam to assess the situation in 1961 and the resulting white paper; Jorden’s Berlin Viability Plan and trip to Germany; Averell Harriman; working group for…
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 3 (III), 8/13/1985, by Ted Gittinger
McGeorge Bundy and the public affairs committee; Bill Moyers; press coverage of Vietnam; Dan Duc Khoi; Bui Diem; improving methods for transmitting news; American journalists from other countries; Morley Safer and Mike Wallace; Vietnam Psychological…
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 4 (IV), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Selection of the team to go to Paris to negotiate with North Vietnam; Averell Harriman; Cyrus Vance; Philip Habib; organizing the trip to Paris; failure to make serious progress in Paris; debates regarding “the shape of the table”; portraying…