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Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 2 (II), 7/17/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

]. What about that alleged disclosure he's making of the U Thant 1964 activity? all? Did you get involved in that at Of course, that occurred before you actually took the Vretnam assignment in the White House, but you said you were following Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Eugene R. Black, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was after I took the job the President said that he would like to have me go and talk to U Thant and C . V . Narasimhan (Thant's Chef de cabinet), of the United Nations and see what ideas they had as to what would be the most useful thing we could do
as Special Consultant on Economic Affairs and his role in the "wise men" group; Involvement with SST and Nam Ngum Project (through U Thant and Narasimhan)

Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 1 (I), 7/9/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Roa right before the election? C: Yes, and some other attacks on American installations in Saigon; I suspect that some of the first tentative approaches toward a possible political settlement that U Thant and a few others were trying to promote might

Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 2 (II), 9/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, Tape 1 -- 12 things as the [J. Blair] Seaborne mission.We were interested when third-party governments tried to get into it--the Canadians, the Soviets, the Poles, the Hungarians, the Rumanians--or when individuals like U Thant or private citizens tried

Oral history transcript, Joseph J. Sisco, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: But that didn't cripple the operation? S: Oh, hardly! M: Did the bureau ever constru ct a satisfac tory of Adlai Stevenson's Hardly, hardly. conversations with U Thant that were relayed by--? S: Well, that's a very, very fascinat ing chapter , because
; the U Thant initiative; the Harriman group; the Chester Cooper mission to London

Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

; escalation decisions; bombing of Haiphong POL; Adlai-Stevenson-U Thant initiative; bombing pauses; peace efforts

Oral history transcript, Arthur J. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Arthur J. Goldberg -- Interview I -- 4 frequently on this subject. TG: Would you describe the role that U Thant played during these years? AG: Well, before I do
Decision to leave the Supreme Court; Vietnam; the “Wise Men;” 3/31 speech; George Ball; U Thant; bombing halts; Arab ambassadors; 1967 War between Israel and Egypt; Soviets; relationship with LBJ; reflections

Oral history transcript, Eugenie Moore Anderson, interview 2 (II), 11/13/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

for the funeral, then on to Saigon for a brief visit, then meeting with the Secretary of Defense and Ambassador Lodge and General Westmoreland, who had by then succeeded General Harkins ; and well, everybody--and Admiral Felt would it have been or /U .S . Grant

Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 3 (III), 7/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

that only history will determine, such as the one that was in the paper the other day, that the head of the United Nations- B: U Thant? F: Yes, U Thant. That U Thant contended that he had had a personal hand written communication with Hanoi

Oral history transcript, Bromley Smith, interview 2 (II), 9/25/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to shed considerable light on, being more or less in charge of the paper over there for so long, is the famous or infamous--depending on your point of view--U Thant peace initiative of 1964-65 that may or may not have gotten to the White House and may

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

of seriousness of discussion or potential peace initiatives on the level with these other things that developed subsequently. M: What about the U Thant incident? 9 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
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

Oral history transcript, Harold H. Saunders, interview 1 (I), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, the other devastating thing that happened in that early period, namely U Thant's withdrawal of the UN Emergency Force, that was something that I don't think anybody could have stopped. It just happened; it was there and it was a fait accompli before we had
relationship with President Gamal Abdel Nasser and food aid to Egypt; Lucius 'Luke' Battle; how LBJ dealt with international leaders; U Thant’s withdrawal of the UN Emergency Force from the Sinai; Minister of Foreign Affairs Abba Eban; how the Six Day War began

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 11 the U n i t e d S t a t e s and I have no claim whatever to make an appointment." He said, "If you don't work out the name, if you dou't tell me that he's up to doing the job, I

Oral history transcript, J. Russell Wiggins, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

believe that at all. I mean I don't say that he thought very highly of U Thant. M: They were still having their troubles based on U Thant's-- W: Allegation that we had not acted on some openings for peace which I really think myself were ridiculous
. Moyers and Philip Graham; LBJ frequently called editors and journalists; Eric Goldman; Charles Horsky; LBJ and the District of Columbia; Walter Tobriner; George Ball; circumstances of Wiggins' appointment to the UN; U Thant; four-power talks and a Middle

Oral history transcript, Kenneth Torp, interview 1 (I), 6/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and the US in this mediation role? U Thant sent a personal representative. T: Yes, he did. F: And NATO had Brosio. T: Brosio,Manlio Brosio, was out in the area; as was Rolz-Bennet, Jose Rolz-Bennet. I think they helped. And there was, to my

Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

that U Thant had indicated .. Well, you want me to just go ahead then and talk? B: All right . M: Well, maybe this, as a way of starting . The generally accepted account is that by the end of 1964, the situation in South Vietnam was rapidly

Oral history transcript, Chester Bowles, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

liked very much, but they were about the same things the Pope, U Thant and other respected people said . However, Mrs . Gandhi was bitterly blamed by LBJ and also by Rusk . people rarely protested about Vietnam . But the Indian The biggest

Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the limits of their relationship with Hanoi and the invluence that they could bear. But in any event I think that one in London was one of the most promising. I had no patience for U Thant and some of his claims, in which he suggested that he told Stevenson

Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 2 (II), 12/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, and that a cable was being sent to the capitals involved requesting permission for me to come as the personal emissary of the President. Nick also indicated that U Thant was going to send a personal representative; Mr. [José] Rolz-Bennett was to be that individual

Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and there is no question that Shrikes from U. S. planes landed in Hanoi, that much damage was done in Hanoi, a whole section of slum dwellings close to the river were burned out, pieces of shrapnel and tailfins with the ordnance markings and everything else landed

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, particularly during your time, I suppose, the one which involved U Thant and Adlai Stevenson. B: I never thought there was anything in it, but I never, to be honest with you, went back and checked all the cables and whatnot, because I really assumed that what

Oral history transcript, David G. Nes, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Nes -- II -- 23 G: A lot of discussion has taken place about U Thant's removing the expeditionary force from its stations in the Sinai. N: Yes. G

Oral history transcript, William G. Bowdler, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Bowdler -- I -- 11 sent down by Secretary U Thant to be the U.N. man on the spot, who had been highly critical of the U.S. intervention in this instance, subsequently was interviewed

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 1 (I), 7/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

thought, are U Thant and later on Harold Wilson. R: Well, it's true that he and U Thant were not soulmates, and that they had important differences.This was partly because President Johnson found U Thant to be unreliable. This always offended President

Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

[NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 23 F: In the summer of 1964 President Orlich came up to Washington, D. C. and saw the President, saw Dean Rusk, saw U Thant and so forth, did you come
rate in Costa Rica; accompanying Costa Rican President Orlich to the U.S. to meet with LBJ, Dean Rusk, and U Thant; planning President Orlich’s visit; Costa Rica and WWII; Santo Domingo; the Organization of American States; Costa Rican President Dr

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 4 (IV), 3/8/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

? R: For example, President Nasser did not ask for the forces to be removed from Sharmal-Shaykh at the mouth of the Gulf of Tiran. It was U Thant who took the attitude that removal of some of the forces meant removal of all the forces. And so when

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of an act of courage on Hubert's part. We had Paul Hoffman, U Thant, Adlai Stevenson, Fulbright, various people. The tone of the meeting almost of necessity, as the way things were developing, was critical of the administration. And so from that time

Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 3 (III), 6/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Clark Kerr, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 3 (III), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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