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  • Series > Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories (remove)
  • Date > 1969-05-08 (remove)

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  • to see what some of the real importance of this was, not only to the defense of the country, but also to the prestige of the country. At the same time, it was pretty clearlY a good political issue. He had met with Senators [Richard] Russell and [H
  • of my presence. He sort of said, "fine, that sounds good," or something. I don't remember really what he said. I do know what he felt. He felt a very, very firm conviction that Johnson was the man to beat Nixon, and he wanted very much for Johnson to get