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  • Series > Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories (remove)
  • Date > 1969-05-12 (remove)
  • Subject > Assassinations (remove)

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Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Kennedy-F: Did you get the impression he'd placed too much faith in the power of the Senate? H: That, and I think he also placed too much faith in the power of his old friend, the House Speaker, Sam Rayburn, and a few of the key Democrats throughout
  • Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; 1960, 1964 Democratic conventions; association with LBJ during the vice presidency; NBC’s handling of the news after the JFK assassination; meetings with LBJ; credibility gap; Georgetown Press