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INTERVIEWEE:
J. WILLIS HURST
INTERVIEWER:
T. H. BAKER
PLACE:
Dr. Hurst's office, Atlanta, Georgia
Tape 1 of 2
B:
Sir, let me just outline very briefly the dates of your career here. You were born on
October 21, 1920 in Cooper, Kentucky (Dr. Hurst note
- no contact with Johnson whatsoever.
M:
It was strictly a Connally--
L:
Strictly, yes, sir.
The 1962 Connally campaign?
Now, we had some Johnson people in the organization, but the truth is,
it was not a Johnson organization.
We didn't take over
- ; briefings for Senate Foreign Relations Committee; efforts as ambassador; relations with Ayub Khan; role as Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam; team of Bunker and Locke; manpower mobilization; pacification program; political atmosphere at home; changes