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  • and Interview IV LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh MARINE CORPS GAZETTE JUNE
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • that Then switched in he was spring, early summer . the late summer I was hired by the Washington Post . I from the Knight newspapers to the Post and covered Nixon's presidential campaign in 1968 . Then when he won the election, I became one of the two
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • the problem. But the guys in MACV were even then, I think,leaning to a very conventional point of view of the war. G: There was a common complaint, I think, heard, that the VC would knock off a local force post and then ambush the relieving force
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • in Saigon in 1964 was awful. This in effect was the immediate post-Diem period. If you remember, the Diem government was overthrown in November of 1963; the death came a few days afterwards. 1964. I arrived there in February of The country was still
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • bi tis beb/een 1962 and 1964, and you were Commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the Pacific. Do I have the basic command periods and posts essentially correct? M: Yes. Mc: Have you ever participated in any other sort of oral history project
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • in the Washington Post on the editorial page, I think it was the Washington Post, they had a list of quotations as long as your arm going back over the years, the so-called optimistic, over-optimistic statements and so on. from any member of the Joint Chiefs
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • ? Just after his election. And meanwhile, having made this mistake and feeling very strongly about the matter, I concentrated my attention post-election on the Vietnamese problem, which was obviously the biggest problem facing the President. well
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • of thing on the basis that you can expect them to keep it quiet? M: In those days only the chairman of the committee was aware of it. G: I see. M: They never told the members of the committee. Now they just print it in the Washington Post
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • was given a posting choice of Seoul, Korea; Vientiane, Laos; or Saigon, [South] Vietnam; those were the three [choices]. G: What year was this? P: This was 1959. I chose Saigon, got there in 1960. year the National Liberation Front was formed
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • criticism, To strengthen the team and also to meet the "Look here, why are you sending a general over to this highly complex diplomatic post?" he then got [U. Alexis] Alex Johnson to agree to go as my deputy, which was a very gallant thing for Alex to do
  • dispute. There was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, and there was another order of battle conference, post-Tet, began on the tenth of April and lasted LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • , of the Khe Sanh area, on about a one to ten thousand or five thousand [scale], greatly blown up, which is about the same thing, you could see this. had it on the wall and we used to post things on it. And we I saw one of those in the President's office
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • chiefs of staff Richard Stilwell and William Rosson; working with Allied troops from Korea and Australia; DePuy's work with the First Division; DePuy's reputation for removing incompetent commanders from their posts; DePuy's view of press coverage
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • , I said, "1 want him on post here three months before I turn it over." I wanted to go thoroughly, a thorough trip, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)