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Oral history transcript, Harrison Salisbury, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • was not. M: Either to Vietnam or to Berlin? S: No, no. M: Your most famous association, of course, is the one that came in December of 1966 in connection with your visit to Hanoi. S: That's right. M: I know that you've written a full book as well
  • that, as a reporter, he had no political agenda; Pham Van Dong’s off-the-record comments; private negotiations between the U.S. and North Vietnam; keeping contact with the U.S. while he was in North Vietnam; press access to information Salisbury found out while
Oral history transcript, Timothy May, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • with the ministers. I think there were roughly five hundred ministers who were going to be in attendance. Originally the idea was that Kennedy would meet in a closed TV studio with selected representatives of the association, some three or four perhaps; however
Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 3 (III), 8/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • was a cover for something else--as I remember was a specialist on Mongolian problems. And that was as close as any of the people in Kosygin's entourage came to having any association with Asia. So it was quite clear, or seemed quite clear to Wilson
Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • way and down the fire stairs in order to avoid the press, not to have them know that there was any kind of dickering going on, and walking into Jim's room and finding Earl Mazo of the Herald Tribune sitting there. He was the first one I ran into. He
Oral history transcript, Charles Frankel, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • had known Dean Rusk and worked once in an organization in which he had been associated. But basically I think it was Fulbright, McPherson, Macy. They then went to the President and my appointment went through. M: Once they decided to appoint you
Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • following my graduation; joined the law firm of Brody, Charlton, Parker, and Roberts, as an associate at the salary of $200 a month, but I got a rapid raise to $275 a month by Christmas. I stayed with that law firm first as an asso- ciate, later
Oral history transcript, William C. Trueheart, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • with the press and so on connected with the introduction of all this equipment, which came in, I recall, on board these converted aircraft carriers which would anchor at the foot of Tu Do Street and unload these things. We were stopped from confirming
Oral history transcript, George Wallace, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • the 1960s, when he was st ill a senator? W: No, sir, I had no personal association with him other than in 1956 I was delegate to the Democratic National Convention and was the platform representative from Alabama, and I got on the elevator at, I believe
Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • what they called the bull pen which was the big large room in the basement of the Biltmore Hotel where all the politics took effect, and every day at noon the press had arranged for press conferences. So everybody else had spoken and so I got out
Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • remember at a dinner with Harry McPherson, who was another old friend of his and of ours . And I used to see him at larger parties every now and then, but it was not an extensive association . But I think it's fair to say that he regarded me
Oral history transcript, William H. Chartener, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • to be closely related to the White House, can you get your story told when you have disagreement like this? C: I did it on a couple of occasions when I was making speeches or holding press conferences. I think one of the things that I've been most grateful
Oral history transcript, Lewis W. Walt, interview 1 (I), 1/24/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • to associate with President Johnson on a more-or-less personal basis? W: I had occasion to see him and talk to him once in Vietnam when he carne to Cam Ranh Bay. I talked to him for a few minutes. Then midway in my tour--I think it was February '66--1
Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • correct. M: Before we go into your association with Lyndon Johnson, 1 would like to ask if you have participated in any other oral history project? W: I participated in an oral history project that was conducted after the assassination of President
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , Narch 30, the Presice.nt ?r::::ss conference out on the la,vn in the Rose; Carden. I ve:ry '.;1211 because I \"ont to my daughter's school and fIe" a kit e with her that morning, and he had called my office, apparently just t, ~)2 at th. press co
Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • and doing all the work you have to do to carry through difficult legislation of the type that all this was. M: After he became Vice President, as someone that he knew fairly well from associations before that time, did you continue any particular
Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 4 (IV), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • on the part of some of my associates as to whether or not this was a good idea, and what sort of a return we would get, we put this out as a contest to the ninety-odd thousand people through � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
Oral history transcript, Vide G. (Mrs. E.L.) Bartlett, interview 2 (II), 5/22/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • of 1958 that he went to see Lyndon Johnson to talk to him about it. iss~e He asked him ir-he would a press statement, saying that he had talked with Bob about statehood ~ and woul d he make any statement at all that \'/asn' t contrary. He didn't need
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • the question of when we would resume arms aid to the Paks was a quite live orie, wi th the Pentagon--as I recall--and to an extent State pressing for some resumption and the Paks screaming for it because they had lost an incredible amount of resources
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • you have the idea you were W: Not at the time, I didn't give it much thought--in that area, an~~ay. F: How long did this association continue? W: It continued to the present time. F: So that any time he was in New York he was likely
Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • in the press. My experience has been that after every war the underachievers come up with something related to the war, whether it's shell shock or whether it's gassed in World War II or whether it's battle fatigue in World War II or whether it's Agent Orange
Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
  • the public relations director of the Oregon Education Association. What got you interested in public education? G: I think a couple of things. teachers. One, my mother and father were both Then I think probably the most important thing was the social
Oral history transcript, Hugh Gardner Ackley, interview 2 (II), 3/7/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , then of the Federal Reserve System, and its chairman for so many years, and associated so much with economists, and had a very good economics staff, he 3 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • a fellow was subject to an injunction, he really thought before he did anything because that judge could commit him for contempt. And this was something that people didn't want to have happen to them so they followed the law. The Restaurant Association
  • Biographical information; Hobart Taylor, Sr. and LBJ; civil rights cases in Michigan; NAACP; Export-Import Bank; Cliff Carter; early association with LBJ in 1960; 1960 and 1964 campaigns; JFK; Plans for PROGRESS; Jerry Holleman; RFK and LBJ
Oral history transcript, Norman S. Paul, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • twenty years of government service which began in 1948 after completing your law degree and an association with a New York City law firm. From 1948 to 1955 you were associated with the Economic Cooperation Administration, and your last position
Oral history transcript, William A. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations]; the next issue be with the medical association, AMA [American Medical Association]. It just depends on what the issue is." We have a tendency to label people conservative or liberals, southerners
Oral history transcript, Frederick C. Belen, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • of close associations with him when he was Speaker of the House ; and through that I was acquainted with Mr . Johnson, but not to the point that he would have recognized me in a crowd . � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 3 (III), 6/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • which, in normal protocol, "After you, Alphonse" terms, would have been hours and hours and hours . point . Well, time was absolutely pressing at this We wanted to bet the communique out, and this called for it to be redone, because obviously you
Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • completed, and we will have sent it to all of the judges and all other interested parties for their comment . But we are seeking a year's extension . F: Governor, let's talk politics today . In your association with Mr . Johnson personally, when did you
Oral history transcript, Richard M. Scammon, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • political science academies and associations, and you are a writer and a lecturer. If you would like to add anything to that, by all means please feel free. S: No, I think that just about covers it. G: I'd like to begin this interview if I can
Oral history transcript, Edwin O. Reischauer, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • there. And during that time I was trying to minimize the bad effect on Japanese-American relations, and I did this primarily in terms of pleading with the Japanese press to give fair balance in their reporting. Because what they were doing covering South Vietnam
Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 2 (II), 1/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 1952, I talked to Senator Johnson about the possibilities of establishing federal assistance for the construction of public broadcasting stations, stations that would be associated with colleges and universities, established by local community groups
Oral history transcript, Michael V. Forrestal, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • . But when this unpleasantness began·happening after May 8, the press began to attack Diem. A great many·American officials began to think he was getting worse and worse. Some people~ including mYself, began to be worried lest he collapse, and then we
Oral history transcript, Anthony J. Celebrezze, interview 1 (I), 1/26/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • at the airport and arranged a press conference for hUn. That was my only contact with him. M: What did these big city northern mayors think about Johnson being the vice presidential candidate in 1960? C: I personally thought it was a very good choice, I
  • legislation; Senate vote on Medicare testifying on the hill; civil rights bill; duties as Secretary; expansion of Office of Aging; women in government; appointment by Secretary; birth control report; surgeon general's report on smoking; LBJ and the press
Oral history transcript, Maurice M. Bernbaum, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • on the part of the Ecuadorians in getting the change made? B: I don't know. I never did know because we had agreed to do it. The Ecuadorians were actually pressing me to get our agreement to do it. F: So I never did find out why it didn't happen
Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: RICHARD H. NELSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE· PLACE: Mr. Nelson's office, New York City Tape 1 of 3 G: Let's start with your association with the Peace Corps. How did you get involved with that? N: I had met Bill Moyers and Sarge
Oral history transcript, John Peter Flynn, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • . But tremendously combat-experienced people, and they were all the aviation-pioneer kind of guys. Well, for a young guy to be associated with them was an incredible experience, and I was a superb pilot; a superb stick-and-rudder guy. They were the superb air
Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , their presence on the floor of the House, the speeches that they make, the effectiveness of their speech, logical, sound, their contributions, their associations with their fellow colleagues, their personality. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
Oral history transcript, David Dellinger, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
Oral history transcript, William Healy Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/21/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • with no mention of this feature. But the press, of course, was very much interested in what we were doing. So it was decided that there should be some little statement communique put out. President Kennedy took Rusk, McNamara, Taylor, After the meeting, Bundy
Oral history transcript, Lester R. Brown, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • residence in Rome away from the meetings and the press so that we could have detailed private discussions . Present at these sessions which were held, as I recall, every day for a week each morning from early morning to roughly mid-day were the Secretary