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Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)
  • . And during your Army service from 1964 to 1966 you were assigned to the White House beginning in February of 1965. Is this background information correct? J: That's correct. Actually I was Marvin Watson's assistant from the time I came to the White House
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 3 (III), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • authoritatively about what Lyndon Johnson was doing, what he was like and all that, and to my knowledge, in the four years I was there, the only time he saw the President was at that ill-fated Arts Council display on the South Lawn and it was only a passing thing
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 2 (II), 6/28/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • you were, I believe, assisting Marvin Watson as appointments secretary, which would really go from 1964 to the time in which you assumed the actual position in 1968. So you would have been assistant to Mr. Watson during that period. Could you tell me
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 4 (IV), 1/28/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Jones -- IV --2 G: Keeping the options open? J: Yes. It's sort of old-time politics; you always keep a door open that you can walk out of. G: What was Mrs. Johnson's view at the time, do