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  • , was very apprehensive about appointing me before election because of my name, Raúl Castro. The general feeling at the time, the consensus was that my name might lose him some votes because of the Cuban [Fidel] Castro. And I took the other approach, that my
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  • Biographical information; how Castro became the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador; Castro's interaction with Fidel and Raul Castro of Cuba and confusion regarding Castro's name; Castro's opinion of, and involvement in, the relationship between El
  • Castro, Raul H. (Raul Hector), 1916-
  • Oral history transcript, Raul Castro, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Raul Castro
  • didn't know how to answer him. I had never been confronted with a question like that in my life. He went on to his next question. He asked, "You related to Fidel Castro?" I said, "No, we just happen to have the same name." 18 LBJ Presidential Library
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  • ; Congressman Ken Gray's involvement in issuing a permit; Congressman John Marsh's effort to stop a permit from being issued; Senator Robert Byrd; Congressman Wayne Aspinall; laws governing demonstrations in Washington, D.C.; Castro's and the Southern Christian
  • Castro, Nash, 1920-
  • Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 4 (IV), 4/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Nash Castro
  • government headed by [Fidel] Castro. On that occasion, there was a meeting of foreign secretaries in Washington, and it was decided that the countries of the continent should not maintain relations with the Cuban government until such a time as the government
  • Fulbright doing that. I've got to say I think the President and I to this day and I think history has judged that a very wise decision. It cooled off [Fidel] Castro for years. The Dominican Republic is prospering. It has a good Democratic government. But I
  • asked this other No one had ever asked Joe Kennedy, Jr. his religion when he took off on this special mission. great performance, and he was loving it. Lyndon went on, and it was a Then he would talk about [Fidel] Castro and he would say, "First, I'd
  • PLACE: Martha's Vineyard More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 M: This is side one of Lady Bird Johnson oral history interview [covering] 1959. . . . The year [1959] starts with [Fidel
  • Lady Bird Johnson's first impressions of Fidel Castro; Hester Beall Provenson's public speaking course; the Johnsons' 30th Place home in 1959; early impressions of Jacqueline Kennedy; hosting a lunch for the wives of new senators; Sam Houston
  • ? W: J. Frank Dobie? Just like everybody else. He wasn't no power [inaudible]. He was just down to earth in everything he talked about, seemed to me. G: In 1959 one of the big events is that [Fidel] Castro takes power in Cuba in January. W: Right
  • INTERVIEWEE: NASH CASTRO INTERVIEWER: Harry Middleton PLACE: Mr. Castro's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 M: We are going to talk about some of the things that have not found their way into the oral histories in the Johnson Library
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  • for the Center; choosing a location for the Center; Mrs. Johnson's support for the Center; Castro's decision to retire as president of the board of directors and newer leadership at the Center; people who have been particularly supportive of the Center; Castro's
  • Castro, Nash, 1920-
  • Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 7 (VII), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton
  • Nash Castro
  • INTERVIEWEE: NASH CASTRO INTERVIEWER: Harry Middleton PLACE: Mr. Castro's office, New York City, New York Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 M: We're going to talk now about the establishment of the Wildflower Center. Ted Gittinger on our staff prepared a chronology
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  • Rockefeller would've been a good president; Castro's relationship with Laurance Rockefeller.
  • Castro, Nash, 1920-
  • Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 6 (VI), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton
  • Nash Castro
  • INTERVIEWEE: NASH CASTRO INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Castro's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: We've talked about just about everything except Solidarity Day in some detail-- C: And the mule train. F: And the mule train. How did
  • See all online interviews with Nash Castro
  • Castro, Nash, 1920-
  • Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 5 (V), 5/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Nash Castro
  • CASTRO INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ 20 March, 1969, Washington, D. C. (Tape 1 of 1) F: This is the third interview with Mr. Nash Castro in his office in Washington on March 20, 1969, Joe B. Frantz, Interviewer. Nash, tell us what you recall about
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  • Castro, Nash, 1920-
  • Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Nash Castro
  • sion on White House Fellows. Lady Bird Johnson Honored at Nash Castro Evening On December 20, 2000, hun­ dreds of Friends of the LBJ Library gathered in the LBJ Auditorium to honor Lady Bird Johnson and to enjoy An Evening With Nash Castro, former
  • it, it was a persistent theme in national security circles ' thinking about Cuba that we ought to be able to overthrow Castro, or get rid of Castro as people tended loosely to say, in other ways than by invading his island, as we sort of did in the Bay of Pigs, or trying
  • ] dollars [inaudible]. Nash Castro, although he was technically not a member of the committee, he was there. He could tell you [inaudible]. G: What is the key to Mr. Castro's ability? It's clear, as you had occasion to point out to me, that his role should
  • ; how Wilson began to work on beautification-related correspondence; members of Mrs. Johnson’s beautification committee; Nash Castro.
  • . From lhat moment on I was a partisan. But I can't honestly say that l believe that we still have all the answers. I know that when I came in as President, l heard that we had sent teams into Cuba to try to assassinate Castro and those people
  • CASTRO INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ 25 February, 1969, Washington, D. C. (Tape 1 of 1) F: This is an interview with Mr. Nash Castro in his office in Washington, D. C. on February 25, 1969. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. I suppose, Nash, we might
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  • Castro, Nash, 1920-
  • Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Nash Castro
  • CASTRO INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ 4 March, 1969, Washington, D. C. (Tape 1 of 1) F: This is the second interview with in Washington, D. C., on March ~tr. Nash Castro in his office 4, 1969. Nash, you made one of the two trips to the Tetons
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  • Castro, Nash, 1920-
  • Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Nash Castro
  • to the top and overflowing. Jim Ketchum, who was White House curator in the Johnson years, Bess Abell, social secretary, and Nash Castro, liaison between the White House and the National Park Service, with humor, affection and seriousness discussed life
  • : the quail shoot with George Brown 18 letters from Harold Stehling Correspondence between M. C. Winters and Mrs. Martha E. Denniston re: newspaper stories by N.C. Chriss Nash Castro Reedy, George – File Schneider, Father Harvey, Herbert A. File LBJ Trips
  • of the committee? I'm thinking particularly of Bobby Kennedy. M: Not that I know of, no. F: Did you get the feeling that this blunted Castro's subversion in Latin America? M: Unquestionably it weakened Castro's stature throughout Latin America. Whether
  • addition to being one of Lady Bird Johnson's closest advisers­ and closest friendsash Castro is the former Director of National Parks in Washington, D. . On August 27, 2006, he came to de­ liver the address at the laying of the wreath at President Johnson's
  • · rooms. The Kennedys tried to g ·t the atholic clergy t > dissuade those in the march from staying overnight. Many govern­ ment agents were assigned toke pan ey throw Castro. Robert Kennedy ran the committee, which came up with many schemes, some of them
  • from 1957 to 1961 when Castro threw us out. 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Bowdler -- I -- 2 F: You picked a vital time
  • , of the conference. F: Yes, he was. Had you become involved yet with National Park Service? L: No, I was just getting to know Nash Castro at this time. Then Mrs. Johnson started the idea of forming a committee, and I thought she should form a committee
  • Castro; Committee for National Health Insurance; beautification stamps; 1968 campaign; dedication of Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park in Fredricksburg; Laurance Rockefeller and Mrs. Aston; how to spread beautification around a city.
  • the President was down there, the President had on his desk back in t.jashington papers to name the Ambassador to Bolivia. F: That's Raul Castro. T: Yes. All I could reu-ember is a South American country. And~ by the way, he wa3 thuught
  • of flamboyancy. It was just sort of an amusing thing, I think, on the part of the staff. G: What was his characterization of the office, do you--? R: I never heard him characterize it. G: Okay. Now, early that year Castro assumes power in Cuba. Let me
  • LBJ’s Capitol office; P-38; Castro assumed power in Cuba; resignation of Theodore Green as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee; annual battle over Rule 22; LBJ’s motion to change rules to two-thirds of those present and voting than
  • not a great deal, I did some of the staff running around and checking on local projects, although most of that was done by Nash Castro, who would report directly to Liz and then, through Liz, often directly to Mrs. Johnson about progress on park service
  • in the years since the White House Confer­ ence on Natural Beauty in 1965. Participants will include Laay Bird Johnson, Lauranc Rockef Iler, Henry Diamond, William Ruckelshaus, Nathaniel vings, Ian McHarg, Nash Castro, William K. Reilly, Charles Haar, Robert
  • projects and schools in the poorer neighborhoods, and by turn­ ing vacant lots into playgrounds. The other approach, championed by Mary Lasker and Nash Castro, fa­ vored beautifying the parts of the city seen by the greatest number of people around
  • Washington, such as Supreme Court Justice and Mrs. Thurgood Marshall (right), and friends from her years in the nation's spotlight, at a number of events honoring her, including a din­ ner in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill, which Nash Castro M.C. 'd (below
  • . December 20: /\MO 1G Celebration of Lad Bird John on 's birthday. ash Castro. former Executive Secretary of the Cornmillee for the Preservation of the White House, will give a presentation on the new exhibit, '·Holidays in the Whit Hou 'e." •RIE 'OS
  • , the National Park System in the act of 1936 put historic sites in parks. We were fortunate to have Connie Wirth become chairman of this state historic trust with all his experience in Washington. And I'm glad to say, speaking of state parks, that Nash Castro
  • that needed to be solved, but when a man says, "Go to hell, I won't see you," it's just like right now with Castro. It's ridiculous for us not have normal relations with Castro. I think if Lyndon Johnson were alive LBJ Presidential Library http
  • ; working with Marvin Watson; night reading; LBJ’s memory; LBJ’s humor; a Chinese employee of Ambassador Raul Castro who came to work for LBJ; LBJ’s and staff’s relationship with the press and privacy; LBJ’s decision not to run for re-election in 1968
  • needy people, and particularly the black people of the inner city. The other was, and I'll polarize this, the Nash Castro/Mary Lasker direction of flowers in the monumental and tourist parts of the city. I saw Mrs. Johnson embracing both and wanting her
  • of the city but wanting to look at Buchanan playground, even though it was not completed, to see the progress under way, and also the daffodils on Columbia Island. Liz, Nash Castro, Rex Scouten, Bess, Mrs. 3 LBJ Presidential Library http