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Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

was current at the time, he would talk about. Actually, that particular night, as on subsequent nights, he was going through his IInight reading," as he called it, and occasionally he would hand me some letter to read or something. Of course, if there were
How Hoyt met LBJ; Hoyt’s role as domestic director of the Office of War Information; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s persuasive techniques; staying the night at the White House visiting with LBJ; LBJ’s public relations; 1960 election; Hoyt’s appointment

Folder, "[June 11, 1965 -11:25 a.m. Jack Valenti's Meeting with Apostolic Delegate]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

to transmit to the Holy Father. The Delegate read the memorandum. He looked at me thoughtfully, nodded his head and spoke quietly of how Catholics were being maltreated by the Quat government. He reported jailings and severe prejudice on the part

Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 3 (III), 8/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to Washington, and Washington agreed that I could do that, that I should do it. Wilson said that what he would like to do would be for me to really stand by at any moment day and night so that he could be in touch with me or inform me, so that I could keep

Oral history transcript, Theodore Hesburgh, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

President Johnson and we felt early on that we should meet with him and talk with him. As I recall we went over as a whole commission to talk with him one night and--I say "one night" because it was about, as I recall, 5:30 or some such thing

Folder, "February 9, 1968 - 10:15 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

move the 82nd Airborne to Vietnam. Secretary McNamara: This worries me. call up a National Guard division. This means we would have to The President: I read Wilbur Mills a couple ·of intelligence reports last night. It appears that he is getting weak

Oral history transcript, Elie Abel, interview 1 (I), 1/19/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of comparison. ;.J: Did he spend a lot of time in personal camaraderie with the press on trips like that, long monologues or late night discussions, this type of thing? A: .iot in my presence. I think he may have with some of the regular White House

Folder, "October 17, 1967 - 1:40 p.m. McNamara, Rusk, Wheeler, Helms, Rostow, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

have in Vietnam? It look as though the news is all bad. The President then read a memorandum about a large group of protesters in Oakland, California. The President also read a Situation Room report which showed in a battle late yesterday that 58 U. S

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

nine o'clock at night, and that's no damn time to go house hunting ." He then related that he and Bird had bought a house out on 52nd Street, and they had stuff over there and some of the rooms were fixed up and the cook was working over there every day

Folder, "July 18, 1967 - 6:06 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Bundy, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

all of the holdings in their area and that they (France) will come in and help. The President said that report came to him from Robert Anderson on Monday night. r. The President said it did not appear the Arabs were willing to sit down and talk. Mc

Folder, "June 4, 1968 - 1:45 p.m. President's Tuesday Luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

. There were 83.. defectors to ARVN last night. Heavy men and material flow contimi~s into the South. There have been no MIG flights below 20th. We found 100 mm weapons around DMZ. Thieu disagrees on general mobilization in the House. Walt Rostow: General

Folder, "[November 1, 1967 - Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors (President Did Not Attend)]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

~ MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON - SECRET ........... (.., 1TJ.. Cl IF F.... J.. w. Thursday, November 2, 1967 -- 8:15 a. m. Mr. President: This memorandum incorporates a brief summary of the discussion last night plus some suggestions for how

Oral history transcript, Julian J. Ewell, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] Here is what I was looking for. More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Just stay there, I can read it. When I was in II Field Force and would look

Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

there had been no previous maneuvering in that direction. H: No. F: Nothing to give you any lead. H: No. F: Did you think that the threatened liberal revolt was serious or do you From all I read and heard there was none. It came on rather suddenly

Folder, "[January 27, 1966 - 8:20 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Resumption of Bombing]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

refraining? Pr ,~ .:; :i d , :nt: \Vha t ti.!"C the latest facts on infiltra.tion.2 _, .. 11 ... . "! . ' . ... " . ·r .... ..... - SANITIZEli" . . • :::I .Mee ting in Cabin~t Room JanuJ.4·y 27, 1906 3 (Prea.ident read report

Folder, "October 18, 1967 - 7:30 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Katzenbach, Rostow, Kissinger, Fortas, Taylor, Clifford," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT lom FROM: Torn Johnson Attached are the notes of your Wednesday night meeting, in the Cabinet R oorn. (J)(JJ.;Jl/!j /4, 1, I 1 Those that attended were: Secretary of State Dean Rusk Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara

Folder, "August 4, 1964 Leadership Breakfast [1964 Leadership Notes]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

·7Zl "Put that on my desk - I'll need it every day." LBJ:JRJ 8/27/67 - THE Wt"flTE HOUSE WASHINGTON August 25, 1967 Mr. President: Here is a revision of the notes for the Leadership meeting. There are a few places even my friend could not read

Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of it. across the street from the con- hall, for three days and three nights, something like that, and tried to work out a compromise. Humphrey was very deeply involved in working out that compromise; he'd sit with us, counsel with us. Reuther came

Folder, "March 5, 1968 - 1:14 p.m. Tuesday luncheon meeting - Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, Taylor, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

not want to stap up the military side of this. CLARK CLIFFORD: How about the impartial tribunal? SECRETARY RUSK: They were outraged by the idea. The Pueblo problem seems to have dropped out of the press. I would not hurry this. THE PRESIDENT: last night? O

Oral history transcript, Harold Pachios, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to Georgetown Law School at night. just gotten out of the navy. I started in 1961 and I had I didn't know anybody in Washington. One night at the law school after about three weeks, a fellow who always sat behind me in the contracts class, who was all duded

Folder, "October 30, 1968 - 10:10 a.m. Foreign Policy Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

: Let's go to Korea and advise them. M!ETU~G NOTES COPYRIGHTED PwbliGatioA R1~ras ..PeHAiuioR gf

Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

have read, they being light humor pieces and drama criticism . BA : That's really why I asked the question . later, I might as well ask it now . BE : I was going to ask it Does the President's reading and his general knowledge go beyond public
Biographical information; TIME & A TICKET; LBJ's remarks regarding Vietnam; LBJ's reading and general knowledge; speech writing and the staff; "cussers/doubters/nervous-nellies;" consumer interest information; speech schedule put out on Fridays

Folder, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

if he and General Thieu won but did not govern wisely. The President read Ambassador Bunker's comments on the election campaign, saying that Ky naturally was taking advantage of his incumbency but was seeming to heed our warnings. The President read

Oral history transcript, Ray S. Cline, interview 2 (II), 5/31/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and involved going down to the operational training center and going through the whole bit, from night landings and safe-picking [onJ up. G: Did you get your wings? C: I don't know what I got, but I had an awfully good time. I believe I passed the course

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/3/1967 (Friday) (Item)

the night with u s ^ It was much too late to go to their " .. :- x :; : home. ^ n d we a ll/r o around in the balmy; intoxicating spring air; . ■ " . It v " ■■ 7 - -' ' a lm o st se e m s as though the sunshine does not know the tragedy
LBJ & Lady Bird arrive at LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird reads until 2 a.m. and sleeps late; LBJ, Lady Bird & the Arthur Krims drive around ranch; drought in Texas; lunch; Lady Bird and LBJ take naps; Lady Bird & Luci Johnson Nugent, who is expecting, go

Folder, "October 2, 1967 - 11:50 a.m. President's meeting with Colonel Olds and Col. Cross ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

night (in San Antonio, Texas), we have demonstrated that we are willing to stop the bombing if the halt would lead to prompt and productive discussions. ''If we had stopped the bombing along the DMZ, those guns would not be silent this morning

Folder, "August 22, 1968 - 9 p.m. Cabinet meeting, and staff members," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

told Rusk Read Soviet message Rusk sent message to Dnc meeting Asked for NSC meeting Rusk called in Dobrynin Ball instructed to talk to other nations in UN. Yesterday morning we formalized a statement. We have no commitment to intervene

Folder, "October 14, 1968 - Foreign Policy Advisory Group meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

Berlin, On Saturday night he had a dinner with the Schroeders (ladies present} where there was a good firm discussion. On Sunday he met with the troop commanders in Stuttgart.: Generals Lemnitzer, Wade, Polk, Burchinal, and Admiral Wendt

Oral history transcript, Robert D. S. Novak, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and started reading it and he had inserted it in the Record the previous day. Those were the kinds of things he did I could never quite understand. It was also at that session that he told me--I think it appeared in our book, I'm not sure--that his economic

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it. One of my best paintings, which is now in the apartment in New York, the Fragonard called "Lady Reading a Letter," was in the hands of Göring, who wanted it more than anything in the world. He even made an offer through Seyss-Inquart, who

Folder, "[September 12, 1967 - 1:25 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

Ambassador Bunker asked him to spend some time with Eugene Locke. The President said he did that Monday night and the two of them went over the "Blueprint" which Locke brought back from Vietnam. The President said he asked Locke to break it down. He wants

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a resolution was read one morning by the reading clerk who had this big old voice, you could hear him all over Austin almost, reading without the benefit of a public address system. And he said: r~e it resolved that tonight after the House adjourns

Oral history transcript, Edward Re, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

simply by reading and asking questions and staying at the office until all hours of the night. By the way this is an extremely time-consuming job. many visitors to see. You have so You never really leave the office before maybe 7 o'clock, 6 or 7

Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 3 (III), 6/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

which was, I thought, very outstanding . First of all, when he arrived late on a Sunday afternoon, he had to see a number of the key leaders--he had to see all of them really- to save face that night . And he did those calls very well . I

Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)

commission. RUSSELL: Oh, you have already? JOHNSON: Yes. And I've got--may I read it to you? RUSSELL: Yes. JOHNSON: The President announced that he is appointing a special commission to study and report upon on all the facts and circumstances relating

Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, as I recall, was held in Mexico City--thought it was '46 but I think it must have been '47, one of the two--and I spent six weeks there, and this is what aroused my curiosity and it was then that I began my studies on Latin America, reading everything

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Humphrey and Henry Reuss, as a corps of young people who would go overseas and do good things in developing countries. I stayed with the program and enrolled in Georgetown Law School at night rather than going on to the Universi:ty of Virginia Law School

Folder, "February 11, 1968 - 4:30 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors - Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Clifford, Taylor," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

. - - - Saigon fighting continues in Cholon. There was an attempted attack on Tan Son Nhut airport last night. Over 170 weapons were captured and 100 enemy left dead. --- In IV Corps there is some skirmishing around the towns. MiiTl~IG ~tQTe& GOP~Rl~TED Pwb\ico

Oral history transcript, Vide G. (Mrs. E.L.) Bartlett, interview 2 (II), 5/22/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Bartlett -- II -- 8 M: Would you like to just read the memo into the record? B: There's a memo just about

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 1 (I), 4/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. carefully, and he hoisted aboard what he read. But when he read, he read So during the time that I was Deputy Director and principally since I've been Director, I saw to it that he got the right publications put in his night-time reading. I could tell

Oral history transcript, David G. Nes, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

that get into the office before anyone has had a chance to pull things together and read the traffic out of Washington and digest it, and stay there until all hours of the night and exhaust everybody really aren't doing the mission or their staff that much

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