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Oral history transcript, David E. McGiffert, interview 2 (II), 5/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • , when we stopped in our last session we were discussing Vietnam and your activities in decisions relevant to troop build-up from the period 1965 forward. I also wanted to bring in at that point the idea of the use of the reserve or the call up
  • Decision-making regarding troops in Vietnam in 1968 and the deployment of reserve units; the perceived shift from seeking a military solution to a political solution in Vietnam in the late 1960s; an assessment of the U.S. Army in 1969; manpower
Oral history transcript, Roger Hilsman, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • it. he does these things, you know. Although That is, he sees it differently. Let me tell you the way it came back to me was that at the dinner we got to talking about Vietnam or the military or something like this. And we disagreed. I was supposed
  • Vietnam
  • Biographical information; departed government in 1964 over policy in Vietnam; JFK, Harriman, Forrestal and Hilsman were all for a political approach while LBJ was for a military approach; LBJ: “It’s the only war we’ve got;” Rostow and McNamara were
Oral history transcript, George Wallace, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • and talk to Mr. Johnson on into the next spring of 1964? W: The only times that talked with the President were during the times that he invited all the governors to come for briefings on Vietnam. And I've forgotten the dates of those briefings but I
  • Vietnam
  • F. Kennedy; the admission of Negroes into the University of Alabama; John F. Kennedy’s death; Wallace’s meetings with President Johnson; governors’ briefings on Vietnam; LBJ’s personality; Lurleen Wallace’s first trip to the White House as a governor
Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 4 (IV), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • , relatively, for me to raise hell about it, because what the hell! Dean was deeply involved with Vietnam, an Arab-Israeli war, and with Pueblo , and things like that, and why should I take up his time with things which, in the long run, were not truly
  • Vietnam
  • of the Department of Transportation; Urban Mass Transit; Maritime Administration; National Transportation Safety Board; appointment as Secretary and confirmation; reflections on LBJ; domestic legislative achievements; international relations; effects of Vietnam War
Oral history transcript, Ivan Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . He apparently had unlimited time to try to solve these problems. B: Would he also talk to you about things beyond the problems of the cities, Vietnam and his other activities? A: Well, [in] one of our first visits to the White House after he came