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Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 4 (IV), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, but I think I worked with seven different directors of information or ministers of information, depending on the title of the department in that particular government. A couple of those had been educated in the United States. Nguyen Ngoc Linh had been

Oral history transcript, Rufus Phillips, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

been on Taiwan and who had been largely responsible for the success of the veterans' program in Taiwan. G: Was that part of AID? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
Vann; Wilfred Burchett; LBJ and advice on foreign affairs; 1966 elections in Vietnam; poor organization in American military in Vietnam; Francis 'Ted' Serong; the Tet offensive; 3/31/68 speech; El Salvador in 1982.

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a moment on one thing. Veteran newsmen have seen it all and presumably don't stampede easily. Was there a feeling among the White House press corps, widely expressed, that this may be the beginning of some sort of coup d'état or an attempted nationwide
Katzenbach as attorney general; presidents’ interaction with the State Department; May 1966 trip to Chicago; LBJ’s opinions of the U.S. role in Vietnam; LBJ’s assessment of his own staff; Tonkin Gulf resolution; Lindley Rule and press access to LBJ

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 2 (II), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, let's go up and have lunch." The other thing that made it a notable occasion was that we went and had lunch in the second floor family dining room. And Ralph Dungan said to me after the lunch--it was a very friendly affair. He was very close

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was right in playing dumb with Orville Freeman and the State Department and myself. It was very educational. for me at any rate. M: Not just for him. K: Not just for him. shrewder than ours. It turned out that his instincts were much
; the reputation of the National Security Council; being promoted to Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs; Francis Bator; filling in after McGeorge Bundy left his position in February/March of 1966; why McGeorge Bundy left his position as Special

of policy toward Communist China. It was suggested that that speech be turned into an article for Foreign Affairs which I did do and Foreign Affairs agreed to publish the article, but the State Department decided that this would be a violation of the rule

it was not dealing directly with the President? McC: Walt Rostow. McS: Only Mr. Rostow? McC: He was the main one because he was his assistant for military affairs. Naturally, he ~as the one. anyone else, I believe. All of us worked with Walt more than LBJ

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 3 (III), 5/26/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and the ambassador in the public affairs field will be the director of USIS, naming me by name. overall authority had been given. First time that kind of Now that later went through some slight changes, but that combined authority for the press media relations

there was anything which I would call undue civilian interference in the conduct of the military affairs. But the bombing of North Vietnam was a different thing. It was moderately risky because we didn't know at the outset just how the Communist world would respond

different names; at that time I think it was called the 303 Committee, and they changed the number sometimes, but it was representatives of the secretary of defense, and the adviser to the president on national security affairs, and a member I think from

Oral history transcript, Douglas Pike, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and was interested in its communication process. I began to collect materials on it, and after about three years [IJ had a great filing cabinet full. So I asked the State Department to send me to MIT to do a book strictly on the NLF communication matrix

Oral history transcript, Joseph Alsop, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

with the Kennedy Administration, who either still worked for him or who were in the process of departing through this six or eight month period? Newspapermen, too, I suppose, who had been Kennedy loyalists? A: I don't know that--no, I don't think

Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 1 (I), 9/20/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Department. The Wise Men, some thirteen in number, including ex-Justice Arthur Goldberg, were briefed by three people: Phil Habib, William DePuy, and George Carver. in the evening around a table. It took place And [I'll] skip Habib's and Carver's

affairs, because the Secretary of State was there. pretty wide ranging conversation. So that it would be a It was from these meetings, I think that he derived the information that gave him the bases for many of the decisions that he took. M: Did

, but these occasions were usually when matters of legislative or political nature were being discussed. Now, these luncheons were very interesting affairs because the range of problems discussed was not confined to the military at all, but went right across the full

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