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Oral history transcript, William Healy Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/21/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- to be the department's representative on a trip that r~cNamara and Taylor and others took to Vietnam to have a look into the situation. affair. The drafting of our report was a composite We were each given certain sections to draft, and my par- ticular section had
- Informing Vice-President LBJ of international affairs; announcing that the U.S. would be out of Vietnam by 1965; Sullivan’s appointment and work as chairman of Interagency Task Force on Vietnam; contingency planning to get North Vietnamese
- ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh December 2, 1968 M: Just as a matter of identification to start with here, you're Eugene V. Rostow, presently Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs--since what date, sir? R: Since the beginning of October 1966. M
- Biographical information; working relations with White House staff; morale problems within State Department; justification of LBJ’s foreign policy; encourages dissent in State Department councils; Satellite telecommunications problem; COMSAT Corp
- ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh January 14, 1969 M: You are Dixon Donne11ey, and you are currently Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, a position that you have held since 1966. Is that correct? D: That's correct. M: And prior
- , 1971 INTERVIEWEE JOSEPH SISCO INTERVIEWER: PAIGE E. MULHOLLAN PLACE: Mr. Sisco's office, Room 6242 State Department, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M.: You were during the Johnson Administration first, deputy assistant secretary
- LBJ interviews Sisco prior to his appointment; LBJ concerned with leaks; LBJ's grasp of foreign affairs; Arthur Goldberg and the Vietnam issue in the UN; the Camp David meeting on bringing the Vietnam issue before the UN Security Council
Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- sort of a leg man between the Department of State and the Vice President's office. I saw him during that period from time to time; I saw him in several periods when there were key issues on international affairs before us; he came to numerous meetings
- Biographical information; contacts with Johnson; support of LBJ in 1960; Democratic Policy Commission; State Department informing Vice President's office; Potomac Marching Society; Kennedy Administration; working for Johnson; Advisory Committee
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- was on the national security staff of Mr. Rostow. Prior to that you had been deputy assistant secretary of state for public affairs from 1965 until 1966. Prior to that you had been special assistant to Mr. [Averell] Harriman. been on the Policy Planning Council
- the President to see the anguish on Featherston's face as well as mine. Shortly after that, he made the appointment. B: Incidentally, is this unusual, this spotting you at a social gathering and remembering your position and to discuss this kind of affair
- Biographical information; meeting with LBJ; IRS budget; contacts with LBJ; LBJ’s appointment to Tax Court; Justice Department personnel; differences in administrations; Vietnam policy effect on tax policies; prosecution of tax cases; Bobby Baker
- to approve President Kennedy's promotion of me from Deputy Assistant Secretary to Assistant Secretary . Then--actually the decision was in February, but the appointment in March--President Johnson moved me over to Far Eastern Affairs in the Department
- that there ought to be a study of the offices overseas. study. functio~ of cultural affairs The Brookings Institution was asked to perform this The State Department and I think the White House under the Kennedy Administration w"ere very interested
- ; John Rooney and the Appropriations Committee create problems for State Department programs; characterizes Wayne Hays, John Brademas, John Tunney, Donald Fraser, Peter Frelinghuysen, Benjamin Rosenthal, Albert Quie; Patsy Mink, Wayne Morse, George
- are on the Committee for Foreign Affairs and you are the fourth ranking Democrat. You're chairman of the Near East Sub-Committee. Also you are a member of the Government's Operations Committee and I believe fourth ranking Democrat on that committee. F: That's right
- to North Carolina; Congress under JFK and LBJ; objecting to Adam Yarmolinsky as head of Poverty program; LBJ’s strategy on passing legislation; Freeman’s agricultural policy; Foreign Affairs Committee; schism between Fulbright and LBJ regarding Vietnam
- Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 8 ambassador to Canada, and I had understood that this was a good probability. But apparently someone in the--I don't know who it was--in the State Department. perhaps. who had other
- going to some countries; because practically everyone there speaks English. briefing in Swedish affairs. But they did give me an intensive In the first place, every department in the government which has any affairs with any foreign country from
Oral history transcript, Michael V. Forrestal, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- [Council] staff, the [McGeorge] Bundy shop, in the White House up until, you said, April of 1964. Then you went to the State Department. What was your title there exactly? F: .- I went to the State Department as special assistant to the Secretary of State
- back to newspapering and writing about foreign policy with a good deal more understanding and appreciation of what it's all about." So I went in, and my first assignment was as a member of the Policy Planning Council in the State Department. I just
Oral history transcript, William H. Chartener, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- by identifying you. More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh You're William Chartener, and your title currently is Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, a position which you've held since January 1968
- talked to the President about it, and this was what the President was suggesting. M: Katzenbach was still in the Justice department? H: He was then the Attorney General. But I never spoke to the President about it, and he never spoke to me about
- of the Atomic Energy Commission on this matter. I know that he took some actions which subsequently resulted in the creation of NASA, on the one hand, and a concentration of authority in Department of Defense, on the other. F: You had no personal relationship
Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 3 (III), 6/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
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- mean it was almost automatic that there would be a Community Action department, there would be a Job Corps division. There would be something that would handle education, congressional relations, et cetera. I don't recall at this moment any major
- , This is state of affairs. How close attention does the President pay to specific programs that AID either conceives or undertakes? G~ Well, there's a real difference between President Kennedy and President Johnson there because in President Kennedy's time
- Biographical information; Presidential impact on AID; comparison of JFK and LBJ; Presidential approval of specific loans; BOB and Treasury Department involvement in policy decision; White House and State Department involvement; B/P loans; AID
- voted for a particular president or party I don't think really gets in the way. M: Your chief contact was the State Department public affairs people. How much of the administration's difficulty came from poor press operations in LBJ Presidential
- Administration was as minister-counselor for public information in the American ·' Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam. But prior to that, you had been I believe deputy public affairs officer in India for several years and had spent some time with the Voice
- /exhibits/show/loh/oh March 12, 1969 M: Perhaps the best way to begin is by identifying you. You are John Leddy and your position at the end of the Johnson Administration was Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. Prior
- bill; Greek Coup; mishandling of MLF; role of the State Department and the White House.
- of selling anyone on the fact that it was crucial? B: Oh, yes. The government didn't even agree on it themselves. In 1959 I remember the State Department said that we probably didn't have any balance of payments problem. The Treasury was deeply
- departments involved; gold pool; strengthening of the dollar; promotion of Common Market in Europe; surcharge extension; tax reform proposal; consultation by Nixon staff; 1967 inconsistent economic forecasting; Group of Ten; estimation of LBJ
- : Well, it was a rather difficult reception . . . ? I think, in the State Department, the responsibility for that problem had gone to the Bureau of Economic Affairs, and the attitude of the Assistant Secretary at the time was : we made one mistake
- in, Bundy and Rostow called me up and asked me to come on over and be the first member of the so-called Bundy State Department. I was the first man recruited for the national security group at the White House, LBJ Presidential Library http
- opinions to negotiate better politically; summarizing State Department briefings on foreign visitors for LBJ; problems between India and Pakistan; getting involved with Vietnam; the December1965 37-day bombing halt; George Ball and the Cyprus situation; LBJ
Oral history transcript, Edwin O. Reischauer, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- , and things like that, and I think he can be extremely knowledgeable on some of these problems. I: Well, you mentioned that he came to office without a great deal of back ground or interest in foreign affairs. I just wondered if you thought he had learned
- Vice President Johnson’s limited involvement in Asian affairs; comparison of LBJ’s and JFK’s interest in foreign policy; Reischauer’s relationship with JFK; developing a rapport with LBJ; cooperative activities between Japan and the U.S.; Japanese
Oral history transcript, Harrison Salisbury, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- . A fourth and very minor purpose was the possi- bility of getting into North Korea. But this really didn't interest me very much. So preliminary to that trip and before going abroad I had the State Department clear my passport for travel to China, North
- , 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
- INTERVIEWEE: DANIEL O. GRAHAM INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: General Graham's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: All right, sir, go ahead. DG: Let me tell you first my connections with the Vietnam affair. It probably started back in about
Oral history transcript, Claude J. Desautels, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
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- to us, very helpful. Bryce was very But Eisenhower's view of Congress [was] let the department agency handle them. I was on the Hill in those LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
- O'Brien; involvement of the President; Wilbur Mills; honeymoon period; effect of Vietnam on the operation; notification of Congressman and Senators of awards from the Pentagon; Margaret Chase Smith; coordination with agencies and departments; importance
Oral history transcript, Warren I. Cikins, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
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- was one of the very strong people there. on to various other major achievements. Peter has gone Peter was general counsel in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and very close to Joe Califano, another Johnson figure. Califano named Peter
Oral history transcript, Rutherford M. Poats, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 P: None except the most indirect as a reporter covering the White House for UPIAsian Affairs during most
- fruit, combined with a vigorous export expansion program. F: In this sort of changeover, you involve the Departments well beyond Treasury. You get into S t a t e and Defense and so forth. Within Treasury you've got your own international section. B
- departments involved; gold pool; strengthening of the dollar; promotion of Common Market in Europe; surcharge extension; tax reform proposal; consultation by Nixon staff; 1967 inconsistent economic forecasting; Group of Ten; estimation of LBJ
- as assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture I became Director of Information of the department and then under Secretary Wallace was both Director of Information and Coordinator of the entire department--which Secretary Wallace had appointed me. LBJ
- Biographical information; FDR; LBJ's relationship with Eisenhower; invitation to LBJ to speak at Johns Hopkins; Senator Joseph McCarthy; Chamizal dispute; LBJ as civil rights leader; Latin American affairs; 1960 election; Dominican Crisis; Panama
- 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
Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. In those instances, military assistance has been transferred from the Foreign Assistance Act to the Department of Defense budget. I think that's appropriate because I don't think the military LBJ Presidential Library http
- by what he saw in Paul Kattenburg, who was the country director for Vietnamese affairs, who's presently a professor at the University of South Carolina, after early retirement from the department. G: What was he disturbed about? F: It was sort of ad
- was, at the time, in London; I was the political- military affairs officer in the embassy in London. Actually the word came to me when I happened to be in Paris, going over for just a couple of days for some talks with the embassy there, and someone called me--I
Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- with Orville Freeman and John Schnitker and others at the Department and became the listening post back and forth on farm programs. There was always a good deal of disagreement between the Department and Budget Bureau and the Council of Economic Advisors on our
- Biographical information; First impressions of LBJ as President; functioned initially as McPherson’s deputy; farm programs; free trade; Kennedy Round; draft system; personal opinion of President; authority in dealing with departments and agencies
- 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