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Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • that time? What I suppose you could list them if we had several days, but maybe you can equal Francis Bator's eighteen hours here. K: I won't do that. ~: It's worth your discussing those six weeks as a unit, I think. LBJ Presidential Library http
Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • and just didn't have the capability that the others had. I understand that General McGarr was one of the great regimental commanders with the Third Division all through World War II, and in my opinion and for what it's worth, I think that his great service
Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 11/2/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • November 1962, to Major General William D. Yarbrough, who was the commanding general of the U.S. Army Special Warfare Center. He was the commandant, and also the commandant of the U.S.A. Special Warfare School at Fort Bragg. And I write: "Dear Bill
Oral history transcript, Theodore Hesburgh, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • who was going to give the main talk that night. Martin Luther King won, and I remember his wife sang the 'Star Spangled Banner" because I sat next to her that night at the dmnner, and President Johnson on the other side of her. But while waiting
Oral history transcript, Douglas Pike, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • back to the U.S. and went to work for the Washington Star. I was recruited for the Foreign Service by letter. Foreign Service officers were asked for names of people they thought might be interested in joining. When I went into the Foreign Service I
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 2 (II), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • and put a little note on it pointing out quite clearly this special problem we had with the Saudis. And it was a nine page letter with only a page, or maybe even a couple of paragraphs, worth of substance. It was not a very important matter. in, saying
Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • the preceding administrations it is pretty clear that the star of the council had fallen, especially after Arthur Burns left. And one of the things I had to do during the early days of the Kennedy Administration was to get the council re-established
Oral history transcript, John Peter Flynn, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • at Williams Air Force Base. P-80s. That was going to be the official air force jet, Shooting Stars. So I was sitting on the front edge of history again, being a young guy--I wasn't the flight commander; we had a bunch of old guys, captains and majors
Oral history transcript, Endicott Peabody, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • for 3 1/2 years, and I came home--came horne to Washington as a matter of fact. M: And you won a Silver Star? P: Yes. My skipper was awarded the Medal of Honor for one of our patrols. President Truman decorated him on the White House grounds
Oral history transcript, John P. Roche, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Roche -- I -- 23 they didn't care if we got out. They weren't going to help; they didn't think it was worth
Oral history transcript, Dixon Donnelley, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 3 (III), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • "duty free" gifts under $10 that are worth far in excess of $10. There's no way in the world with that type of legislation that you can really control the flow; Customs Service doesn't have enough people to check these packages and make sure
Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 1 (I), 9/20/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • and ta 1ked it over and just decided it wasn't worth that. N0\'1 we were faced 1~ith a s i tuation with Governor [G. Mennen) Hill iams, who had indica ted he 1·1ould put him­ self in i f necessary and there 1•1ould be a candidate. negotiations began
Oral history transcript, Ben Barnes, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Barnes--I--2 that was a thrilling political experience to be nominated at the age of -twenty-one to the Texas House, and I suppose, as any young man, I had stars in my eyes. M: Had
Oral history transcript, David Dellinger, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • of the name of them. G: I can't give it. I don't know. D: Well, anyway, they were supposedly--Mao was very popular in those days in certain circles, Chairman Mao of China, so it was the Red Star Collectives, I think they were called. for you. Anyway, I
Oral history transcript, Frederick Nolting, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • persecuting. I'm just saying that my policy of reconciliation with the Buddhists and all other religions is irreversible." G: So what led to the raids? N: Well, I sent Diem a personal telegram from Honolulu when I heard about them. I said
Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 2 (II), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • -- 3 G: One of the telegrams I think I sent you has Lodge asking McNamara for one hour of his time alone. Do you have any idea what transpired between the men? There have been reports that Lodge was trying to convince McNamara that the military
Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , in that famous telegram the date of which I've now forgotten-G: I think that's the August 24 [1963J telegram. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ
Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and purpose that he thought he had a charter to do. G: What sort of charter did he think he had? Now this is before the famous August 24 telegram from Washington. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
Oral history transcript, Warren L. (Bill) Gulley, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • Senator Robert Kennedy's body along with seventy-five staff members of the Kennedy family. But as I say, they are controlled by this office. Now, in addition to that, the President has a Jet Star for short hops. This hauls thirteen people and he used
Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 2 (II), 3/17/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh PERRIN -- II -- 26 telegrams to various of the Congressmenls constituents who will then write or phone
Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 4 Rusk was very concerned that lITe make available in the Department of State to the Vice President and his office all that they '.ITAnted in terms of material and telegrams and reports and what have you. M: Was a man
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • he goes about it is the only way he knows how to, fight his way in and out, that kind of thing. He came out very highly decorated, multiple Silver Stars and Bronze Stars for valor, DSC [Distinguished Service Cross] and that kind of stuff. It went
Oral history transcript, Harrison Salisbury, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • cablegram was received in the office. I came in that morning. It was waiting for me, and we immediately drafted a telegram and sent it right back." nOh, yes, but that was the second cablegram we had sent to you." I said, "I don't know what you're
Oral history transcript, Frank McCulloch, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • said, "No ." I said, "What the He said, "Did you see the Star [He said], "There's a double heading with a column about that wide that says, 'First of the Establishment Leaves Johnson . Protege of Congressman McCormack and close personal friend
Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
Oral history transcript, Leslie H. Gelb, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • -- I -- 5 LG: That's tough. Paul Gorman. One was then Colonel Paul Gorman, now four-star General He was my deputy. Bill Kaufmann, professor at MIT. Then Colonel, now General Bob Schweitzer [?J. A few people from Systems Analysis who were each
Oral history transcript, Benjamin Spock, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • in Washington, and I was absolutely incredulous. It was a terrible shock. The other co-chairman of SANE was Stuart Hughes, professor of history at Harvard. With the two executives of SANE and us two co-chairmen, we cooked up a very indignant telegram
Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 2 (II), 5/1/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • that Bundy was scheduled, before he was sent down to the Dominican Republic, to speak at a teach-in, a Washington teach-in. that very day. M: That's right. That very day. G: And he left and sent a telegram. And the image that was left was that the same
Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • would have been a four-star general, I don't know, the big VIP treatment, in terms of importance . taken up there, But he was given spent the night at Abrams' � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon
Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • . there any consultation among the services to find out how they would feel about your appointment? W: I doubt it. Normally, certainly not on a military level. The Joint Chiefs of Staff pass upon the appointments of all three and four star officers
Oral history transcript, Donald A. Williams, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • 3 that Lassie the dog television star? W: Lassie the dog, yes. B: Did you get to meet Lassie? W: Oh yes, I've known Lassie. B: Did the President get to meet Lassie? W: Oh yes. B: Didn't pull her by the ears or anything? W: No, no, no ear
Oral history transcript, Joseph J. Sisco, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • . But that one month of the year that it got involved in the U.N., the action telegrams didn't go to the Far Eastern Bureau--obviously, you cleared and coordinated your position, but it went to the U.N. Bureau, which meant that you dealt with every major foreign
Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • the same flagpole--was a flag that looked a lot like an Admiral's flag, and it got Admiral Felt interested. It was a big triangular blue pennant with a white border, quite big, and it had five stars on it, and a big LBJ in the middle of the stars. I must
Oral history transcript, Elbridge Durbrow, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 2 (II), 6/1/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • ]? T: Well, we decided to upgrade the MAAG to MACV [Military Assistance Command, Vietnam] and to put a four-star general there. The question, "Who?" I nominated Harkins because I knew him well. I'd known him in Europe when he was [George] Patton's
Oral history transcript, John M. Leddy, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • in it to the extent of coming to you personally--? L: Well, it wasn't exactly that way. He was very offended with the Soviets because they postponed the showing of ''Hello, Dolly". Mary Martin was the star and the postponement had the effect of cancelling