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Oral history transcript, Michael V. Forrestal, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • was: What happened between May and the middle of July, a series of things had begun happening in South Vietnam which caused a number of the so-called experts, principally the American newspaper community out there led byvarious correspondents whom you know
Oral history transcript, Charles Frankel, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • had known Dean Rusk and worked once in an organization in which he had been associated. But basically I think it was Fulbright, McPherson, Macy. They then went to the President and my appointment went through. M: Once they decided to appoint you
Oral history transcript, Endicott Peabody, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • . M: Somebody picked up the information that you are associated with a firm called Peabody, Kaufman and Brewer. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781
Oral history transcript, William C. Trueheart, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , 1971 INTERVIEWEE: JAMES C. HAGERTY INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Dr. Frantz' office in Austin, Texas F: Mr. Hagerty, I think we might just start this off by asking whether you knew or had at any time in your newspaper career run into Lyndon
Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • following my graduation; joined the law firm of Brody, Charlton, Parker, and Roberts, as an associate at the salary of $200 a month, but I got a rapid raise to $275 a month by Christmas. I stayed with that law firm first as an asso- ciate, later
Oral history transcript, David Dellinger, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • and seventies, that would become the focus of the newspaper story rather than the fact that 99 per cent of the people there were nonviolent. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 2 (II), 6/1/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • many and who diq it . G: . Can you recall any particularly distressing [incidents]? I don't have one in mind, I'm just-T: No. Of course, the press was full of it. If you had brought - the newspapers around here, I could perhaps remember
Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 2 (II), 5/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • association with the President, as of December 1, 1966 you resigned as chairman of the Board of Regents. Was this an anticipation of an appointment? H: Yes. I knew then that-- F: That something was coming. H: It was just a question of the timing
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • this? S: Amazingly, not much interest in Vietnam, Southeast Asia. We all read the newspapers and we got briefings periodically, intelligence briefings. But there wasn't a whole lot of interest in it. The curriculum of the War College was just
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 6 (VI), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : Plus newspape rme n. P: --and news p apermen~ t han anybody in Texas. as many as anybody, and maybe more . At that time I knew fully I had been to all kinds of conventions and through all sorts of election s, and I had made some dear friends
Oral history transcript, Charles A. Morris, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • First duties and associates in Vietnam; III ARVN Corps; the problem of counterintelligence duty in Hawaii; early buildup of the Vietnam War; background of the war; the Oriental soldier; return to Vietnam in 1967; briefing preparation for McNamara
Oral history transcript, John Peter Flynn, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • . But tremendously combat-experienced people, and they were all the aviation-pioneer kind of guys. Well, for a young guy to be associated with them was an incredible experience, and I was a superb pilot; a superb stick-and-rudder guy. They were the superb air
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 2 (II), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • and '67 crisis-- F: These were not newspaper bugaboos, then? K: Not at all. The Turks were getting on the ships. intelligence as to what they were doing. didn't need any intelligence. We had good As a matter of fact, we They told us they were
Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
Oral history transcript, Charles L. Schultze, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 1 (I), 9/20/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • newspapers at the time--which they did constantly; they read Newsweek, Time, they read everything--would say "You know, I think we did it." And when LBJ's speech came on the thirty-first of March 1968 I bet there were people up in the cabinet room wreathed
Oral history transcript, Keyes Beech, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • and that he had a letter of introduction from the Boston bar association to the president of the Saigon bar assocation. And I was thinking to myself, "Jesus Christ! This is going to be very, very interesting." But he was going to be their lawyer; he
Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: RICHARD H. NELSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE· PLACE: Mr. Nelson's office, New York City Tape 1 of 3 G: Let's start with your association with the Peace Corps. How did you get involved with that? N: I had met Bill Moyers and Sarge
Oral history transcript, George L. Mehren, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • : professionally, politically, and certainly personally. B: In the times you've been associated with government, generally, have you found Mr. Johnson to be knowledgeable on agricultural affairs? M: Yes, he is. B: Even down into the technicalities? M: Yes
Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 1a (I), 1/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • participated in any other oral history project. T: Yes, I participated in the recordings for the benefit of the Kennedy Library covering essentially the period of time during which I was associated with President Kennedy. As you have indicated, that was from
  • [For interviews 1a and 1b] Biographical information; first association with LBJ; foreign policy problems of the 1960s; investigation of the Bay of Pigs; military representative to President; contacts with LBJ; role of Joint Chiefs; relationship
Oral history transcript, Frank Pace, Jr., interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • a clear impression of Senator Johnson as a man at that time. r think of him in reference to my association with him, which was again not extensive, both as vice president and president. Lyndon Johnson, in those days, was clearly a man who knew exactly
Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 1b (I), 2/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • . He felt that the goals of the revolution were being sacrificed and would be lost unless he intervened and threw the rascals out, which he proceeded to do--the rascals meaning many of the senior Communist leaders who had been his associates throughout
  • [For interviews 1a and 1b] Biographical information; first association with LBJ; foreign policy problems of the 1960s; investigation of the Bay of Pigs; military representative to President; contacts with LBJ; role of Joint Chiefs; relationship
Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 24 if you want to call it that, of CIA support of National Students Association and some publications. I presume this goes back to the period in which you were
  • ; CIA role exaggerated by press; National Students Association; Watts and racial problems; Kerner Report; CIA relationship with other organizations in Vietnam; raw information provided for by the CIA
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . So he began having continuing associations with Johnson, discussions about problem.s relating to that. But at the sam.e tim.e that that went on between them., I had a continuing relationship with him. [Johnson] on m.atters relating to the NY A. NYA
  • ; Medicare; Helen Taussig; Advisory Council on Public Welfare Task Force on Income Maintenance (Heineman Commission); Advisory Commission on Status of Women; Esther Peterson; LBJ fixed associations between Wicky/Cohen/Social Security; Medicare; Mrs. Kennedy
Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • frauds, and employment of people with questionable backgrounds, militants who became associated with the program in one way or the other, and that association developed adverse commentary--editorial commentary in large part about the program; waste, sort
Oral history transcript, Chris Dixie, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and people of that kind. G: D: Did the CIO play a role? It played a role, but it wasn't a very popular associate to have around in those times. G: It seems to me that there was in that group a component of traditional liberals like J. R. Parten, Byron
Oral history transcript, Zbigniew Brzezinski, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • , but very briefly and sporadically only, so that the contact was not,in any way of any significance really . M: You were associated on several occasions when the Teach-In movement began, after Mr . Johnson was President, and generally listed
Oral history transcript, Clark Kerr, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
  • Henry had headed every single [organization], you know, American Council of Education, Land Grant Association, Association of Urban Universities and so forth and so on. We talked about it and decided that was the wrong way to go, and so we stood, our
Oral history transcript, Charles Diggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • with a Ph.D. in economics, but who was a Texan--told me of his problems, and I said, being the political animal I am, the first thing I said was, Vice President? '~ave you contacted the I'm sure he would be interested in associating himself with a project
Oral history transcript, (Sir) Robert Gordon Menzies, interview 1 (I), 11/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • very special ties with Great Britain. It's a great mistake when people think that must be so, this one or other. If we had a British-Australian association, I would be a vigorous member of it, as I'm the vice president of the American-Australian
Oral history transcript, Barnaby Conrad Keeney, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • 1955. You had been at Brown University since 1946, rising from Assistant Professor to full Professor of History in 1951. In 1948 you became Associate Dean of the Graduate School, and in 1953 Dean of the College. K: I also was Dean of the Graduate
Oral history transcript, George C. McGhee, interview 1 (I), 7/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • : There was quite a gap in time between these two things. The MLF was pretty well forgotten by the time the Nonproliferation Treaty came along. M: Mc: But they did associate it with perhaps some Vietnam difficulties. I don't think anybody in Germany
Oral history transcript, John P. (Gen.) McConnell, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • . Johnson at that pOint? McC: Oh, he was a great host. went all over the Ranch. dozen more times. He was very keen. We went out and Since then, I've been over it half a It improves all the time. able association during that time. We had a very enjoy
Oral history transcript, James M. Nabrit, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • . the Is there anything you'd like to add to this? N: Do you have the American Bar Association? G: The American Bar Association. N: I think this is enough of those. I'm on the board of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company and the First National Bank
Oral history transcript, Douglas Pike, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • not associated with organized armies normally. G: This is what you call the violence programs? P: Yes, that's right. The correct technical name is armed dau tranh. The important thing is to think of it as something broader than just guerrilla war. The first
Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 3 (III), 5/26/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • that coverage by a group of younger reporters, good journalists, but young mavericks, rebels, young Turks, whatever label you want to put on them. David Halberstam of the New York Times, Malcolm Browne of the Associated Press, Neil Sheehan of UPI, Nick Turner
Oral history transcript, Charles E. Bohlen, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • fairly close associates of M r . Johnson, who was Minority Leader at the time. B: Do you remember him taking any role in that at all? No, he didn't. He was a straight Democrat. He wasn't on the Foreign Relations Committee. in it. He went right down
Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
  • the public relations director of the Oregon Education Association. What got you interested in public education? G: I think a couple of things. teachers. One, my mother and father were both Then I think probably the most important thing was the social
Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • and doing all the work you have to do to carry through difficult legislation of the type that all this was. M: After he became Vice President, as someone that he knew fairly well from associations before that time, did you continue any particular