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Oral history transcript, Curtis LeMay, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

landslide victory; attributes LBJ’s benevolence to political bribery; LeMay’s disdain for press; LeMay’s support for “conservative” leadership; fear that U.S. might be close to becoming a socialist or communist republic; Republican Party’s interest in LeMay

Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1970, by Arthur J. Mayer (Item)

already been released by the press secretary, 01' Bill Moyers. M: And nobody said anything to you? C: And it had that it was the President's intention to nominate Lieutenant Colonel James Cross to be the new military aide to the President

Oral history transcript, Keyes Beech, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

that he had a good deal of G: the French, that they didn't like him . B: Oh, no! Well, that was to be expected because the French did not- I remember this goes back to Hanoi days . they resented us . resented the American press there . They Nobody

Oral history transcript, John J. (Lt. Gen.) Davis, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

it now in the press. I have seen a marked change within the last two years in the general acceptance of the fact that ?rms control is a very important part of the national policy decision level, and is getting more and more attention paid

Oral history transcript, Lawrence H. Fountain, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

against. They did get rid of Mr. Yarmolinsky. He was transferred, and I think the press did the North Carolina delegation a great injustice in that process. ship. close. But we were forthright. We were open with the leader- We stated how we felt

Oral history transcript, William Healy Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/21/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

with no mention of this feature. But the press, of course, was very much interested in what we were doing. So it was decided that there should be some little statement communique put out. President Kennedy took Rusk, McNamara, Taylor, After the meeting, Bundy

Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

handle the news press, they would talk to the local politicians, but they actually ran the campaign . Completely innovative ; some- thing like that had never happened in American politics before . It worked tremendously . Well, we got to the convention

Oral history transcript, Lester R. Brown, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

residence in Rome away from the meetings and the press so that we could have detailed private discussions . Present at these sessions which were held, as I recall, every day for a week each morning from early morning to roughly mid-day were the Secretary

Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 10 followed the Taylor-Rostow mission in the fall of 1961 . Those decisions included instructions to Ambassador /Frederick/ Nolting to press Diem very hard for certain reforms, because

Oral history transcript, William H. Chartener, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to be closely related to the White House, can you get your story told when you have disagreement like this? C: I did it on a couple of occasions when I was making speeches or holding press conferences. I think one of the things that I've been most grateful

Oral history transcript, Charles E. Bohlen, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

parts of the government seem to be in excellent order. M: That's good to hear. I'm afraid the 6 W D W H Department doesn't have a very good press sometimes. B: 2 K well, the 6 W D W H Department never does. You just find out one thing. The 6 W D

Oral history transcript, John P. Roche, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and was in Moyers' office, which then \'/asn't the press office, if I remember it, it was in fact where Larry Temple later was. next to the Oval Office. M: I don't think he was press secretary by that time, was he? R: I don't know. He was running the campaign

Oral history transcript, Barnaby Conrad Keeney, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

about Africa where some 10 per cent of our population originated. M: And a great deal of what is known ain't so. Have you been particularly pressed for many more grants and aids in this area since this has grown up? K: Well, we've actually tried

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

of conscious use of budget expenditures and tax policy for economic stabilization, for full employment and related policies. M: Okay~ would you use that phrase that you just gave as a definition of the "new economics"? H: The "new economics," as the press

Oral history transcript, Edwin O. Reischauer, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

there. And during that time I was trying to minimize the bad effect on Japanese-American relations, and I did this primarily in terms of pleading with the Japanese press to give fair balance in their reporting. Because what they were doing covering South Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 2 (II), 1/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the campaign you handled his electronic media, I thi:n.k. M: His radio and television, yes. G: I kn6w of the one occasion in New York when there was a joint appearance. What did you do there to set that up? Well, let me give you the background. The press

Oral history transcript, George C. McGhee, interview 1 (I), 7/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to the press which finally killed it. before we had consulted the Germans. M: And this hurt him politically? Mc: Yes, it hurt him politically. M: What about Erhard? It was done It caught Schroeder by surprise. There were two meetings with Mr. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Arthur M. Okun, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

budget commitment at a press conference in August or September '61 . Dillon called him the next day and told him that we'd upset foreign bankers and urged him to clarify what he meant and reaffirm his determination . Walter, who had been delighted

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Pechman, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Planning, and she has just returned to Brookings about ten days ago; and finally, Jacob A. Stockfish, Director, Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury department. The composition of this group has never appeared in the press, and is highly confidential

Oral history transcript, Charles Diggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, in denying that there was a majority opinion in the country that was demending that we pullout of Vietnam. M: This was not the case. The press talked about a credibility gap, but they were talking about public knowledge. Do you think that he kept

Oral history transcript, John Peter Flynn, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, "Okay, automatic pilot, take control." So it freezes your attitude, and now you start a climb. Now, you have to make throttle adjustments. And now you get to about a thousand feet, and you say, "Okay--" press another button--"level off." And you make

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 3 (III), 9/14/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in any way except through the newspapers? T: I followed the entire situation as best I could. little you can't follow in the American press. And there's very Of course, you get plenty of contradictory bits of so-called information about many events

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 3 (III), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of fact, what we did was, when I flew down to the ranch for the January 1st press briefing so that the President would sign off on it--it was January 1st and no work was done that day--when I flew back the first place I went was the Archives, and I

Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, George L. Mehren, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

political mechanism is closely associated with the dairy industry. And Mr. Mills, there- fore, pressed for certain types of adjustment to the pricing and support activity of that industry, which, again, was my responsibility. LBJ Presidential Library

Oral history transcript, (Sir) Robert Gordon Menzies, interview 1 (I), 11/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 6 M: He left it up to us. I think he was pressed

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and MacArthur gave him frank advice and Joe leaked it to the press and it insulted Truman because it didn't agree with Truman's position so Truman fired him. One of Truman's major mistakes. He didn't need to fire him, but again he didn't blow up. He kept his

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

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

way and down the fire stairs in order to avoid the press, not to have them know that there was any kind of dickering going on, and walking into Jim's room and finding Earl Mazo of the Herald Tribune sitting there. He was the first one I ran into. He

Oral history transcript, Charles A. Morris, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 2 (II), 2/11/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that the climate was unsavory. up. There was rumbling of revolutions. Sun Yat-sen was coming My father and mother were quite close to Sun Yat-sen and many other important people of the revolution through the diplomatic corps and also through a press gentleman

Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, William S. Gaud, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in the press about s orne action that we are thinking of taking with reference to some country, making a loan, something of this sort, or we are going to make a loan or we aren't going to make a loan- -this kind of thing. Often enough, as far as we could

Oral history transcript, Willard J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

that he was extremely busy and hard-pressed with the many difficult problems, and I remember particularly well his arrival there. He flew up from Washington and came over from the airport by helicopter and landed at our field and we had an automobile

Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

--this was the biggest thing in his life--and he was very, very involved in it. The day before the Saturday meeting I was sent a copy of the press release from the Department of Interior, announcing the action for the following day. I called Stew up and I said, "We

Oral history transcript, Albert H. Quie, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

McGill represented the press; and one of the Menninger brothers. [Karl] One of the elderly Menningers represented something, but he didn't believe in cities (I'm not sure whether they got the right Menninger). Anyway, he kept coming in appropriately

Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

about a matter he hcd . Their relationsh·ip, I thought, couldn 't be better. The press rea11y spent al 1 that t i me try ing to separate the two of them, and who >'as the second mos t powerful man in Hashington , and then they started to put Bobby

Oral history transcript, Ray S. Cline, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

as a contribution to our common interests. All I know is that I said in my book that CIA had looked for it and had spent a lot of money trying to find it out, and Jim jumped on me and made a press statement, of all things, and said, "We didn't spend any money; we