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Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 2 (II), 5/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

is free to go." "Now right across the Baltic on your doorstep, if some man on Christmas Day who lives in East Berlin wants to visit his old mother who lives over in West Berlin, what happens to him when he goes over there? They murder himl He's a slave

Oral history transcript, Theodore Hesburgh, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, higher than their place in the population, I believe. President Kennedy said at that time he was very worried about West Berlin, and that he wasn't about to complicate the situation of the Guard if he had to suddenly mobilize and send it to Berlin

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 21 (XXI), 1/7/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. And the press later wrote about it as the Berlin Wall. Of course they were just kidding, but it gave them kind of a problem because they had to go downstairs one flight to get an elevator. You see, this Berlin Wall cut off not only access to his room, it cut off

Folder, "NSAM # 335: Preparation of Arms Control Program, 6/28/1965," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

.. . This ·issue is not in the headlines~ It is not Vietnam, the Dominican Republic, or · Berlin·• . ·It is .the question of nuclear . prolifera.tl.on --· of the mounting threat posed by the spread of nuclear weapons . or Five natipns now have the capacity

Folder, "V.P. Johnson's Trip to Middle East, August - September, 1962 [1 of 4]," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 2 (Item)

that it has powerful friends, and the visit of the Vice President is vital to buck up the morale ot the Iranian people and the Shah. In this sense, the Vice President's visit to Iran is esaenti.&1 in the same sense that hia viait to Berlin was eaaential, even

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 3 (III), 12/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Cronin -- III -- 15 Tape 1 of 1, Side 2 G: --military expenditures. This was about the time you had the Berlin crisis. Any insights on this issue at the time? C: No, not really. I don't remember much involvement in that. In fact, I don't remember

Folder, "[February 17, 1965 - 10:00 a.m. Meeting with General Eisenhower and Others]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

the Russians. To a question by The President as to whether the Russians might put pressure on Berlin, 9 General Eisenhower felt that, in a matter so serious, they would choose their own course rather than be influenced by what we do. He said he would

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam, 2/10/1965, Volume 3, Tab 30," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

by deliberately provoking a major crisis in some other area of the world, e.g., Berlin or Cuba. - 8 ggg_p S-fc9s 8 F II LIMITED DISTRIBUTION SERVICE SET 2 ,,.. .. ~ R a E %8 aw ·... LIMITED DISTRIBUTION ' . . '. . DRV Ree.ctions Initiation

Folder, "Breakthrough - FBI Reports," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14 (Item)

while our American boys were shedding their blood on the battle fields of Europe ~nd in the jungles of the South Pacific. Thire was no tho~ghtof co~ existence or the ,seeking of normal and friend'ly relations with the Nazi Gang in Berlin! .Can you

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, who was our superior, was to become Secretary of the Navy in 1962--Fred Korth--who was a part of that group. Our commander was William H. Tunner, who became well known in military circles as the commander of the Air Force operations at the Berlin

Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to me they were all a success . He made one to Berlin in particular about the time that the wall was built, before your husband went, and was received rather tumultuouslyI know the President then issued a statement a couple of days later � � � � LBJ

Oral history transcript, Henry D. Owen, interview 1 (I), 12/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

believe in 1961, to Africa and then to Europe, he asked Mr . Acheson to do a speech on European policy for him and I was then working with Mr . Acheson on some NATO and Berlin studies . Mr . Acheson asked me to prepare the speech, I did, and the Vice

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] The 23rd UN General Assembly, 9/25/1968, Volume 5, Tab 73," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

Vietnam. 9. There is no reason why we cannot insist that the North Vietnamese be specific as to what they will do. In the negotiations involving Soviet miss il e s in Cuba, the Korean Armistice negotiations, and even in the Berlin crisis , TOP SEGRET

Oral history transcript, William F. Jackson and Lucy Ginter Jackson, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Folder, "March 4, 1968 - 5:33 p.m. Meeting with Senior Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

did it for a period during Vietnam. The Congress took this authority away last year to put it on an equal basis with the other services. General Wheeler: We did it at the same time of the Berlin airlift. Also during the Cuban missile crisis, I believe

Folder, "5/22/1948, Speech by Congressman Johnson, "The Challenge of a New Day"," Statements Files, Box 6 (Item)

lesson a third war we drew a line we subdued ti;i.e Soviet arrogance We munt quarantine ia another in Berlin: we won nations who would gobble and say, This f..r and no !o~ a lasting pe.:.ce is the one t!e which bi.."1.dsall people to z-~t!ler

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 21 (XXI), 8/10/1981-8/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 1, Nov. 1963 - Feb. 1964 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

peaceful reunification of Germany. b. Lippmann suggests 25-year time limit .. Pending reunification, Soviets and West reaffirm freedom of Berlin and We stern presence and access. c. Pending reunification, Soviets, Western Powers, and all Ger.m

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 2, May 1 - 15, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

cal problems but also "to strengthen existing 7Latin Am.ericariT bonds with the U.S. and to contain the threat of conununism.'r West Berlin ' s independent Der Taggesspiegal, which ran an AP story with two-column photographs, suggested in its headline

Folder, "NUCLEAR - Nuclear Proliferation, Cmte on (NSAM #320) [2 of 2]," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 37 (Item)

Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 25-30]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Folder, "Cuba - Refugees, 10/63 ‑ 7/65," Country Files, NSF, Box 30 (Item)

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Folder, "Demonstration – October 20-21, 1967 [1 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 64C (Item)

Folder, "Wallace, Henry A. [1940-1944]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 12 (Item)

ot hi., fur rejoicing in Berlin. monc judgment. For m ore than seven years, mate Roosevelt has striven with Roosevelt has been working see greater vigor than any other Prest• steadily to help the American the 1 dent to -build international good people

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 7, October 1 - December 31, 1964 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [2 of 2] (Item)

brought danger to the world. American conventional disarmament and apparent American disengagement brought the challenge of 1948 in Berlin and 1950 in Korea. American overcommitment to a single form of defense in the 1950 's brought the challenge

Folder, "NSAM # 304: U.S. Relations with Eastern Europe, 6/10/1964 [2 of 3]," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 4 (Item)

Marshal Vershinin to visit the US. For a number of reasons including the Berlin crisis this visit has not taken place. Visits by Soviet military leaders to the US are one effective method of reducing the possibility of the Soviets underestimating

Oral history transcript, Roswell L. Gilpatric, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

administration, Vietnam was never brought up as a major topic. Berlin and Laos were the principal foreign policy problems. TG: Edward Lansdale, a figure of some repute, was in your office at this time, was he not? 1 LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 7 (VII), 12/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

partners told me once both in frustration and admiration that he felt that Morrie has an original perception. He didn't say of something; he said he lives by an original perception, and he does. He loves strategy so he goes to Korea; he goes to Berlin

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Situation in Vietnam, 2/8/1965, Volume 3, Tab 29," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

parts of the world, the effect would also be very serious, even to the extent of affecting the morale in Berlin. Senator Dirksen asked Director McCone what the reaction of the Ch inese Communists would be . Mr. McCone said we did not know as yet, but he

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 3, April 1-30, 1964 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

government's attitude in the crises of Cuba and Berlin has proved her a loyal and faithful ally .... " and he charged the allied governments to adopt a joint strategic concept pledging that such a scheme would find his country 1 s atomic force coordinated

Oral history transcript, David Dubinsky, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of the two delegates that attended that conference, and then General Clay, when he was the administrator of West Berlin, sent a plane for us there to visit. It is only the last twenty years, I would say, probably, that the labor movement became politically

Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

think it a fair thing to say in the psychological context of the time that it was not overriding. In '61 you had the Bay of Pigs, you had the Berlin crisis, you had the National Security buildup, you had the Laotian problem. Vietnam was very

Oral history transcript, Leonard M. Elstad, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

it!" I remember in West Berlin I spoke to a group of teachers there. deaf student--our first one from Germany--was in the audience. "this young fellow" was going to come over in the fall. see them shake their heads, "He can't go to college. him say

Oral history transcript, Dan H. Fenn, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/18/1972, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

when he needed staff people from the administration to accompany him to, say, Vietnam, or to Berlin? F: Yes, he did take one of my staff people on this trip to the Dominican Republic ,for the Juan Bosch inauguration; along on that. Dick Barrett went

Oral history transcript, Cecil Stoughton, interview 2 (II), 3/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

for him to come over, although, as I mentioned earlier, he had made his appearance on the Berlin trip, and, I guess, had indicated to Mr. Valenti that he thought that the Office of the President should be recorded in all of its nuances for history. I

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

Oral history transcript, June White, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

thought he always was working . G: Let's talk some more about the man . Did he like meeting the public, do you think? W: Oh, there certainly were times in there I know that he was delighted . HIs trip to Berlin [for instance] . I think he did

Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh CUNEO -- II -- 24 Hitler was compelling one. F: It was being written in Berlin. C: Yes. I won't go into the details of Bob's candidacy, which is a story in itself. The President had to pullout

Folder, "Background Paper on Factors which Could Influence National Decisions re Acquisition of Nuclear Weapons (Garthoff)," Committee Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

be a relatively Japan's Japan our willingness in defense Berlin, most Japanese, at least own security. There is, over the US deterrent to use it of its and Southeast in the absence however, SSSRITtNOEQRN LIMITED DISTRIBUTION~ to create allies

Folder, "NATO," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 1 (Item)