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Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 4 (IV), 1/28/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a little bit about politics during that period after March 31. You discussed the meeting that he had with Robert Kennedy in that period. I think [Theodore] Sorensen and Rostow were there. LBJ went out to address the broadcasters convention in Chicago. He
Westmoreland; Robert McNamara leaving LBJ’s staff; LBJ’s view of civil rights; Martin Luther King’s relationship with LBJ and his death; Resurrection City; LBJ meeting with people who wanted to discuss appointments; keeping meetings on or off the record

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 25 (XXV), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

attorney general when [Byron] White went to the Supreme Court. G: Clark had been under Robert Kennedy also? C: But Clark was the Land's Division. He was a Texan and he was Tom Clark's son. Breeding in its own way was important to Johnson in that sense

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 3 (III), 10/30/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1985 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 4, Side 1 G: Yesterday we were talking about President Kennedy and the southern members of Congress. Let me ask you
relationship with journalist Neil McNeil; concerns over publicity and media attention toward aides and staff members; Kenneth Keating's television show; John Connally's appointment as secretary of the navy; Robert Kennedy's appointment as attorney general

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 30, 15 March 1984," LBJ Library (Item)

of the Johnson family received a numhcr of distinguished visitors lo the Librar Below, top lo bottom, Mrs. John on welcomes Ambassador and Mrs. Zhang Wenjin, from the People's Republic of China; The Right Honorable Sir Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of 'cw

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 70, 27 January 1999," LBJ Library (Item)

- • F o Media Personality Addresses Audience of Friend Cokie Roberts. star of television and National Public Radio, and the daughter of Congressman Hale and Congresswoman Lindy Boggs. de lighted an overflow audience with her analytic deftness

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 9 (IX), 4/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, if you will, the issues in that campaign as you saw them. O: We had anticipated--we, the Kennedy people--that 1964 would be a relatively pleasant experience. We were anticipating an easy time of it. Just before the trip to Dallas we had an informal
for the 1964 campaign; the second campaign report, covering sixteen additional states and the District of Columbia; improved distribution of campaign materials by mid-October 1964; efforts to reach African-American and elderly voters; Robert F. Kennedy's (RFK

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/3/1967 (Item)

in the President's bedroom the President instructe d that flowers be sent to Juanita Roberts who was in Walter Reed Hospital for tests. ___ 10:10a John Criswell joined--talked about DNC matters 10:45am _ & Mrs. Simon McHugh joined __ _Mr. , 11:15am All

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/19/1967 (Item)

n,t, Oct The White House Thursday 19, 1967 Day i Acdvhy (inc!ude visited by) To Cabinet Room to meet w/ Secretary Dean Rusk OFF RECORD Secretary Robert McNamara Walt Rostow To Oval Office _ Joe Califano - pl To mjdr's room - to look at things

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/20/1964 (Item)

. - just arrived from Honolulu, Hawaii. Attorney General Robert Kennedy - Cape Cod, Mass. (b. 2) (returning bis call) Departs w/ JV, Lynda Bird, for Hollywood Palladium - Fund Raising Dinner sponsored by the Democratic State Central Committee. Robert F. Six

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/22/1964 (Item)

Monday White 6-22-64 House Secretary McNamara fr mans Dr George W Taylor Dayton Ohio fr mans Secretary Rusk fr mans Secretary Hodges fr mans returning President's call To the office Under secy George Ball and Robert Komer To South Ground s w/ Mrs

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Laos, 6/6/1964, Volume 2, Tab 6," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

, Administrator William S. Gaud, Deputy Administrato r ATTORNEY GENERAL Robert F. Kennedy CIA John A. McCone , Director William Colby DEFEN SE Robert S. McNamara, Secretary Cyrus Vance, Deputy Secretary John McNaughton, Assistant Secretary (ISA) JCS General Earle

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/29/1966 (Item)

Matr September *:-' = . White House Dav *- ' i 29. 1966 \ - THURSDAY - . s --*.. Activity (incSude visited by) turp ExpendiCode Breakfast Jake Jacobsen, Marvin Watson and Dr. Burkley upstairs w/ Pres. Joe Califano (pl) Secy Robert

President's Daily Diary entry, 8/22/1966 (Item)

Room Ofc - met by a s k e d f o r MW Bill Moyers (pl) M W ( p l ) Amb. Robert OFF RECORD Schaetzel (U. S. Amb. to European Economic Community) Francis Bato r (see p.2 for more ) -- for quick picture n^tf August White House Dav g i s t f

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/13/1965 (Item)

Mansio n fo r lunc h w / th e abov e an d Admiral Raborn , McGeorg e Bundy . Marvin ^tJ^f Watson ^r^ on ~*J second ^ floor %J Marvin Watson*. Joe c Laitin / September White Senator Robert Jsck Valenti Joseph Monday House Kennedy Laitin VM Harry

Oral history transcript, John Bartlow Martin, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

official capacity during the Johnson Administration was as ambassador to the uominican Republic for his first few months in office, after President Kennedy's assassination. Then you came back as special presidential troubleshooter at the time the Dominican
; Adlai Stevenson’s briefing on Dominican Republic; relationship between LBJ and Robert Kennedy; 1968 presidential campaign; LBJ’s control of 1968 Democratic convention; Hubert H. Humphrey’s campaign.

Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT G. LEWIS INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Lewis' residence, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: Let's just start briefly with your background and let me ask you to trace the circumstances that brought you
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Lewis, Robert G. (Robert George), 1919-
Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
Robert G. Lewis

Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

were upset, and among them was Senator Kennedy--Robert Kennedy--who was furious and denied it. He didn't deny about the Lincoln book saying that the meeting had taken place as phil had said. He didn't deny that phil had been the go-between, but LBJ

Folder, "President's Meetings - November 25-29, 1963 [2 of 2]," Subject Files, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

of President Kennedy. General Nasution has had meetings with Mro McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mr. Ball, Governor Harriman and Mr. Hilsman. We believe that one of General Nasution's principal objectives in this visit will be to sound out US policy toward

Oral history transcript, Edward Clark, interview S-I, 12/15/1986, by Robert Dallek (Item)

15, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: EDWARD CLARK INTERVIEWER: Robert Dallek PLACE: Mr. Clark's office, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 D: First off, do you remember your first meeting with Lyndon Johnson? I know we're talking about fifty years ago
Estes; how Clark ranked LBJ and JFK as presidents; LBJ's relationship with Robert Kennedy.
Oral history transcript, Edward Clark, interview S-I, 12/15/1986, by Robert Dallek

Oral history transcript, James E. Webb, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

these to these other matters in that way. B: Did you know Mr. Kennedy prior to his election? W: Only casually. I had met him once or twice, more or less on social occasions or occasions where I might have been with Senators and Congressmen, but I had no close

Oral history transcript, Graham Purcell, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

? P: The only time I really ever campaigned for him was in the 1960 election. I was in law school in 1948. And so, yes, in the 1960 campaign as he and Mr. Kennedy were running, I did do some rather modest [campaigning], and all in Texas, nothing
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Washington-newcomer Purcell to many people; Bobby Kennedy; the JFK assassination; Luci Johnson babysitting for the Purcells; the hard-working staff of the White House; the JFK to LBJ transition; Meat Inspection Act; LBJ communication problems with mass media

Oral history transcript, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, interview 2 (II), 11/23/68, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

with it. What about the difficulties, I think, in February of 1967 when Robert Kennedy got into the peacemaking act and came back? You are, I guess, one of the two outside observers to that episode. I wonder if you can clear that up for me. K

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 16 (XVI), 9/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Kennedy and Robert Kennedy right after President Eisenhower's State of the Union address in January. Do you recall any of the significance to that meeting? R: No. I don't remember it at all, and I doubt if there was any unusual significance

Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Senator Robert Kennedy to decide to run when he finally did announce? GM: Yes. But what happened is that when this group went up to see McCarthy, he surprised both them and me by readily agreeing. Really, I was shocked--pleasantly so--when Gene came

Oral history transcript, James R. Ketchum, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the Johnson Administration. You just didn't have the number of occasions. Because I was very junior on the staff, I think, is certainly one of the biggest reasons, and also the types of occasions at the White House that brought the Johnsons and the Kennedys
impressions of Eartha Kitt; Mrs. Johnson and porcelain Dorothy Doughty birds given to her as gifts; automobile privileges; Mrs. Kennedy taking a presidential desk; establishment of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House and Office of the White

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

knowledge, of the offer that they wanted him to accept the vice presidential nomination. So it was extremely exciting, because Speaker Rayburn met Robert Kennedy in the adjoining room and the discussions [went] back and forth and men came and went. G
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Waldron, Robert Earl, 1927-1995
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Robert E. Waldron

Oral history transcript, Walt W. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

think of, except I had some ideas, and I generally used to get called down when there was trouble. I had breakfast, at his request, with John Kennedy that morning. He knew I was in town and did not want to question me about the Middle East. He wanted

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 58, 1 August 1994," LBJ Library (Item)

King. Jr. and Robert Kennedy, and riots in the cities. But even when LBJ became a lame-duck president by taking himself out of the political picture in March, be continued to get legislation through the Congress. When he delivered his State

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 63, 1 August 1996," LBJ Library (Item)

changing selections from .the Library's holdings. Currently, an exchange of letters between President Johnson and Senator Robert P. Kennedy captures a poignant moment in a frequently tense relationship. Text of RFK Letter Dated January 1966, to LBJ

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 67, 15 December 1997," LBJ Library (Item)

the entries she wrote after the tragic day in Dallas in 1963 when President Kennedy was assassinated and her husband, Governor John Connally, was wounded. Mrs. Connally put the notes aside after writing them and only discovered them last year. 7

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 22 (XXII), 1/8/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

speculation, actually. G: Regarding Robert Kennedy and his presidential aspirations. R: Right. I don't think anybody quite said it, but there had been a number of columnists who had left a very clear inference that Kennedy was engaged in trying to dump
in other military tactics, such as rocket power and supersonic speeds; Robert Kennedy's presidential aspirations in 1963; LBJ's reaction to criticism in the press; assumptions in 1963 about President Kennedy's political future; Barry Goldwater's chances

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/24/1964 (Item)

Fla Bundy Room to receive members calls carded Thurs of Warren Commission and to receive the Commission's Report on the Assassination of President Kennedy. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren Senator Richard Russell Senator John

President's Daily Diary entry, 12/2/1964 (Item)

Douglas Geo December House Robert McNamara office The President of Zambia His Excellency Kenneth Kaunda Hon G Mennen Williams Angier Biddle Duke H E Peter Matoka Minister of Information The Hon Valentine S Musakanya Under Secy Ministry of Foreign

President's Daily Diary entry, 2/22/1967 (Item)

_^ WhiteHouse ^ e Mal echek - LBJ Ranch __ i 9:24a _____ t i 9:30a t < • Hlarry • ' ' • • McPherson 9:41a t 10:16a f 10:23a f ! Robert Joe ' | 10:34a To i .— — Hon. 10:55a t 11:00a . To ,—, work - __ f : & Christian on statement

President's Daily Diary entry, 3/17/1966 (Item)

a happy anniversary - his 35th yr w/AP in Senate Departed the Office --for the Mansion DINNER - alone Chrm John Macy (returning the Pres.'s call) AG Katzenbach (B.2) re . statements Ramsey Clark Bill Moyers Retired 17, l966 Senator Robert Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Sterling Tucker, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

could be more establishment than a federal agency. So the kind of people who were put together in that Civil Rights Division was really remarkable. B: You mean people like Robert Kennedy himself and John Doar and Burke Marshall? T: Yes. B

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

General Robert Kennedy or some of the other staff members? Y: I would say they were sort of lumped together. You sort of thought of them as the clique or the clan, the Eastern Establishment. I guess the more unkind characterizations have been the Mafia

Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 1 (I), 7/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, to a good friend of mine, the nephew of ~y godfather, a boy named John Husted; that was before she met Jack Kennedy and cancelled those plans. In 1952 Dad decided to leave government. I think he was going to go back into business, but he was, by a few
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
to food and China; the problem of being under a committee system; East-West trade and U.S. trade policies; Nixon’s proposal to open international trade; the Department of Agriculture; how Symington became assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 1 (I), 7/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Rusk -- Interview I -- 13 M: Particularly the story of the personal blow-up that Mr. Johnson allegedly had at Robert Kennedy at the first Cabinet meeting. Do you think that's false? R: I don't remember or recollect
Detailed recollections of LBJ as President; reflections on his role as Majority Leader and VP; LBJ and Rusk’s personal and professional relationship; LBJ, RFK and certain Kennedy staff members; LBJ and foreign leaders; the Tuesday Lunch; LBJ’s

Folder, "Task Forces: Membership Lists," Reference File (Item)

and Veterans 1968 Task Force on Workmen's Disability Income Stewart Orville Udall Freeman 12/1/67 10/26/67 Sargent Shriver Alan Boyd Robert McNamara 1/19/68 No date 11/22/67 10/19/67 Betty Furness Ramsey Clark No date 10/68 Eugene V. Ros tow Wilbur

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