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Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the Hearst Newspaper Bureau, in May of 1968. So I came into this coverage of the presidency in what was the twilight of it. I covered the campaign, the Humphrey-Nixon campaign, and I covered Mr. Johnson as president during the 1964 presidential campaign

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

sunk Nixon, apparently. But he didn't use these things. M: Johnson could have what? D: Sunk Nixon. May I tell you what these are right now? After a while we'll have these on record. There are allegations--we know, of course, that Richard Nixon
Contacts with LBJ as VP; LBJ and civil rights legislation;LBJ's involvement with the downfall of Joseph McCarthy; HHH's position on Vietnam during 1968 campaign; RFK; Dallek's comments on Richard Nixon's involvement in the 1968 Vietnam peace

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

.) Mitchell was Secretary of Labor--he favored it, but evidently he was considered a liberal, and Eisenhower's attitude, and even Nixon in those days. We visited Nixon too. We didn't get any too warm a reception or too friendly a feeling or sympathy. From

Folder, "October 14, 1968 Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisory Group," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

Oral history transcript, Philip Lee, interview 2 (II), 1/28/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

work. And yet it's eight days after the inauguration of President Nixon. L: Right. M: And yet you're still in office, you're still working as you did before. your position in all of this? Are you preparing to leave office? What's What have you
to Nixon Administration; changes in doctors’ attitudes towards working with government; Gardner’s leadership.

Oral history transcript, James Robinson, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of the Nixon years. (Interruption) G: You said you were the student candidate for this position. Were you perceived by them as sort of an LBJ man, do you suppose? R: No, I don't think that had anything to do with it at all. I think I was seen as a moderate

Oral history transcript, Jacob Javits, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

measure? J: I'm trying to think back. G: This was the one where President Nixon I believe broke a tie. J: Vice President Nixon? G: Yes, Vice President Nixon. J: I can't give you a vivid recollection, my reason being that it was obscured by my

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 2 (II), 1/6/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the telephone to hear Salpee [Sahagian]--who was Mansfield's administrative assistant--saying to him, "The President"--Nixon--"is sending a helicopter down to pick you up at some air base we have close by and bring you back to Washington immediately, because

President's Daily Diary entry, 11/8/1968 (Item)

In Out Lo 2:54p f Senator 5:29p f 5: 30p t 5:46p 6:42 y (include visited by) Everett Dirksen (b. 1) re the Senator's talk w/ Nixon this morning. South Vietnamese reactions ; China lobby; and Saigo n delegatio n to Paris. To Rostow 8, 1968 White

Folder, "October 22, 1968 - 1:15 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

the GVN Representative at the meeting - - Bunker should ask him. The President: Nixon will ask me if this isn't like putting a fox in the chicken coop. (L e.. . . ~ h h ~) Secretary Clifford: It seems Thieu gains enormously to have the GVN at the Table

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 24 (XXIV), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

become an extremely key factor. It is more so today. But what awakened us to the role of television, the impact of television, were the Kennedy-Nixon debates. The turn of events immediately following the first debate was enough to convince you that from

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

along. is this: I think the reason he did in spite of the relations between him and [Richard] Nixon as of present [after the election of 1968], he shared the intense dislike of Nixon that Truman and Rayburn had, and the thought of Nixon as President
of his staff; Great Society programs; JFK didn’t believe in domino theory; Bay of Pigs; Tom White; Richard Nixon.

Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Thruston Morton, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Then at seven o'clock, Herbert Hoover, Jr., who was then Under Secretary of State, would come down, and I would have thrown away most of it, and then we'd go through it together. At 7:30 the Vice-President, Mr. Nixon-- the then-Vice President--Mr. Nixon would
Biographical information; assessment of LBJ in House and Senate; Geneva Summit Conference; Herbert Hoover, Jr.; Nixon; Senator Earle Clements; LBJ’s heart attack; LBJ’s support of Eisenhower’s policies; nomination of Lewis Strauss and Abe Fortas

Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on this aid the origin of the thing came about this way. I was told that after the election President Kennedy and Nixon had a rendezvous somewhere in Florida, Key Biscayne. They were discussing and reminiscing, and Jack Kennedy was complaining about

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 32 (XXXII), 12/11/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of size.But the ridiculous Dash-Lenzner theory of the break-in stated it was because of the White House concern regarding what knowledge I might have of a transaction between the Hughes people and Nixon with Bebe Rebozo the middle man. I was to learn
with documents regarding the relationship between O'Brien and Howard Hughes; the settlement in O'Brien's civil suit against the Committee for the Re-election of the President (CREEP); O'Brien's response to Gerald Ford pardoning Richard Nixon; Maurice Stans

President's Daily Diary entry, 8/8/1968 (Item)

DIARY LBJ President began his day at (Place) Day Time Telephone 11 In Out Lo 4:23p RANCH f or t Activity LD 4:04p Arrived 4:09p Lewis Ranch t Hon. t Jim Richard Nixon (b. 2) - Miami Jones to Main Ranch House - , --and to office briefly 5:40p

President's Daily Diary entry, 11/4/1968 (Item)

- and to the office 11:37a t * Walt Rostow - Washington, DC - returning his call Walt wanted the President to know that Saville Davis o f the Christian Science Monitor had a story from their Saigon correspondent that says that Nixon got Thieu to change his attitude

President's Daily Diary entry, 1/8/1969 (Item)

' s offic e --for glasse s fittin g To Ova l Of c Tom Joh nson an d Ron Ziegler , wh o is President-elec t Nixon' s pres s spokesma n Jan 8 , 196 9 The Whit e Hous e Wed. Walt Rosto w Hon. Joh n Macy , Chairma n o f the U.S . Civi l Servic e

Folder, "November 25, 1968 12:06-12:41 NSC Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

with the Soviets. The President: 1. 2. There are two basic problems: Position of allies. Nixon doesn't want it done too close to the invasion of Czechoslovakia. Secretary Clifford: The Germans and the British want to go ahead with talks with the Soviets

Folder, "[September 15, 1967 - Meeting with AFL-CIO Executive Council]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

. The President cited his lead over Romney, . Nixon and Reagan during the last two months. Vietnam The President used a series of small charts to show the improvement in the Vietnam situation. The first chart showed that the Allied Forces had gained much greater

Folder, "[March 5, 1968 - President's Leadership Breakfast]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

Nixon had made some calls at Senator Percy's request during the Senate debate, but without much success. "The only votes we got were those we got ourselves," Manatos said. Other matters discussed at the meeting: 1. Gold Cover - The President said he

Oral history transcript, William F. Knowland, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

down in Los Angeles. You and Senator Richard Nixon proposed the cancellation of it, and the Senate refused to go along with you. Do you recall just where the opposition to your proposal came from? K: This, really, I can't recollect at the moment

Oral history transcript, Helen Gahagan Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 7 In the finals, Richard Nixon and I contested one another. the election and went on the Senate. He won In the finals, the Tideland Vote was again a major factor, although
Biographical information; first political action; election to Congress; activities/bill introduced in Congress; Richard Nixon; Melvyn Douglas campaign for LBJ at request of FDR; Farm Security Agricultural Department Program; friendship with LBJ

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

later on about their attitude, particularly after the convention in August, and the games that they started to play to wait for Nixon. That part I was privy to. I'm sure I discussed it, but I don't like to just speculate. I do not remember specifically
Thornberry and Abe Fortas; Senators Richard Russell and Everett Dirksen; separation of powers issue regarding Fortas; the effect of Humphrey’s campaign on LBJ’s work; cancelled arms control meeting with the Russians; measuring how LBJ would run against Nixon

Oral history transcript, James O. Eastland, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

/oh 6 F: What did the Majority Leader do to get the bill on the floor? E: The first bill was passed during the Eisenhower Administration by the Nixon subterfuge which he held that a bill coming over from the House, didn't have to go to a committee

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 4 (IV), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

you have any insights into that at all? She is supposed to have gone to the South Vietnamese Embassy to encourage them not to accept a settlement, because if they did not, presumably Nixon would be elected, and they would get a much better deal
to the press in the Paris negotiations; information leaks during Paris talks; private talks held in Paris; Madame Anna Chennault; results of the Paris talks after the Nixon administration was in power; writing for The Vantage Point; LBJ in retirement.

Oral history transcript, John Harllee, interview 1 (I), 3/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

this? H: No, no. We had no connection with that. Mc: Can you tell me what the commission did to ease the transition from the Johnson Administration to the Nixon Administration? Was there anything necessary to do? H: Most briefly stated, there wasn't
of shipbuilding and sea-going unions; control of foreign steamship lines; containerization of shippers; inspections; origin/scope/work of FMC; White House support of commissioner; Robert J. Blackwell; transition from LBJ Administration to Nixon Administration

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 2 (II), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

/show/loh/oh 9 Johnson, but there's still a vocal minority bitterly complaining about Nixon. I don't think at any time did Johnson receive criticism for being a traitor to the South in any sizeable amounts; he later got criticism for other things
Education; Heller plan; James Farmer; open accommodations ordinance; Chapel Hill; 1964 Lady Bird’s whistle stop tour; Governor Dan Moore; possible cabinet position; 1968 Democratic National Convention; Richard Nixon and Duke University; Sam Ervin

Oral history transcript, Joseph J. Sisco, interview 2 (II), 9/13/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

be done so as not to adversely impact on our security and strategic relationship with Taiwan. I think that once President Nixon achieved the breakthrough, we are treading this careful balance of having accepted and faced up to the reality of Communist

Oral history transcript, Clifford P. Case, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. It wasn't done in order to placate the President; it was done because he generally believed in that particular course. G: Did you have an opportunity to observe his relationship with President Eisenhower and also Vice President Nixon's relationship
Association with LBJ; Senate; McCarthyism; impressions of LBJ; Johnson leadership; relationship with William Knowland; techniques; timing; LBJ temper; space program; relations with Eisenhower; Nixon and Dirksen; Lewis Strauss nomination; 1957 civil

Oral history transcript, Frank Church, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to the Senate in 1957, I was the youngest member. I had no sooner taken the oath admininistered by Nixon, who was then vice president and who ironically is now the president, I had no sooner taken the oath and stepped down and started to walk up the central

Oral history transcript, E. Ross Adair, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and 1960, when names of Democratic President candidates were mentioned, that Mr. Johnson's name was always conspicuous. M: What was your assessment of the 1960 election, since it was such a close race between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon? A: Of course

Oral history transcript, Thomas H. (Admiral) Moorer, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of it, the very end of it, or better yet, I think it was when Mr. Nixon came in. I told him that, you know, I took all the flak for a lot of these operations when in LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson

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

concerns Johnson did about disengaging from Vietnam, but I just can't recall the specific conversation. G: Any talk on politics, do you remember? It was generally conceded that Nixon would be the nominee. J: I think so. I just don't recall it. I just
and who knew about it; Jones’ duties surrounding the 3/31/68 speech; 1968 presidential campaign; rumors that Nixon was making deals with South Vietnam; LBJ’s support of candidates, including Hubert Humphrey; Humphrey campaign event in Houston; 1968

Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, it was, and it extended on through his time. And Nixon actually asked us to reduce it to 5 per cent, you remember, at one point after he'd been in office, I believe. 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library

Folder, "Southern Christian Leadership Conference," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 73a (Item)

of Richard Nixon and George Wallace as far as Negroes are concerned. The implication will be left during speaking engagements that Mr. Humphrey is the only choice left for Negro voters. No further dissemination is being made of the above data. Sincerely

Oral history transcript, Hugh Gardner Ackley, interview 2 (II), 3/7/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. But with Martin, there was far less communication on an intellectual level. I love the guy; and there is no question about his integrity--that just sticks out allover him. is, I hope and I really think, a thing of the past. But that situation Even the Nixon
; Pierre Renfret; rumors of recession, 1966-1967; Ford strike, 1967; Ackley's resignation and subsequent ambassadorship to Italy; transition to Nixon Administration; Robert McNamara; balance of payments problem; Charles de Gaulle

Oral history transcript, Patrick V. Murphy, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to fill only about 200 of those 1,000 vacancies. And if they had been on the schedule we had planned, they would by this time have filled about 700 of the vacancies. B: Then Mr. Nixon's recent request for an increase was an additional thousand men over

Oral history transcript, Sidney A. Saperstein, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

of the Senate. K: You can tell me again. S: Well, this was still at the end of the Eisenhower Administration. wait a minute, let's see, this was 1960. That was Eisenhower, yes. Nixon was Vice President and he was not favorably disposed toward Medicare

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