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Oral history transcript, Walter C. Hornaday, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

orders not to talk to just why. days? I don't newsmen~ or I used to get some information from Sam Houston Johnson, his brother, kind of~ you know, just little old things that weren't newsworthy)weren't worth printing, but were interesting to see

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

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 3 keep up. We assigned an officer to him who saw that he got reports and telegrams regularly. He took a great interest

Folder, "Johnson, Lyndon B. (1942)," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 20 (Item)

.. The filing time shown m the date lme on telegrams and dayletten 18 STANDARD TIME at point of origin. NT-OvemlshtTei-am LC-0.Cetted Cable NLT-Cable Nish• Letter .J, C. WILLEVER ,..lftl5T VICl!·PRl:81DltNT Time of receipt 18 SYMBOLS Ship 11.adilrram

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 17, December 14 - 31, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)

· ,.• SECRET December 12, 1966 · MEMORANDUM ON ALGERIA My impressions gained in Algiers, even in a brief three-day period, are perhaps worth recording as the situation is so complex. My most extensive talks were with Foreign Minister Bouteflika, a three-hour

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 59: Feb. 1‑6, 1968 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)

To l911rophlc .,..... iuio• . Under ••d d ...illcarion opproYNbY, The Secretary EA/KTJ? · - ?-'..r. Berger Wals ECLASSIFIED )t.o~ i 2958, Sec. 3.6 NLJ q1,; _,94 · By, . et , NARA Dat.e~-k2Z Puge 2 ·of telegram to Amembassy SEOtTL -S E. CR ET

Folder, "Personnel," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 32 (Item)

and the variety), perhaps my job description could be changed. (as far as I know I am still In the relative on the books as correspondence assistant) scheme of things, I think I am worth more than a GS-7. I have tried fill in wherever I whether you can I

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 80: June 1‑6, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 34, July 11-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 19 (Item)

: Reply to Senator Gore 1 s telegram on Arab Refugees Attached is Secretary Rusk 1 s recommended reply to Senator Gore on Arab Refugees. As you know, he has long been interested in this subject. Secretary Rusk believes your reply could be used

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

of thing that he and I would talk about. He never asked my advice on policy. Hell, he had four- star generals, and had [Robert] McNamara and later--what's his name?-Clark Clifford came in as secretary of defense. that he asked for advice about policy

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 26, April 16-30, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 15 (Item)

of Europe Assembly, an tnvib\tion to speak on Wednesday, April 26, in Strasbourg. The atta,ched State Department paper - - col'lcurred in by Sec. Rusk -- explains why lt would be unw.l se to accept. Although tempted, l agree. W. W. Rostow Telegram approved_

Folder, "Ex LE/HU 2-7, 11/22/63 - 9/3/65 [LEGISLATION - VOTING RIGHTS]," WHCF LE, Box 66 (Item)

with Speaker Hays {Ohio}o..... NO Kirwan (Ohio }.... NO Vigorito {Pa.) National Committee should put much pressure - Will call Speaker back Foley {Wash.) •••• Will sign Remote but worth pursuing: Sisk (Califo }. o ••• Aspinall (Colorado) Hull (Missouri

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the following." and say, "This is worth it because we accom-, And so constantly everybody wants to pull up the roots to see if the plant is gt~owing. F: Yes. M: It took a lot of my time and effort to explain this over and over again to prevent

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 16 (XVI), 11/21/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was "What would you do if our funds were twenty-five million dollars, half of what they are? What's really worth saving?" Well, it turned out, unfortunately, that the second question needed to be answered because within a couple of years our budget would

Folder, "NSAM # 345: Nuclear Planning, 4/22/1966," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 8 (Item)

arr~ngements. The question of access to French facilities in wartime is also cloudy, but probably worth trying to negotiate. (In each case - and whatever bargain we strike - - our military planning will have to be hedged for the possibility

Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 2 (II), 7/9/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

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

. ----- The telegram to Home which we both suggest would read as follows: "Dear Prime Minister: 1 - -------) If you will tell Colonel Connell whether this mes sage is satisfactory, ) that is all that we need to do on Easter Day. · The me mo randum at Tab

Oral history transcript, George Wallace, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

had riots and destruction of millions of dollars worth of property in other parts of the country, and the killing and maiming of many people, and of course that didn't happen in Birmingham, thank goodness! B: Then later on that spring, in June

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 21, March, 1966 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [2 of 2] (Item)

not happen. Can we let i t be said that man, who can travel into space and explore the stars, canno t feed his own? Because widespread famine must not and cannot be allowed to happen, I am today placing the facts fully before the Congress. I am asking

Folder, "NUCLEAR - French Cooperation (Review of NSAM 294) [1 of 2]," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 32 (Item)

the disposition of the CDC 3600 at Vaujours is still to be settle_d. (b) The application for the $400, 000 worth of parts will not be approved while the Vaujours incident is still unsettled. (c) The policy toward France expressed in 294 is still valid. The IBM

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [4 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

, there is endless work which remains to be done and I am sure that you share my co~cern over the signs of defections among some of th0se who have supported ~he policy in the past~ Apart from continuing past efforts, & ntw devic~ worth considering would

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 53: Dec. 1‑10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)

whether such a price is worth paying. Loe Ninh and Dak To and the recent intensification of guerrilla activity could be signs that this policy has been put into effect in an election year attempt to weaken the Americans' resolve. But it is a risky

Folder, "Israel - Volume 6, 12/66 - 7/67 [4 of 4]," Country Files, NSF, Box 140 (Item)

The attached is well worth your taking a few moments to digest- -with all its impli cations for the current Jordan-Israel clash. You might even want to pass it on to someone like Feinberg. The point is that there have always been opponents of the policy

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 41, September 11-14, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Folder, "Ex FG 11- 2 [EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT - CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY] [1 of 2]" WHCF FG, Box 55 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

that time? What I suppose you could list them if we had several days, but maybe you can equal Francis Bator's eighteen hours here. K: I won't do that. ~: It's worth your discussing those six weeks as a unit, I think. LBJ Presidential Library http

Folder, "III," Department of Housing and Urban Development 1965 Files, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 5, Tabs 326-340," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and just didn't have the capability that the others had. I understand that General McGarr was one of the great regimental commanders with the Third Division all through World War II, and in my opinion and for what it's worth, I think that his great service

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

holding a sheaf of telegrams while Harvin Watson held another sheaf and the President read through his own sheaf. And I can even remember thinking that that in itself was always something of a small miracle, that you can have this quantity of telegrams

Folder, "United Kingdom - Meetings with Wilson, 03/02/1964," Country Files, NSF, Box 213 (Item)

. McGeorge Bundy on the phone in order to get ~he latest information on Cyprus.) I 1 I The President asked Mr. Wilson why the UK consider~d it worth: while to continue to trade with Cuba, which represented only about ! $5 million, when by so doing the.UK

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 15, September 23 - October 14, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)

. MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Here is Lodge's report of Septe·mber 30. It is focussed properly on political and security elements rather than strictly ·military ones, and is well worth reading. ln-1 rs. McG. B. SECRET NODIS (Cy of Saigon llOO, September 30

Folder, "India [2 of 3]," Files of Edward K. Hamilton, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

or into Afghanistan. As part of its plan to counter such a dev lopment the USG provided Pakistan. b tween 1954 and 1965, w th mor than $800 million worth of military equipment, most of it on a grant basis. As a po itlcal price for this decision. we accepted a general

Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 1 (I), 2/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

facts. I called in a couple of reporters to give them the background for the column. There was one fellow that was late and so I gave him a special briefing on it. Anyway, there was a story that appeared in the [Washington] Star the next day

Folder, "India: Food, 1964-1965 [5 of 5]," Files of Robert Komer, NSF, Box 24 (Item)

FOREIGNDISSEM the even of -- especially stability of OUTGOING TELEGRAM Department IN0ICATE: 0 □ cHARGE ro of State COLLECT c~ r""\ . INFO Info, Amembassy NEWDELHI~ Amembassy KARACHI l.p2, Amembassy LONDON cf! ~V"-\ 9 s- -) ss G t~/ r jlt

Folder, "STATE DEPARTMENT, Office of Munitions Control, Materials," Records of the NCCPV (Eisenhower Commission), Series 44, Box 5 (Item)

). Membership in the Communist Party is estimated at 65,000, with another 100,000 sympathizers. Party leaders have followed the Soviet Union's peaceful coexistence line, and have managed to resist ef forts by pro-Chinese or Castroite Communists to gain control

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 101: Oct. 23‑28, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

, of • great importance. It was not worth sacrificing the whole meeting on this to him explained matter. I interrupted to point out that my memorandUin fully w~~~e took the question of "uncondi:ional" so s~riously. Dobrynin said he,,recognized that we attached

Oral history transcript, Lincoln Gordon, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

recommended on Thursday, April 2, that the President send a telegram to the acting president of Brazil, a man called [Ranieri] Mazzilli, M-A-Z-Z-I-L-L-I, who had been speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and was the next in line because there was no vice

Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 11/2/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

November 1962, to Major General William D. Yarbrough, who was the commanding general of the U.S. Army Special Warfare Center. He was the commandant, and also the commandant of the U.S.A. Special Warfare School at Fort Bragg. And I write: "Dear Bill