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Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 5 (V), 8/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Wichita Falls--but I would listen to him and sometimes went out to the parks in Fort Worth and had heard him. I really liked his style as a speaker. It turned out he knew my father, but he never told me that. I learned that only later. 1 LBJ

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 8 (VIII), 9/15/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and then at the very end he hit the big cities. In the second primary he was going to the bigger cities. I don't mean just Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth, but the more--we have some other towns in Texas, you might say middle-size. He would go by plane

Folder, "Garrison [1967]," Justice Department Files, Papers of Ramsey Clark, Box 94 (Item)

reflects, however, that Bureau files contain no information indicating that Ferrie or Oswald had any connection with Davis or the anti-Castro organization which Davis represented. William Julius Malaney and Jose Juarez The Evening star newspaper issue

Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 1 (I), 3/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

a series of other assignments without being related to intelligence, until finally in the early sixties, I took over as commandant of the U.S. Army Security Agency School and Training Center at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. The Army Security Agency deals

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

military career as an enlisted man in the artillery, actually serving in your home state of Texas at Camp Bowie of all things. Right before my unit was scheduled to go to Europe in World War II, I got a telegram from Washington announcing that I was being

Folder, "Shastri Visit (Proposed) [1 of 3]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 22-1 (Item)

. and intends incre -sin ly to broaden lta reepoue..~deed we bave a community· ,of .interest here; U) the US roble :1 b:i 'Vietnam (.an am ulan e (2) India also understands cor 1 • offe~ her~ would be worth !ts ei ,bt in greenbae _s). thou ·hit muat not lean

Folder, "Bernard Quint," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)

.,'"' •. • . • • . ·.~ ••,; ~- ,,· ,. ' f ,t:{i/\ . • : ·.. i; ., • ,·'! ' ,,. : • ••. • March l S: Specit1 Message to the Congress on The 1'light TO ~ote • . :~,:'~' . -,!:.::·. March 18: :

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 103: Nov. 1‑4, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

)RTH VI'.::Ti'J A"" , A'lO Tl'\L:{ TO JS AT TH~ CO~F'ERE\JC~ TA?tE ... TlitS O'lCll''ENT, AS HAVE 9'.> VA'IJ Y OT H~RS 9F. FORt IT, - 5549?753 $ .53 9ATTiH '3 UT~S THESE SO- CALLED " D~F~ ATS" TO THE ENF~v• s OOCTRt ~AL CONCEPT Or GR')~ t'li ALLIED

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 12, September 1-14, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 10 (Item)

taking 600 color shots. Life magazine is dickering, the Washington Post and Star are also interested. Paris Match and London -€:G~JFIDE~TTI A I -{;ON.£1 !DEN I Th.L -3- Daily Telegraph editors are coming to Tel Aviv to talk with him. Dayan confirmed

Folder, "Yemen, Volume 1, 11/63-6/64 [2 of 2]," Country Files, NSF, Box 161 (Item)

OUTGOING TELEGRAM Department of State INDICATE, □ co1.ua 0 OIAP.Gt tO ...,6ECR:'E'f Classification ... NEA .\ 3Jl".3Z- INFO: ss G SP L EUR 3832 Amembassy LONDON ACTION: Dec ZI 3 D14Pn'63 Amembassy JIDDA '-{ 9) --4

Oral history transcript, Paul L. Thornhill, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

then as aircraft commander was in the 707 down to--up here at Carswell, Fort Worth. It was a long runway. As I recall it's about eleven or twelve hundred feet long and I just literally flew the airplane on the runway and you couldn't even tell we were down
How Thornhill became Vice President LBJ's pilot in 1962; Thornhill's and James Cross' duties; the Jet Star airplane; Thornhill's flying experience; Thornhill's plane wreck in India; Air Force One crew; Thornhill having to fire a crew member

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 3, May 16 - 26, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

made another quiet effort ourselves in 1963. At that time we held parallel United St ates talks wit h the Arabs and Israelis, but primarily with Israel , i n an effort to as cert ain if agreemen t was possible . The ef fort was s ub sequently

Oral history transcript, Warren G. Woodward, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

Folder, "Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) - Miscellaneous, 1966 - 1968," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 18 (Item)

the hearin l FBI agents told of: • -A reported RA.'I plot to , invade Fort Dix and steal a quantity of weapons while res cuing a Black Muslim held pirisoner in the tockade. -A bottle of potassium cya. • nid found in th ·ba ment of a RAM member' home

Oral history transcript, Harfield Weedin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Weedin G: ~~ I -- 14 Now one of the things he did, he made a speech in Fort Worth in May, advising the President to declare a state of national emergency, and then I guess four days later the President did just that. Did

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 37, August 1-10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 20 (Item)

it out in favor of return to civilian government. The outcome of this process is by no means certain, and it would be worth your hearing the King's side of the story. As you know, the Greek coup has excited a large number of our Congressional liberals

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 80, January 2003," LBJ Library (Item)

President Kennedy on a whirlwind fund-raising trip to San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas, and Austin. Then, on November 22, L963, during the motorcade through Dallas, the unthinkable happened. President Kennedy was assassinated. Hours later, Lyndon

Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 11/26/1962 (Item)

Jim Wright in Ft. Worth - re: Genl. Dynamics Frank Davis w/ Genl. Dynamics in Ft. W Joined Mrs. Johnson on a call to Frances Lide - To express appreciation Joined Mrs. Johnson on a call to Jack Anderson - for articles in Star and Parade Around

Oral history transcript, Alfred Melinger, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of them, and I'm sure he quoted hi s, tooo And that when I got that done I got my secretary trained--I had two secretaries trained to do that. "Then I spent a lot of time out traveling over Texas writing stories for Houston papers, Dallas, Fort Worth

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 12, July, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)

flag in Vietnam, and a threatened British thin-out in both east of Suez and in Germany. What I would like to say to Trend myself, is that a British Brigade in Vietnam would be worth a billion dollars at the mo·m ent of truth for Sterling. But I don't

Oral history transcript, Najeeb E. Halaby, interview 1 (I), 4/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, there had been between Phoenix and Memphis, Tennessee, centers at El Paso, San Antonio, Fort Worth, New Orleans, and Memphis. These are wide stretches of land and airspace, and it was perfectly clear that we didn't need the centers at El Paso, San Antonio

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 42, September 15-20, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)

, as it evidently was in the Senate elections. I While the extremist Buddhists had strongly condemned the elections (as I noted in my twentieth weekly telegram), they have been at some pains to make clear that· their major concern at present is the i r continuing

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 45, October 10-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

been pretty thoroughly bombed and, if so, is more bombing worth the cost even in military terms 1? 1 ·xcept for a handful of targets, the most lucrative target? .have been bombed. any terms,· continued bombing is worthwhile. a. For the same purposes

Folder, "McNamara, Robert," Office Files of Fred Panzer, Box 379 (Item)

of the administration's there mdght wel4 not be an elec credibility gap. tion worth winning in 1966," he "McNa·mara tells us about a said. . • new Soviet weapon that would Rep. Hall also oriticized Mr. fly in a new low, strange orbit MoNamara for. "jumping to 1he

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 87, May 2006," LBJ Library (Item)

could always tell a story, and this is one great tale - a war story, a coming of age story, an adven ture story about flying and hopes and dreams," Bob Schieffer. CBS News Correspondent, recently said. A natjve of Fort Worth. Mr. Wright began his po

Oral history transcript, Daniel J. Quill, interview 2 (II), 10/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that they were actually election reports. that we bought those reports. I had a hard time convincing him They promised me--Sam Fore promised me--that he'd send me a telegram about the election at Muskogee, Oklahoma. When I got there about 11 o'clock-- F

Folder, "Dr. King, Inves. of his Murder April 1968," Papers of Ramsey Clark, Box 66 (Item)

DOCUMENT AGAIN..)T RACL,M. AFTER KING HAD AN AUDIENCE WITr POPE PAUL VI ON ~EPT. 13 1964 ThE 1n:G-io CIVIL RIGHT_ L':ADER SAID THE PONTIFF FAD ASSURED Hn1 Ht I.J ALL IT.: FORt:...,. WOULD I...,.,UE A DOCUMENT DEPLORING DL CRI.:L.AT!Ot! TLZ P0PE HAS F]Z

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 93: Sept. 1-11, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

the these or moment when another effort. cussions on should be made from either kindred topics, then they side or the Iron Curtain and will • useful work it once/ J" that the climate ts right for they can make up their · it. The Warsaw and the Nato minds to get star~d

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

strategic warheads and they 1 re having 2500, in fact, with their MIRVing,they are going to have 15,16,17000 warheads while we still have 7000. This would have great effect in NATO,aswell as in Japan, as well as in our owncountry. I think it is worth

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 15, November 1 - 30, 1966 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 11 [1 of 2] (Item)

WITH SUBSISTENCE . FUNDS. IN ADDITION TO THE PERSISTENT EF FORTS OF THE · SWISS TO PERSUADE CASTRO TO LET T Ht SE PEOPLE GO, U THANT• S INTERVENTION IS· BE ING SOUGHT. 1 8. GUINEA THE EXODUS OF OUR PERSONNEL BEGINS TODAY WITH THE LviOVEMENT OF 2 0 PAN-AM

Oral history transcript, Mylton Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 5/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, the third term, or quarter, in that school year. I only recall that he had been selected or elected by the student council to edit the College Star that summer, the summer of 1929. I don't recall whether I was appointed, selected, elected, or he wanted
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; College Star; LBJ's activities; President Evans; athletes; secret organizations; faculty; school clubs; relationship with LBJ

Folder, "Ex FG 170-6, Federal National Mortgage Association" WHCF FG, Box 257 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Rather -- I -- 9 R: In every other town, in San Antonio and in Houston and in Fort Worth, we had arranged to have one reporter and one

Folder, "Flying Saucers," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 274 [1 of 2] (Item)

so much for your thouglltful telegram. I had not seen Admiral Fahrney•s statement, and I certainly agree with you that this whole area of unknown space objects should be very carefully exolored. I feel guilty that I have not done 1 t. I had a member

Oral history transcript, Guy S. Meloy III, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and a brilliant tactician. One of my jobs, of course--he was very impressed. I had just come from being an instructor at Leavenworth and that impressed him. As a consequence, I sort of had credibility. To him, Fort Leavenworth and the Army Command General Staff

Oral history transcript, William R. Desobry, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in the department. And as a result of that, I was exposed quite a bit to what was going on in Vietnam. And then just before I left, they sent me down to Fort Bragg for a two-week 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: the manned space center down there. fantastic. It was a good political trip. But the trip was For a reporter who liked politics, it was excellent. I was a pool reporter on the plane going into Fort Worth the night before, and so the next morning after

Oral history transcript, Robert J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Folder, "Gen CO 320 - Yemen," WHCF CO, Box 86 (Item)

-:e original of a letter I have received :trom Bushrod Howard, Jr. , whom I have never met and do not propose to meE!t. I am also sending you a copy of my reply to him. So far as I know, th~s is not worth your attention, but because of the referE~ce

Folder, "Longoria, Felix [Investigation by State Legislature]," Pre-Presidential Confidential Files, Box 3 (Item)

you ct ted that you ould follov her instructions . You nlso e.xpre ed your sympathy in tb.nt letter, but there in nothing in it wnich could hnrm you. oliticsl ly. Frank and I decided ae-;ainst the introduction o:f several telegrams which

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