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- to see if we could identify what the problem was. I remember seeing I think Bundy--not Mac Bundy but Bill Bundy was there--so it couldn't have been Vietnam. M: Narrow it down one by one. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL
- home district, couldn't yo u? P: Every ·way that yo u wanted it. He d a1so ca 11 the congressmen down for 1 br i efi ngs sessions at t he Whi te House. small and large. He would have them in groups, If he was t alking about Vietnam or if he
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- , and Kilgore in the 1964 campaign; LBJ seeks to win big in 1964; LBJ and RMN contrasted; LBJ and the Congress; LBJ relaxes after hours; dominoes; LBJ during the Tet Offensive; defends LBJ's Vietnam policy
- was definitely on the wrong track, and America is suffering today because of it. B: So far as one can tell, sir, do you feel that his response in Vietnam has been adequate, strong enough? M: Absolutely not, not so long as--. First, let me say, I think we
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- Support of Nixon and Goldwater; contact with LBJ; LBJ and civil rights; Pickrick Restaurant affair; Secretary Gardner; 1968 election; unseating Georgia delegation in 1968 convention; evaluation of LBJ as President; involvement in Vietnam
Oral history transcript, William D. Krimer, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- down, and read him the riot act. He had mentioned a dirty word--Vietnam--the Bulgarian ambassador. And LBJ talked for an hour. I interpreted practically simultaneously. It didn't bother LBJ, because he was deaf in one ear, or very hard of hearing in one
- , "I'm going to make you my man on the other war in Vietnam." But in the period before [this] I guess my service with President Johnson falls very easily into these two groups: my service in the Bundy office and then gratefully as Bundy's acting
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- opinions to negotiate better politically; summarizing State Department briefings on foreign visitors for LBJ; problems between India and Pakistan; getting involved with Vietnam; the December1965 37-day bombing halt; George Ball and the Cyprus situation; LBJ
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- Long; Walter Lippman; Vietnam debate; role as Administration's spokesman; White House briefings; differences between JFK and LBJ; Dominican situation; relationship between LBJ and Fulbright
- of things. G: Did Vietnam come up at all that night? K: Yes. Vietnam came up and he talked about the fact that he had the support of I remember Max Taylor particularly, who was on Meet The Press over that weekend. The support generally--this was not yet
- Vietnam
- ; Committee for the Preservation of the White House; the White House crèche; highway beautification bill; Mike Mansfield; the death of President Holt of Austalia; traveling from Australia to Vietnam and Rome with LBJ; visiting the Vatican; LBJ’s decision
Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 2 (II), 2/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- of your ambassadorship was the various activities you conducted in connection with the several peace-feeler initiatives in connection with Vietnam. Did that start almost immediately with the [Averell] Harriman visit in Christmas of 1965? G: Yes
- Vietnam
- ; Presidential Scholars Commission; Presidential Commission on Violence; Vietnam
- Vietnam
- ; relationship of LBJ and JFK; LBJ’s idea of his role as VP; effects of JFK assassination; consideration of dropping LBJ in 1964; LBJ’s VP selection; Vietnam War; assessments of LBJ; 3/31 announcement; LBJ’s training by professionals in public speaking and image
- after that, when he came back on leave, and when he finally came back, he said he wouldn't have had it any other way. in the China talks. He was doing exciting things, he was involved Then, it was a new area. F: Did you work on any of the Vietnam
- until, in point of fact, I attended a meeting with him just prior to the time--when he was Vice President--that the problem arose about President Diem's administration in Vietnam, and the problem existing at the time that had been created domestically
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- ; not involved in policy making; Fulbright letter and the ruckus McCarthy made; February 1967, the National Student Association problem; Pueblo Mission; Tuesday lunches in 1967; halt of bombing in Vietnam; 3/31 speech; Six Day War; Kosygin on hot line; LBJ’s
- , including the question of security in the Far East. I remember Rusk used to ask them, "the question is not whether you support the United States in Vietnam, the question support~the is what kind of world out there would be in your own security interest
- Vietnam
- ; feeling of NATO countries; European Allies and Vietnam War; McNamara’s speech regarding the ABM system; Czechoslovakia crisis; German problem; LBJ’s relationship with Kissinger; LBJ as a personal diplomat; Most-Favored Nation treatment; East-West Trade
- calling from?" I said, "Vietnam." That was the time I did the advance for LBJ's first surprise visit to Vietnam at Cam Ranh Bay following the Manila Conference. Maybe I've started that. I'll continue that advance and then go back to Rome. This was after
- or a need to adjust agricultural policy within the country . THB : Have you found in the last few years that there is any distinct regional emphasis in your work? That is, has the Vietnam War, for example, caused a great deal of emphasis on Southeast Asia
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- to a simultaneous announcement of reduction. Back to Dallas. We started the day after we got back to Washington after Dallas to try to bring peace in Vietnam. We avoided the course this thing took and continued to avoid it until July 1965. At Tonkin Gulf we got
Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 2 (II), 6/4/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- ; thousands of towns have town squares, and something constructive and visible can be done by local citizenry. We don't all have to expect to be able to solve the Vietnam War, because none of us really can just by sitting and brooding about it, she said
- . Obviously, he was, in the sense that the countryls capabilities were concentrated to so large a degree on Vietnam, but he saw a great number of official visitors from Europe. He was very intimately involved in NATO questions when they came up, even during
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- in the presence of the Pn,sident. Now what would happen on some of these occasions is that Lyndon Johnson would begin discussing Vietnam as the President of the United States, treating the visitors as if they were the Secretary of State, There is a minor element
- presidential speech writing team; Jack Valenti’s relationship with LBJ; office procedures; handling mail from Vietnam.
- increase last time, did we? F: We didn't talk about the tax increase, merely the fact that we intimated that its problem is going to come. A: Yes. Well, it certainly came all right. The acceleration of the Vietnam military activities announced
- Vietnam
- Monetary policy, 1966-1968; tax increase discussions; Bill Martin; relationships of CEA with Federal Reserve System, Bureau of the Budget and Treasury; Wright Patman; Arthur Burns; LBJ's understanding of macro-economics; Vietnam; War on Poverty
- was exhorting this Indian about Vietnam and towering above him, waving a hand at him . He gave that story which he subsequently used . I hadn't heard it before then--in which he with grand gestures would say that, "all he wanted was if Uncle Ho Chi would take
- Vietnam
- Biographical information; TIME & A TICKET; LBJ's remarks regarding Vietnam; LBJ's reading and general knowledge; speech writing and the staff; "cussers/doubters/nervous-nellies;" consumer interest information; speech schedule put out on Fridays
- oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh A. Leon Higginbotham -- Interview I -- 4 H: Yes F: Was any of that on Vietnam? H: No. You have to recognize that I am so old that that was pre-Vietnam. The draft was on, but I don't
- ? H: Yes, both. M: Do you remember any occasion in particular? H: I should amend an earlier statement. I just thought of it. When Secretary Gardner took this mission to Vietnam, he was kind enough to invite me, and I'm sure
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 1 (I), 9/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
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- of it. We didn't necessarily have to do that. We didn't have to take Vietnam on, for example. I'm glad we didn't. But Lyndon Johnson did and he did it his way. Whether the majority agreed with him or not, that was his way so he did it his way
Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- as part of that group- -I don't know what they called it-that advised hiIT1 that two or three tiIT1e s on Vietnam. M: Right, were you--let's see, the first time was it in July of '65 when the troop buildup was decided on? D: No, not that time. ever
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- of payments; LBJ's relationship with JFK's people; appointment of new Secretary; Vietnam; role of Major General William Dupey
- ://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh DUBINSKY -- I -- 16 Vietnam situation that happens, not that he was wrong; he
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- ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Thurmond -- I -- 21 capacity. I did not admire the way he handled the Vietnam War. think
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- and control over Senate voting; Mrs. Johnson; LBJ’s rapport with Mike Mansfield and Everett Dirksen; National Defense Education Bill; how LBJ dealt with Vietnam.
- some cooling effect on city problems. G: Earlier in this interview I asked you about the impact of the Vietnam War, particularly in terms of OEO expenditures and the budget. In April of 1967 Martin Luther King in a speech--critical speech in terms
- governors. I conferred with I went to Vietnam in 1965 with seven or eight But so far as confe·rri n9 with me specifi ca llyabout legislation and about what he should do, the advice and counsel that I offered to Lyndon Johnson \voul d be the same that I
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- 1960 Presidential campaign; supporting JFK; hunting with LBJ at the Ranch; the JFK assassination; the Civil Rights movement; Mrs. Johnson’s train trip in the South; Sanders’ political interactions with Richard Russell; Governors’ trip to Vietnam
- , if he had something of a general nature he would call me; and if he had something that affected one union, he would call the head of that union. Mu: The Vietnam War, for example, became quite an issue within labor apparently. Mr. Johnson didn't get
- Vietnam
- labor on Capitol Hill; LBJ’s appointments; sale of wheat to Russia; 1964 railroad strike; Labor Department; proposed merger of Labor and Commerce Departments; collective bargaining guidelines; 14-B; Vietnam War; served on JFK’s Clay Commission on Foreign
- to being one of our very great presidents until he stubbed his toe on Vietnam. made that mistake--or if events had not closed in on record would have marked him a great. If he hadn't him~ his domestic If he had been able to avoid Vietnam he would have
- Vietnam
- ; whether or not LBJ should’ve accepted the Vice-President position; LBJ’s signature on Great Salt Lake bill; LBJ’s efforts to become ex officio member of Senate Democratic caucus; getting Kennedy’s legislative program through Congress; Vietnam.
- , for people and I think he always did . I think it's probably one of the tragedies of the Vietnam War, and I'm sure he must have felt that he had done a great deal for people . One thing that I was thinking of this morning is that I remember that last year
- ://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 7 his public image as a result of the Vietnam War, and this has made it impossible
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- of the Department of Transportation; Urban Mass Transit; Maritime Administration; National Transportation Safety Board; appointment as Secretary and confirmation; reflections on LBJ; domestic legislative achievements; international relations; effects of Vietnam War
- Vietnam mail and things. I work with Will Sparks writing messages, mostly kind of the secondary chores of the speechwriter. Many speech writers write letters and a few of them work on messages. B: Whose payroll were you on then? c: I went back
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 8 (VIII), 9/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
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- -- VIII -- 2 settlement didn't come within the wage-price guidelines we'd be headed for a round of steel price increases, and we'd be off to the races. The build-up in Vietnam and the underlying commitment, decision, view that that shouldn't withhold any
- might lose the war in Vietnam as a result. 15 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Abell -- II -- 15 To put this in perspective
- Braestrup’s work as a journalist in Southeast Asia for the New York Times; New York Times coverage of Vietnam compared to Time magazine; how journalists covered Vietnam and the danger involved; how Braestrup became Washington Post Bureau Chief; Joe
- Vietnam
- Vietnam
- commitment to Vietnam; ideas on how the war should have been conducted; discussion of apparent consensus in Washington that JFK would drop LBJ from the ticket; LBJ’s fear of escalation during the war; LBJ’s decision to retain the “Kennedy crowd” after his