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- in Vietnam and Indochina? LBJ Presidential Library http://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 Helms -- II -- 3
- Vietnam
- Biographical information; CIA in Vietnam and Indochina; structure of the CIA; Bay of Pigs; the “secret war” in Laos; disputes on the role of the CIA; Edward Lansdale; Taylor-Rostow mission to Vietnam; “How to Lose a War;” debate over Diem; Diem’s
- rapidly at that time; then much connection between Libya and the Arab-Israeli problem. Of course, the Six Day War didn't happen until after I had switched over to Vietnam, so what Libya did in that connection I don't know. They broke relations with us
- Vietnam
- ; differences between Walt Rostow and McGeorge Bundy; Komer taking charge of Vietnam issues as Special Assistant to the President; the quasi-military character of “the other war” in Vietnam vs. pacification; unifying the management of the war; using the term
- of the better elements of the experience in the Philippines and in Vietnam--the early experience--and see if civilian-military teams couldn't be recruited, trained, organized, and sent out to work in the villages, to help the villagers. This is basically what I
- Vietnam
- Phillips’ work in Laos; getting involved with the AID mission in Vietnam; reorganizing AID in relation to its rural efforts; a strategic hamlet program; organizational problems in the U.S. military approach in Vietnam; working with what
Oral history transcript, (Sir) Robert Gordon Menzies, interview 1 (I), 11/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
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- for, in our phrase, sizing him up. F: You found the two of you could work together. M: Oh, yes. F: At this time the war in Vietnam had not heated up so much, and yet Australia of course has been our chief ally in the war. M: Yes. F: Did you feel any
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- Contacts with LBJ; assassination of JFK; relations with U.S. cabinet members; Vietnam War; import curbs on Australian meat; problems of Australian economic development in 1965; relationship with the United States and five U.S. Presidents
- , 1985 INTERVIEWEE: GEORGE INTERVIEWER: Ted PLACE: JACOBSON Gittinger Colonel Jacobson's residence, Reston, Virginia Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: All right, sir. Why don't we begin with 1954? How did you get selected for that duty in Vietnam? J: Well
- Vietnam
- an overview of Jacobson's military career 1954-1975; Jacobson's opinion of Ed Lansdale, General John W. "Iron Mike" O'Daniel and General Samuel T. Williams; Williams' abilities as a diplomat in Vietnam; comparing Generals O'Daniel, Williams, Lionel
- INTERVIEWEE: WILLIAM J. CONNELL INTERVIEWER: Ted Gitt i nger PLACE: Mr. Connell's office, Bethesda, Maryland Tape 1 of 2 G: Mr. Connell, were you able to follow the evolution of Mr. [Hubert] Humphrey's thinking on Vietnam as the years passed? C: Yes
- Vietnam
- Duties with Humphrey; foreign policy assistants; development of Humphrey's thinking on Vietnam; Humphrey's interest in arms control; Food for Peace; the development of democratic institutions; health research; civil rights; NATP; founding
Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 2 (II), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- /exhibits/show/loh/oh Flott -- II -- 7 instinctively resented the American pre-eminence in Vietnam, which had been their turf. In an emotional way they resented it. Now, to carry that to say the French government was planning coups is, I think
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- Returning to Saigon following the JFK assassination; Robert McNamara’s December 1963 visit to Vietnam; January 1964 Khanh coup and alleged French involvement; what the French might have wished for Vietnam; Christmas 1964 in Dalat; Tran Van Don; Le
- INTERVIWEE: GENERAL SAMUEL T. WILLIAMS INTERVlp·1ER: TED GITTINGER PLACE: General Williams' residence, San Antonio, Texas Tape 1 of 2 G: General Williams, what had been your assignments in the four or five years prior to your going to Vietnam
- Vietnam
- Biographical information; history of U.S. activities in South Vietnam; assignment to Vietnam; Korea; Kumsong salient; Mike O’Daniel; MAAG in Vietnam; 1955 relations with the French; Edward Lansdale; early political-military situation; religious
- blurred in my mind. F: Authority sources are much better sources than I am for that. There were also in '63 rumors of a policy rift in Vietnam between Ambassador Lodge and the CIA chief in Vietnam. Can you lend credence to that, or is this again
- Vietnam
- ; CIA role exaggerated by press; National Students Association; Watts and racial problems; Kerner Report; CIA relationship with other organizations in Vietnam; raw information provided for by the CIA
- and between me and t;loyers on all this. I said it in diplomatic ways. After the '64 election, before he went off so hard on Vietnam, I was involved for a while trying to talk about the next four years and exactly this problem. Moyers I thought had come
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- nomination for LBJ; Vietnam; Laotian compromise; JFK’s assassination; LBJ in the White House; détente; lost opportunity to go down in history as a great man.
- , this was the first general legislation in which those words Col~:bia, were used at the federal level. B: Did you ever try in Congress in '64 and again in '66 when PL-480 was being extended to remove those limitations on aid to countries trading with North Vietnam
- was one of those newsmen that never did take a hard-and-fast dovish stand and I still support him in great measure on the Vietnam War issue. I never faulted him completely on that and I LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
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- ; reputation as a hawk in Vietnam erroneous; Robert Kintner; rivalry between RFK and LBJ; Presidential press secretaries; LBJ seeking professional advice on TV style; conscious of Texas twang; Barry Goldwater; George Wallace; 3/31 speech; evaluation of LBJ
- Vietnam
- Katzenbach as attorney general; presidents’ interaction with the State Department; May 1966 trip to Chicago; LBJ’s opinions of the U.S. role in Vietnam; LBJ’s assessment of his own staff; Tonkin Gulf resolution; Lindley Rule and press access to LBJ
- became chairman of the Governors Conference and would make every statement about Vietnam that Johnson asked him to make. Ranch and so forth. And Johnson used to bring him down to the But this was the first time he'd ever met him. He LBJ Presidential
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- relationship with the press; Hugh Sidey; LBJ’s fondness for neatness and 'experts'; Peter Lisagor; Bill Moyers as press secretary; James Moyers; Merriman Smith; LBJ’s secrecy; LBJ’s first trip to Vietnam and the 1967 around the world trip; LBJ meeting wounded
- knowledge and judgment, but I can see how Lodge might quite honestly have had some concern--and of course, this was in July of 1963. I suppose it would be fair to say the State Department had not quite yet put in its first team on Vietnam. It did later
- Vietnam
- Going to work for Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge; Paul Kattenburg; Ambassador Frederick Nolting; Flott’s job duties; conditions at the American Embassy in Vietnam upon Lodge’s arrival; interaction with the press; traveling from Washington D.C
- to Vietnam. And like any mother, father and daughter, there was sadness, efforts at expressing hopefulness and that kind of thing. But in those days Lynda had a very volatile personality, and like many of us one and two-child families, we spoke to our
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- succeed the Presidency; comparison of Truman and LBJ’s preparedness on accession to Presidency; LBJ’s meetings with Congressman; Vietnam; legislation passed under LBJ; Larry O’Brien; 3/31 announcement; LBJ’s motives for withdrawing; LBJ’s weaknesses
- , or that he felt deeply needed to be done. And in most instances, for those first several, well, first fe\"1 years, he was successful. M: Do you have any opinion about his position on Vietnam versus or in relation to the congressional position on Vietnam
- helped a good deal, too. About that time, too, the escalation began in Vietnam. Obviously, that had a serious iQpact on the budgeting, but could you see in the budgeting process more and more involvement in Vietnam? 5: Oh, yes. [Yes, yes.] We saw
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- ; LBJ and the space program; Office of Economic Opportunity; the PPBS system; budgetary effects of Vietnam War; Defense Dept. and the budget; the power of the Budget Bureau; relationship between Budget Bureau directors and presidents; testifying before
- Vietnam
- ; LBJ’s attitudes about reporters and television networks; LBJ and Rather’s discussion upon Rather’s return from Vietnam; comments about Rostow’s Vietnam briefing; failure of military intelligence; Joint Chiefs of Staff conspiracy and Rostow’s involvement
- 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
- 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
- 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
- to go over and have a casual luncheon with him. I was over there after the Vietnam thing. with General [Bruce] Clark. I went over to Vietnam And Ted Connell, who sort of acted as a self-appointed sergeant major to Johnson all the time, in any event
- in Vietnam; the 1968 convention in Chicago.
- Vietnam
- Biographical information; 1960 “rump session;” Henry Cabot Lodge; campaign trips; Democratic ticket; Catholic issue; McCarthy censure; Watkins Committee; Vice Presidency; assassination; Connally-Yarborough feud; Dallas; funeral; Vietnam; press
- 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh - 15 a result, while I was in New Delhi there was almost no public reaction to Vietnam in India at all . Mrs . Gandhi said things that nobody in our government
- , that this was a meeting of people like Rusk and Acheson and others who were attending--and obviously on Vietnam. And he said he was sorry, after he had been there for about three-quarters of an hour, that he had to go back to this meeting upstairs. M: But your meeting
- Vietnam
- ; Samuelson Task Force; dinner for all Task Force chairmen; HHH; Vietnam; JFK assassination; LBJ kept informed on economic matters as VP; Arthur Okun; Gardner Ackley
- talked about the Vietnam situation; his wish to bring it to an end; his feeling that if he were in a political campaign his options would be limited in trying to get peace talks going. Secondly, he talked about the internal crisis and his--he didn't
- already talking about post-Vietnam back in those days. And things like that. But generally we stayed clear of getting involved in specific legislation. F: As long as you've brought the name up, what did you think of Wright Patman's grasp of economics
- ] Betancourt had been the big figure after Gallegos and he may be coming back as the next candidate. F: Did Vietnam become a real problem to you? B: Yes, yes. I think the governmental reaction was that although they understood our problem
- Vietnam
- ) with Ecuador; oil exploration in Ecuador; Peace Corps volunteers in Ecuador; Santa Domingo; Punra del Este Conference; Canadian vs. Venezuelan oil; effect of Vietnam War on Alliance for Progress; Inter-American Bank; U.S. business community in Venezuela
- histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh SHAPIRO -- I -- 19 S: Well, I think that there was a feeling that the Vietnam issue was hurting. I don't recall, when we had our meeting in Cincinnati at the Governors I Conference, whether
Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
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- in disagreement with the Kennedy Administration's sale of wheat to the Soviet Union. Did he ever talk about that? N: No. I don't [recall it]. G: HO\'J about on Vietnam at the time he was vice president? He went to Vietnam once. N: Yes, he did. the staff
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- and Kennedy’s staff; Diem’s assassination; Vietnam; trips to New York and Benelux region; LBJ as president; transition after assassination of JFK; the 1964 campaign; civil rights meeting with black leaders; LBJ’s ethics and relationship with staff; Walter
- monetary decisions were to be coordinated with fiscal decisions. M: Is the basic problem here the increased expenditure in the Vietnam War? G: Oh yes. This was the basic problem. This was the main source of the increased government spending which
- Vietnam
- government positions; reaction to Kerner Commission report; MLK; Vietnam War criticized by black people; innate compassionate nature of LBJ
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
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- as vice president. F: What were your duties primarily? A: At that time I worked most specifically with Mike Forrestal on then a little-discussed part of the world known as Southeast Asia. We did a good deal relating to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
- required. For instance, wnen Kennedy sent him out to Vietnam and he came back with that very belligerent recommendation. Now that was an example of it. Kennedy didn't have to send him to Vietnam, but that was becoming a problem, and it would
Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- ; assassination; 1964 Vice Presidential contest; HHH; LBJ's legislative ability; Walter Jenkins; Vietnam; O'Donnell's resignation; decision not to run again; 1968 Democratic convention; Czechoslovakia invasion; peace plank
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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- this--that he did make a contribution to the nation that the people approved and appreciated. I think certainly he was frustrated that he did not get to accomplish all, and the Vietnam War was a tragedy that if it hadn't happened, he certainly would have been
- Vietnam
- Observations of the Majority Leadership period and White House years; civil rights legislation of 1957 and 1960; LBJ’s religious views; LBJ’s generosity; The Elms; Vietnam; JFK’s assassination; Bobby Baker
- . ferent kind of thing . But that was a dif Now, if we had had a different set of circum stances, if Vietnam and other things hadn't done what they did, I might have been talking to him last fall . But that isn't the way the ball bounces, and you