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- campaigning in the early primaries against Kennedy. And so I pretty much stayed out of that one. I went to the convention as a correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune and did some writing. I did have the distinction of being the first reporter to carry
- daily? N: Not daily, 0:: Cape Cod at the time of the second primary? but I telephoned. I bought the New York Times. Boston pa?ers didn't report anything. The The New York Times would have very confusing information, and I remember I called
Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
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- INTERVIEWEE: RICHARD H. NELSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE· PLACE: Mr. Nelson's office, New York City Tape 1 of 3 G: Let's start with your association with the Peace Corps. How did you get involved with that? N: I had met Bill Moyers and Sarge
- 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
- . Here we were in Dallas and some reporters called New York, their home offices, to find out what they knew. I ran out into the parking lot and a cop was sitting there on a three-wheel motorcycle listening to all the traffic on the police radio. Maybe
- an assistant to the Governor of New York State, who at that time was Averell Harriman. From 1957 until 1962 you were an assistant to Senator Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania, and from 1963 until 1965 you \'/ere the