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- B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Komer's office, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 F: Bob, let's talk about what we were talking about at the end last time. We were talking a bit about Libya, and I wanted to get Libya sort
- (Continued) a fterw a rd , but Bob J a ck so n w as at m y hand the w hole s t a y .., I told them h.ow d elig h ted I w as to b e h e r e on th is im p ortant day in the life of P a d re '■ Islan d . iv- ■ Its d ed ica tio n into the N ational P ark s y
- was honored that he asked me, in part at the suggestion of his son George, who had been the assistant secretary of labor and with whom I'd worked. Ambassador Lodge knew that I'd traveled in the Soviet Union with Bob Kennedy, who of course had defeated his
- there working in the army as part of a psywar company-G: Can I get these names from you later? P: Yes, sure. Bob Burns [?] is the guy who was the psywar guy. interesting guy to talk to. He's an He's out in California. I got John O'Donnell, who had also
- . several times. As a matter of fact Kintner was very helpful I'd just put through a call to Bob if I was in search of some information. He was always very helpful and if he didn't have the answer he could certainly tell me where to get it. F: Kintner
- with companies--potential advertisers. F: He was seeking national advertisers? W: Both local and national. Most national advertisers have local interests in the Texas area. F: And so he was hoping to work through the horne office to induce local people
- . to know about things, and I hope to be seeing more of you o " I 1ike He asked me what kind of family I had and had I bought a house, recommended that I buy a house, said investment in real estate in Washington is a good investment. wish I had. I didn't
- ? There was wild confusion on the I heard two of the shots. bus~ as there was every place else. I was sitting next to Bob Pierpoint of CBS. F: It came in clearly over the noise of the crowd? R: Well, not so clearly. point. There was not a lot of crowd noise
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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- , 1976 INTERVIEWEE: BOB WALDRON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Waldron's residence, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 G: Would you like to start with some of those observations about his Senate years, the majority leadership period
Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- went in, and I think that \
- of their questions . F: Did he have any opportunity to show any grasp of Venezuelan and Latin American affairs? B: No, not at that time . it . There just wasn't enough time to get into I think he did just what we were hoping he would do--more or less broke
- thirty books. I hope that they have been influential. Two years later, I was elevated to the post of Director of Economic Studies, which I still hold. At Brookings I have been not only director, but also a senior researcher and have published a couple
- b r ea k fa st in b ed . And then d r e s s e d , with L iz com ing in e v e r y m o m en t or two for an other two or three,^^^ four p ictu re s of m e to sig n fo r the sta ff, w hich I w a s v e r y glad to do. I hope I n ev er forgetr
- was that; "I'm going to have this show tomorrow night, and I hope you'll be watching, and I think I'll have something of interest for you." And that was about the upshot of it. F: He didn't £;,7e any real intir;1:1tion of \ihG.l: he'd hav,;? T: iole 11, he
- March 31 speech, the process of drafting it, and speech-writer Harry McPherson; radios in the White House cars; calling people to forewarn them of the speech’s contents; White House activity following the speech; LBJ’ hopes that the speech could
Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 2 (II), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- of Saigon, isn't it? G: Yes. F: I went down there once, and that for a while seemed to be a more hopeful place, if I'm not mistaken. Or at least we hoped it would get better, but it was just par for the course, and I don't remember the details. G: Okay
- felt like he was a breath of fresh air, and I had hoped that it would probably work out where he \'JOuld become the nominee. But I was bound by the unit rule in my delegation, and of course Vie cast our ballots for Lyndon Johnson on the first ballot
- , and they kind of like a dead fish's tail shook hands with me. do it. Springs. I tried to provoke conversation and couldn't Finally I said, "Well, I think I'm going on up to Sulphur I'm running for Congress, I hope you remember that, and I hope you'll vote
- had much duplication and many people who were not being served. We talked about how could such a position be established. I think he really had hoped that the OEO director would be able to do it, but this was a little unrealistic. He didn't have
- to me to make And I always kept hoping he would leak something, but he never did. F: Stay in touch. W: I'm trying to recall what these circumstances were. was working for him then. Liz Carpenter And he began to tell me, in typically overwhelming
- the table and hope that it goes by. at the time. I was inclined to speak out myself. I thought it was wrong The whole thing, you know, was developed by these two fellows that ran this Rampart Magazine up here who were inclined to produce the sensational
- was John F. Kennedy for President, Lyndon B. Johnson for VicePresident. I thought that was the one ticket that could go to the people of the country with the strongest hope of a Democratic success. B: At this point, had you communicated that to Mr
- that was there, because he was up to it, in my view. So that's the general sketch. Now, I've talked about Colby and what I think about him. I hope you speak to him; he's a magnificent guy. He's got a law firm here now. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
- you and I were doing here a few minutes ago. Finally I said, "Well, I came over here to be interviewed prior to my being detailed to South Vietnam. II He said, IIGeneral, you have just been interviewed. He hope you have a pleasant tour out