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: In this capacity, did you attend any of the general sessions? A: Oh, yes, I attended all of them. For most of them I served as a member of the US delegation to the United Nations and in that capacity I was the US representative on the Fourth Committee which

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

went on all during that period. But the degree to which he was active I think was somewhat limited; he was not particularly engaged in political pursuits at that stage although he was on the Democratic Study Group, or the Policy Committee I guess
Biographical information; contacts with Johnson; support of LBJ in 1960; Democratic Policy Commission; State Department informing Vice President's office; Potomac Marching Society; Kennedy Administration; working for Johnson; Advisory Committee

be helpful to have me here. He actually asked me if I would be willing to serve as the vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and I said that I didn't feel that I could do that. I thought that should be someone who had been more involved

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 4 (IV), 3/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

be President Johnson himself. I think that most campaigns are an amalgam of the leader's desires and the peculiarities of the situation. The Democratic National Committee played practically no role at all in the campaign. The way the campaign structure

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 2 (II), 12/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the issue of the Straits of Tiran should be faced. There were still several aspects under discussion: whether we convoyed a u.S. or ship of another nation through there, forced the blockade, convoyed an Israel ship. decided. Exactly how
Biographical information; contacts with Johnson; support of LBJ in 1960; Democratic Policy Commission; State Department informing Vice President's office; Potomac Marching Society; Kennedy Administration; working for Johnson; Advisory Committee

Oral history transcript, Edward R. Fried, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was as Special Assistant for National Security Affairs from the fall of 1967 until when? When did you leave the White House? F: Shortly after January 20. M: So you did stay on until the end of the Administration as far as Johnson was concerned? F: Yes. M
; involvement with Miller Committee; keeping the President informed of policy matters; SDR negotiation; U.S. balance of payments program; British devaluation of the pound; Deming group; Fowler group; General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs; characterization

that add a card to use in this area? A: Well, you see, Congress is the one that has a great deal of power so far as trade is concerned. The Bulgarians were especially anxious to get the most-favored nation status which they were constantly wanting

Oral history transcript, Elie Abel, interview 1 (I), 1/19/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

committee was a peculiar Kennedy construction; it was not the National Security Council. It was in effect an ad hoc kind of subcommittee of the council. M: Actually created for that crisis, wasn't it? A: On the first day that he heard the Missiles were

Oral history transcript, John M. Leddy, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Germany have a national nuclear weapon. But I believe also the Navy was rather interested in the MLF because it would involve an expansion of the Navy and would provide a new type of naval nuclear weapons system in addition to the Polaris, because
; 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

Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

as he was before the congressional committees during his tenure, I think that the enemies of the intelligence community would have managed to wreck it even further than it was wrecked at that time. Of course, Colby was roundly criticized by many people

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