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  • visits. He asked me to come in and said, "Bob, I hope you're going to stay on because you're one of the guys I. like." I think he called Ralph Dungan and myself in [at] the same time and had us to lunch on the second floor dining room, which
  • set out to [get Johnson]? A: No, I don't think she could help herself, frankly. mean by the Georgetown group. I don't know whom you If you're talking about people who live in Georgetown and who are in the press, such as Rowlie Evans and Bob Novak
  • and others. M: Robert Bowie. L: I'd always hoped that the SP would write a history of this thing because it was a rather constructive idea, but it was poorly handled in terms of congressional aspects and public relations and whatnot. Bob Schaetzel told
  • does he look to someone else to direct his difficulties and to remove his problems. somehow c a n He hopes that a third party bail him out. M: So they didn't suggest anything either? B: They didn't suggest anything. There was nothing new
  • assigned to brief the Vice President periodically? B: Yes, there were several people who w'orked with him during that early period. Bob Skiff was one who was with him for a short time. He was there for awhile; his job was not really to brief
  • knew that I was a friend of Vice President Humphrey's because the Vice President frankly had really hoped that when I returned from Bulgaria in early-1965, that I could go on to another diplomatic post abroad. He had talked with the President about
  • for their assurances that he would be permitted to leave the country immediately. And so I felt that I should do that--it was a definite instruction and I also thought that I just had to--that was the only way we could ever hope to get him out was with their agreement
  • later." And he said, I I hope that it can be arranged ''Well, that's all right. I just knew you wanted to go and thought this might be a good time." And so then almost as soon as I hung up the receiver, I began to feel that I had made a mistake
  • ] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 25 M: Taking a permanent junior partnership. F: Exactly. And that's not an easy thing to do politically. very sensible. M: I hope so. F: Right. Now, it's I mean
  • 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