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Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- of the foreign aid program, in overall charge of it, as Undersecretary of State and Undersecretary for Economic Affairs. I was sort of the ultimate re sponsibility in the State Department for its legislative progress of that bill every year, so I had to talk
- Appointment as Secretary; relationship with LBJ during Eisenhower administration; State Department Appropriation Bill and Foreign Aid Bill in 1959 and 1960; LBJ's role as VP; Cuban Missile Crisis; differences between LBJ and JFK; budget; balance
- , This is state of affairs. How close attention does the President pay to specific programs that AID either conceives or undertakes? G~ Well, there's a real difference between President Kennedy and President Johnson there because in President Kennedy's time
- Biographical information; Presidential impact on AID; comparison of JFK and LBJ; Presidential approval of specific loans; BOB and Treasury Department involvement in policy decision; White House and State Department involvement; B/P loans; AID
- TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh that time we had nuclear weaponry; the other side didn't. In domestic affairs Mr. Eisenhower's greatest civil
- leaders of free world after WWII; Little Rock and civil rights; Ike against forced bussing; states rights; Senator Joseph McCarthy; Ike and LBJ had heart attacks in 1955; Dulles and foreign affairs; 1956 Hungarian uprising; Israel and Suez Crisis; Sputnik
- in international affairs, more concerned with domestic things. Did you find him pretty well versed in what was going on at that particular assignment that you accompanied him on? H: Yes, I found him very well versed; and I also found his knowledge of how things
- liability; press assassinated LBJ politically; JFK legislation; investigation of Adam Clayton Powell; Hays’ feud with Romney; briefing of Foreign Affairs Committee by Secretary of State; LBJ’s hostility toward Senate Foreign Relations Committee; advice
- oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh - 3 F: Some of his opponents have claimed that he lacked an understanding of foreign affairs, that he was the parochial politician, or at least a domestic politician. I judge you wouldn't
- voting and then compare it. I used to tease him about that. F: How did he take it? G: He didn't take it very well. F: I can imagine. Did he show much interest in foreign affairs in those senatorial days? G: Yes, he did. In fact, he showed a great
- understanding of foreign affairs; Melasky's efforts to educate the public regarding Vietnam; LBJ's vice-presidency; LBJ's familiarity with military operations; John Tower; Ralph Yarborough; 1964 election and campaign; comparing the economy of 1960's to 1971