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Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 2 (II), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

rapidly at that time; then much connection between Libya and the Arab-Israeli problem. Of course, the Six Day War didn't happen until after I had switched over to Vietnam, so what Libya did in that connection I don't know. They broke relations with us
Vietnam
; differences between Walt Rostow and McGeorge Bundy; Komer taking charge of Vietnam issues as Special Assistant to the President; the quasi-military character of “the other war” in Vietnam vs. pacification; unifying the management of the war; using the term

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 2 (II), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Flott -- II -- 7 instinctively resented the American pre-eminence in Vietnam, which had been their turf. In an emotional way they resented it. Now, to carry that to say the French government was planning coups is, I think
Vietnam
Returning to Saigon following the JFK assassination; Robert McNamara’s December 1963 visit to Vietnam; January 1964 Khanh coup and alleged French involvement; what the French might have wished for Vietnam; Christmas 1964 in Dalat; Tran Van Don; Le

Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

blurred in my mind. F: Authority sources are much better sources than I am for that. There were also in '63 rumors of a policy rift in Vietnam between Ambassador Lodge and the CIA chief in Vietnam. Can you lend credence to that, or is this again
Vietnam
; CIA role exaggerated by press; National Students Association; Watts and racial problems; Kerner Report; CIA relationship with other organizations in Vietnam; raw information provided for by the CIA

Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was one of those newsmen that never did take a hard-and-fast dovish stand and I still support him in great measure on the Vietnam War issue. I never faulted him completely on that and I LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
Vietnam
; reputation as a hawk in Vietnam erroneous; Robert Kintner; rivalry between RFK and LBJ; Presidential press secretaries; LBJ seeking professional advice on TV style; conscious of Texas twang; Barry Goldwater; George Wallace; 3/31 speech; evaluation of LBJ

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

knowledge and judgment, but I can see how Lodge might quite honestly have had some concern--and of course, this was in July of 1963. I suppose it would be fair to say the State Department had not quite yet put in its first team on Vietnam. It did later
Vietnam
Going to work for Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge; Paul Kattenburg; Ambassador Frederick Nolting; Flott’s job duties; conditions at the American Embassy in Vietnam upon Lodge’s arrival; interaction with the press; traveling from Washington D.C

Oral history transcript, Elmer B. Staats, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

helped a good deal, too. About that time, too, the escalation began in Vietnam. Obviously, that had a serious iQpact on the budgeting, but could you see in the budgeting process more and more involvement in Vietnam? 5: Oh, yes. [Yes, yes.] We saw
Vietnam
; LBJ and the space program; Office of Economic Opportunity; the PPBS system; budgetary effects of Vietnam War; Defense Dept. and the budget; the power of the Budget Bureau; relationship between Budget Bureau directors and presidents; testifying before

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Vietnam
; relationship of LBJ and JFK; LBJ’s idea of his role as VP; effects of JFK assassination; consideration of dropping LBJ in 1964; LBJ’s VP selection; Vietnam War; assessments of LBJ; 3/31 announcement; LBJ’s training by professionals in public speaking and image

Oral history transcript, Carl Sanders, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

governors. I conferred with I went to Vietnam in 1965 with seven or eight But so far as confe·rri n9 with me specifi ca llyabout legislation and about what he should do, the advice and counsel that I offered to Lyndon Johnson \voul d be the same that I
Vietnam
1960 Presidential campaign; supporting JFK; hunting with LBJ at the Ranch; the JFK assassination; the Civil Rights movement; Mrs. Johnson’s train trip in the South; Sanders’ political interactions with Richard Russell; Governors’ trip to Vietnam

Oral history transcript, George Meany, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, if he had something of a general nature he would call me; and if he had something that affected one union, he would call the head of that union. Mu: The Vietnam War, for example, became quite an issue within labor apparently. Mr. Johnson didn't get
Vietnam
labor on Capitol Hill; LBJ’s appointments; sale of wheat to Russia; 1964 railroad strike; Labor Department; proposed merger of Labor and Commerce Departments; collective bargaining guidelines; 14-B; Vietnam War; served on JFK’s Clay Commission on Foreign

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Pechman, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, that this was a meeting of people like Rusk and Acheson and others who were attending--and obviously on Vietnam. And he said he was sorry, after he had been there for about three-quarters of an hour, that he had to go back to this meeting upstairs. M: But your meeting
Vietnam
; Samuelson Task Force; dinner for all Task Force chairmen; HHH; Vietnam; JFK assassination; LBJ kept informed on economic matters as VP; Arthur Okun; Gardner Ackley

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Vietnam
government positions; reaction to Kerner Commission report; MLK; Vietnam War criticized by black people; innate compassionate nature of LBJ

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