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Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. But we were looking for signs of hostility Of course, there was the Dallas Morning News of that morning, with a very unfriendly ad. IIYankee. Go Home" and so forth. mostly friendly. We saw signs like, But the crowd at the airport was Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Thomas H. (Admiral) Moorer, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

easy to be a Monday morning quarterback on events like this. I was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked, and there's no shock greater from an individual to shift into a shooting war at the pop of your fingers. I don't give a damn who you

Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 2 (II), 5/7/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

time to all the Vietnamese, North and South. It is a sort of a combination of Christmas, New Year, and Easter. I've been told by Vietnamese or Southeast Asian experts that this period of family reunification or celebration hadn't been violated

Folder, "February 7, 1968 - 12:29 p.m. National Security Council Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

. '' Bad weather _on the coast has affected air activities, including some resupply. A new attack on Danang is expected. General Westmoreland said he plans to re open Highway One so he can take s.upplies in by road rather th.a n by air

Folder, "February 12, 1968 - 1:45 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

.have got to stick it out. 11 I said today, ' 'so will we." One man told me this morning that it doesn't look like the same person wrote the Westmoreland wire today and the one Friday. What reaction do you have to it? Secretary Rusk: It looks to me like

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Khe Sanh Reports, A-S," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

aircraft and _JOPSECRET : replacements are urgently needed to maintain our observation and surveillance capability over our newly opened LOC, new areas urider pacification, enemy routes of infiltration and enemy base areas. The northern I Corps Tactical

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 1," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

at the March 4, 5, 12, and 15? House initiative cessation? - When were. these decisions made? Why? - What was the nature of the troop discussions on March 19? 6. Was the President already when he received McPherson's thinking of a new negotiating proposal

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 8, Excerpts and Taylor's Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

, and labor. Our economic statistics are the best and most compre hensive in the world. But they can be and need to be further improved. The costs will be exceedingly small relative to the benefits. To this end, my 1969 budget provides for several new

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 5, Tabs A-Z and AA-II," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

directed at US positions the northern provinces including the posts at Khe Sar.h, Dong Ha, Gio Linh, and Chu Lai. The US/ South Vietnamese 36-hour cease-fire began at 5: 00 AM EST this morning. Some 45 minutes before it· began, Saigon announced

Folder, "February 13, 1968 - 1:12 p.m. Tuesday luncheon group - Rusk, McNamara, Helms, Clifford, Wheeler, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

Westmoreland indicated to me this morning that ''things are looking better all over. 11 The enemy has a new flag with blue, red and yellow. The red represents blood; the blue represents the land; and the yellow represents the revolu tionary spirit

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Khe Sanh Reports, T-Z and AA-QQ," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

-?7 MR. ROSTOW WILLBE IN LATERTHIS MORNING ANDWILLHAVE A COMMENT ONTHIS REPORT FOR YOU. TEXTOF CABLEFROMGENERAL WESTMORELAND. THIS [email protected] TWENTY-0,_~E}o~_:_THE SITUATION THE KHE SANlVI»iZAREA AND--COVERS THE 24-H0UR PERIOD FEBRUARY 24, 1968

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 3 (III), 5/26/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, but one of particular relevance here, which was a conference in New York sponsored by an organization called Peace Without War. November I believe. It was last And there then that was all on the record. I gave a talk on the issues of press relations

Folder, "February 11, 1968 - 4:30 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors - Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Clifford, Taylor," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

: I think they are good. Clark Clifford: They are firm and tough. They are what is needed. Secretary McNamara: Very good. The President: Is there anything new on the Pueblo? CIA Director Helms:. They moved the Pueblo into a new position

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 4 (IV), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

/oh or maybe it was Bowdoin [College] up in New England, and had had one summer as a copy boy at the New York Times and so on. He was a very active, very energetic Vietnamese whose family or wife ran a big English school. He understood the press

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol 7, Meeting Notes," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

Clifford Harry McPherson Walt Rostow George Christian Tom Johnson l)ECLASS FIED E.O. 12958, Sec. 3.6 NL.J erq- /S'j By ~ ,NARA Date ~-8-N. Walt Rostow: -~r. President, we met this morning in Harry McPherson's office along with Secretary Katzenbach, Clark

Folder, "February 10, 1968 - 3:17 p.m. Senior Foreign Affairs Advisors - Rusk, McNamara, Clifford, Rostow, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

. The President: That may be true. Clark Clifford: I hope we do not have to ask for a completely new program. This is a bad time to do it. On one hand the military has said we had quite a victory out there last week. On the other hand, they now say

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 3, Tabs RR-ZZ and a-d [2 of 2]," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

the feeling of security had been strong. Those who had been "within the protection of the · Government" found out how wlnerable they were. There is a fear of further attacks.and there are new opportunities for Communist . .:. propaganda and subversive

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 4, Tabs LL-ZZ and a-z," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

. also be covered in new tasking for CIA collection efforts. 1. 2. We should do more to exploit the intelligence as sets of other countries. The Australians, for example, should be encouraged to add at least one officer to-their :.Wlilitary Attache

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol 7, Meeting with the President and Draft Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

, for it would be folly to undertake i. I I I a brand new effort without realizing that a large number of people have spent •1 I extensive little time and effort effort persons to tell the story has been spent trying working with veterans

Oral history transcript, William DePuy, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

forces commander, oh, engineer detachments and some psyops people, and medics. They were called Special Action Forces, and that's when counterinsurgency was brand new. We were all very naive. We did all the things that Americans know how to do, like build

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 5, Tabs JJ-TT and CIA Memos," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

, Date_-3_. --~.__ •• j • I Wednesday, 7:25 AM MEMORANDUM FOR THE March 6, 1968 PRESIDENT A C-123 with a crew of 4 and 44 passengers was hit by Communist gunfire and crashed at Khe Sanh this• morning. Initial reports from the base indicate

Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 1 (I), 3/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the Pacific area. So he doesn't concentrate on it with the intensity that the J-2 MACV [does], but, yes, I followed it very closely; we had morning briefings similar to what they had in Saigon. G: Now, if I have the chronology right, you went out

Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Oberdorfer - 0: Well, I think it was late morning, thing, II - 7 perhaps

Oral history transcript, Lewis W. Walt, interview 1 (I), 1/24/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

against us here in the United States. Unfortunately, many of our news media--some of them unwittingly, some of them to make headlines--have picked up this propaganda and promulgated it all over the country--all over the world! And people have believed

Folder, "The President's file for Korea, Vietnam (Briefings)," Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 10 (Item)

~• Joe Califan {J\J Rostow, McPherson, Roche and I met this morning on the question of a Presidential statement to the people and to the Congress on the current situation in South Vietnam and the PUEBLO incident. After considering a wide variety

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 3, Tabs A-Z and AA-QQ," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

-- McCafferty 17 -- SitRoom 17 Wheeler 17 Excerpts VC critique memo, report msg, from ---------------------- offensive movements A ------------------- -------------------------- morning Memo, impending 17 JCS fact remarks items sheet, D 82d

Oral history transcript, Rufus Phillips, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

out and seeing what was actually happening in the countryside. And my report recommended a very radical overhaul of AID, with the creation of a new rural affairs division, but at the level of assistant to the director so that it took its authority

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Bunker Reports," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

declaration and intentions. I thmk Thieu was impressed with tl-le arg'1mer-ts for taking adv:antage of the present situation to mobilize greater popular .SU??Ort. The next morning, he held a 1neeting of the Natio11.al Security Council ar.tl includec

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 4, Tabs C-M," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Khe Sanh battle--------------------------------------- paper, vv xx announcement----------------------------- Msg, 31 -- Remarks CofS-- to appointment--------------------- new offensive 30 Rostow ss move

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 2, Tabs a-z," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

and interrogated by Saigon police, the-:-V-1e~Cong°pfaii..to.:.:.lfrg:-aiii~~~ ..~:ti'o, ti~o1.:Paople:!2.~:llM~.=-iiegoJiate~for peace,.: /.rhis new Front plans -t;·-• substitute General Duong Van Minh for Thieu and Ky as National Leader of South Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

/loh/oh 6 with operational detail, especially on issues which we couldn't affect on a day-to-day basis. Even so, the President is kept informed by his intelligence briefing in the morning, by those people down in the basement of the White House--you

Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 2 (II), 6/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the infiltration thing. And I have no doubt that in the subsequent programs a new phase will pop up, or in his book a new phase will pop up. He spins off of this central core of the guerrilla strength and whether these odds and sods, as the British would call

Oral history transcript, Joseph Alsop, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

never really told him what I thought about it, which is very simple. The trouble with Johnson and Viet Nam was that he was too clever by half. He had 150,000 troops on the ground before the New York Times admitted we were in a major war, literally

Oral history transcript, John P. (Gen.) McConnell, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

- We went around and visited some of his neighbor ranchers and went out and shot pistols at a target. He woke me up two mornings, served me orange juice and LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 2, Tabs A-Z and AA-ZZ, [2 of 2]," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

AND TACTICS OF THIS Ef\\E~'(o F~ENS\VE AR.cBfC()/'4\.N&CLEARER•BEGINNINGON 31 .:ANlJAR.i 1t-\E '4c PRoPAt\ OR6ANSANNOUNCED THE EXISTENCEOF A NEW ''R.E\JCL\Yt( ONPrft'I 4~M~O FOR.CE

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 4, Tabs N-Z and AA-KK," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

with this reasoning, be sent in numbers sufficient only to enable us to keep faith with our troops in exposed positions, as in the northern end of South ·viet-Nam -- and not to continue the past emphasis on "search and destroy." The new emphasis should

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 2, Tabs A-Z and AA-ZZ, [1 of 2]," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

conferred tion, and made the 0910 hours this morning I discussed the Khe Sanh by telephone with General Westmoreland. He had just from a visit.to northe~n I Corps Area during which he with senior commanders, personally surveyed the situa finalized

Folder, "March 22, 1968 Supplemental notes on meeting of the President with General Abrams," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

was at wit~ end on how to get people to report the war the way it is. He said he took Johnny Apple of the New York Times with him on one all-day excursion. He said they got out of the chopper at one RF post, the re was a province chief and American adviser

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 3, Tabs RR-ZZ and a-d [1 of 2]," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

..,,_ has been considerable, .. ~ inflated_by civilians.·. .. ; ~ .... _ ,,,._ incltli¼io~ ~~ To some extent .... by measures already taken. 2 - Heavy S•E•C ft•E•'f infiltration of both new units is continuing. made prior A strenuous

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 1a (I), 1/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

crisis was of course involved in that era. T: I might say that my first involvement with President Kennedy was as a result of the Bay of Pigs. I was in private life in New York at the time and was called down two days after the Cuban Brigade