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Oral history transcript, Roger Hilsman, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Hilsman -- I -- 3 substantive or anything else. But after I resigned and was a critic, friends in the press tell me that Johnson tells a story about that evening that I just don't remember anything remotely like. I know it didn't happen the way he told

Folder, "October 30, 1968 - 10:10 a.m. Foreign Policy Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

. (Troop Contributing Countires) and to deal with Paris. If Thieu won't make complaints through Bunker rather than through other people and the press, I would be inclined to go ahead. We can't follow Thieu's speech. Our own people will want to know

Folder, "Vice President's Trip to Southeast Asia, May 9-24, 1961 (II)," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 1 (Item)

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

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ROBERTS -- I -- 4 There was a local reporter riding on the White House press bus. The only discussion I remember about possible crowd hostility
; the Kennedy staff that stayed to work for LBJ; LBJ’s relationship with the press compared to that of previous presidents; (dis)advantages of getting close to the president; LBJ’s relationship with Phil and Kay Graham; Great Society speech; type of access press

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, or maybe two or three, and it will be refined a little bit the next year, and ultimately something will come of it, but you don't always get the right answer the first time around but keep going back at it. Urban finance is a particularly pressing problem

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

--disagreement, within the embassy, and that the embassy was not leaking like a sieve, although when you have that sort of disagreement, the likelihood of leaks, I suppose, increases. What was the status of our relations with the press in Saigon at this time? F
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, Loyd Hackler, interview 2 (II), 6/2/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

] as long as we have the freedom that we have. our standpoint, this never was a major issue. And from The press would debate, argue, interpret, and put their interpretation on the figures. G: I was thinking specifically of the poverty program. The face
Folklore of LBJ; statistics and the press; George Christian; 1968 campaign; Moyers

Oral history transcript, Ray S. Cline, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in agreement, whereas by the time I was DOl the whole position had changed, and we still had to fight with those two guys but not much of anybody else. Once I was DOl I had pretty much a free hand to propagate our view, as the senior analyst. Well, at any

Folder, "JCS -- SIGMA I‑66, Fact Book, 9/66," Agency Files, NSF, Box 33 (Item)

Saigon's encourage ment ot a large turn-out. Fraudulent counting and government lies combined to pad the results but the real tacts were apparent to the people. Instead ot the high figure claimed by Ky in the Western press, no more than 30 percent

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Situation in Vietnam, 2/8/1965, Volume 3, Tab 29," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

. Senator Dirksen asked what use could be made of the information which he had h eard during the meeting. The President replied that he had instructed McGeorge Bundy to talk to the press, telling them as much as he possibly could without affecting

Folder, "January 31, 1968 - 8:40 a.m. Pueblo 13 - Breakfast with Congressional Leaders & Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

A.) The enemy has about 40, 000 men around Khesanh. You won 1t hear much in the press about how bad the enemy's bombing in Saigon was last night. You won't hear many speeches about the North Korean's attempt to cut off President Park 1 s head and to kill

Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of power of the North Atlantic area and particularly of North America and of Europe as this, shall I say, core of western strength in order to preserve the interests of the North Atlantic generally and the free world in particular, but also to project
-Proliferation Treaty; DeGaulle; American economic encroachment; effects of détente on NATO; Harmel exercise; INTERIM REPORT; press; institution of war.

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

Compilation of Presidential Documents; - Memoran~a Memoranda VOLUME 9 consists for the President on public affairs. of records from of White General House Taylor; Press and Conferences. On Sunday - evening announced it was officially shortly

Folder, "[December 23, 1967 - 8:50 p.m. Meeting with Pope Paul]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

the President gave to the Pope and to Cardinal Cicognani copies of a proposed press release dealing with thei conference. The Pope objected to a line near the end of the release which said "We will never surrender South Vietnam to aggression or attack." R

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Secretary McNamara's Mission to Vietnam; OAS Action on Venezuelan Arms Cache, 3/5/1964, Volume 1, Tab 4," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

further economic sanctions agains t Free i.'i orld !irm• trading with Cuba. There might fll5(. b e me rit ln making it stronger, especially ll the"me etlng produces some feeling that w e are willing to move in the direction of a blacklist. (Some stronger

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Manila Conference, 10/15/1966, Volume 4, Tab 47," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

the Free World forces t o cope with these threats. 3 . (TS) Recommended Ac tions . The Joint Chiefs of Staff concur in your general recomme n dations that we should continue to press the enemy mil i tarily, improve paci ficatio n programs, and atta i n

Oral history transcript, Lester R. Brown, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

residence in Rome away from the meetings and the press so that we could have detailed private discussions . Present at these sessions which were held, as I recall, every day for a week each morning from early morning to roughly mid-day were the Secretary

Folder, "January 29, 1968 - 1:40 p.m. Pueblo 9 - Senior Advisors - McNamara, Rusk, Katzenbach, Lodge, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

the blockade would end. 10. Application of free world economic pressure. Korean trade is not great with the free world. We would have trouble getting many of the countries such as Japan aboard. Walt Rostow said consideration was being given to advising

Folder, "February 9, 1968 - 11:02 a.m. Joint Chiefs of Staff," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

troops. This ratio was 1. 7 to 1 in December. It is 1. 4 to 1 today. In the DMZ and I Corps area, there is a 1 to 1 ratio. There are 79 enemy battalions in the 1st Corps area (60 North Vietnamese and 19 Viet Cong). In the same area there are 82 Free

Oral history transcript, Timothy May, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of President Kennedy's meeting with the Greater Houston Ministerial Alliance. At that stage of the campaign, or in that time, there was some suggestion and some belief, particularly in the South, that Kennedy's Catholicism would be an impediment to his free

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/31/1967 (Monday) (Item)

Press relations
Lynda Johnson & Luci Nugent's family at White House; Lady Bird has hair styled; family photos in Yellow Room; family outside for press photos; Luci gives press conference; Lady Bird works on Henry Branden's script; Lady Bird & Ashton keep LBJ

Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 11-20]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

arrived in NewYork, one of the--! don't remember--officials came on the plane and called out my nameand asked me to comeout and, as I came out, there was a big crowd of photographers and they thronged all around me. I was hustled into the press room

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

. I discussed why intelligence of this type is so important to us and why we do not escort these vessels. I also told them we are not preparing a way toward apologizing for the incident. The Meet the Press discussion was misinterpreted by many people

Oral history transcript, Dixon Donnelley, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

would logically come out of the White House at that particular time. And you may have read that this system came "a cropper" because on one day at the ranch, Joseph Laitin then an assistant press LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
House press apparatus; Dean Acheson; Dean Rusk; Senator Aiken; Congressman Moss; Mr. Rooney; Mr. Katzenbach; Eugene Rostow; the press; Joe Alsop; Vietnam coverage; mail; lag time in making records available; Douglas Cater; transition; Lady Bird; trip

Folder, "October 3, 1967 - 6:10 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Helms, Christian Robin Olds and Col. Cross," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

the guards at the Pentagon.. You can 1t imagine how they are faced with provocations. They do anything which would further aggravate the situation .. If we are asked, I think we should tell the press that we are prepared to maintain order. It is important

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Cutback in Nuclear Production; Secretary Rusk's Report on Vietnam; Asst. Secretary Bundy's Report on Laos, 4/22/1964, Volume 1, Tab 9," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

be en exaggerated. The security situation is much better th;-in as reported in the press. In the n1ost i·ecent large engagc1nent; the Vietnamese stood and fought very well. General Wheeler said he agreed. He called.·attention to a page one story

Folder, "[November 4, 1967 - 2:20 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

installations throughout the country so that he can salute the men "who keep me free." The President said that Eisenhower told him that we have forgotten what it means to be patriotic. The President said we need to get some of our secondary men like Kohler

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

and the press humility to his "One war at a time". concerning is brevity, some eighty Sandburg with its Mason and Slidell to the public the circumstances want another on same time." destination outcry While the Secretary was very and wisdom

Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

elected. F: You just wanted to give a free hand to a successor? E: I think any successor--by the way, I am now chairman of one Presidential Commission and a member of another. I got in touch with President-Elect Nixon immediately after the election

Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

on the campaign trail and he was mighty relieved. And that's about the extent of it in agriculture. My work in agriculture led me into a good deal of time in the trade field. This was an area that President Johnson felt very keenly about. He was a strong free
Biographical information; First impressions of LBJ as President; functioned initially as McPherson’s deputy; farm programs; free trade; Kennedy Round; draft system; personal opinion of President; authority in dealing with departments and agencies

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

a mission in and because for American reporters covering Phnom Penh the war, we rarely went anyplace where there was a North Vietnamese possible contact, just about everybody who went to Phnom Penh least a pass in at and the guy, day, in the press
Time limit in dealing with Vietnamese situation; the Tet Offensive; Weyand's role; press reaction; impact of Tet on South Vietnamese forces; intelligence; Cronkite's visit to Vietnam; the pacification programs; decision to write Tet!; subsequent

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/5/1966 (Monday) (Item)

Press relations
LBJ & Lady Bird to Detroit; Gov. Romney meets plane; LBJ gives speech with heckler in crowd; standing ovation; Lady Bird mentions LBJ's health; to Battle Creek, Michigan; 1948 Campaign; as child, Lady Bird went to Battle Creek Sanitarium with Aunt
Detroit, Michigan

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 1 (I), 4/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. It's of historical interest to say that that was the first and last conversation we ever had on the subject until totally to my surprise in 1966, he announced at a press conference that he had just appointed me Director, although he had

Oral history transcript, Frederick Nolting, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

supervised elections, whatever that might mean; it surely doesn't mean everything that it implies. But [it means] at least certain supervision of the fairness of the elections. Nevertheless, most of the press interpreted the elections as another

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

: . - - where we obey the laws of the sea, to· behave as pirates; and the other side feels free . -- where to attack; and the other .side feels free Authority ·B~ we defend the 38th parallel, DECLASSIFIED A .3-0~ ~1; NSe, J-.,)., ..al) .+:f

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 17-24," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

with good intent but bad results was in the wrong. 11 The United States ar~ China, (Third E.d., Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1971,)pp. 356-7. One can reflect on the validity of this view, and also on whether Americans, more than other Western

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 10, 12-16," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

, still the latter. So there had been so far handling as of policy the way the the visibility summer and case of early to contrast so that·I only others fall, to was and press his from So far of substance very of firss

Oral history transcript, William J. Connell, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

he had to do. He felt that he had to work on the inside--this was related with Kennedy and with Johnson--and he wanted to be free to say whatever he felt very strongly, but that once there was a public commitment, that he would support it. He also

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] U. S. Policy toward Vietnam, 3/17/1964, Volume 1, Tab 5," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

, and Mr. McGeorge Bundy, went to his office where a draft press statement was revised and lat e r issued. (Copy attached) Bromley Smith SEC RET-- .. IMMEDIATE RELEA3E Office of the White House Press Secretary

Oral history transcript, Karl E. Mundt, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. And that while he has taken half-way measures to concede to the Communists, to test them out and see whether they respond happily from his standpoint, he has also kind of relied on half-way measures as far as giving the military a free hand to go
; African affairs; Rostow and Dean Rusk; reaction to LBJ joining JFK’s ticket; SJRes 12 Amendment; 3/31 announcement; comparison of LBJ to other Presidents; LBJ’s weaknesses; the press.

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