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Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • of the Senate as Vice President at the time my confirmation hearing came up, and he noticed my name on the calendar. That afternoon, after the confirmation hearing, I was in the office of Robert Giaimo, the Democratic congressman from my Connecticut district
  • ; naming the 1st model cities; working with the White House as LBJ’s power waned; Robert Wood; Vietnam’s effect on domestic spending; problems with progressing from plans to action; difficulty with appropriation of funds; working in cooperation
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 23-31," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • of this par­ ticular study you mentioned did not have access. I never heard of the 8 study when you requested it. General Wlieeler was not aware of it. The author did not query General Wheeler or me about the actions we took today, or the actions
Oral history transcript, Julian J. Ewell, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • because most of the action took place down at the squad and platoon level, with some exceptions. You didn't have big operations, and it was almost impossible for a correspondent, particularly a TV correspondent, to get out where the action was. He
Oral history transcript, Elbridge Durbrow, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • ] about the instructions I asked for in September 1960 to help Diem to get a better hold on things and get things going in a better direction, more democratic and that sort of thing. Well, Wolf was all for me on that sort of busi- ness because the land
Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • the downfall of the Democratic Party and many people in the Congress can be explained by the war. In terms of the budgetary impact, I doubt whether it's a significant factor. Because the fact of the matter is that we haven't been able to get nearly as much
Folder, "Memos, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XVI, 8/16 - 31/64, 1 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)
  • COPY LBJ LIBRARY INCOMING TEIEGJIAM Department o f Sta. j .55 — Control: Rec'd: FROM: Be lg ra d e beigra de ACTION: S e c s ta te 290 , Immediate DATE: A u g ust 14, 5 p.m . Authority Info jQ A ID p ^ . ^ ^ IN R NSA OOD NIC RMR ^ ID
Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • thought, "Well, that's cheap. She'd pay a hundred for it in America." So I just took it right there. And after I had paid him he looked at me and he said, "You've only been in our country a short time I can tell. You didn't handle this very well. You mind
Oral history transcript, Clark Kerr, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
  • This is his last year before he leaves. He wants a plaque to be put up in the building or on the building where we met, where this historic action was taken to bring greater equality of opportunity for all young Americans through this system of grants based
Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 11-20]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • career and my life. with it. I don't think that anything else could quite compare The Court at Saint James, or the Court at Tokyo, are all more or less well knownand mundane, but presenting my credentials as Ambassadorof the United States of America
Oral history transcript, Curtis LeMay, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • America and bomb the air fields in Cuba. And then Cubans would land over in Florida and say that they were Cuban Air Force people that had defected, and they had participated in the bombing and so forth. This got tied up and wasn't very well executed
Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 1 (I), 9/20/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • it the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, not North Vietnam or South Vietnam. The fact that this is one country and you shove anybody in who's around. G: Another thing that puzzles me is the Tet attacks which, despite the disclaimers, were largely a surprise
Oral history transcript, George L. Mehren, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , at that time, for congressional liaison, was seconded over to the Democratic committee; I worked through filr. Birkhead. B: He was, technically, then I think, with Rural Americans for JohnsonHumphrey? t1: Yes. B: What were the circumstances of your being
Oral history transcript, Roger Hilsman, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • possible to have adopted the course of action that you were recommending at that time. fair understanding of it? It was not already set. Is that a LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the administration, which he, Lodge, as a Republican appointed by a Democratic president, was about to serve loyally and well, and more gung ho than anyone else. It was that sort of reaction, I think. I know Paul Kattenburg personally and have high regard for his
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume II, Tabs 18-22," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
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Oral history transcript, Eugene V. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • own defenses as that we've issued a warning against action LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • -- II -- 28 economists agreed--that tax cuts and tax increases should be used for stabilization purposes: try to fight inflation. tax cuts in recession~ tax increases to That's the basic theoretical analysis ·and research relating past tax actions
Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 3 (III), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • of this, but let Joe go without his having to suffer." I'll let you judge on the facts the significance of this type of action, which I don't think was the first or last of its kind. The result was the President did get a lot of criticism; the travel tax never
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , I guess this belongs over in the President's file, rather than my files." Of course, I wasn't suppose to see it--that it had been to all these guys. action. So that was my first It's very hard for me because by that time I was conduct- ing a lot
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • or something because I thought he had gone to London before this. At any rate, judging from what's in the file, including a chronology, this was not my action so I can't add anything to it. M: That's a good enough reason not to go into too much detail. Does
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • that it was a very unuise decision--one that I didn't think should be made. I \Vas concel'ned abou t '·iho could be, and Hould be the Pres iden t beginning in January '69. I thir,k one of my first thought;: '\vas that there was no Democrat that '-las capable
Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 4, Tabs 242-257," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)
  • V COPY LBJ LIBRARY I^COMl^G TELEGRAM Department o f State -'TW^'SECRET Action S3 Info 00 RUEKCH DE RUMJIR 1137A 2 2 /0 7 3 0 Z 0 2 2 0 7 1 4 2 ZZPi _____ ' fm AMEMBa S S Y C S A I S ^ rr* i . \v ' ■ • ; - i> :/ _________ TO RUEHCR
Folder, "April 30, 1968 - 1:25 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • the.n wholehearted •. . ' · The stJ.'ikine; time lag between the President's armou~ceraent and your official action strone;J.y suggests that the offer began e.s an off-hand . politiqal gesttu·e and now is being followed through in !m).Ch the scJile
Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ROBERTS -- I -- 6 bus, somebody had taken a shot at the President, but we had no reason to believe he had been hit. F: They had just an evasive action in a sense. R: For all we knew
Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin (Miscellaneous), 1964, 3 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)
  • O T ’ S. THE FOLLOWING INTERRELATED FACTORS WEIGHED AGAINST T H I S ACTION AND IN FAVOR OF LAUNCHING TICO A/C ASAPi Cl) T IM E ELEMENTI THERE WAS AN URGENCY ^ TO LAUNCH MAX EFFORT F I R S T S T R I K E AT 0423002 OR AS SOON t h e r a f t e r a s p o
Folder, "Memos, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XVI, 8/16 -31/64, 2 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)
  • Fleet struck at the bases and other facilities in North Viet-Nam which sup­ plied and supported the attacking boats. This latter action, as President Johnson told the nation that same night, was taken because “. . . repeated acts of violence against
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 32-33," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • . policy. In fo rm a ­ tio n a b o u t policy differences leaked to tlie press. em barr.Tssing th e Prem ier. G eneral K h a n h pn>test.ed for a tim e a b o u t h is g o v e rn m e n t’s independence of action, b u t on F rid a y p u b lic ly m odified his
Folder, "[Records of Actions, National Security Council Meetings, August 4, 11, 1964]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF DOCUMENT RESTR ICTI ON DATE CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE NSC Action 2497 lp • .Secret /VLJ Si3 - l? D n .. " .. FILE LOCAT ION Meeting Notes File, Box l
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Folder, "[Records of Actions, National Security Council Meetings, August 4, 11, 1964]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1
Telephone conversation # 8141, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/15/1965, 5:50PM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • MCNAMARA UPDATES LBJ ON REBEL ACTION, US CASUALTIES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, MILITARY ACTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM; VIET CONG, SOUTH VIETNAM CASUALTIES; MILITARY PAY BILL; UPCOMING ROLLING THUNDER, B-52 OPERATIONS; UK COMMONWEALTH PEACE INITIATIVE
Telephone conversation # 7622, sound recording, LBJ and WH SITUATION ROOM, 5/11/1965, 5:52AM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • LBJ REQUESTS REPORT ON ACTIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND VIETNAM LAST NIGHT; WH SITUATION ROOM REPORTS THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, REPORTS ON STATUS OF AIR STRIKES IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 7552, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 5/3/1965, 11:15AM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH BETANCOURT; BETANCOURT'S VIEWS ON DOMINICAN CRISIS, PRIOR OAS APPROVAL FOR US ACTION; FUTURE LEADERSHIP IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ADDITIONAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS; SENATE VIETNAM CRITICS; CONSULTATION WITH ALLIES
Telephone conversation # 7565, sound recording, LBJ and WH SITUATION ROOM, 5/4/1965, 8:16AM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • DUTY OFFICER READS REPORTS ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; OAS COMMISSION; US FORCES, CASUALTIES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EVACUATION STATISTICS; HUMANITARIAN AID; UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION; OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING; VIETNAM AIR MISSIONS
Telephone conversation # 7577, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/4/1965, 4:49PM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HEARINGS IN HOUSE COMMITTEES ON SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR VIETNAM MILITARY NEEDS; SENATE ACTION; OAS COMMISSION'S REQUEST FOR EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ZONE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; PRESS COVERAGE OF HEARINGS
Telephone conversation # 7582, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 5/5/1965, 11:55AM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • LBJ LOBBIES FOR PASSAGE OF SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS BILL; BILL AS SHOW OF CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM POLICY; MAHON'S CONCERNS ABOUT TERRORISM; LBJ DEFENDS US ACTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; OAS ROLE; ENEMY CASUALTIES IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9179, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/17/1965, 12:28PM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ HE BELIEVES HE, THOMAS MANN HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON COPPER PRICE ROLLBACK, STOCKPILE RELEASE WITH LEADERS OF ANACONDA, KENNECOTT; DETAILS OF AGREEMENT; NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHILE FOLLOWING DOMESTIC ACTION; CABINET MEETING ON ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 8166, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/21/1965, 12:05PM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • RESULTS OF GROUND, AIR ACTION AGAINST VIET CONG IN SOUTH VIETNAM; POOR PRESS COVERAGE OF RAID; GUAM OR OKINAWA AS AIR OPERATIONS BASE; BRIEFING FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON RAID; LABOR STRIKE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ANNOUNCEMENT OF VIETNAM TROOP
Telephone conversation # 7838, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/27/1965, 7:03PM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • MCNAMARA WISHES LBJ A GOOD WEEKEND; LBJ TELLS MCNAMARA TO CONSULT WITH DAVID BRUCE, GEORGE MCGHEE, LYMAN LEMNITZER ON POSSIBLE REACTION TO UNNAMED ACTION (IN VIETNAM?); DISCUSSION OF US TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, LANGUAGE FOR LBJ'S
Telephone conversation # 9493, sound recording, LBJ and STEWART UDALL, 1/14/1966, 10:15AM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • POSSIBLE US ACTION IN RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA'S INCREASE IN RESIDUAL OIL PRICE; POSSIBLE INCREASE IN US COAL PRODUCTION OR BARTER ARRANGEMENTS WITH OTHER OIL PRODUCERS; PAN AMERICAN SULPHUR COMPANY PRICE INCREASE; LBJ'S IDEAS FOR DESIGN OF LBJ STATE
Telephone conversation # 9541, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 1/28/1966, 4:26PM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • HHH DISCUSSES PLAN TO GO TO GREENBRIER RESORT TONIGHT, RETURN TO WH FOR VIETNAM MEETING TOMORROW; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT HHH'S RETURN WILL LEAK, ALERT NORTH VIETNAM TO US MILITARY ACTION, REMINISCES ABOUT LEAK OF JCS LETTER DURING CUBAN MISSILE
Telephone conversation # 11363, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/16/1967, 6:17PM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • LESTER MADDOX'S REQUEST TO MEET WITH LBJ ON HIGHWAY FUNDS; RUSSELL PRAISES MADDOX'S ACTIONS AS GOV.; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO HOLD DOWN SPENDING; DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUTHORIZATIONS, EXPENDITURES; HOUSING, HIGHWAY FUNDS; COPPER SHORTAGE; US ECONOMY