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Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 2 (II), 12/10/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • ? N: The San Antonio speech, for instance, was drafted by many different people, and I think the final drafts were worked out by Mr. [Nicholas] Katzenbach, Mr. [Walt?] Rostow, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Khe Sanh Reports, T-Z and AA-QQ," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)
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Oral history transcript, William C. Trueheart, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , after the Johnson visit early in the year and after the [Eugene] Staley mission and so on. When I got there the [Walt] Rostow-[r~axwell] Taylor mission was there. I think they'd arrived a couple of days before, and they were going through
  • Circumstances of assignment to Vietnam; attitude toward Diem; Edward Lansdale; meeting with LBJ; Taylor-Rostow mission; the Thompson mission; Trueheart Commission; strategic hamlet program; meetings with Diem; Mike Mansfield visit; Buddhists; period
Folder, "South Vietnam and U.S. Policies [X-File] [2 of 2]," Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 19 (Item)
  • See all scanned items from Files of Walt Rostow Box 19
  • Folder, "South Vietnam and U.S. Policies [X-File] [2 of 2]," Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 19
  • Files of Walt W. Rostow
Oral history transcript, John P. (Gen.) McConnell, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • it was not dealing directly with the President? McC: Walt Rostow. McS: Only Mr. Rostow? McC: He was the main one because he was his assistant for military affairs. Naturally, he ~as the one. anyone else, I believe. All of us worked with Walt more than LBJ
Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 2 (II), 12/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • with his foreign minister and his deputy prime minister, and a member of his staff who is roughly the equivalent of Walt Rostow, and with others. I had seen most of the senior people in the government. He knew by that time that contrary to the press
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 3, Tabs RR-ZZ and a-d [2 of 2]," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)
  • the cioctL.""l"'.entwhlch V{csty tam.1rriarlzed earlie-r and ~.thich Oen. Wheeler referred to at length at breakfast thla morning. I have marked The recurrent striking. w. the key passages. no!e of urgency ls W. Rostow ~j;~14~ c; CO~Jli'l;c~~iTlAL
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Khe Sanh Reports, A-S," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)
  • , February 2:00 p. m., Mr. President: Herewith Gen. Wheeler 8, 1968 . ~:,~t a supplementary on Khe Sanh. ,JI~ from Rostow \ . TOP Si:CR ET D~CLASS!fIED Au· ority 7 e~~-=U..R'~~~ , NA~S,-Date 3-/t-i/- w~~lt)~- ....... I , -a .. --I
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 4 (IV), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Jorden -- IV -- 12 called Dean Rusk--(Laughter)--and Dean Rusk called Averell Harriman, and so on and so on. Well, I got a call from Walt Rostow, and he said, "What's this about progress?" and so on and so on. use the word
Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • . These would be Cabinet meetings, National Security Council meetings, and then, when Walt Rostow became the special assi stant for nat; ona 1 security affai rs, President Johnson started the so-called Tuesday Luncheons, which I always attended. the regular
Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 3 (III), 6/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Rostow. Do you have any recollection of his being considered? B: Very slightly. I know Eugene Rostow in another area, I don't know whether I'm recalling LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
Folder, "The Bertrand Russell 'Trial'," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 191 (Item)
  • ~UOKLM 067A UNCLAS :-lA'.·1ELY, PEACE rn VIET-NAM, BUT THAT, ON OTHER HAND, S1:JEDISH LAW ON FTn::r::no~1ASSEMBZY AND fi!1EE:DOM SPF.f::CH T,1ADEIT r1POSS IBLE PREVENT IBIBTJNAL FROMHOLDING SESSION S':!EDEM AS PRIVATELY ORGANIZED AFFAIR. ROSTOW DID
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/14/1969 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • I ask ed C lay M cPherson, whose husband H arry had been la b o r in g on th e sp e e c h , George C h r i s t i a n ' s w if e , Jo Anne, and d e a r E ls p e th Rostow, whose husband h a s worked h a rd e r and endured more o f th e o r d e a ls co
Folder, "3 Q BLACK SHIELD Photography, 7/67 - 11/67," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 88 (Item)
  • , D.C. 20506 DECLASSIFIED ' Authority RAC ll>P7 3 By ~ NARAt Date ~- 5 -£-'i&' 15 August 1967 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. ROSTOW Attached are the prints from which the blowups were made, which you received earlier today. These were transmitted via
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/14/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • End of weekend with Walt Rostow family; Air Force One from Austin to Washington, D.C.; Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Burg are houseguests; Paris Peace Talks; announcement about Lynda Robb's pregnancy; dinner for Imelda Marcos of the Philippines; office work
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/28/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • , Lady Bird & guests drive the LBJ Ranch & Scharnhorst; LBJ, Luci & guests attend Catholic mass; Thanksgiving dinner for 20 guests; Lady Bird mentions reasons to be thankful; Walt Rostow plays hymns on piano; Johnsons interview & hire couple for ranch
Folder, "February 18, 1968 - 8 a.m. President's breakfast with boys on the Aircraft Carrier Constellation," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • said "Anything. What goes on that could be corrected. 11 Sailor said "I would hit them more." President explained they would come back at us and there were many more of them than us. Then he was asked about hitting their supply ships. Rostow said
Folder, "May 14, 1968 - 3:04 p.m. President's meeting with his Cabinet," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • , -- -· " - ...... ... ....... -·--·--·-·---·---- .... .. __ _.. __ . ..... ··-:= ;-.,, ·. -- -~- · ·-- - -- · - -- Secretary Cohen Secretary Wirtz Joe Califano · Arthur Okun Director Zwick ·Doug Cater Walt Rostow George Christian · Harry McPherson George Reedy Charles Maguire Ernest Goldstein Tom Johnson
Folder, "[July 27, 1965 National Security Council Meeting; Joint Leadership Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • while, as a first installment I enclose two memoranda that I did prepare last winter when Walt Rostow first asked me to check my files and see what I had on important meetings in 1965. These two meetings may relate to the formal discus­ sions
Folder, "[Briefing Papers for Tuesday Luncheon, September 17, 1968]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
Folder, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • with six columnists and commentators on the White House balcony on August 11, 1967. Those attending were: The President Bill White Richard Wilson Roscoe Drummond John Chancellor Bill Lawrence Dan Rather George Christian Walt Rostow Bob Fleming The President
Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 3 (III), 9/14/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • in unifying their own people and in using the many forms of aid the U.S. would give. Nor did I anticipate the domestic divisions in the U.S. that eventually forced us to abandon our allies and come home in humiliation. G: Walt Rostow has said
Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 3 (III), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • of the export program, because the trade balance is another aspect of it. Sometime in October or November (and you'll have to use externals for exact dates), I received a phone call from Walt Rostow, I believe, saying that he understood from the President
Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • --I've forgotten what it was--but it was at the time when Khe Sahn was being be sieged and I had to deal with Walt Rostow to determine how much we were going to hold on, to get--Khe Sahn in words, In other words, were we going to make a permanent
Folder, "C.F.- BE 5-7 Economic Planning for the End of Hostilities (Post-War Planning)," WHCF Confidential Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON May 18, 1967 Z:30 p.m. Mr. President: 0,\J 1'-. Reference is made to a memorandum from Walt Rostow to you dated May 12, 1967, relating to Henry Owen's planning idea post-Vietnam. While obviously the Administration has made
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Monetary Issues, Vietnam, UN, 11/25/1968, Volume 5, Tab 76," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)
  • Assistant Secretary Sis c o Secretary of Defense Clifford Secretary of Treasury Fowler CIA Director Helms JCS Chairman Wheeler George Christian Walt Rostow Bromley Smith Ed Fried Torn Johnson The Vice President and OEP Director Daniel were out
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 4, Tabs N-Z and AA-KK," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)
  • yours, Enclosure The Honorable Walt W. Rostow Special Assistant to the President The White House T0P SECREl - NOD!s DECLASSIFIED Authority By STATEletter [~ - 7 '1J xrrta(j , NARS, Date 7- ~S'--, -~ I DECLASSIFIED Auth0 rity STATE letter APR2 5
Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 1-9," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 2, Tabs a-z," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)
  • 1968 ----....;:..- Mr. Walter Rostow The White House Dear Mr. Rostow:l~ Last eveni~you asked if I would give you my personal op1n1on as to the situation at Khe Sanh, and also the defensibility of the Khe Sanh area. First, let me say that I left South
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 5, Tabs A-Z and AA-II," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)
  • WH DATE IOOtll, -:t f't=,-ftr/i r 1f ftt~"'& 1r. -- eAP69434 ¼ 1' -&2fr8fu-a tr - I secret to Rostow from situation room, CAP80437 2 p 02/18/-- WH to president WH top secret from Situation A -- JI room CAP80503 3 p 02/23/68
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol 7, Meeting with the President and Draft Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)
  • secret meeting with the top secret to president from Rostow (duplicates president (duplicates #4) #3) 2-p- -03/-04 /-6-8 A l-p 02/1.3.L-68 A 2 p 03/04/68 A 3 p 03/04/68 A ~
Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 15 and Mac Bundy and Walt Rostow and others whom I can't remember, in which I felt it my duty to, despite some contrary advice from some of my colleagues, to tell the president exactly what had been said. It didn't seem
Oral history transcript, Harrison Salisbury, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • something up, I think working through Walt Rostow. But all this produced was that Rostow said he would be delighted to talk to me but the President didn't want to talk to me. I said I wasn't interested in talking to Walt because I knew perfectly well, I
Oral history transcript, Lyman Lemnitzer, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • Vietnamese army was hav ing a tough time. L: Very. G: Did we consider at least contingency plans at that time for sending in U.S. troops? L: No, not in that particular period, not in 1961. G: Now, I know that General Taylor and Mr. [Walt] Rostow went
Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • the mission headed by General /Maxwell D ./ Taylor and Walt Rostow went to Vietnam, I was very active on Secretary McNamara's behalf in the policy review that followed the return of that mission . And that policy review included a number of meetings over
Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 2 (II), 7/17/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • . C: Exactly. They weren't very consequential. principle of the thing. But it was a kind of a There was a feeling on the part of some people-- M: Now, was this primarily Rusk and Rostow? C: Rusk and Rostow, primarily; there may have been
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/31/1968 (Sunday) (Item)
  • speech; LBJ's decision not to run again; LBJ meets with Walt Rostow, Averell Harriman & Ambassador Dobrynin; relationship of LBJ with Luci & Pat; LBJ makes speech in Oval Office; Johnsons receive several calls; Lady Bird discusses LBJ Library; LBJ meets
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/11/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ,ttnd :there were close staff members--the _Joe Califanos, '1\~e George Christians and Walt Rostows, and the .Marvin Watsons and relative.a of most of the honor guests. all. The 0 1 Briens had not put on any guests at It surprised me pleasantly
Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 1a (I), 1/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 7 Walt Rostow and four or five other representatives of the government to examine the situation and make recommendations--which turned out to be a rather historic mission because
Oral history transcript, Richard H. Rovere, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • , "Who the hell gave us Johnson? us Dean Rusk? Who gave us McNamara? Rostow brothers?" ~'Jho gave Who gave us the Bundys and the You know, Kennedy did or the Establishment did. and they stayed on under Johnson and there they 1tJere. I suppose