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

, who was the co-chairman--Woodrow is now a federal judge-was the leader of the liberal wing and certainly was a Kennedy man. think the Reverend [Herbert] think that's his name, was the one Meza~ I who proposed the idea originally. I Woodrow

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

was [Commander Herbert L.] Ogier, I believe that's correct--what did they know about the South Vietnamese operations? Were they told, "Don't go near here on such-and-such a day, you may get mixed up in something," something to that effect? M: No, I don't think

Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

about the only one he can talk to, in that nature, and as far as I know, well maybe the only one that didn't quite do it that way was Roosevelt at first with Herbert Hoover. But before Mr. Roosevelt got out of his office he was talking to Mr. Hoover

Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

talking about--went into people's homes. ments. We walked the streets at night. We went into block meetings of Negroes. extreme militants. [inaudible]. level. We went into apartWe talked to some We saw a good number of projects which were being

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

for eight hours or seven hours or whatever it was. So his background then, he started working in this field about 1954. And another person [who is] interesting I should put [in here], he had a fellow on his staff named Herbert J. Waters. Herb Waters

Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 1 (I), 9/20/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

order of battle, the official MACV order of battle disappeared. There's nobody left. This is reflected, and I now believe quite accurately, in Herbert Schandler's book called The Unmaking of a President. And I'm now going to paraphrase a quote which

Folder, "South Vietnam and U.S. Policies [X-File] [2 of 2]," Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 19 (Item)

Washington, D. C., Wednesday, July 9, 1969 .. ~ White Reports Nixon Backer ~Tried to Block Peace ·Talks i-1: . By HARRY KELLY Ass

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

". -- precinct by precinct, block by block, house by house, and farm by :farm. It should be as hard to move from one precinct to another or from one village to another in South Viet-Nam as it is ) today in North Viet-Nam. All this should mean fewer U

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

of total amount. We had persuaded the Treasury that eleven or twel ve bill ion was far better than their two or three billion. What I'm really saying adds up to the proposition that the heads of economists were on the chopping block as never before

Folder, "South Vietnam and U.S. Policies [X-File] [1 of 2], Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 19 (Item)

Folder, "March 26, 1968 - 3:15 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors (Item)

as a shield to permit the South Vietnamese society to develop as well as North Vietnamese society has been able to do. We need to organize South Vietnam on a block-by-block, precinct-by- precinct basis. Dougla8 Dillon: We should change the emphasis. I agree

Folder, "[March 26, 1968 - 3:15 p.m. Meeting with Special Advisory Group, Cabinet Room (added to Meeting Notes File on 4-6-82)]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

to organize South Vietnam on a block-by-block, precinct-by- precinct basis. Douglas Dillon: We should change the emphasis. I agree with Acheson. The briefing last night led me to conclude we cannot achieve a military victory. I would agree with Lodge that we

Memorandum # 328, Presidential Decisions with Respect to Vietnam, 4/6/1965 (Item)

to the Soviets and other third countries, but also offers many advantages. ~OP SE€RE'f - 3 Air operation in Laos, particularly route blocking operations in the Panhandle area, should be stepped up to the maximum remunera tive rate. 10. Ambassador

Folder, "September 9, 1968 - 5:45 p.m. President's meeting with House leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

they will not move against Berlin or Romania from Dobrynin. Bi-lateral relations with the USSR have been deeply affected. Czechoslovakia does not necessarily block the ABM discussions. Vietnam remains with us. the Middle East is still there. The world still has big

Folder, "October 14, 1968 - Foreign Policy Advisory Group meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

of Berlin. Throughout, he had used Secretary Rusk's language. When asked about what the U. S. would do if access to Berlin were blocked, he had said: The U. S. will take appropriate action in case of interference with ingress or egress to or from

Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, who I thought was extremely valuable to me, was Bernard Fall, who only blocks from my house and was almost a neighbor and asking for his assistance . lived a few I remember of mine . going to see him, telling him that I was going to Vietnam

Folder, "NSAM # 328: Presidential Decisions with Respect to Vietnam, 4/6/1965," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 6 (Item)

countries, but also offers many advantages. ~OP SEeRE'±- . •• I • I ..,q:op SECRET - 3 - Air operation in Laos, particularly route blocking operations in the Panhandle area, should be stepped up to the maximum remunera tive rate. 10. Ambassador

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam, 3/26/1965, Volume 3, Tab 32," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

that the Chinese Communists are blocking Soviet efforts to send aid to North Vietnam. There are some indications that this is being done, such as the refusal of overflight clearances for Soviet planes flying materiel to North Vietnam. Secretary Rusk

Folder, "[February 24, 1966 Meeting with Congressional Leaders]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

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Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Report by Sec. Rusk on the NATO meeting at the Hague; Report by Sec. McNamara on his trip to Vietnam, 5/15/1964, Volume 2, Tab 4," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

are cooperating with us in the effort to block trade with Cuba. TOP 6ECRE'f' :, ' . .: ~P-SEC!t~I - 2 5. Tripartite Talks -- There was a tripartite discussion of the problem of dealing with the reunification of Germany. Our posi tion

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for Tuesday Luncheon, February 6, 1968]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

as selling arms to block Soviet military aid, because the issue is now much broader. We have reached the point in Jordan where the question is whether they think they have a better chance of achieving their objectives with US or Soviet help. If we are ending

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

?" said, "Yes ." He said, "How come John's a member and I'm not?" I I said, "Well, John was born to it . He was president of the student body at the University of Texas ." We drove two more blocks, three more blocks over towards the Texas, and we

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

of the combined intelligence staff predicts that this will be abhorrent to the public and will cause a strong reaction against the Viet Cong. Fighting is still going on in Hue as both US and ARVN forces maneuver to block any retreat from the citadel area. The AR

Oral history transcript, John Peter Flynn, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robinson Risner, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Risner -- I -- 27 everyone into the camp in downtown Hanoi, behind one wall, which covered almost a block, so that we were all together for the first time. G: You mentioned the so-called

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

Oral history transcript, Charles A. Morris, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Folder, "February 28, 1968 - 8:35 a.m. Gen. Wheeler"s trip to Vietnam discussion with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

province towns could have been overrun. The second surprise I had was that we came very close to losing Tan Son Nhut Air Base. It was touch and go there. This attack was blocked by battalions coming in and hitting the enemy from the rear. It was closeo

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/3/1968 (Sunday) (Item)

an d I a n d Opal an d the o th e r l a d i e s w alk ed a c r o s s the r e d c a r p e t (it s e e m e d lik e a MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE O WASHINGTON Sunday, N o v e m b e r 3, 1968 Page 4 fu ll c ity block) to the c e n t e r of th a t v

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)

for all GI those who -..var..t to have the job to expl'ess themselves to the people .. He said he v,ras considering ~\velcoming all corn.ers to come out with their programs. Secretary lv1cNa"l:nara.: out on the block. I do not think that fae :Ce:noc1~ats

Folder, "September 17, 1968 - Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

~ · ·(Sec.; Rusk;·. Mr. Helms) . 't .·

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for Tuesday Luncheon, September 17, 1968]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

Negotiations. (Sec. Rusk) Situation report. 6. Czechoslovak Situation. (Sec. Rusk; Mr. Helms) Situation report. 7. Block in Senate Foreign Relations Conunittee. (Sec. Rusk) A quorum hard to come by. What, if anything, should we urge Sen

Oral history transcript, Thomas H. (Admiral) Moorer, interview 1 (I), 8/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

felt very strongly we should have mined Haiphong harbor at a time when it was not used very often, and therefore ships that would have entered subsequently would have been coming in at their own risk, rather than having them already in and blocking them

Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 2 (II), 3/17/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

in Oregon, and I asked him if he would ask the Senator what he intended to do about this, that I wanted to know now whether he was going to continue to block it, or was [he] willing to try to let it go through. Within a couple of hours, I had word back

Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 4 (IV), 1/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Nitze -- IV -- 8 Toward the end of his tour of duty, some of the Congressmen came to resent the fact that Mr. McNamara had been so successful during the preceding years, and began to throw road blocks in his

Folder, "C.F.- BE 5-7 Economic Planning for the End of Hostilities (Post-War Planning)," WHCF Confidential Files, Box 3 (Item)

(such as block grants or rev.e nue sharing), it is clear that we will have to (a) do our very best to hold down the post-Vietnam defense budget, (b) avoid increases in spending under low-priority civilian programs, and (c) forego, for the next few years at least

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

a security platoon in each South Vietn~ese vil.la.ge. Regular South Viet namese forces were shifted to guard the western border and as sumed blocking positions south of the demilitarized zone. T~e DS backed a ~ssive,internationally sponsored development

Folder, "October 29, 1968 - 2:30 a.m. Meeting with the President's Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

the Fortas affair - - to block. He was taking public positions intended to achieve that end. They w 'o uld incite Saigon to be difficult, and Hanoi to wait. Part of his strategy was an expectation that an offensive would break out soon, that we would have

Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, we had blocked off part of the hall because we had feared that we wouldn't be able to fill the hall . We had called all the union people and senior citizens people to get them into the hall . We had to tear down the part of the partition that we

Folder, "[September 6, 1967 - 11:09 a.m. Meeting with Vietnam Election Observers]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

, but are perplexed by domestic riots that destroy their homes. - 3 He said they are also concerned about a Congress that seems to react to the few Negro extremists to block programs that Negro soldiers and their families need. William P. Gullander