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Folder, "[April 2, 1966 -1:30 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

to lunch with the President and Rusk and McNamara. Perhaps Rusk and McNamara ·could fly out and meet with various editorial boards -- ~ou~syille Courier Journal Time~ -- the night news papers - - St. L~uis _!'~st ~esE~tch_ - - Providence Journal

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

, his English was bilingual, very colloquial, and I did not have to tell him very much. fellow named Dinh Trinh Chinh was minister for a while. Another He had been educated at the University of Missouri journalism school, so he knew some. But most

Folder, "National Security Council - 1961 [1 of 3]," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 4 (Item)

to and be interpreted in such a way as to provide the needed flexibility freedom of action. Under this interpretation we would not, for example, be called upon for such a strong burden of proof as has been required in the past that the needed assistance

Folder, "National Security Council - 1961 [2 of 3]," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 4 (Item)

-IL Routes 1-IL s 1 Annually 1-IL Routes 1-IL Foreign Service Journal u l 1-t>nthl.y Intelligence s 5 1-t>nthl.y 4-M/R Routes 1-IL Studies Completed on Foreign Areas Analyst ~ntelligence /Intelligence IL Information Briefs Per

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 2 (II), 4/24/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and that would by and large be negative. Based on that specific, often negative [incident, the press] would draw conclusions that ended up being quite at variance with what the official channel of communication provided the Washington policy makers. You know

Oral history transcript, Frank McCulloch, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. That was not unique to journalism. I think that the entire U.S. command structure had exactly the same problems. You would discover, for instance, that young agency [CIA] or State Department or military people at the district level or lower had a pretty shrewd

Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

during the time he was at Sam Houston, the group that included: Edna Dato, Jake Kamin, Myrtle Lee Robbins, Ellie Jones, Gene Latimer. Through particularly Edna Dato, who later was the one to get me into journalism, I got to know Lyndon Johnson

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Wicker, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of which was the Winston-Salem Journal. I first went there in 1951, and the executive editor of the Winston-Salem Journal at that time was Wallace Carroll. He left and went to Washington as the assistant chief of the Washington Bureau of the New York

Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

: And that sort of cemented your relationship with him? G: Yes. K: Did it antagonize Wayne Morse at all? G: Oh, yes. K: When Kennedy came into office as president, he had, I guess because of his Catholicism, become very hemmed in on the issue of providing

Oral history transcript, Powell Moore, interview 1 (I), 1/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, was a member of the House Committee on Naval Affairs, \'Jhich Nr. Vinson was chairman of then. I went to a small military prep school and junior college in Milledgeville and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1959 with a degree in journalism. From

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)

on Secretary Rusk to review the discussions at the United Nations. Secretary Rusk: While at the United Nations I had sessions with the editorial boards of Newsweek, McGraw-Hill, and the Wall Street Journal. Those meetings were most profitable. On the Middle

Folder, "[September 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

Walter Ridder, Ridder Newspapers James Cary, Copley Newspapers Bernard Gwertzman, Washington star Richard stoiUey, I!fe Wayne Kelly, Atlanta Journal Cauley asked the President to discuss his philosophical approach to his office at this time in his service

Folder, "The Bertrand Russell 'Trial'," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 191 (Item)

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

the first combat troops to Vietnam, the marines, doing this and the instructions and he was explaining it, why he was that he had given these marines and so on . Well, it was very clear to me at the point that I was going back to daily journalism

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

problem. And a decision [was reached] in 1964 that there was an urban crisis; but [there was] an inability to focus on a great, bold, new, dramatic program to respond to it. The 1964 Task Force provided a highly sophisticated analysis of the main

Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 11/2/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

instance where they paid a GI to be filmed cutting the ears off of a dead VC. This sort of journalism wasn't something that anybody can be proud of. But all in all, I'd say that the press called the shots as their publishers saw them, and some were very

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 2 (II), 5/1/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

in his mind too, because Bill certainly demonstrated conclusively that you can be an extremely successful press secretary without ever having had any experience in journalism at all. I mean, my feeling is that Bill Moyers was the best presidential press

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

with a country that has as little established press traditions as Vietnam. There were, perhaps, two or three cases, maybe more, maybe a half dozen, where visas were refused. But even in providing visas, the Vietnam government was amazingly responsive
Survey (HES); the censorship issue; lifting Ev Martin's (Newsweek) credentials; Oriana Falacci; overall performance of the press in Vietnam; the Caravelle Bar issue; individual journalists characterized; TV journalism; Morley Safer; LBJ and the press

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 5, Tabs 281-292," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 2 (II), 3/20/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

How Jorden got into foreign policy government service from journalism; going to Vietnam to assess the situation in 1961 and the resulting white paper; Jorden’s Berlin Viability Plan and trip to Germany; Averell Harriman; working group

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

but techni ca lly attached to the Department of State. M: Did you have any contact with ~tr. Johnson personally prior to the time he was president, in your journalism days? J: Before he was president? M: Before he was vice president even. J: No, I

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 4 January 1964 - 28 April 1965," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

Folder, "VP Johnson's Trip - Far East - May, 1961," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 1 (Item)

and the will and determina to those willing tion or the u. s. too provide such aasiatance to fight for their liberties. It is natural that a large measure of agreement on the means to accomplish the joint purpose was found in high-level converaations between the two

Folder, "Bernard Quint," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)

: "• .. those who a.re equal before God shall •• •..• now also be equal in the polling booths, in the classrooms,· in the facto~ies, and in hotels, restaurants,: m~vi_e. th~a-~e~s,,_.a.nd other pla~es that provide service to the public. 11

Oral history transcript, Stanley Karnow, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Hugh Gardner Ackley, interview 2 (II), 3/7/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, I was really out of touch with the mainstream of academic economics. I wasn't reading the journals, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ

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

in order to provide more stimulus to the economy. At one time Jim Tobin charted the activity at the New York desk in terms of when we held meetings. Every time we were about to hold a meeting, the activity, those purchases at the New York desk of U.S

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

Oral history transcript, Frederick C. Belen, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

thing that we did was to provide that members' retirement, except for the formula of 2 1/2 per cent for each year of service, would include all of the general benefits that are a part of the retirement system for all federal employees . We came

Oral history transcript, Keyes Beech, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

saw my name in there--he was there for INS or Hearst--and he said, "Gee, if Beech is going to go, I got to go, too, or else I'll get a rocket from the New York Journal American "--or at least that's what I think he was thinking--and Jim Lucas . So

Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 2 (II), 3/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

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

Folder, "Cables, [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)

30 , 10*30 am . C IN CPAC FOR POL'AD LIM DIS . . OANH ASKED JOHNSON S E E HIM AT H I S HOME LATE YESTERDAY E V E N I N G , S A ID HE D E S I R E D INFORM US THAT IN ORDER PROVIDE LOCAL B A S I S ' FOR USE OF TROOPS IN SAIGON TO BACK UP P O L I C E

Oral history transcript, William H. Stewart, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

participated in writing it. M: It's always a group project. Was there any person in particular who gave you trouble on the Hill, or did it depedd on the issue? S: It depends on the issue. Since I was really providing technical information wherever I went

Oral history transcript, James C. Thomson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

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

and its fellow travelers in journalism, and everyone got edgier and more tense. If you sat down to dinner and someone made some stupid comment about the press, there was likely to be a very quick rejoinder. I think it is true that by the end of my tour I

Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Rather -- I -- 5 in Texas journalism [helped]. Mind you, Stuart didn't know me from toad hop; he had just sort of taken me into tow. F: He had heard of Houston. (Laughter) R

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)

in The United States has provided economic, technical, and mili tary assistance to Viet-Nam since 1950. After the Geneva accords of 1954 the U.S. M ilitary Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) became the only outside source of m ilitary aid for the Vietnamese

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

Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 1-10]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

there. I quickly adjusted myself there I became fairly active in debating. I don1 t recall quite how I got into that, but I got into debating and I got into journalism. I think I was the editor of the Explosion, as I recall it, our weekly newspaper. I

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