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- with the President of Pakistan [Ayub Khan] while we were there, about two hours. Then we went on to Rome, where the President met the Pope, and then on back to Washington. G: You're right. That's perhaps the trip you're talking about. Now, there was about fifteen
- to be in Paris when the Germans invaded France, when they crossed the border. sisters was with me. I was in my mother's apartment in Paris. Here we were with a car and very little gasoline, and no coupons for more gasoline, not knowing what to do. Paul
- in the cockpit looking over my shoulder. remember where it was. Wei re going somewhere· I doni t even But he often came into the cockpit, kidded me some .. M: Pretty relaxed i ndi vi dua l? C: Very much so. He rested whenever he could on the airplane. I
- with it the offices of Pope and chairman of the board of the House of Morgan." That's a reflection of the view of the press at that stage of the game. F: He didn't \'/ant to step down to the presidency. A: He didn't want to step down. He was waiting
- ' 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://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh l 1 INT ERV I Ei~ VI DATE
- Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 6 (VI), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: PAUL C. WARNKE INTERVIEWER: DOROTHY PIERCE January P: l5~ Mr. More on LBJ Library oral
- See all online interviews with Paul C. Warnke
- Warnke, Paul C. (Paul Culliton), 1920-2001
- Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
- Paul C. Warnke
- , 1968 INTERVIEWEE: PAUL H. NITZE INTERVIEWER: DOROTHY PIERCE Tape 2 P: Mr. Nitze, this is our third interview [first two interviews on one tape], and today is Thursday, December 26, and we're in your offices. We had left off discussing our
- See all online interviews with Paul Henry Nitze
- Nitze, Paul H. (Paul Henry), 1907-2004
- Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 3 (III), 12/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
- Paul Henry Nitze
- , forget it, You can get along with Paul Harkins. II I hadn't met Hark ins at that time. The person that backed me on this was Averell Harriman. Since we couldn't get any satisfaction vis-a-vis the Defense Department or any positive position out
- Situation on arrival in Vietnam as Ambassador; Chief of MAAG; General McGarr; Taylor-Rostow mission; Ed Lansdale; task force chaired by Roswell Gilpatric; impressions after traveling in the provinces; Viet Cong tenacity; Colonel John Paul Vann
- r2co11:i~::ndations. They' re: go'ir:g to approach th: ~1:1 0 'Iii th skepticism. S: I agi-·t:2 viith trnt und I think that's very sound. LGJ: Anj I think he's got to h1ve his bill. \·i2 1 ve 9ot six months) vi·:-! So . . . . H2 1 s sitting
- with school integration at that point, and the application of Title VI and all of the rest. And I think he wanted to get this job done; we did it for him in the appointed time. M: Did he see you personally less than other Presidents, he had less personal
- . In my knowledge of the Council, which goes back to 1951 when Paul Nitze was here, there's never been such a requirement . I think the Council would be unworkable if there were such a requirement . The head of the Council has always had direct access
Oral history transcript, James C. Thomson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- , and them under the American flag . That was the crux of the problem . M: So the heat then came from the shipbuilders? B: Shipbuilders and the unions . And the problem was further exacerbated by the fact that the Maritime Union, the SIU, Paul Hall's
- , 1981 INTERVIEWEE: PAUL D. HARKINS INTERVIEWER: TED GITTINGER PLACE: General Harkins' residence, Dallas, Texas Tape 1 of 2 G: General Harkins, will you begin by giving us a brief sketch of your military career before your assignment to Vietnam
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- Harkins, Paul D. (Paul Donal), 1904-
- Oral history transcript, Paul D. Harkins, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1981, by Ted Gittinger
- Paul D. Harkins
- . I announced in January of that year I believe, so, yes, I was an early announcer. G: I've heard a story about that campaign or read it in Senator [Paul] Douglas' memoirs that showed your independence. M: Yes, that story became quite famous
Oral history transcript, Patricia Roberts Harris, interview 1 (I), 5/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell
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- (?) probably did the best job of articulating what has come to be the accepted American position, vis-a-vis Negro citizens. It has certainly accelerated over the last few years and in many ways I supppse gotten somewhat raucous and somewhat thoughtless
- , 1985 INTERVIEWEE: GEORGE INTERVIEWER: Ted PLACE: JACOBSON Gittinger Colonel Jacobson's residence, Reston, Virginia Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: You just said that you would like to say some words about your friend, John Paul Vann. J: Yes. I think
- Jacobson's opinion of John Paul Vann; Vann's work for Agency for International Development (AID) in Vietnam and his death; Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) relations with the press, including Joseph Alsop, Don Oberdorfer, Peter Braestrup
- to cut down the number and take out certain ones like, oh, the Public Accommodations Bill, and Title VI particularly, dealing with withholding of federal funds. It was their opinion, even after the March on Washington, that this was just impossible
- to go back out there. Well, I had mixed emotions about it, but I was excited about the possibilities. see what could be done. I could I had some reservations about the political situation vis-a-vis Diem. G: What was that all about? P: I had a lot
- the Vietnamese wanted to accomplish; the Buddhist crisis of 1963; programs involving pigs and fertilizer; progress reports and their depiction of events vs. eye witness accounts; coup in Vietnam; Ed Lansdale; Big [Duong Van] Minh; Diem’s assassination; John Paul
- got to have. wouldn't get otherwise. too. That's good, because you get things you It's no good unless you go the other route, So I had some friends over there, notably Colonel John Paul Vann and some others, and I got them to come in. these places
- produce the speeches that had been drafted for the trip, and they read through some of them and Kennedy made a few suggestions. Johnson was very formal and sat on the edge of his chair. Red [Paul B., Jr.] Fay has told me about the meeting; he
- appointment beginning in 1964 when you were called for the i ntervi ew and appoi nted vi ce chi ef? McC: Well, he asked me to come over and see him and he asked me if I was interested in the job of vice chief. I told him, "Yes." He asked me if I
- McConnell, John P. (John Paul), 1908-1986
- ." That was a tangible kind of a thing. It was jus t like saying, ""We have a 10-s tory building to build; ,ve I ve already buil t t,vo stories, "_;vI: It cos ts so much dollars to build additional s tories-- R: Right! ~!at wasn't a difficult budget at all. I
Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- . In West Vi rginia it became very , very obvious when Senator Byrd really took off after John Kennedy that he was being spo nsored by Lyndon Johnson . Our only concern at that moment, despite \'le had our own political pr oblems, was Bobby Baker . Kennedy
Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- with Paul Kilday and George Mahon--those in particular, I think. Mc: Did you become associated with Speaker Rayburn and the "Board of Education," as it is called? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
- happened. G: Where were you when President Johnson came to Cam Ranh Bay to--? S: Where was I? G: Yes. S: I was on the road somewhere. A good friend of mine named Paul Gorman, who's four-star CINCSOUTH now, was a battalion commander in the Big Red
- neutralists who really believed that it would be possible for a coalition government to function. G: Ambassador Taylor, and I guess before that Ambassador Lodge, and when Secretary McNamara would come on his vi sits, it seemed to have been a LBJ
Oral history transcript, Charles L. Schultze, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by David G. McComb
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Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
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- . There were exceedingly earnest and frank discussions with [Paul-Henri] Spaak in Belgium. G: What did they say? Did you recall? N: They' discussed the Common Market, basically. actual formal meeting. I was not present at the That was one of the really
- was Senator Paul Douglas, who was pushing us very hard from the Hill. I can't believe, and never have believed, that Senator Douglas was doing anything more than feeling that here was a bunch of small ~eople being pushed around by federal bureaucrats
- ,,"'ith Hr. Truman on this at all, to try to get him to--? VI: No. F: What about W: Well, we had a general conversation with him, but I don't think Pauley had He was the only serious contender to Kennedy. E~~in Pauley as the California leader
- on to really carry influence. S: Oh yes, yes. Of course, when he became president he was in a different role vis-à-vis the Congress. But it became very clear that his experiencein the Congress played a major part in his whole approach to the job of being
- Guinea. So I think for reasons of our standing in the world, not only vis-a-vis the communists, but vis-a-vis the newly-independent countries of Africa and Asia, I think it is in our interests to let the people decide. Also, 'I think if we give them
- 1964. Do you think the Australian relationship vis-à-vis the United States is growing closer? Are we drifting apart? Are we getting to be irritants to each other? What developments do you see in this? W: I think it's grown very much closer than
- . I saw Vice President Johnson on several occasions while he was serving in that capacity. And I had some concern that perhaps Kennedy wasn't treating him fairly. I discussed that subject with Vi ce Pres i dent Johnson and I was assured on every
Oral history transcript, Zbigniew Brzezinski, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh BRZEZINSKI - I - 3 realities of Soviet affairs vis-à-vis the United States or Soviet activities? B: Well, what I found most striking about Mr . Johnson was that while he was really not terribly well versed in Soviet
- '., __ n tavn, anu the PreSident, liking Governor Rockefeller, wanted him to b=, and h2.'.'c dinner with him. '\vi th C(~:::~ Roc~efeller. GO\' dinner. and out, and thir.'" ~2 ~3S He had lw.d the conversntion The Governor said he'd be delighted
- on Germany. M: That might be a good place to ask about the difference in access. Did your position as ambassador vis-a-vis the President change with the administrations? Did you have greater or less access to Mr. Johnson than you had had to President