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Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1975, by Elspeth D. Rostow (Item)

to past events in which I participated. Moreover, I find it very difficult, with the best of intentions, to separate my personal feelings and judgments from a professional appraisal of the merit of the action. Then too, I have limited access to documents

Folder, "Iraq, 4/1/66 - 1/20/69," Files of Harold Saunders, NSF, Box 16 (Item)

a continuous rebellion in northern Iraq. So action is completed -- as much as we can -- and this can be filed. Hal Att. July ZZ, 1968 MEMORANDUM FOR :MR. ROSTOW SUBJECT: A Clearer Picture of the Iraqi Coup While you were gone, the situation ln Iraq became

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 8, 15 April 1976," LBJ Library (Item)

rights for very body. II we re trying to do is to make this government of the United States of America honest. We only ask that when we i;tand up and talk about ·one nation under God, liberty. justire for ever bod;,' Lo be able t look at that flag and put

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 10, August 1-11 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)

ADMINISTRATION NA FORM 1428 (6-85) Thursday - August 11, 1966 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESID.rN T ACTION SUB.J ECT: Reply to Father Hesburgh on Frei Visit I. recommend that yo11 reply to Father Hesburgh along the lines of the attached draft. It has Linc ·G

Oral history transcript, John Sparkman, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: SENATOR JOHN SPARKMAN (Democrat/Alabama) INTERVIEWER: PAIGE E. MULHOLLAN More on LBJ Library oral

Oral history transcript, Lloyd N. Cutler, interview 1 (I), 4/12/1969, by William Helmer (Item)

, and we're now about a forty-five man law firm. I'm politically a Democrat, and I have worked as an advisor on the edges of government and in various political campaigns, in the course of which I've come to know the president and also President Kennedy. live
civil rights interests and actions; views on LBJ's administration; comparison of JFK and LBJ's backgrounds; Commission on Violence work; gun control laws

Folder, "Ex FG 11- 2 [EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT - CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY] [1 of 2]" WHCF FG, Box 55 (Item)

see, they are at work on security arrangements in Texas ; and plan 7 or 8 trips between December 26 and January 15 . \}&!~stow THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE REFERRAL To: The Secretary 0£ Labor Date: 'N ovember s. 1968 r rr I/ - 2 ACTION REQUESTED

Oral history transcript, Jerry Holleman, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

in 1956. This was the year that Sam Rayburn, in his attempt to take the Democratic Party away LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 15, September 23 - October 14, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)

a pressure play on us. Ball is still considering what retc..:.iatory action, ii any, to recommend; some argue that this is no time to goad the Paks further lest we help push them off the deep end, while others feel that a prompt, quiet reaction would cool

Oral history transcript, David E. Lilienthal, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

(Music Corporation of America), who had practically everybody from the film company, as well as from the political arena, at his house, and this a time of a very low period for the Johnson prospects. The look of pain and the bafflement on Sam Rayburn's
LBJ-Rayburn relationship; LBJ as legislator; the 1960 Democratic convention in Los Angeles; LBJ and his domestic programs evaluated; LBJ and the watchdog committee for the AEC; LBJ's visit to Iran and his influence on the Shah; LBJ asks Lilienthal

Folder, "Afghanistan, Volume 1, 12/63-4/68 [2 of 2]," Country Files, NSF, Box 116 (Item)

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Folder, "Gen LE/AG 5-1 [LEGISLATION - PEST CONTROL]," WHCF LE, Box 27 (Item)

DENER~(.11 ~- · LE/,4t:?1 THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE f1tJ5"-/ lie- REFERRAL To: The Secretary of Agriculture Date: May 22, 1968 ACTION ' REQUESTED _ _ Draft reply for: _ _ _ _ President's signature. _ _ _ _ Undersigned's signature. NOTE

Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 2 (II), 3/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh 3 legislative program had already been submitted; so it was just a question of picking up the things that were nearest to action on the House floor, getting acquainted really first, I suppose, with what were the items that we were

Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 2 (II), 5/2/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

on the question of Vietnam. It was done in broad daylight, Class A time on television for the world to see, and the high point in the Democratic Convention was that debate. We did not hide. We let the world see a democratic process in action. The Republican
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; first meeting LBJ and Sam Rayburn at the 1956 Democratic convention in Chicago; made an honorary Texan; LBJ and statehood for Hawaii; LBJ and the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 3 (III), 4/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to revolutionize America through these community action agencies and substitute community action agencies for city and county government and so forth. work. That part r just knew wouldn't Of course, it ran into real problems with Congressman [Carl] Perkins

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 13, August, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)

with politics. America's Vietnamese policy is not a partisan issue. I've thought about it ·much during the last two years. I cannot see any other possible policy. We are seeking a successful outco·me to this situation. I prefer the phrase "warding off aggression

Oral history transcript, Walter G. Hall, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh I was one of the very few in that town who voted for I have been a Democrat, not particularly by inheritance but by interest in what has seemed to me ever since studying

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 21, 15 January 1981," LBJ Library (Item)

Electoral Politics Douglass Cater, in a second lecture co-sponsored by the Library and the LBJ School of Public Affairs during 1980, took a searching look at the way America elects its Presidents and uggested the following reforms for Presidential campaigns

Folder, "NSAM # 243: Survey Mission for the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands [3 of 3], 5/9/1963," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

in the Con gress in the late 1940's and early 1950's, the Congress has taken no action on the matter. It has, however, confirmed the authority of the Trust Territory government with two enactments. A joint resolution of the Congress, approved August 8
Folder, "NSAM # 243: Survey Mission for the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands [3 of 3], 5/9/1963," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 1
National Security Action Memorandums

Folder, "Boggs, Hale (Cong.) 1/1/1968 -," Name Files, WHCF, Box B-331 (Item)

- la&eraat la appndate _. I wW N 1i..l to ... tW Ma-. •' • letter i• ac 1Nae4. Slacerely, .Barefoat Suder• Lepaladw Coma•el totlle Pnaw.t File; f•/Jf (1) THE WHITE HOUSE REFERRAL The Attorney General To: Date: ACTION __ ____ ____ Draft

Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 1, 11/23/63- 3/17/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / ALABAMA]," WHCF HU, Box 24 (Item)

. Dear Mr. President: Like everyone else, I have been horrified and profoundly disturbed by the recent events in Selma, Alabama. They have done infinite damage to the fabric of national unity and infi nite damage to the world image of America . I cannot

Oral history transcript, Daniel O. Graham, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, the arrogant part of what we did in Vietnam was to say that we can cure a basic civil war and create some kind of an ideal democratic society at one and the same time. [That] was the fundamental arrogance of American policy in Vietnam. You cannot do
Biographical information relating to Vietnam; fall of the Diem regime; Thieu; General McChristian and order of battle techniques; discrepancies in the figures; the crossover point; "The Uncounted Enemy;" actions of General Westmoreland; Giap

Folder, "Wallace, Henry A. [1942]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 21 (Item)

of necessity be a part of our all-out war program. More than that, the daily actions being taken now by both Britain and ourselves are determining to a large extent the kind of post-war world we can have later on. It seems almost certain that sometime within

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 4, Tabs LL-ZZ and a-z," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

intelligence which was available in the cir cumstances? b. Was the evaluation of the available intelligence sound and did that evaluation reach the-decision-makers in time to assist the~ in taking appropriate action? I ! ' I The answer to these general

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 9, July 16-31 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)

Limited Official Use Monday, July 11, 1966 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT ACTION Through: Bill Moyers SUBJECT: U.S. Delegation to Colombian Inaugural The inauguration of President-elect Carlos Lleras Restrepo is on August 7. We have been asked to se

Folder, "King, Martin Luther [2 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 32 (Item)

stated that he had spoken to the White Bouse and "the Kennedy front" regarding this matter. Wachtel said that he has Louis Martin of the Democratic National Committee "lined up." It 1s Wachtel 's belief that President Johnson will come to New York City

Oral history transcript, Charls E. Walker, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1999, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, a long time Texas Democrat who had become an Eisenhower Republican. Anderson was very close to LBJ and other Texas Democrats, especially Sam Rayburn. Not long after I arrived at Treasury, Anderson surprised me by sending me up on a solo visit to LBJ

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

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 89, February 2008," LBJ Library (Item)

a k them: Who will Photo by Charles Bogel Johnny Ray Watson gives a memorable a cappella rendition of "America the Beautiful." Speaking under the live oaks at the family plot, Joseph Califano reminds the crowd that LBJ's spirit lives

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 37, August 1-10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 20 (Item)

4 Frida 3:35 :.'n,_~ugua t , 1967 Mr. president: D.efense This ay.on e action taken by todis W. W. Rostow 98 / WASHINGTON--ADD VIETNAM TROOPS (8) I.f · a~ THE PENTAGON SAID LATER IN A STATEMENT "T~E PUBLISHED REPORT THAT DRAFT CALLS

Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 3 (III), 3/9/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

were made. That was indeed an intelligence mission. There had been I think, however, a couple of days before, a South Vietnamese intelligence mission, a covert action, in the North Vietnamese water; and perhaps in the minds of the North Vietnamese

Folder, "Foreign Relations - Berlin [3 of 3]," 1961 Subject Files, VP Papers, Box 79 (Item)

of life and that is what President Kennedy ia doing now. The peace ·o f the world is being upset and not by actions of America's · own choosing. There is now peace in Berlin. It may not be a satisfactory peace in every sense of the word, but at least

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 51, November 16-25, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)

the power, •n·a t ion These at are they_true of-action? the been the the in to the 1d o f and the the on we of t he glistening, word~_and what ~-nd· i..rorld what (;reat America We clinr, nation thour,h c_onter1.;H

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 51, November 16-25, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)

• story The it all.comes on not· need. 1 s that Farewell te;lling~- f oo l i n c h -:1t": ~-:i he has

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 6 (VI), 9/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for a few days. That's the way I really knew a little bit about Buck Taylor's campaign was that we weren't paying any attention to it. We were ignoring him. G: Okay. Do you recall anything of the [state] Democratic convention that May where you had two
for his daughters; the death of Rather's mother; the 1944 state democratic convention and later national convention; friction between Democrats who supported FDR and those who did not.

Folder, "INDIA - Prime Minister Visit 1966 [3 of 3]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 22-2 (Item)

issues e ndian assessment ra sed b t that iss an as the 1ge int eir r wn and inv t rned w. at wee afrai of t he • rstood r thei for Bhut o ha conference 1 the s action of ab e and unjust· 0 hu C a : just. a a by India

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 29, 1 November 1983," LBJ Library (Item)

of the education legislation so dear to Lyndon's hean-legislation and appropriations that woulJ underscore America's belief in investing in the minds and talents of its young people. Those were heady days of action for we believed that a civil ized soci ty is best

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 11, June, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)

of Attitudes of News Media and General Population in Certain Countries, to U.S. Policies as Exemplified by our Actions in Vietnam and Santo Domingo 1. This is a narrative tabulation of the general thrust o{ the responses received to the questio~ posed: (CJ

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

] Reedy ~- IX -- 5 But what really happened was this: once we got to Chicago there were a series of candidates, none of whom could be embraced. One could not embrace Stevenson without creating irrevocable splits in the Democratic Party. Most
Democratic National Convention, 1956; VP candidate decision; Adlai Stevenson; 1956 Presidential campaign; earlier Fort Worth state convention; NATO conference; legislative issues in 1956

Oral history transcript, George L.P. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the Democratic senators. I'm not sure vlhether it was S·s "ator Johnson or Nr. Symington who indicated thilt Senator ~ussell's support would be decisive. It was finally agreed that he ought to be one of the first among the senior memiJers to be consulted

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