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

Adams - I - 2 G: In a sense you spend your whole life getting ready to be an analyst. A: Yes, right. G: When did you begin working on Vietnam? A: Early August 1965. G: Is this essentially what you said in the Harper's article? A: I think so
Vietnam
Adams' work for the CIA in Vietnam in 1965; identifying the enemy in Vietnam; self-defense and secret self-defense militiamen in Vietnam; Adams' involvement in Special National Intelligence Estimate 14.3-67: altered statistics reporting troop

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 40, September 1-10, 1967 [3 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [1 of 2] (Item)

. It includes some interesting information on DZ"u on pages 4-- S. W. W. Rostow SECRET DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12 58, NLJ '1 '-\ .... 3 NARA, VIETNAM STATION REPORT NO. 46/67 (26 AUGUST - 3 SEPiE"'BER 1967) A BARE AND BLESSED PLURALITY THE F'INAL FIGURES

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 21, February 12- 28, 1967 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 13 (Item)

they are careful, "may find themselves in curious position of being more pro-Hanoi than Prime Minister of Soviet Union. 11 3. Significantly, Guardian. which has been major voice opposing U.S. Involvement in Vietnam, today expresses analysis of war which ;,goes much

Folder, "October 14, 1968 - President's Meeting with Joint Chiefs on Vietnam," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

Notes of President's Meeting with the Joint Chiefs on Vietnam October 14, 1968, 1:50 to 4:40 P. M., Cabinet Room The President Defense Secretary Clifford JCS Chairman Wheeler Gen. Palmer (for Gen, Westmoreland who was attending the Eisenhower ceremony
Vietnam
Folder, "October 14, 1968 - President's Meeting with Joint Chiefs on Vietnam," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3

Oral history transcript, Leslie H. Gelb, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

wrote in my book that I did on Vietnam, was that there was substantial consistency between what was being said publicly and what was being said privately, and that the Papers, rather than proving duplicity, proved that people were saying what I think
Vietnam
Circumstances of going to work on what later became known as the Pentagon Papers; the study to answer questions about the Vietnam War; granting of authority to requisition files within the Pentagon; CIA provides materials; White House material

Oral history transcript, Keith Waller, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, by this time of course Vietnam had become a matter of controversy both here and there. Did you have much fear of problems with the anti-Vietnam demonstrators? W: We knew we would have demonstrations, and considerable precautions were taken to limit those
Vietnam
Foreign investments in Australia; U.S. investment in Australia; President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey’s 1966 visit to Australia; Australian anti-Vietnam War demonstrators; planning LBJ’s trip to Australia; planning a Prime Minister’s visit

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Rovere, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, to Christian. R: And that was in the summer of 1965. M: Sixty-five, yes. Of course, that coincided with the escalation in Vietnam. R: Yes. And it coincides with another thing, a series of things. That I do remember and I did write about; that he
Vietnam
Biographical information; 1957 Civil Rights Act; Presidency; LBJ's relations with the press; Eric Goldman; anti-communism; Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 21 (XXI), 6/18/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with the rising costs of the Vietnam War and curb inflation because that was becoming a troublesome matter. The proposal was not submitted to the Congress until late 1967, August, and no action was taken until the next session. He renewed the request early in 1968
The 1968 proposed tax surcharge to address rising costs of the Vietnam War and curb inflation; support from the business community for the tax surcharge; Civil Rights Act of 1968; Everett Dirksen's role in passing the cloture vote; the Housing

Folder, "McNamara, Robert S.," Post-Pres Central Files, Name Files, Box 106 (Item)

, with a rath0:c brief passage of ten or ttvelve pages on our involveme11t in VietNam., -VietNarn, after all, is the ocre::.:-riding theme of the poli'cic.s of 1968~ I shall leave it _to other historians in years to come- to write the '.:rue and . full story

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 5, May 27 - June 10, 1966 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 8 (Item)

: o #78a memo l-#--P#--m:eml8-- ecret /., "1') /,;;.>. , .- 'jf Nortn Vietnam »J... _J ~ /? S ~- to Bromley Smith from Paul Nitze Secret ---+-- ~ l p- O.§/J0/66 A 1 p 05/31/66 A 5 p 05/23/66 A &C .P48-s4.-dent--f r..olll

Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

perform as a public relations ambassador, either in the Berlin case or in his Vietnam trip? Acceptably or unknowledgeably? B: He was very hard to work with, I think partly because of the insecurity of his own position. It was much more difficult to work
LBJ as Vice-President; Cuban Missile Crisis; August 1964 telegram regarding Diem fall; Roger Hilsman; JFK assassination; DeGaulle and LBJ; LBJ's early presidency; LBJ and Vietnam; Ball's Vietnam memoranda to LBJ; Tonkin Gulf incident and resolution

Oral history transcript, Whitney Shoemaker, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

deal of it, a large part of it, is dispatched immediately from the mail section to the department or agency concerned. We are speaking now of anywhere from a parent who seeks an emergency leave for his or her boy in Vietnam because the husband

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

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh McCulloch -- I -- 2 that the war, the kind of war that was fought in Vietnam, was totally outside the American context, totally outside the American
Vietnam
Biographical information; reporting from Vietnam; press in the advisory war; Diem regime; correspondents’ activities; networks of sources and information; view of Vietnam; Buddhist-Catholic strife; Hoa My; rural-urban dichotomy; factions; Nguyen

Oral history transcript, John T. Connor, interview 1 (I), 6/22/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Connor -- I -- 6 And part of the reasoning was because of the growing costs of the Vietnam conflict and this I think is fundamental. The President was sliding step by step into a growing war situation in Southeast Asia

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 3, Tabs RR-ZZ and a-d [1 of 2]," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

e ft=E-'f SB :.?AL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY OFFICE OF NATIONALESTIMATES 26 February 1968 ---------·- SUSJE'CC '1. of ~ a\ '"'{heOutlook in Vietnam 1h (s Memorandum does not seek to explore c,i t
Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Oral history transcript, Donnelly Bolton, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Gittinger PLACE: LBJ Library, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 2 G: Can we begin with your giving us some idea of your background and military education and so forth prior to your assignment to Vietnam? D: Yes. I'm a 1942 graduate of the [U.S.] Military
Bolton’s military and educational career; the Holscher Committee; duties in the Congo; Gamal Abdel Nasser; duties in Vietnam; restrictions to fighting in Vietnam; reasons for failure in Vietnam; the 1st Cavalry Division; Attleboro; Ted Dessausure

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 24, March 16 - 31, 1967 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [2 of 2] (Item)

._meroo 4-i meDlQ. -Bator to the Fre. C 2 pp. re IDA 42c memo Barr to Rusk and Fowler re IDA C 4 pp. 3 / 23/67 A 42n letter Fowler to George Woods C 4 pp. undated A 3 / 29/67 A '' Restow to the Pres. re Vietnam.. p ~ =>- ~ .~ ~ N L-3 q

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

then arranged to have the same tune played at him hard by people he respects, be ginning with Averell Harriman and Adam Yarmolinsky, both of whom are very solid and effective on this particular issue of Vietnam - and both of whom are friends of his. 3. None

Oral history transcript, John P. Roche, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in front of the NSC meeting which followed? R: That was in 1965. That was February, 1965, and what occurred, as I understand it, was we had a delegation in to see President Johnson from th~ ADA. We were at that point split among ourselves on Vietnam
Vietnam
Roche’s career advancements in politics; LBJ’s relationship with the Kennedys, McNamara, Bundy, Valenti, Moyers, Rostow and others; his involvement in Vietnam-related issues; personal evaluation of may official personnel and the effectiveness

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Barr -- V -- 4 B: Well, you will see that, in December, I went out to Vietnam on the Asian Bank, and I reported what some of the congressmen and senators were
Excise tax reduction; raising the discount rate in 1965; Robert McNamara's and Charles Schultze's misrepresentations of defense expenditures; Barr's involvement in the opening of a bank in Vietnam; the effect of U.S. involvement in Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 2 (II), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Flott -- II -- 7 instinctively resented the American pre-eminence in Vietnam, which had been their turf. In an emotional way they resented it. Now, to carry that to say the French government was planning coups is, I think
Vietnam
Returning to Saigon following the JFK assassination; Robert McNamara’s December 1963 visit to Vietnam; January 1964 Khanh coup and alleged French involvement; what the French might have wished for Vietnam; Christmas 1964 in Dalat; Tran Van Don; Le

Oral history transcript, Phil G. Goulding, interview 1 (I), 1/3/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: During any of this period, were you involved in any examinations or coverage of what we were doing in Vietnam in the late '50s? ~.;e G: In the late '50s--1 certainly did not go to Vietnam in the late '50s. I did write a long series of s tories--which I

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 53: Dec. 1‑10, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)

to President~q.,,J'l4C/ 2p S #14a ltr President to Banda PCI 1p 12/11/67 ~1--i'1· 0 A J A 1·-Z.1.1:>"J I s #21a cable opn~rt·ff2, t'\~Jo1-· S5" #23 memo #23a rpt 2,p ~1-~,·0J Seoul 2769 s 3p [Duplicate of #74a, NSF, Country File, Vietnam, "50(3

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 15 (XV), 12/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in which we were beating on him because he didn't have our budget and he didn't have this. G: Martin has indicated that his decision was based on his own information about Vietnam spending. [Robert] McNamara had just come back from Vietnam and had

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 24 (XXIV), 3/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

side the chiefs said, "Yes, we have enough," or, "If we have a few more of this," and the rosy reports that were coming back from Vietnam. But if you calculate a budget to end at the end of the fiscal year, the war to end at the end of the fiscal year

Folder, "King, Martin Luther (1968) (Deceased)," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 32 (Item)

between Henriquez Vasquez and Pericles Bienvenido Franco Ornes, both active members of the Dominican Communist Party (PCD). According to the source, the above female advised that Henriquez Vasquez told Franco Ornes that since possible peace in Vietnam

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 19, January 15 - 31, 1967 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [2 of 2] (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 63: Feb. 17‑21, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 29 (Item)

~. NARA. Daa: ), -.2t./-1 ~ THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 19, 1968 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENf SUBJECT: General Wheeler's Visit to Vietnam Reflecting on the possible objectives of General Wheeler's visit, I would hope that he would obtain

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [5 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

with Governor Docking, Thu1·sday, 11:30 A. M. Governor Docking asked to see you to report on ~is August 13 ...22 trip to Vietnam. He will be accompanied by Ambassador Win Brown who was recently appointed Special Assistant to Secretary Rusk to deal with State

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 83: June 20‑25, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)

-1~·13 ALJf~-~3a l p ..... [Duplicate of #24a, NSF, Country File, Vietnam, "81--Taylor Memos-General"] s . , . . . {~ ~ li,-~-(J/ ~ IJ; ,1.AJS~U, l'flJ, ~ -IJ::"I/ 4- ,t,:,A,~.;,~,) G --of s #14a cable a.m. t1pfYl,ofA-1/or NLJ" Of• 22'3 1p

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Khe Sanh Reports, A-S," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

thought of withdrawing elements of Republic of Korea forces in Vietnam and returning them to Korea. In addition, every effort should be made to re-open negotiations regarding the proposed ROK light division deployment as soon as the situation in Korea
Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

down through the Ho Chi Minh Trail, through the jungle or across the DMZ. At best it was an estimate, and it wasn't vital at all, in my view, in the subsequent developments in Vietnam. We knew they were coming down the Ho Chi Minh Trail, we knew
Appointment as ambassador by LBJ; Guam Conference, 1967; impressions of Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky; Vietnam's presidential election campaign in 1967; religious factions; advice to Thieu; recommendation for U.S. to close Viet Cong's use

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/6/1966 (Item)

like to discuss: Aid to VietNam with comment on appearance of two servicemen a t recent national convention Projected visit of the Natl Cdr with a delegation of JWV ldrs to West German Extremism in the U. S. Stability in the Middle East Invitation

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

said that we were trying to deliberately provoke attack, and the other one said there wasn't an attack. there was an attack so we could bomb. We just said So it was typical of the Vietnam War, that kind of inaccurate information was spread out across
Vietnam
; the concept of gradualism; views on policy during the Vietnam War; the roles of China and Russia; reflections on bombing; effect of the mining of Haiphong; air reconnaissance; service morale; Tet Offensive; reflections on LBJ; observations on the failure

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 61, 15 November 1995," LBJ Library (Item)

the mid-point of the war in Vietnam," Gallagher described its battletiekls as '·places where veterans and civilians from both sides could gather" Lo reflect on the experience that "had heen a crucible out of which emerged a great nation. "The ground

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 64, 15 December 1996," LBJ Library (Item)

to important federal posts, and hear him tackling his first foreign policy crises-the Panama Crisis, the Cuban Guantanamo Water Crisis while warily confronting the growing turmoil in Vietnam, all as he surveys an election-year political scene nationally

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 59: Feb. 1‑6, 1968 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)

-.. drive a• well u c1... U. S. - llar••• OVK coordlaat:loa. w. w. BCUT attadamellt llonow JJ, S:&CH E T,4.,IMDIS Saturday, February 3, 1968 FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM BUNKER (Saigon 17607} SUBJECT: Government of Vietnam-U. S. Mission Task Force to Deal

Oral history transcript, Norman S. Paul, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

overseas trip I took was in the spring of 1967--1 believe it was April--when I went to Japan and the Philippines and Vietnam and Thailand, again strictly on Air Force business. M: Mr. Paul, how do you relate your first two Defense positions in OSD
Vietnam
Early government positions Paul held before becoming Assistant Secretary of Defense; his views of LBJ’s decisions relating to Vietnam; availability and suitability of various planes and equipment; budgetary items; training of personnel; military

President's Daily Diary entry, 2/9/1968 (Item)

Meeting __^__ Sec. Johnson's Sec. notes to DT re Vietnam Gen. Hon. • Gen. ' Adm. ' Walt 12:31 George 12:31 Tom 11:11a President 11:18a President 11-15a t amp —— in Cabinet Room w/ (OF F THE RECORD) Dean Rusk Joint Chiefs of Staff Robert McNamara

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/27/1967 (Item)

by) English out OFF , tea ' RECORD: Mr. James Antell of Burlington, Vt. Mr. Antell is President of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce He had just returned from VietNam and presented the President w/ a leather ^HHHttbound report on that Htrip. Mr

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