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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

that because I would have liked to have had him on and on and on. I don't know why. I just hope it was not anything, any lack on our 8 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 3, May 16 - 26, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

in concluding that the large bloc of silent swing voters may well decide the winner. Many of these of course will cast their vote not on the mer its of the candidates or on the issues, but in the hope of joining the winner. It is difficult to gauge the effect

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 15, September 23 - October 14, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)

and to reopen the downtown ~ ...' \m:eassaae;r B\:l:nk&iF £OD.firmed at 5·00 P· m today that the fii:.s..t two gt ett:ps ef ;r eeels, eensistiag of about 2 50 men e a eh, have B:lre $d.y been ~ located. He is hopeful that the 'balance ef son1e 500 700 men

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 4, May 1-27, 1964 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

do not think, however, that he has any real hopes of getting the nomination himself or that he would make the effort to do so. ~ Michael V. Forrestal .... rpQp SECRET M y 27 • . 1964 MEMORANDUM TO -THE PRESIDENT H re ls an important m mo~andum

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 6 (VI), 10/13/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

either the relationship with the Soviet Union or the peace process in Vietnam to the results he had hoped to achieve by the end of his presidency. We had many conversations about that. I remember that in November, probably during the Thanksgiving period

Oral history transcript, John Chancellor, interview 1 (I), 4/25/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

one, that Johnson saw Bob Kennedy as a threat to his own supremacy in the party, and the President protected himself against what, I guess we could call, the Kennedy threat—in a very gingerly manner, but nonetheless he protected himself. I can't

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 3 (III), 6/4/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

how he oversimplified the role of the Federal Reserve Board. But, in mind, Bob Weaverls, obviously, and Thurgood Marshall 'S [another]; you're placing people in positions of real power and authority where they can make some substantive decisions

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

contained in the donor's deed of qift. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION GSA DC 73.495 GSA FDMI 7122 (7-72) .., • -· .J .Ma~ 30, 1966 . .::.~ .,_.. . .~" ! , ~8,EQ_U-TIVE "", -· //r l l ' . ' . FG,4/-f2_,) . ~· -.. Dear Bob: Don.'t

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 21, March, 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [2 of 2] (Item)

con·t·· rme t -o exl)lo:ce every 1Jossi le L ''11c1..L --~0:i: 0. h):·101,)rable an" I)et:.:,ce 1 solut.:.r,~r.1 a11 : ·t is _.,-i y_· s:i. ., cel'e hope th:.--1t al. :r>a~~"tit::8 to t} c c7_i,_.,;_mte wil 1 ", -! · ~spond to the endeavour o~ those

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 1, April 1 - 30, 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

: Ambassador Lodge hopes to see the Pope in Rome on May 2. I / . Monday, April 25, 1966 SEC:SET FROM AMBASSADOR LODGE (Saigon 4188} I spoke to Papal delegate Palmas about the possibility of my calling at the Vatican on Monday, May 2, during my stopover

Folder, "[Visitors - Foreign] Adenauer, Konrad [April 1961] 1 of 2," LBJA, Subject Files, Box 90 (Item)

: As a remembrance or our talks in Washington and in Texas, and as an expression ot my gratitude for the superbly cordial given me at your ranch, I would lilce to send you m::, picture "from my life." reception and a record I hope that I can give you some

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Bunker Reports," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

FOR WAL~ROSTOW REGRETDELAYIN SENDINGWEEKLY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT,~UT HOPE TO GET THIS OF'F TOMORROW. CIRCUiiiSTANCES HERE LAST F~W DAYS HAV~ MA~EIT NECkSSARY TO CONCENTRATE ON EM~RGENCIES.AS WITHYOU, - IT HAS MEANT BEDlG ON THE JOB 24 RE I VIA

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 35, July 16-24, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 19 (Item)

an added personal and contemporary character to useful exchanges of views. "I hope to write to you at greater length a little later on about your message to me a few days ago after Bob McNamara's visit to Vietnam, and to give you a few thoughts from

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and General Bob Smith of Dallas, had gotten a hundred former servicemen to put in some money to get a helicopter to put at Lyndon's disposal for a certain length of time, I think it was about a month. They had figured that it wouldn't cost any more than

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 3 (III), 3/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Mulhollan PLACE: Mr. Bundy's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1 M: This time the subjects I want to talk about--and for your time benefit I hope we can wind it up--are Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East, particularly. Suppose we begin with Latin

Folder, "January 31, 1968 - 8:40 a.m. Pueblo 13 - Breakfast with Congressional Leaders & Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

President Park. Confidentially, we are in contact with the North Koreans. meet in two days. We e.."

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 87: July 5‑12, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 37 (Item)

for constitutional leadership; Huong widely respected. -- Overall trend unfavorable to enemy; Hanoi1s hopes for GVN collapse or Paris breakthrough dimmed by SVN response to Tet and by American firmness. -- Thieu and Ky predict massive new enemy attacks; Bunker cites

Folder, "INDIA - 1966 (to March 31) [1 of 3]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 24 (Item)

to undue ties with Peiping. If the Pak military, who were Ayub's power base, became convinced that there was no hope of any more MAP from the US this would powerfully risk their moving closer to the Chicoms. We Americans felt that India• had for too long

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 1 (I), 9/18/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that Jack assigned his brother, Bob, who was to go up and visit with Governor G. Mennen Williams and Walter Reuther, and advise them of the decision. G: Was this at that early meeting that he asked his brother to--? O: Once it was determined that Lyndon

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 5, Tabs 326-340," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

Vietnam could become a m od^l that would eventually attract the people of South Vietnam to a sim ilar system. By 1960, all of these hopes had been dashed. Though South Vietnam had major latent political problems^it must have appeared to Hanoi

Oral history transcript, Chester Bowles, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

got some very poor human beings in deep trouble ; we have the power to help them and give them some hope in the future . Shall we do it or shan't we?" And the whole room, including some pretty hard-boiled reactionary individuals who had never shown

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1957" (Item)

Lausche votes with the Democrats to organize the Senate. Senator Mansfield is elected Democratic whip. Senator Anderson offers a motion to consider the adoption of new Senate rules in hopes of changing Rule 22, the filibuster rule. LBJ immediately moves

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 110: Dec. 10‑17, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 43 (Item)

PEOPLE• DIFFERENCES-WHICH-MAY EXIST FROM TIME TO TIME IN OUR OUTLOOKS-ONTHE PROBLEMSOF SOUTHEASTASIA AND THE WORLD\-1l Ll. NOT, I •HOPE, PREVENT·THE CONTI NUEO DEVELOPMENT· AN6 .STRE~GTHENlNG ~ETHIS FRl~NDSMiP•. LYNDON6• JOHNSONEND OUOTE· GP•l RUSK

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 46, October 16-20, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)

States Senate, Washington It is to be hoped that those who believe significant is the wide differer. in freedom will not condone the enforced salaries between states, rangin1 per annum in Mississippi of Soviet Jewry.-Yours S1R-lt was, of course, Mr

Folder, "CHINA (CPR) Nuclear Explosion Capability 1964-1965-1966," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 14 (Item)

---- /)li..!;r DEC . e.o.13 ~.l~,N 4 . _· --- , 196 - February ac l've been sitting on attache ption you' har paper, on ass • u ine a. icon nuclear ly fin it ur ent first hope is that LBJ ml look at tne (at .y sugge·.stion he w ,.r .1.arize

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [4 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

independence and mobility for U.S.. groups. Think banquet like lunches by province officials should be replaced with box lunches or other informal Hope observers can spend as much time in field as possible, returning to Saigon late for tallying

Folder, "Special Picture Orders," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 2 (Item)

Morley says: "A factually-informed citizenry . .. free of political-expediency ed-propaganda ... is America's greatest-security." "Even in the midst of the worst crisis I cover, hope often exceeds hopelessness ... hopelessness is better advertised

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/8/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

d to M a rg ie M c N a m a ra a o u t the g u e s t l i s t f o r th e p a r ty w e hope to g iv e f o r th em in la te F e b r u a r y . S h e 's s t i l l in the h o s p ita l. . s o ,p a in f u lly jh ijv a n d .d ra w n ,. w h en I!d s e e n h
Lady Bird to memorial service for Merle Patman at Congressional Club; speeches by Ruth Burleson & Wright Patman; controversy over Robert Merrill's songs for evening entertainment; upcoming party for the Bob McNamaras; Lady Bird has medical

Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 2 (II), 10/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with much gusto and stimulate our enthusiasm for beautiful language. And I remember there was one speech [by] Bob Ingersoll. You know who he is, don't you? Well, Bob Ingersoll was a great speaker maybe seventy-five years ago, a public speaker, and many

Oral history transcript, Fred Schmidt, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

administration, as I recall. What were they? Bascom Giles. The insurance scandal, the big land scandal-- The lid of that was blown off by one of my townsmen, you remember, from Cuero? G: Bob Trotti, wasn't it? No, it wasn't. What's his name? S

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Montgomery, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

persisted for the next i t~o or three years, during which time I had no further contact whatever with the future President. PAtTL BOLTON: Well, Dr. Bob, when did you next make contact \,i th the President? ROBERT MONTGOME~Y: '-[hat was the occasion

Oral history transcript, Bruce Palmer, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of the Eighty-second Airborne Division, who followed Bob [Robert] York. He was sort of the acting commander of Bragg and the Eighty-second, what was left of it. sion was in Santo Domingo. At one time the whole divi- He was trying to run Fort Bragg, and I had

Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Admiral Stevens has just spent an hour with Bob Mayo talking about it." So I called him up

Folder, "Cuba [Background Material Used in Compiling Plank/Chase Report] [3 of 3]," Files of Gordon Chase, NSF, Box 5 (Item)

ar,r♦oarane~ of t.aldng sidoc .t~l t l:ier . fe:r or n~inst ~rrarien r~form end ex,re.s~.t the hope th."\t Dr,. l~e-lee or·n~

Folder, "INDIA - December 1963-1964 [4 of 4]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

in the falL ;;. HHS ~ ..~NTIAL DECLASSIFIED E.O. 'i3 Se, NSC Memo, 1/3 , ....r":< By...,... __ , , Dm- line (I Ne Del i - pril 28, 1964. De r Bob: h ve recently .] 1ic t •ons for Ind· en g·v·n gr t d a of hou ht tot e and other deve o i g

Folder, "Travel – Foreign – Berlin (Pro) [August] [2 of 2]," 1961 Subject Files, VP Papers, Box 109 (Item)

$ ummy of Frear, Pfc. Ben Starr of Houston, Pfc. Don J. Ganske of Brenham, Bob Thigpen of Lufkin, Don Faulkner of Dublin, and Philip Long of Seagraves. - 3 - 10. Donogh O'Malley, Mayor of Limerick Ireland, and Member of Congress -- Vice President

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

as our domestic budgetary needs, that it is hoped that a million tons will suffice but because of our concern for India we do not want com pletely to foreclose the possibility of a further shipment. Mention would also be made of the shipping problems

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 21, February 12- 28, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 13 (Item)

they how have the confidence that makes action in this realm a practical possibility. On the economic side, I would wait for Bob Komer' s observations. I ·.' 2. I· lI Action in the North I think the thing to avoid here is an impression of "lashing out

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 17, November 20 - December 31, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)

\ /} oe,/ THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON .... COJ>TFIDE~lTL~ L Thursday, December 9, 1965 MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT 1. I attach Bob McNamara's account of his telephone conver sation with members of Congress on South Vietnam. It is highly

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 76: May 9‑14, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 34 (Item)

. ~~!.LITARY RISKS TO ACHIEVE ·psYCH9LOGlCAL IMPACT-,-·Hc HOPED!HJ.b -THI S I HPACT wOUL.D GI:Nl: RATEPOP·VLAR UPRI S I NG AGAI NST • THe• GV ·, D. S.\FF ECT1O, OF' GVN .••ARMED FORCES,--ANO· COLLAPSE-OF-US-:-DETE~M-1NA_H.ON ,TO PURSUE THE W~RJ PTHUS

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