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President's Daily Diary entry, 7/23/1966 (Item)

shirt was being dried on an air conditioner in the room. About 100 anti VietNam pickets were outside the Athletic Club, but were not in view of the President on his arrival or departure ; LUNCH in Mr. Pulliam' s private dining room w/ Mr. Pulliam

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 68, 1 May 1998," LBJ Library (Item)

, and a total Iy unexpected document turns up on the Library's front step, knocking for admittance, as it were. This is a brief review of one such case. During the Vietnam War, Lyndon Johnson drew the fire of some critics for not more actively seeking a nego

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Draft Treaty on Non/Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 3/27/1968, Volume 5, Tab 66," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

s tate d that he had asked General Abrams to join the meeting so that he and General Wheeler could report on the situat ion in Vietnam before the Council turned to the problem of the Non- Proliferatio n Treaty. He asked G e neral Wheeler to summar

Folder, "NSAM # 358: Assignment of Highest National Priority to the Mk 84, Mod 1 2000 lb Bomb and to Project PRACTICE NINE, 1/13/1967," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 9 (Item)

quired under existing procedures and could set the precedent for fur ther increases in unnecessary Presidential paperwork. NSAM 358 (copy attached) gave Presidential approval for a DX priority rating for PRACTICE NINE (the Vietnam barrier project

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [3 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

major military headquarters inside Vietnam south of Saigon safe. South of the Central Vietnam Highlands, large-scale operations are being directed from safe headquarters in Cambodia. Judging by the r~pidity with which he was able to arrange meetings

Oral history transcript, Michael V. Forrestal, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

for Vietnamese Affairs and chainman of the Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee on Vietnam. M: That was in ••• ? F: I think it was about. April, 1964. M: Right. Then you· stayed there until March of 1965 when you left the government, and you haven't
Vietnam
Chairman Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee on Vietnam in March 1964; his duty to brief VP on Far East; after T.G. massacre in 1961 had two jobs: to dredge information from Ambassador Averell Harriman and to brief Congress and VP; painful

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol 7, Meeting Group Papers," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

: Ti'le Outlook in Vi etnm1 L This l;!em.orandum.does not seek to explore of the sitm.tion a long term. in Vietnam, whether developments involve a con.tinu.?,tion a level comparable is more probable but it Saigon, the indcfini a,t
Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

for Vietnam casualties or anybody else during a hiatus while the new area was being gotten ready. Now, that new area is still not ready, but when it is ready, it will look right. It won't look vulgar and scarred the way the 1959 expansion area looks. P
Vietnam
Hershey; reorganization/consolidation of Reserves and National Guard; training of reserve units for Vietnam; lawsuits by reservists; role of reserves; defense budgeting; ROTC; training skills; older equipment in Vietnam; desertions; Vietnam; Armed Forces

Oral history transcript, Walt W. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the crises. I was assigned Laos and Vietnam, and he did Congo and Cuba. Then he mainly did Berlin except when it would get hot. Then both of us would put our shoulders to the wheel on Berlin, because I had a lot of European experience and background on Berlin
First impressions of LBJ; JFK and LBJ; JFK and the White House staff; LBJ as VP; LBJ on foreign aid; LBJ Berlin speech, 1961; LBJ on foreign policy pre-presidency; LBJ’s first State of the Union message; Vietnam; CIAP; Latin America; White House

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 5, June 1-30, 1964," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [1 of 2] (Item)

the sheets in the mylar sleeve when you have finished examining them. November 2009 LBJ LIBRARY DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL SHEET Doc# DocType Doc Info Page 1 of 2 Classification Pages 11a memo Bundy to President re Gaud and Vietnam 13a memo from Bundy 1

Oral history transcript, Anna Rosenberg Hoffman, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

forget, you sponsored this. You were the one who really got it along. You can't let it die." He was very good about it. Health legislation, education legislation--he was excellent on these.· Of course, when the stresses of Vietnam came

Folder, "United Kingdom - WWR talks with Wilson, Briefing Book, Feb-67," Country Files, NSF, Box 216 (Item)

, on or Rftt•r - ----~ .. ... . I ( ( \ .i r 11ited~t:llc~ i11stn.llutionsill l Cnl1H ( f.'Xt·ept 2 North Vietnam. a t .•' f111bn)or with r t · l ,. (

Folder, "Russell, Bertrand," Name Files, WHCF, Box R-339 (Item)

cables Russfound London SW1 .pertrand Russett-Peace Foundation 9th February, 1965. __ President Lyndon B. Johnson, The White House, Was'hington, D.C., u. o. 9h. Dear President Johnson, • The American attack on North Vietnam is disastrous on \two

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 12, September 1-14, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 10 (Item)

at your meeting at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The critical issue was, of course, what to say about Vietnam. We think it would be wrong to have a communique with no reference to Vietnam. What was decided, given differences of view with the Burmese

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 93: Sept. 1-11, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF DOCUMENT CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE DATE RESTRICTION B 8 'P ..,,_, ,1q10, [Duplicate of #33a, NSF, Country File, Vietnam, "8 B(3)[B] Bunker Weekly Report to President"] [Sanitized NU CBS 1O] ~ ll

Oral history transcript, Jonathan F. Ladd, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

towns than the villages were controlled by the Vietnamese government, but the vast areas of that particular part of Vietnam, mostly very flat rice lands, and the countryside, was controlled by the Viet Congo There were no schools out there; there were

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 57: Jan. 16‑24, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)

~fyt•s,t.and,,stra.te.gic.,,w eapons -witbin -a .month or, six weeks. E~ believed the ' answer would be favorable' .,.pr~>Vided there was no significant change in the type of our operations _,in Vietnam in the meantime. On the other hand, if we should

Oral history transcript, Charles Frankel, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh lCrankel -- I -- 3 I, myself, brought up to the White House the question of Vietnam
Vietnam
Writing The Neglected Aspect; circumstances of appointment to office; disapproves LBJ's Vietnam policy; drafting the Smithsonian speech for LBJ; background of the International Education Act; the Interagency Committee on International Education

Oral history transcript, Paul D. Harkins, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, 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
Vietnam
Biographical information; impressions of Vietnam; reform programs; infiltration; intelligence; Ap Bac; Diem Laos; country team in Saigon; Buddhists; Diem

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 3 (III), 6/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

about matters of great importance, including the Vietnam situation. He would have the polls on how the public was reacting. He talked frequently of a number of problems. It's hard for me to reconstruct it now other than to say that there was constant
Morrissey nomination; LBJ’s staff; 1965 bombing halt in Vietnam; intelligence gathering in Latin America by the CIA and FBI; New York politics; dinner for Princess Margaret, including a guest with a criminal record; a ride in August Busch’s plane; buying out

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 23 November 1963 - 27 December 1963," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

• . Checklist review. 30. 24 November 1963 - Meeting of I.BJ, Rusk, McNamara, Ball, Bundy, lodge, DCI,on Vietnam. 31. 25 & 26 November 1963 ... Briefings of 32.. 28 November 1963 ... Discussion. 33. mJ. Checklist review. ~dge. 28 November 1963
Vietnam

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 75: May 6‑8, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 33 (Item)

" CENTRALINTELLIGENCEAGENCY Directorate of Intelligence 6 May 1968 INTELLIGENCEMEMORANDUM Significance of Paris as Site for Vietnamese Negotiations Summary France clearly hopes to profit from the choice US-North Vietnam of Paris as a site for preliminary earlier talks

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 74: May 1‑5, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 33 (Item)

achieve on the hat"".lefield a t~ecver in South Vietnam, (and in :a~ DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12958, Sec. 3.6 NL,D"-~ 7-.?-'7{ -SEC!'..~T By µ 4 ~ NARA Date 3,~1..;.r:;t a SE!!ffil:':l?i\JE ,.. . - ..... ----- :::>:!F'E:NS:Z Tr~E:-NA-r:ON;,.!.. V.JA'R.CC

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 111: Dec. 18‑25, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 43 (Item)

, NSF, Country File, "Vietnam, Misc. & Memos, Vol. 8," Box 124] RESTRICTION 12/24/68 A Har an, 2/68] Clifford re A Israel A A srae pp. #6f Israeli char 'Nl~-""4 Naval i Air Forces A Forces PP•~~l-\1-uA ~·\?-oSV)vJ/PA-z-()Z· lfoS

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 18, January 1 - 14, 1967 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)

to the P r e s i d e n t ~ Secret 1 p. 7-1.-,~ l't/1..J ~ l>-"'~5"'"41cJ per /YI.J 'i/-17,1. #Ba memo / ) ~ ~ Vll~,::-c.-k, A 91~7. l1/f) p ~ . ; r : Dean Rusk to the President re Vietnam Secret S 4 Nt"ri c-E0 3/1.'if ~ pp. f./L J f /-/ gg I) ~ t

Oral history transcript, Dorothy H. Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, this was the first general legislation in which those words Col~:bia, were used at the federal level. B: Did you ever try in Congress in '64 and again in '66 when PL-480 was being extended to remove those limitations on aid to countries trading with North Vietnam

Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 2 (II), 5/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with the suggestions from people, when I would say, "Why are you anti-American?" "I'm not anti-American at all. There are certain things your contry is doing such as in Vietnam, we don't agree with. But do all of your friends agree with you all the time? Why do you
Vietnam
Building of LBJ Library; Heath named Swedish Ambassador in March, confirmed April 1967; Russell Tribunal; three groups in Sweden: hard-core ant-Americans, Communists, pro-Americans; race and Vietnam both issues in Sweden; experiences of Tanzanian

Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 2 (II), 7/17/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to back up and do. Some of them hqye come up partly as the result of the article just coming out in Look Magazine which you've probably had a chance to know about by Norman Cousins ["How the U.S. Spurned Three Chances for Peace in Vietnam," July 29, 1969
Vietnam
Biographical information; McGeorge Bundy; William Bundy; Robert Komer; Vietnam; Bien Hoa; service on high-level review committee on Vietnam; Pleiku incident; Honolulu Conference; Ky; bombing halt; Harriman; Wilson; J. Blair Seaborn mission, 1964

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 62: Feb. 14‑16, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 29 (Item)

~ FEBRUARY Ra... ·iD FOR -lr~f:ii., TO u:,r-ns f'Et:J YORK (FOR LORD CARADON) AND WASHINGTOH ·cFOR Af-lBASSAOOil). FOLLObJJNG FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY, \'OliR TELEGRAt·l NO. 5240 VIETNAM, . ~~E~~~ -- ~ U aHANT AT 15e00 (PARIS TINE)o HE §a!2 ...1:[At, .Hf

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 8, January 1 - February 28, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [2 of 2] (Item)

. s Bundy-re Vietnam & UN #9e btr. Bundy ta M-iller re foreign ti°ade- #12 Memo Bundy re Martin cable fm Bangkok 2f ~f65 A s 2 p 2/17/65 A A #15 Memo- #23 Mewo Memo #29 Memo Bundy re message to Soviets s +a3 Memo Bttftdy re meeting

Oral history transcript, Eugenie Moore Anderson, interview 3 (III), 11/14/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

not covered all your meetings with Mr. Johnson. I didn't want to overlook these because I think that they have had some important bearing on your relationship with him and a trip to Vietnam was included in this area. bit about these? Could you tell me
Vietnam
Biographical information; career; meeting with LBJ; Trust Territory; U.S. relationship with Eastern European countries; NATO; MLF; Vietnam War; Arthur Goldberg; Middle East crisis; Dean Rusk; women as diplomats; trip to VN; 1968 campaign; Johnson

Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 3 (III), 8/26/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

involvement with you on that score. S: Probably did, but I don't recall it. G: Okay. I want to raise three areas of CBS coverage of the war in Vietnam. The first is Morley Safer's broadcast in August 1965, which depicted the burning of a village. Do you
the burning of a Vietnam village; television news coverage of Vietnam; Stanton's belief that the Vietnam war would have been shorter if there had been presidential debates in 1964; Walter Cronkite's effect on public opinion and LBJ's concern over Cronkite's

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

INCREASINGRAINS lN THE DEiERIOR~TING ROAD CONDITIONS WESTERN P~RT OF THE COUNTRY, MUSCLESHOALSOPERATJONS ARE.. AUGME~TING THE INTEROitTION EF'FO~T. IN SOUTH VIETNAM TACTICAL AIR SUPPORTS GROUND OPERA TI CNS ON A·CONTINUING BASIs I ~Re·c·EN.,.·-NoRMA~l.E~El.·s-·-C

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

answered your message on Vietnam (bombing resumption) by saying he could see the same disruptive elements at work in the Middle East. As usual, he used this as justification for buying more military hardware. Since we've been weaning him. from grant

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 5, May 27 - June 10, 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 8 (Item)

-/~ -71) State Department Foreign -Policy Briefings on the Hill Vietnam Ambassador Goldberg met yesterday in an off-the-record luncheon, with Senators Moss, Fulbright, McGovern, Hartke, Clark, Church, Boggs, Ribicoff, Cooper, Young, Kennedy, Bayh

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 78: May 20‑24, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 34 (Item)

, Haiti, Vol. 5] A II lI s-/f-11 I I S 2p [Duplicate of #182a, NSF, CF, France, Vol. 13] tr President omoza o • o,-,_, ,,.Pct 2 'P _ ~ "1--,.J. vf- , r A Taylor to Pres1 en ~ 8-~,(j 1, N.L...>9o»-3J'~ 8 2p , [Duplicate of #32b, NSF, CF, Vietnam

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

1n an ob•ervatlon made to me thl• mornlna after breakfast by Dick He belleYe ■ Cy Vance le the be•t el.Dale Helnu. man we could u•e to 1lt down with Ky and try to get him to play ball with Thieu throu1h the pre ■ ent crl Ucal pha•e 1n Vietnam. Helms

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 13, September 15-30, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 10 (Item)

him in touch with Everet Bumgardner of USIA. who has intimate knowledge of local politics and people in Long An, who is married to a Vietnamese, and who is about to leave Vietnam. This operation will be a test in two different ways: First

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 17, November 20 - December 31, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)

uplicate #64 1 re: Vietnam top secret #67a report 8-1S"-8'(- p 3 p undated A NLJ 83 ~IBiJ FILE LOCATION Natmnnal Security File, ~11111111~ McGeorge Bundy - Mems to the President, vol. 17 RESTRICTla-4 CODES (A) Closed by Executive Order 11652

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 41, September 11-14, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)

moving. A week ago they pledged $100 million to the Special Funds of the .Asian Development Bank. But they can do much more. We want them to: (1) increase their economic assistance in Asia (more for the Asian D•velopment Bank, Vietnam, and Indonesia); (2

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