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Folder, "November 20, 1967 - 5:05 p.m. Bipartisan Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

in obligations for each one dollar in expenditures). In non-Vietnam Defense programs, the 10% formula would be applied to yield expenditure reductions of $2 billion. [5 of 10] - 6 This results in a $4 billion reduction in controllable expenditures

Folder, "January 25, 1968 - 6:30 p.m. Pueblo 6 - Senior advisors meeting - McNamara, Rusk, Wheeler, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

Vietnam. (Stepped up attacks on U. S. units in Vietnam along with major North Vietnamese and Viet Cong build ups). Secretary McNamara: of the connection. 0 w .... :c I agree with that, although I have no real evidence I view this situation very

Folder, "January 30, 1968 - 6:04 p.m. Pueblo 12 - Senator Dirksen and Congressman Ford ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

the reserves for use because of this incident in Korea, not because of Vietnam. We are sending 300 planes to South Korea. The reserves we called up he re will fill the vacancies made by the sending of regular units to South Korea. Congressman Ford: I would have

Folder, "[June 11, 1965 -11:25 a.m. Jack Valenti's Meeting with Apostolic Delegate]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

Vietnam

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Attack in Gulf of Tonkin; Cyprus, 8/4/1964, Volume 3, Tab 19," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

consisting of two U . S . destroyers , the Maddox and the C. Turner Joy, approximately 6 5 miles off North Vietnam in the Gulf 'of Tonkin . Presently we believe 9 or 10 torpedoes were fired at the Patrol. Two of the PT boats were r eportedly sunk and three

Folder, "[December 5, 1967 - 11:28 a.m. Meeting with Former Governor Frank Morrison of Nebraska)," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

Vietnam criticism

Folder, "April 9, 1968 - 8 a.m. Camp David meeting with Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Bunker staff," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

of this? Ambassador Bunker: He was very helpful. As far as I can see, the Tet offensive had more effect in the United States than in Vietnam. It caused a physical and psychological damage, unce r tainty, questions about security. But this phase has passed because
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Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 2, March 1-31, 1964 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

of business is the question of military offset purchases and we have this one tied down more tightly than before. In addition, we have a poin~ of reference for getting German support - if we want it - in dealing with some other problems (e.g., Vietnam, Cuba

Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 3/15/1967 (Item)

and talked with Katherine Ellington. Only state lleg to pass res. Supporting Vietnam stand 11:55 Left with the President and walked to the chamber where the President addressed a Joint Session of the Tennessee Legislature. He announced Bunker to succeed Lodge

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/2/1966 (Item)

matters." George Christian /Photographers in and out. Marvin Watson (Pl) OFF RECORD: Henry Luce Moyers says Mr. Luce simply "wants to hear the President talk about VietNam. " Joe Califano Marvin Watson (Pl) Came into mjdr's office asking for speech

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/27/1966 (Item)

-- just general th ngs -The heat yesterday Harry McPherson's missing the plane to VietNam The speech for last night not being ready Marvin Watson, Jake Jacobsen, Jack Valenti - in and out of the room While the President was dressing, Mrs. Johnson Liz

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

house information from the Department 0:1 expenditures, procurement plans and Swimming w/ Secy. McNamara reports from VietNam. He also accepted the Secretary's invitation to go to the Pentagon next week for th

President's Daily Diary entry, 8/19/1965 (Item)

of Louisiana office Ernestt Gruenin g Senator Ernes The President asked his advice on Vietnam pix August White House 19 1965 Thursday 40 To Flowe r Garde n to greet a group of Irish Schoo l Teachers. H e listened to two Irish airs, an d made brie

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/26/1965 (Item)

of Vietnam Armed Forces. Released statemen t upo n the signing o f S-2300 - The Omnibus Rivers and Harbows E ill Today signe d H . R. 9526, a bill for th e relief of Raffaella A chilli and also H. R. 3515, for th e relie f of Marv Ann Hartmann an d also H. R

President's Daily Diary entry, 2/21/1966 (Item)

2-21-66 W. House Monday Breakfast JJ, MW in bedroom Henry Luce - NYC (b.2) to get his ideas on Vietnam To ofc w/BM, problems Lem Johns BM (pl) BM (pl) McGeo Bundy /^ Great Neck, L. I. Robert Fleming and Mrs. Norman Newhouse of No. 1

President's Daily Diary entry, 3/19/1966 (Item)

in Secretary Rusk's office. (w/Bill Moyers) nntf March White House ^^ 19. 1966 SATURDAY Activity (inc!ude visited by) The President arrived on South Grounds -to the Oval Rm Ofc - reading tickers - yb takes in three memos re VietNam activities fm Sit Rm

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/21/1966 (Item)

Grounds With Bob Fleming - for Taping of 2 statements: 1) re VietNam 2) re excerpt of UAW message on civil rights. Returned to Oval Km (Ofc - w/JaKe Jacobsen Bill Moyers (pl) Sen Ralph 21, 1966 Yarborough OFF RECORD n^ May 21, 1966 White House p

President's Daily Diary entry, 11/18/1965 (Item)

November 18 , 196 5 White House Colonel Cros s Jack Valenti Judge Moursund Dale Maleche k for Thursday briefing on Vietnam Round Mountain, LBJ Ranch, Texas situation Tex Bill Moyers Austin, Texas The Pres's l (ret . 4g£ . call J

President's Daily Diary entry, 1/6/1966 (Item)

) re General Humphrey's news conference large number of civilian deaths in Vietnam. George Reedy (b.1) - inviting him to come to his bedroom for a visit Secy Rusk (b1) re Max Frankel story this morning in papers George Reedy upstairs Bill Moyers

President's Daily Diary entry, 1/22/1966 (Item)

General Amb. Llewellyn Thompson Hon. Richard Helms Discussion of Vietnam and the continued pause Admiral Raborn in the bombing and the alternative course of action _ Amb. Arth ur Goldberg now open ______ _ ^ Hon. William Bundy- ^_=., ^ — Secy Robert

President's Daily Diary entry, 4/2/1965 (Item)

&&xbfooasafflK McNamara, and Secy Vance remainin g there while the East Room wa s cleared i n time for hi s next appointment there. To the East Room to greet Steve Addis an d Bil l Crofut (two folk singer s wh o recently entertained th e villagers in VietNam

Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the disclosures, so-called, that have been made about Mr. Stevenson's views on the Vietnam War since his death--do you have any insights into what his role was during the period immediately prior to his death in regard to the Vietnam situation? F: No, because
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Biographical information; Finletter Report; 70-group Air Force; George Mahon; Adlai Stevenson; Vietnam; decline in power of Democratic party; John Foster Dulles; NATO; meeting with LBJ on 4/10/64 on MLF; lack of support of MLF; Ottawa speech; Non

Oral history transcript, Lawrence H. Fountain, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

been there. McS: What about the problem of the emergence of Hawks or Doves as far as the Vietnam War is concerned? F: I would say most of the members of the House of Foreign Affairs Committee were Hawks, if you're going to use those terms. Now you
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to North Carolina; Congress under JFK and LBJ; objecting to Adam Yarmolinsky as head of Poverty program; LBJ’s strategy on passing legislation; Freeman’s agricultural policy; Foreign Affairs Committee; schism between Fulbright and LBJ regarding Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of them has not as yet been satisfactorily resolved. That has to do with the issue as to how you treat contractor personnel, or, let's say, merchant seamen who are caught engaged in illegal activity in Vietnam. As you probably know, there are two sections

Oral history transcript, Robinson Risner, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, Okinawa, in July of 1964. You see, I flew from Okinawa to advanced bases like Korat, Thailand, and Da Nang, South Vietnam. G: Now, of course, this was before the Gulf of Tonkin incidents and before the commitment of American combat troops. What sort
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Initial involvement with Vietnam; flying missions into Southeast Asia; views on the war; a military professional; service as commanding officer of the 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron; controversy about bombings; opinion of Ramsey Clark and Jane Fonda

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Lucey, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

me one of the twenty-two observers to take a trip to Saigon, Vietnam, in connection with the national elections. Washington, D.C. Most of the observers boarded Air Force Two in But a few of us in the West found it more convenient to take the plane
First meeting LBJ; the invocation at LBJ's inauguration; Chancellor Kiesinger of Germany; Hugo Black; Harry Jersig; the National Advisory Council for OEO; Sargent Shriver; Maury Maverick, Jr.; 1967 trip to South Vietnam to observe national elections

Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Nitze -- I -- 5 P: Have there been times of major events related perhaps to the war, or decisions to be made regarding the war in Vietnam, or other crisis areas that developed in the world that you have been

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, Texas, 4/4/1966" (Item)

and pestilence. He signed into law the bill which created the National Park Service. Today again we see the past as prologue. We are looking beyond the temporary trials and great personal sacrifices of Vietnam to protect and preserve a part of our past. It is now

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 18 (XVIII), 12/18/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Department to the Justice Department. This was the instance reflected in the documents where, according to Mike Manatos, you had more Jetstars in the air than you did planes over Vietnam that day, to get senators back from Puerto Rico and other places
Administration hospital closure in Montana and the importance of keeping the White House congressional relations department advised on all problematic issues; Everett Dirksen's dependability; Mansfield's 1966 concerns about Vietnam; Mansfield's refusal

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 26 (XXVI), 8/26/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was not going to, in effect, be involved in politics while he was trying to bring an end to the Vietnam conflict have on this political involvement in behalf of Humphrey? O: I think you can't overlook some aspects as this evolved, going back to his
Lyndon Johnson's (LBJ) role in Hubert Humphrey's presidential campaign, especially in Texas; why LBJ wasn't more involved in the campaign; Humphrey's Salt Lake City speech about Vietnam; what LBJ could have done to help Humphrey; efforts to gain

Oral history transcript, Omar Burleson, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the President's lessening of popularity . And then, too, of course, the--I think some use it as an excuse, maybe--the Vietnam War . You see, he'd had his ups and downs in popularity, as everyone is aware . But it seems to me that it's unjustified

Folder, "14.2, North Korea," National Intelligence Estimates, NSF, Box 5 (Item)

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 49, 1 April 1991," LBJ Library (Item)

presenta tion both to members of the LBJ Library and to a packed audito rium of school children. 5 AdministrativeOfficialsReview Veterans of the Johnson Administra tion who had been in or near the deci sion making process on the Vietnam War gathered

Folder, "5/17/65 - Remarks of the President at the Arrival Ceremony of His Excellency Chung Hee Park, President of the Republic of Korea ," Statements Files, Box 146 (Item)

of freedom not only in Korea but in Vietnam as well, Mr. President. We have given our commitments to the security of your land, aid I assu't'e you that those commitments are durable and continuing so long as ··danger rereains. But we have co!Il!Ilitted

Memo, Califano to LBJ, 6/5/67, 7.30 PM (Item)

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 3 (III), 3/25/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

because this is a religious country. At the same time, on several occasions I remember, he'd ask Luci to get the priest--her friend in Washington--to pray for the boys in Vietnam particularly. This 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
Texas protesters arrested and later invited to the Ranch; Jacobsen's opinion of Martin Luther King, Jr.; clothier Louis Roth's anti-Vietnam stance; Martin Luther King's FBI report.

Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 2 (II), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, as a matter of fact. And Tet, as again I think I've remarked earlier, was a very serious military defeat for the North in Vietnam, although a psychological victory here. G: Do you recall the circumstances under which General Westmoreland and Bob Komer were
Vietnam enemy inflitration through Laos and Cambodia and pros and cons of U.S. invasion to cut supply lines; Bunker's conviction concerning censorship of the press; LBJ's 3/31/1968 decision not to seek re-election; bombing pause; U.S. plans to train

Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

a particular appointment or question? What would he ask you, now? H: Well, some of the questions were about procedures and Vietnam, of course, and many of them were--you see, Lyndon Johnson is a great man, but he's a very sensitive man and hi s feel i ngs
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to the United States Information Agency Advisory Commission; LBJ’s decision to not run in 1968; Vietnam propagandist and censor Barry Zorthian; Hoyt’s trip to Vietnam; John Vann; LBJ’s “credibility gap”; LBJ’s press secretaries; LBJ’s personality

Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was one of those newsmen that never did take a hard-and-fast dovish stand and I still support him in great measure on the Vietnam War issue. I never faulted him completely on that and I LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
Vietnam
; reputation as a hawk in Vietnam erroneous; Robert Kintner; rivalry between RFK and LBJ; Presidential press secretaries; LBJ seeking professional advice on TV style; conscious of Texas twang; Barry Goldwater; George Wallace; 3/31 speech; evaluation of LBJ

Oral history transcript, Warren L. (Bill) Gulley, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

of years you talk to people at Travis Air Force Base in California, or you talk to people at Fleet Marine Force Headquarters in Hawaii, or even in Vietnam. And you talk to people--you have no idea what they look like--but you become acquainted with them
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Biographical information; administrative assistant to Jim Cross; duties at the White House; Bob Taylor; Clint Hill; Art Godfrey; overseas flights; Presidential trips to Vietnam; communication equipment on Air Force One; impact of jet age on office

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