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Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, donate and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title, and interest in the tape recordings and transcripts ofthe personal interviews conducted in New York City on April 21, July 22, and August 26, 1987, and prepared. for deposit
different presidents with the FCC; the qualities of VHF over UHF; the three-television unit that allowed simultaneous viewing of the three networks; LBJ’s interest in gadgets; visiting LBJ after his 1955 heart attack; LBJ’s personality; his response to LBJ’s

Oral history transcript, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, interview 2 (II), 11/23/68, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of Riverdale, New York do hereby give, donate, and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title, and interest in the tape recordings and transcripts of personal interviews conducted on November 12, November 23, and December 11, 1968 in Washington

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 2 (II), 12/10/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

archaeologists. So I had to go out and hire myself a secretary--I actually hired two, but they didn't come onboard for a month. B: You do that yourself--the White House housekeeping unit doesn't take care of that? G: They say, "Well, we'll try and find

Oral history transcript, Charles A. Morris, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

holidays even in those days. to. Or tried But the war had intensified over that period of time, and the North Vietnamese did not send entire units down organized as North Vietnamese Army units until sometime after 19--1 believe it was after 1965

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
and his failure to explain his decisions to the press and public; Bundy's work in Santo Domingo; Ellsworth Bunker's negotiating success in the Dominican Republic; LBJ's relations with Latin America; LBJ's support of Multilateral Force (MLF); opposition

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 72, June 2000," LBJ Library (Item)

, D.C., gave one of the most celebrated speeches in the history of the nation. He called for America to realize the full promise of the Founding Fathers that all citizens should be equal, and without further delay. Still he warned against violence. "We

Oral history transcript, Herbert J. Kramer, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

brought the Audio-Visual unit into Public Affairs; I brought the Speakers' Bureau into Public Affairs; I reorganized along Divisional lines; I mended fences with the program officers and, I think, established a very solid and substantial line

Oral history transcript, Theodore Hesburgh, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

thing I find curious and I've had to make this correction speaking to people around the world as a matter of fact, when we get into conversations about the Presidents of the United States. That there is an enormously strong myth that President Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Sam Low, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. The company then sent me to South America as an oil accountant, and we went down to examine some loading stations that had been built in Chile at Valparaiso and another one on the east coast at Buenos Aires . M: You got a wide acquaintance with South America

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 14, September 1 - 22, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)

is not a neutralist. And I think there is at least a ·chance that it may be possible to use the cordial relationship I established with Lee Kuan Yew to sound him out, to reassure him of our friendly intentions, and to soften his future statements about America
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Folder, "Volume I – Narrative History, The Administrative History of the Department of Transportation Act [2 of 2]," Department of Transportation Administrative History, Box 1 (Item)

. • -;·· ...., • .. . . \ • ·:~. ~ ... ;; ... --· ./ .._. ,J . Commerce Draft • I' , January 2J., 19ob !. ' A BILL To establish a Department Be it United cited enacted States of Tr-ansportat.:i.on, by.the Senate "Department othe~· purposes. and House of Representatives of America in Congress
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Folder, "Disasters," 1962 Subject Files, VP Papers, Box 131 (Item)

claim against the United States or America in the• amount or $161,270.94. · The matters set out herein supplement our olaim aseerted Thia olaim is asserted and warranted under the following provisions or ·the contracts and in: our letter of April 26
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Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 2 (II), 6/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

spell that, sir? D: D-A-C--was the political commissar for the Saigon area, and just before the Tet Offensive he went around and visited all of the guerrilla units in the outskirts of Saigon and around Saigon, armed with the reports of how many

Folder, "Lynda - Greece (wedding of King Constantine)," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 10 (Item)

at Famagus ta port with supplies of !ood and clothing for Turkish Cyprlots In the coastal village or Kokklna, north-west Cyprus, a United Nations spokes man said here. I and air to ha'le ofter < I funly 'Turkish I The agreement followed dis was officially

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: There is no question about it. Mr. Saxon was a very active fellow. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is unique in the United States in that it is a regulatory agency that is run by one man. No other regulatory agency in the whole country, or in our

Oral history transcript, Roland Boyd, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1985, by Dave McNeely (Item)

, "Roland, will you tell these boys why Sam Rayburn was not president of the United States." He hadn't given me any warning, but I said, "Sure. Sure, Mr. Leader, I'll tell them." I said, "In 1944 Mr. Roosevelt, when John Nance Garner fell out with him

Oral history transcript, Edward C. Welsh, interview 1 (I), 7/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

than shocked, I suppose--because it is very hard for anybody in the United States to find that anybody else can get ahead of us in anything. I think it is fair to say that one thing we can produce more rapidly than anything else and in greater

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 2 (II), 4/24/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the Voice of America. Frank Stanton was just a sort of adviser to the President; I don't think he had an official position then. He may have been chairman of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Information. He became that later, in any event, but whether

Oral history transcript, Burke Marshall, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Department was a fairly small unit, wasn't it? M: It was very small and not very efficient. It hadn't been very active. As I say, I did anticipate that that was going to be the most interesting and demanding lawyers' work going on in the country, and so I

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

some defections in my congressional district, I had tried to structure it because under the system at that time, my congressional district had a majority and we had the unit rule you see. So all you needed was a majority, but I had some defections. I

Folder, "Venezuela - Volume 1, 11/63 - 7/64 [1 of 2]," Country Files, NSF, Box 74 (Item)

, ~nd retards the general welfare. States cultural, Western welfare Alliance 7. Enhance Venezuelan and its foreign policy. 8. Engender respect social and scientific world by free societies of their members. knowledge about the United
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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 105: Nov. 9‑14, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

more days, or just a very few weeks at most, I will have an announcement in that regard. But let me suggest to you that we are continuing to make excellent progress on the program. QUESTION: Some time ago you indicated that the United continue
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Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

is good for the United States with the Democrats in the affirmative." Same thing with Viet Nam. "I'm not going to be the Democratic President pushing liberal social legislation who's letting go of a part of Southeast Asia that my predecessor John Kennedy

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 68: Mar. 19‑24, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 31 (Item)

. local time on Monday t..~e _____ of. _ _ __ 1968. The Government of the Republic of Vietnam, Saigon The National Liberation Front of Vietnam The Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Hanoi The Government of the United States of America I
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Folder, "IV," Department of Housing and Urban Development 1965 Files, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

• ... • I .. -.: I • I • ·I • \ ............. ·,, .. in Wubtngton Gperate progr·ama-vhlch--in-vhole- vban America. aant. other•• 8ama ahould -and largely an4 bureaucratic tee• aible t.o 4ialodge 9lu from their preaent located

Oral history transcript, Rufus W. Youngblood, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

, 1968 INTERVIEWEE: RUFUS W. YOUNGBLOOD INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. McCOMB PLACE: Mr. Youngblood's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 M: To identify the tape, this is an interview with Mr. Rufus W. Youngblood, who is the deputy director of the United States

Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 3 (III), 7/1/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

up in the cities of America in a milieu where systematic, steady work habits, where what middle-class people would call normal ambition about their own lives, where the idea of a two-parent family living in a standard, methodical, dedicated, committed
to expand the Job Corps and addressing criticism that it grew too quickly; comparing the War on Poverty to military wars the United States has fought; Congress' rush to criticize the Job Corps; why Otis Singletary was chosen as first director of the Job

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

••• of tM film. Warmeat ,-raoaal reprda to you aad Doaa Quclal•pe. Hh .Excellency Gu•tavo Diaz Ordaz Pr• 1ident of the United MeJdcaA State• Mexico, D. F . LBJ / WGB:mrn 2/ 15 / 68 L/1 INFOltMA TlON SECRET Wed•a4ay. Feltnary 14. 1968 7:00 p. m. Mr
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Oral history transcript, Eugene Williams and Helen Williams, interview 1 (I), 10/27/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

had had it, by knowing him and how much he wanted to do for America and the people. It seemed as if everyone was just kind of turning aga inst him as if he wasn't doing enough. MG: And of course, I was thrilled to see him step down, Do you remember

Folder, "INDIA - December 1963-1964 [2 of 4]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

1V1ay 19-21, 1964. As this is his first visit to the United States, a brief tour of the United States is being arranged for him from May 22-27, ending in New York. From there he will ti·avel to London for talks with the British. Chavan, as Defense
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Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 4 (IV), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, Helen says it's all over? Here's the commander-in-chief, leader of all the armed forces, commands every airplane and battleship we have and he says, "Helen Thomas of UPI [United Press International] says it's all over." If he wants to stay

Oral history transcript, Daniel Garcia, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

said. They were just kidding. But at the same time, he actually wanted to see me, because he wanted me to ride on his station wagon and Lady Bird and somebody else, Ambassador of the United Nations I think that came with him at that time. We came over

Oral history transcript, John P. (Gen.) McConnell, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. But the first time I ever had any prolonged participation was when he invited me down to the Ranch about 1957 to brief him on the strategic posture of the United States with particular emphasis on the posture a~~ capabilities of the Strategic Air Command

Oral history transcript, Frederick Nolting, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was instructed to do was to try through conciliation to gain the confidence of the government in the intentions of the United States to stick with them. That, of course, was greatly reinforced within two weeks of my LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

important story for the United and I still believe, the first most important story, a large-scale basis that at that point it was it was the second most and it was the third most important story . that I had a lot of alternatives . I either

Oral history transcript, Donald F. Hornig, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

. This was the period of the development of the Xunit, the firing unit, for the first bomb. M: Did you have anything to do with the principle of using implosion to--? H: That had already been thought through by the time I came out. M: So your concern

Oral history transcript, John Michael Dunn, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in that appointment. But he had a great admira- tion and expressed to me many times a great admiration for President Kennedy and what he was trying to do, and he also had a great feeling for the United States Army, in particular; for the armed services generally

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 9, March - April 14, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)

.-SECRET MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Call by the British Prime Minister Background ; Prime Minister Wilson will be spending two days in the United States, one in New York and one in Washington. His visit, originally scheduled for February
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Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 12 (XII), 4/25/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title, and interest in the tape recordings and transcripts of the personal interviews conducted with my father, Walter Jenkins, on August 14, 1970, August 24, 1971, September 23, 1976, May 13, August

Oral history transcript, Ben W. Heineman, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Lyndon Johnson for the first time when he was in the United States Senate, I think, about 1956 or '7. F: Was this official or social? H: Social. I have forgotten really who introduced us. I think it was Senator Paul Douglas, but it was a very

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