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Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 19 (XIX), 4/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

regarding Vietnam. You had a handful of members who were registering concern. That number grew as time went on, and it became particularly a problem when you had staunch supporters of the President's Vietnam policy expressing concern. So you have
and Senate leadership and problems with the whip system in the House; the increase in concern over the Vietnam War among congressmen; the work of John McCormack, Carl Albert, and Hale Boggs as house majority whips; O'Brien's conversation with Chicago Mayor

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

had heard that Humphrey--I think it was to be on Saturday, and my recollection may be totally off the wall--was to met Johnson in the White House, at say four o'clock Saturday afternoon, and undoubtedly was going to discuss his position on Vietnam
Contacts with LBJ as VP; LBJ and civil rights legislation;LBJ's involvement with the downfall of Joseph McCarthy; HHH's position on Vietnam during 1968 campaign; RFK; Dallek's comments on Richard Nixon's involvement in the 1968 Vietnam peace

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 4 (IV), 1/28/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for himself, but the right decision for our country, for what they were doing in Vietnam. He was aware of that; he was aware of the need to inform them. But I suspect that's the reason why. G: Now, do you recall President [Nguyen Van] Thieu's reaction
Townsend Hoopes; LBJ’s decision-making; LBJ’s relationship with Dean Rusk and Ramsey Clark; Clark Clifford; the relationship between LBJ and his staff; Spring 1968 turnaround in attitudes regarding Vietnam among LBJ’s staff; General William

Folder, "March 11, 1968 - 6:57 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on additional troops for Vietnam," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

I ' WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) '· i. "" •:){ .. MARCH 11, 1968 - 6:57 p. m. MEETING WITH FOREIGN ;POLICY ADVISORS ON ADDITIONAL TROOPS FOR VIETNAM --·-··- . · · Secretary Rusk (departed before meeting began) Secretary
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Folder, "March 11, 1968 - 6:57 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on additional troops for Vietnam," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2

Oral history transcript, Wallace Terry, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1999, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

he would sit with us in helicopters or on the aircraft, about Vietnam, and just asking us what we thought of Vietnam, whether we’d been there or not. I also remember that if you were eating and he was sitting next to you, he’d just start eating off
after a tour in Vietnam; Vietnam studies and literature.

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

Oral history transcript, Douglas Pike, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was given a posting choice of Seoul, Korea; Vientiane, Laos; or Saigon, [South] Vietnam; those were the three [choices]. G: What year was this? P: This was 1959. I chose Saigon, got there in 1960. year the National Liberation Front was formed
Vietnam
Biographical information; long involvement with and extensive work on Vietnam; first duties in Saigon; captured documents; geographical regionalism in Vietnam; infiltration; armed struggle and political struggle; impressions of Diem

Oral history transcript, L. Wade Lathram, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. But anyway, I presume that since you want to talk about Vietnam, you want to know how I got there. 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library
Lathram's career history and how he became a Foreign Service officer; how Lathram was assigned to be the deputy director of the Agency for International Development (AID) in Vietnam; safe haven locations for the families of Foreign Service officers

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 11, June, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)

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Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 12, July, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)

it and he didn't, which ls par for the course. On Friday, July 21, I talked briefly to Phil Potter about Vietnam.. and had to tell him that everything was awaiting McNaraara's return and further decisions. On luly 25 1 talked to Joe Kraft on the phone. Bis

Oral history transcript, Walt W. Rostow, interview 2 (II), 1/9/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

], the Philippines, Algeria. I forget the numbers, but that's where it came out of, and that's incidentally what it was in Vietnam. Now, I would say right at the beginning that you must not interpret the war in Vietnam as a guerrilla war wholly. It was a three-tiered
forces in Vietnam; the effect of Sputnik on escalation of the insurgency in South Vietnam in 1959; Ngo Dinh Diem's success in consolidating Vietnam; patterns of military and political communication; insurgent hierarchy; communism among Southern insurgents

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 8, Excerpts and Taylor's Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

~\ EXCERPTS OF PUBLIC PRESIDENTIAL WHICH RELATE DURING DOCUMENTS TO THE VIETNAM THE PERIOD 28 JANUARY SITUATION - 2 APRIL 1968 • 'MONDAY, FEBRUARYS, 1968 billion exceeds our stockpile requirements as presently determined. Continuing
Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Folder, "March 4, 1968 - 5:33 p.m. Meeting with Senior Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

, 000 more men that we might continue down the road as we have been without accomplishing our purpose---which is for a viable South Vietnam which can live in peace. We are not convinced that our present policy will bring us to that objective
Vietnam

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 54: Dec. 11‑19, 1967 [4 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)

requeated the State Department to releaae the text. of agreement• on a ■ •htance to coUDtrlea with troop• in Vietnam. They have abo a ■ked for detail• and dollar amount• ol. a••l•tance. The mi ■ chlevoua can obTlouly u ■e thl• lnf ormatlon are uelng

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 46, 15 January 1990," LBJ Library (Item)

to 1968, mostly with advisers and Congressional leaders. Three-quarters of the meetings deal mainly with the Vietnam War. In addition, there are notes for 37 meet ings at which LBJ discussed foreign affairs with correspondents and a 52page transcript

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 19, January 19 - February 4, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [1 of 2] (Item)

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE WITHDRAWAL SHEET {PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF DOCUMENT #1 memo #5a memcon CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE DATE RESTRICTION to the President from R. W. Komer confidential 1 p 02/04/66 A re: Vietnam secret

Oral history transcript, Carroll Kilpatrick, interview 2 (II), 5/24/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in and trips and various things like that. G: I think you said at one time you went on the 1961 trip with LBJ, is that right? K: I did, yes. I made the trip around the world with him, when he went to Vietnam. G: How long, then, did you cover

Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 2 (II), 3/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

after 1960 South Vietnam might even be able to reduce its defense budget. But in 1964--and I'm referring again to the interview that you gave to the U. S. News and World Report-you said that when you left Vietnam in September of 1960
Vietnam
Agrovilles; insurgency; Madame Nhu; Green Berets; Lionel McGarr; coup d’etat; Father Raymond DeJeagher; Buddhists; press; James A. Van Fleet; troop numbers; other U.S. and Vietnamese officials; country teams in Vietnam

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 25-33," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

), June, seemed with clear whatever force this period. gre~ rapidly at these ; in plans to South expand were and actions -- inclu- Scuth Vietnam decided decisions, in to paY~ future. Viet~2.i.-nese stuff established April
Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Oral history transcript, Rufus Phillips, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, in July, I received notification that the army wanted to transfer me to Vietnam. What happened was in the Far East they went around looking for people that had some French in their background, because according to the Geneva Accords, a limit was to go
Vietnam
Biographical information; Phillip’s work in Vietnam; Ed Lansdale; Phillips psywar experience; trip to the Philippines; Vietnamese pacification program; mosquitoes in the Philippines; Colonel Le Van Kim; the Viet Minh; the Binh Xuyen in Saigon; Kieu

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 36, July 25-31, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 20 (Item)

OFFICE O F THE '-" i .~EC TO R .,... ~ ~..:." J.?t\.i,: 27 JUL 19,7 ?L S MO:?' A NDUM FOR: SU BJEC T 1. The President -'' Transmittal of Vietnam Re p ort Mr. William Colby, Chief of our operating division on the Far Eas t , is currently

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Various Topics, Panama, etc.", 4/3/1964, Volume 1, Tab 7," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

a disaster for the entir e Alliance for Progress. .. TOP 6EC:ltl!:'f"- - 3 The President then turned to a dis cuss ion of our policy toward Vietnam . He referred to his meeting with Ambassador Lodge in which he told the Ambassador that he
Vietnam criticism

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Gulf of Tonkin Attack, 8/4/1964, Volume 3, Tab 20," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

Secreta r y ?vlcNama r a : W e h av e agree d to ai r strik e s on two bases in the north of No rth Vietnam and t w o base c o mple x es in the south of North Vietnam . A fi:th target has be e n deleted b e cause it i s clo s e t o Communist Ch ina . b

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for Meeting with Senior Advisors, December 1, 1967]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

, THE DEPUTY U-S MILITARY COMMANDER IN VIETNAM; DEPUTY U-S A~BASSADOR EUGENE LOCKE AND CAPTAIN ROBERT o•BRIEN, I N CHARGE Of THE EMBASSY SECURITY GUARD. THE LIBERATION FRONT REPRESENTATIVES WERE LE VAN HUAN AND HUCNG VAN THE LE. THE MEETING TOOK PLACE ~HILE
Vietnam

President's Daily Diary entry, 2/23/1966 (Item)

O'Brien Oke pix The Agenda for the meeting prepared for the President for Henry Wilson included: Minimum wage, tax bill, Vietnam AID bill, Vietnam Defense Supplemental Authorization, Teacher Corps and Rent Supplements Appropriations, civilian pay

President's Daily Diary entry, 3/12/1966 (Item)

of the National Governors' Conferenc e Governor Joh n Volpe - Mass. Th e Presiden t told the Governors - - of Governor Wm. Scranto n - Pa. th e record about VietNam and also lis Governor Philip Johnson - Miss. cusse d the creation of a new Commissio Governor John

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 48, 15 December 1990," LBJ Library (Item)

, the riots in the cities and the divisiveness of the Vietnam war were balanced by ·•a period of ide alism ... We believed that we could end racism ... We believed that we could end poverty." Turning to condi tions in the country today. Clark said: "If we

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 66, 15 August 1997," LBJ Library (Item)

Emeritus of Texas A & M, discussed the underlying reason for his recent book, Shadows of Vietnam: Lyndon Johnson's War. ''I was after the man who made the decisions, agonized over the Americans and Vietnamese who were being killed every day. The man who

Oral history transcript, William A. Knowlton, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, as all these guys from the Kennedy offices and other places had called over to get friends excused from the draft or put into a reserve outfit right away because otherwise they might have to go into the army and go to Vietnam. So that's basically what I
of defense, and the work Knowlton and Califano did; the duties of the secretary of the general staff (SGS); Califano going to work in the White House; Knowlton volunteering to go to Vietnam in 1966; Knowlton's work getting Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 2 (II), 6/1/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: MAXWELL D. TAYLOR INTERVIEWER: TED GITTINGER PLACE: General Taylor's residence, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: General Taylor, can you tell me the reasons for your trip to Vietnam in 1957? T: By that time, I was chief of staff
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Biographical information; 1957 trip to Vietnam; General Sam Williams; Edward Lansdale; Taylor-Rostow report; intelligence; Lionel McGarr; coordination; Diem coup; Harkins and Lodge; KATUSAs; Westmoreland; State Department; bombing campaign; Taylor’s

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Vietnam. Right across the room from me, another desk in the PAC division of J-3 did exactly the same thing for Rolling Thunder that we LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
Vietnam
; counterinsurgency; War College; Vietnam special forces group; mission of special forces, 1966-1967; Operation Attleboro; effectiveness of special forces during tour of duty; special forces in the 1960s and today

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 51, November 16-25, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)

November 1967 Capabilities of the Vietnamese Communists for Fighting in South Vietnam. DECLASSfffED E.O. 2356, ec. 3.4(b) White H nse •• 1.: ines, Feb. 24, 19K WWRostow:rln _fz_L ~ Bv7 NAl • , Date , J.1.3

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 51, November 16-25, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)

. W. Rostow TOP 8:ECRE1.'" Cy 1, TS 186035 SNIE 14. 3-67 13 November 1967 Capabilities of the Vietnamese Communists for Fighting in South Vietnam. DECLASSfffED E.O. 2356, ec. 3.4(b) White H nse •• 1.: ines, Feb. 24, 19K WWRostow:rln _fz_L

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Administration was as minister-counselor for public information in the American ·' Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam. But prior to that, you had been I believe deputy public affairs officer in India for several years and had spent some time with the Voice
Vietnam
Assignment to Saigon; Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge acts as his own press officer; Vietnam press relations an issue at the Honolulu conference of 1964; unifying press relations functions in JUSPAO; the maximum candor policy; origin of the "Five

Oral history transcript, Stewart J.O. Alsop, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was--the bombing of the North, I think, in Vietnam. Again, you have that peculiar strain of naivete in the President. M: Unwillingness to believe that reporters have the initiative to follow it up. A: Just as much sense as he does. It's not only that; there's
at the 1960 Democratic Convention; Philip Graham; Herman Talmadge; Alsop's writing about the Vietnam War; Bill Moyers; criticism of LBJ's approach to Vietnam; Alsop being invited to visit privately with presidents; LBJ's unpredictable nature' Robert McNamara

Folder, "September 25, 1968 - 12:17 p.m. National Security Council," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

in affairs with the Vietnam statement. All except the Communists see it that way. I do not expect a vote on this. Assistant Secretary of State Sisco: see it. That is the way most all nations The President: The President does not know of any plans
Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that particularly interested me in terms of foreign policy. The service on the Foreign Relations Committee in those days came at a very meaningful time when the dialogue on Vietnam stepped up very, very materially. It coincided with the decisions in Hanoi to commit
Vietnam
Foreign Relations Committee; 1966 Vietnam trip; Tonkin Gulf Incident; schools of thought regarding LBJ; succeeding JFK; dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs; investigation of chain store situation; Chicago convention

Folder, "Ex BE 5-7 Economic Planning for the End of Hostilities (Post War Planning)," WHCF BE, Box 40 (Item)

lV 'Q_,_ (' ~/ THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS ~ WASHINGTON , !lfiVi: - .Bs-0-=-7' December MEMORANDUM FOR Joseph 31, 1968 /-z,: //- Califano Attached is the revised draft of the Post-Vietnam Report to the President
Vietnam
File unit description: The drafting of the Post Vietnam Report to the President by CEA and the coordinating committee for economic and program planning after Vietnam.

Folder, "May 21, 1968 - 1:15 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

of MIGS at airfield AA situation is same Infiltration continues as before General Wheeler: All of North Vietnam show 97, 000 North Vietnam on move into Laos or South Vietnam. F eak seems somewhere in July. High level of reconstruction - - lines
Vietnam

Folder, "[November 4, 1967 - 2:20 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

then asked Secretary McNamara what can he do to solve crime in the District of Columbia. The President said he asked Wirtz the same thing. "Crime will be the principal problem, even more so than Vietnam. We've got to show some progress and action. Perhaps
Vietnam criticism

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