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Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

at that point, working with Mac Bundy, and he called me over a few days after I joinej the government just to talk. So that was the first time I met him. M: Turned out to be a rather close association, didn't it, as time went by? J: Very. M: Quite
; goals for South Vietnam; reasons for LBJ’s unpopularity; flaws in LBJ’s handling of the press; inept press corps handling Vietnamese War; incorrect editing of press dispatches; LBJ’s abilities as a diplomat; peace negotiations 1966-1968; 1968 Paris peace

Oral history transcript, Elie Abel, interview 1 (I), 1/19/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and the Far East in 1966, I guess it was. M: This is the only time you traveled actually in the press party. A: Right. M: Did you get the impression on that occasion, this was when he was meeting with. the chiefs of state of all the Asian states
LBJ’s personal style and diplomacy in interviews and in informal public appearances; reactions of reporters to LBJ’s unpredictable schedules; Cuban Missile Crisis involvement; role as VP; personal enmity with Robert Kennedy; relations with press

Oral history transcript, John M. Leddy, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, that basis title. That job also carried with it the executive directorship of the World Bank and the International Development Association and so forth. Since then it's been changed. M: That's why I was confused. I knew that now those weren't the same

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

must say with the wisdom of hindsight--I may be a little parochial on it--that the Middle East trip was quite successful. It was beginning of my association with Lyndon Johnson. F: That's what I wanted to ask. He was dissatisfied with his staff help

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 2 (II), 12/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

really had something to say or whether it was going to be a case in which I simply restated what has been said to them repeatedly, but we felt that it was worth taking a chance. I tried here to keep the press from building up my trip out there, and I

at a very delicate stage in our association just at that time on settling the claims, and the State Department--I speak of "the" Department as if it were an anonymous entity--which you do, you know, when you are in it--but actually by that time I really

Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 21-24]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

incidents in the affair that contributed to this. Kissinger gave the press Onewas that on the record--! think it was on the record but I don't rememberthe background, a long detailed account of the development Tape 21 -- 10 of the situation between

Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 11-20]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

arrived in NewYork, one of the--! don't remember--officials came on the plane and called out my nameand asked me to comeout and, as I came out, there was a big crowd of photographers and they thronged all around me. I was hustled into the press room

Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 1-10]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

pastor there. Pastor Norden, as I recall Pastor Liljedahl from Salina used to occasionally come downand preach. To go back to the Forsses: my only real associate as a young child Tape l -- 8 was my cousin Verna, the daughter of Gus Forsse who as I

Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 25-30]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

shouldn't use that tenn--was still maintaining an association with Averell Harriman. And I must say hearing that what was said certainly seemed innocent to me and certainly in support of the Administration, but the President took it as indicating that Bill

Marine guards or some sort of uniformed people standing along the aisle keeping the people back. But the people wanted to press forward and we had to move very swiftly to get through and into the other ballroom and back again. As I recall then we danced

Telephone conversation # 12822, transcript, MARVIN WATSON and RICHARD DALEY, 3/18/1968, 5:15PM (Item)

Sorensen, he then called Mankiewicz, who is Senator Kennedy's Press Secretary to ask him cbout it and he confirmed it and then the Press just descended upon the White Ho use and the President was in Texas. They, then descended on the Pentagon
Press relations
WATSON ASKS FOR DALEY'S EVALUATION OF BEN HEINEMAN AS POSSIBLE APPOINTEE TO CABINET OR SUBCABINET POSITION; DALEY RECOMMENDS HEINEMAN; WATSON DISCUSSES PRESS STORIES ABOUT RFK'S CALL FOR COMMISSION TO REAPPRAISE VIETNAM POLICY

Telephone conversation # 12514, transcript, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 12/6/1967, 2:35 PM (Item)

of transcript: 2 pages plus I-page note Barbara Cline Archivist SERVICE SET J.;l 51'-/ THE WHITE HOUSE WASH I NG"fON 6:17 p.m. - Dec. 6 Mr. President : Leonard Marks called and said that Ambassador Goldberg's press secretary has just told him
Press relations

for immediate purposes. - -- -·-- liaison ... . . __ _______ Mr. Nixon said that, despite observations in the press, he had made no decisions on his Cabinet. He hopes to have his Cabinet appointed by December 5. He would naturally like to have someone keep

Telephone conversation # 12104, transcript, LBJ and RAY BLISS, 8/23/1967, 10:30AM (Item)

Press relations
LBJ ASKS BLISS TO BE ON US DELEGATION TO OBSERVE SOUTH VIETNAMESE ELECTIONS; MAKEUP OF DELEGATION; BLISS DISCUSSES HIS OTHER COMMITMENTS, ASKS IF HE CAN LET LBJ KNOW LATER TODAY; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS TO ANNOUNCE DELEGATION AT TODAY'S PRESS BRIEFING

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

on the sidelines. He never takes a very active He did make it very clear to many people, the press and others, that he felt this way. It was carried in the press at the time that Senator Johnson was his choice, and he stuck with this for quite a long time

of imagery. P: And according a certain respect to women in general. A: Yes. Public image is important today in communications. For instance, when I went to Denmark, I think that the photographers, the press photographers, were far more interested

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/25/1967 (Sunday) (Item)

»MEMORANDUM THE W HITE HOUSE WASHINGTON S u n d a y , J u n e 2 5, 1967 F’a g e 3 e v e r y t h i n g th a t concerned press coverage. A nd t h is w a s s o m e t h i n g th at I h a d never faced b efore. M r s . B u r g c a m e a t 8 :0 0 a n d c o m b
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Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

coordinator do? J: We had something in Vietnam called the mission council. In other countries, it's known as the country team. It consists of the ambassador, people at the embassy--the political counselor, the press counselor, the economic counselor

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