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Oral history transcript, E. Ross Adair, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

then. Your committee assignments are on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Veterans Affairs Committee. Before running for Congress, from 1933 to 1950, you were a practicing attorney and probate commissioner of Allen County, Indiana. your LLB from

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

this. Under Kennedy there had been concern over urban affairs and setting up a department of urban affairs. W: How does this fit in? Kennedy had proposed it and said he'd appoint the Secretary. shot down. whole thing. It had been There's a beautiful
Biographical information; meeting with LBJ in 1960; wrote speeches for JFK; Moyers’ operation; Task Force on Urban Affairs; urban crisis; concept of the Great Society; urban problems given greater dimension under LBJ; uniqueness of task forces

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

it," or, "It wasn't worth it." We have to depend in many ways on other agencies for help in developing our data. The Veterans Administration and the Department of Labor both are involved in this follow-up procedure for us. It's going to be awhile before we can say
Biographical information; duties in Manpower & Reserve Affairs; civil works program; overcrowding at Arlington National Cemetery; McNamara; Project 100,000; Adam Yarmolinsky; Steve Ailes; Senator Richard Russell; Mr. Vinson; Operation Transition

Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to assess, or to make a comparison perhaps, between the way Mr. Johnson has operated in the realm of foreign affairs vis-a-vis the State Department as compared to President Eisenhower and/or President Kennedy? Ma: Yes, I think so. It probably would have
; comparison of Congressional relation to foreign policy; Vietnam; LBJ’s speech regarding Dulles’ illness; Majority Leader’s interest in foreign policy; comparison of Eisenhower, LBJ and JFK administrations in foreign affairs; JFK-LBJ transition beautiful

Folder, "January 29, 1968 - 1:40 p.m. Pueblo 9 - Senior Advisors - McNamara, Rusk, Katzenbach, Lodge, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

on January 29 in the Family Dining Room. Attending the meeting were: Secretary McNamara Secretary Rusk Under Secretary Katzenbach Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge CIA Director Richard Helms General Wheeler General Taylor Clark Clifford Samuel Berger - Department

Folder, "National Security Council - 1961 [1 of 3]," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 4 (Item)

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Oral history transcript, William H. Stewart, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

of that period of time, slightly under two years, at Ft. Sam Houston--Brooke General Hopsital in San Antonio, Texas. I left the Army about December 1947, and went to Minneapolis where I worked for the Veterans Administration for six months, and then I returned
Department and legislation; White House staff; meeting with LBJ regarding Medicare; infant mortality rate; National Health Insurance; future of PHS; international health; Vietnam; Honolulu Conference; World Health Assembly; U.S. role in international health.

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 4 (IV), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, but I think I worked with seven different directors of information or ministers of information, depending on the title of the department in that particular government. A couple of those had been educated in the United States. Nguyen Ngoc Linh had been

Folder, "Bernard Quint," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)

: -~ •.•~· •• •· 1··.:. _:~ Proclamation 35.61: National Day of Mourning for P.rcsident Kennedy: ·: ::.:·_._;,.~::Executive Order 11128: Closing Government Departments and Agencies · •::·? i\. • on November ZS, 1963. >~. \·:::·. ~~/~i November ZS: Message

Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

. That's broken down so that it has a Subcommittee on each one of the twelve departments, and then one on foreign aid. believe they have one on Supplemental Bills. And then, I also But 14 different subcom- mittees and they're the ones that hear

Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Giaimo, whom I know quite well, and I had an appointment with Bailey. A phone call came during that appointment and Wayne Phillips, who was a public affairs man for the department and was shepherding me, came into the Giaimo meeting and said
Department of Housing, Education, and Welfare

Folder, "Vice President's Trip to Southeast Asia, May 9-24, 1961 (I) [2 of 2]," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 1 (Item)

- - Mr. Paul Geren 1 .::SECRET Mro Paul Geren, Deputy Directorp Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Department of State; Dro William No Diehl, Chief, Far East Divigion Office of International Finance, Department of Treaau.ry

Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

as a general assignment reporter for about six months till the end of 1963, then went to Newsweek in early 1964, spent three years there as an associate editor largely in charge of the radio and television departments, otherwise just "swing writing
; department's speech drafts; review of speeches; "Rose Garden rubbish;" LBJ's sensitivity to press reaction to speeches' LBJ's relationship with the press; joke specialist on staff; LBJ as am accomplished storyteller and raconteur; LBJ's speech referring to his

Folder, "[October 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

the discussion as an exclusive talk with the President. The President praised the people of Connecticut, referring to them as forward-looking on national and internatimal affairs. He had praise for both Senators and Congressmen. The President: We have had a great

Folder, "Gen BE 5-7 Economic Planning for the End of Hostilities (Post War Planning)," WHCF BE, Box 41 (Item)

, and other agencies will hardly require large reservoirs of funds. However, there are built-in increases in some programs (civilian and military retire ment, veterans benefits, social security, and interest ·on: the debt plus increased pay for federal

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

millions of dollars to the Post Office Department for the below cost operations. It includes your villages, it includes your rural routes, and it includes delivery of your publications. They're subsidized, you see. These big magazines that yell

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 1-9," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

to do. in meetings with his But that had been a of this position was "Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs" until October 1966, when the area part was changed to "East Asian and Pacific Affairs." Thus, it was known within the Department as "FE

Folder, "JCS -- SIGMA I‑66, Fact Book, 9/66," Agency Files, NSF, Box 33 (Item)

Kannedy and Johnson and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Dr. Ral.ph Powell Consultant to Department of State. On leave from Amer ican University and currently with the Research Analysis Corporation , S~ - NOFORN D-1

Oral history transcript, Arthur M. Okun, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

been done before . There was a coordinated effort to deal with some of these same issues and same problems under the Eisenhower Administration, but it was sort of an ad hoc affair that when the budget had to be formulated, they met ; when

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

you find the country team state of affairs? T: Well, I found it was doing very well indeed, just as I expected. spent, I think, only a day and a half, something like that. I I LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
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, Rufus Phillips, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

been on Taiwan and who had been largely responsible for the success of the veterans' program in Taiwan. G: Was that part of AID? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
Vann; Wilfred Burchett; LBJ and advice on foreign affairs; 1966 elections in Vietnam; poor organization in American military in Vietnam; Francis 'Ted' Serong; the Tet offensive; 3/31/68 speech; El Salvador in 1982.

Oral history transcript, Charles A. Halleck, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

INTERVIEWER: T. Harrison Baker September 19, 1968 B: If we could start with just the chronology, which goes back to the '30s. You were in Congress, a two-year veteran when Mr. Johnson arrived. H: He was here with Dick Kleberg, wasn't he, as secretary

Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was involved in. He was then on the House Naval Affairs Committee, studying at the knee of Uncle Carl Vinson, the chairman. At that point I believe he had been out in the Pacific and come back. But [thi s was] my fi rst experi ence of hi s persuas i ve abil

Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

: That's interesting, but what about these cases you hear about: nothing, the veteran is normal in all respects until weeks or months after he gets back and then he has-- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

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

valuable support in materiel and advice, it won't be a viable victory." combat forces. He did not want American That was one reason. The other reason I think was because it was a thin cover. After all, as you know as a veteran of Vietnam

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

by the President and once by the Attorney General, and we've got to go through or we're going to lose faith with all these people who have put their necks 'way out to testify in Mississippi against the state of affairs in voting, police brutality

Folder, "The Bertrand Russell 'Trial'," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 191 (Item)

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE I WITHDRAWALSHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORMOF DOCUMENT DATE CORRESPONDENTSOR TITLE Agency: Justice RESTRICTION Department ' 0 f.e.V'\ FI LE LOCATION NSF Country File Vietnam, The Bertrand Russell

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a moment on one thing. Veteran newsmen have seen it all and presumably don't stampede easily. Was there a feeling among the White House press corps, widely expressed, that this may be the beginning of some sort of coup d'état or an attempted nationwide
Katzenbach as attorney general; presidents’ interaction with the State Department; May 1966 trip to Chicago; LBJ’s opinions of the U.S. role in Vietnam; LBJ’s assessment of his own staff; Tonkin Gulf resolution; Lindley Rule and press access to LBJ

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol 7, Meeting with the President and Draft Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Leon Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

, which in turn became the Department of Urban Affairs, so that establishes my close connection with the Department of Urban Affairs. I didn't write the Social Security Act, but I worked for the Senator who sponsored it and had a great deal to do

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in that. Yes. What was your role in that? Johnson. I am very fond of Lady Bird In the first place, I think she is a person of great charm, and [she has] an exquisite sense of words and the best judgment about human affairs that I can think of. judge. She

Folder, "JCS -- SIGMA I‑66, Game Documentation, 9/66," Agency Files, NSF, Box 33 (Item)

propaganda broadcasts alleged that the chief for flooding in NVNwas American bombings, an assertion denied by _the Department of State. reason quickly It was obvious that Hanoi had taken advantage of bad weather to introduce improved Soviet missile

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

: other Committees should be invited. The House Foreign Affairs •Committee certainly should be included. The President: Well, it looks as if all of you have counseled, advised, consulted and then - - as usual - - placed the monkey on my back agairi. I

Oral history transcript, Curtis LeMay, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with General Curtis LeMay who made his home in Newport Beach, California. just to get started. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. with Mr. Johnson? General, Incidentally, I'm a World War II veteran so I have been following you for a long time. L: More

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

at Honolulu Taylor t~at together raili tar, Vietnainese affairs" of view including units, units widely remonstrated produced with to sharply, a conference unde.::- HcNamara's coarr,anders, and c:iair- ?:-1c:~a;;.ghton and in ~upport

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 10, 12-16," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

of the Kennedy tion and it fell to President Johnson to make the final on appointment, which he did in both cases on November a appeared and on the opened, The plane so as simply of International maximum, and and hindsight as Assistant Affairs

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

details were requisite for him to callout the tha,c became a necess2.ry step, as it did. militar:;' area tvitil ,chich I ment of .Tus t~ familiar, but I 1,':'1S F: They morc the book' ::, \'laS not Depart- ::e

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

obviously came from the Soviet Troika, suggested by the Treasury Department, as I recall. So here was the Troi ka. It was these three agencies. You probabJy know the structure of it. In addition, it had three layers: staff layer; a council-member

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Bunker Reports," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

and war:1.ed against a coal:tion gove:i:nrne:"lt. Arr.ong the pa2.·tic!.pants in the us emi!:a=ti were L-riflue~tial Sen2.tors Nguyen Gia Hien ana. Tran Van Lam. The Se~ate Foreigr.. Affairs Committee 0::1.January 24 heard Foreig!'l Mir.:.ister Do's views

Folder, "NSAM # 284: Official Visits to South Vietnam, 2/11/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 3 (Item)

of the A 1 t nt Secret ry for Far Eastern Affair . " I also believe th t it would be v lu bl for thi SAM to be rei sued a reminder of the n ce ity f or eoordin tin official vi it t o South Vietnam with the State Department. 'ls"' John A.I) McKesson Benj

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