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Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: June 1, 1976 INTERVIEWEE : CHARLES BOATNER INTERVIEWER : MICHAEL L . GILLETTE PLACE : Mr . Boatner's office in Fort Worth, Texas Tape 1 of 1 B: You have asked that I give you a thumbnail sketch of Lyndon Johnson . I hope it's a thumbnail

Oral history transcript, Chris Dixie, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to recount your reminiscences of that. D: Well, I'm sorry, I was not at the September convention in Fort Worth. The reason for that was that I was the lawyer for the steelworkers union and there was a big strike at the Lone Star Steel Company up in East

Oral history transcript, Lyman Lemnitzer, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

that we were having a terrible time in Korea. And we got reports that the French were not using our aid properly, that it was sort of being stacked up and it would arrive and it wouldn't be opened and wouldn't be distributed to the fortes, and things

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

wasn't likely to make the front page. And I think the savvy correspondents out there knew this, where this was the case. There were cases of telegrams from home office, particularly in television, saying you haven't got enough battlefield material

Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1970, by Arthur J. Mayer (Item)

Antonio Thursday, I'll get on the back-up, and we'll go to Houston, and from Houston, we're going to go up to Fort Worth, and then we're going on to Dallas. I'll see you next week when we get back to Washington." I said, "Fine, sir." And we took off

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

if I make a suggestion to you?" I said, "No." He said, "You shouldn't have paid me twenty five dollars." Well, I said, "I think that's worth it." And he said, "But you didn't examine it carefully. If you'd turned it around and looked on the back

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Wicker, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Antonio to Houston and Fort Worth to Dallas? W: lid been on the whole thing. F: Did it seem to be going as well as is generally reported to be? W: Yes, it did. We were all aware, however, of pulling and hauling back and forth between the [Governor

Folder, "VP Johnson's Trip - Far East - May, 1961," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 1 (Item)

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Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam; Jordan Arms, 2/1/1965, Volume 3, Tab 26," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

Taylor to Washington. The discussions will be on familiar subjects. (Listed in the attached telegram.) Ambassador Taylor has been generous in welcoming me, thus preventing any speculation about the future of the Ambassador . Every effort will be made

Folder, "Classified Papers - Far East Trip, May, 1961," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 1 (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 1 (I), 3/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

a series of other assignments without being related to intelligence, until finally in the early sixties, I took over as commandant of the U.S. Army Security Agency School and Training Center at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. The Army Security Agency deals

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

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Folder, "McNamara, Robert," Office Files of Fred Panzer, Box 379 (Item)

of the administration's there mdght wel4 not be an elec credibility gap. tion worth winning in 1966," he "McNa·mara tells us about a said. . • new Soviet weapon that would Rep. Hall also oriticized Mr. fly in a new low, strange orbit MoNamara for. "jumping to 1he

Oral history transcript, Daniel J. Quill, interview 2 (II), 10/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that they were actually election reports. that we bought those reports. I had a hard time convincing him They promised me--Sam Fore promised me--that he'd send me a telegram about the election at Muskogee, Oklahoma. When I got there about 11 o'clock-- F

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

strategic warheads and they 1 re having 2500, in fact, with their MIRVing,they are going to have 15,16,17000 warheads while we still have 7000. This would have great effect in NATO,aswell as in Japan, as well as in our owncountry. I think it is worth

Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Rather -- I -- 9 R: In every other town, in San Antonio and in Houston and in Fort Worth, we had arranged to have one reporter and one

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

a little It's our bit better Tape l -- 3 each time. Perhaps I am just old enough to have something worth saying, and perhaps I am young enough still to have fairly clear and I hope reasonably objective memories. Therefore I am beginning these tapes

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

, they stop at the nearest village, they round up all the villagers. villagers. They put them in a column of two's and march them down the road. fort. They don't march them up close to this little They'll march them up within a hundred yards of it maybe

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

, it seems to me that the nature of the M-16 might discourage-- N: Yes, that may be one reason why we didn't have more of it; it wasn't worth it. Because you can't just barely shoot yourself with an M-16. You do shoot yourself. G: Another one

Folder, "Cables, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XV, 8/1964," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

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

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

in the field for whatever that judgment is worth examined them. That is about the extent of the informa to use back here as expert Monday morning quarterbacks. tion we have on it. That is the judgII1:entof the best military advice I have Q. Did you say "men

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

a Marine • someone it is not to make p_lace at Khe Sanh is none of his television with the mayor who was at Khe Sanh in Chicago. about Gold Star mothers, Band on national working the people; about is that a doctor to the AMA convention He

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

of small steps on the ground with Phoumi's forces, "White Star" airlift with Kennedy men but of course accept to send a small number of trainer contract all with Soviet the military by the US military, no added was given ~o the possibility

Folder, "October 14, 1968 - President's Meeting with Joint Chiefs on Vietnam," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

the bombing? Our negotiators said that they would report to Washington because only the President can decide this matter. (Additional sentences of the Paris report of the Fr\day session were read. A copy of the full report is attached, (TAB A) (Pa:ris telegram

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 17-24," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

a coalition "neutralise' like naivete munist cause, as one could might or for the be, of lear~ng ~any aro initial of chance. popular away every chance. to disaster. about the Viet Cong never 11 ic.aas, yet the VC might bring. worth

Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in November of 1955? H: Well, I can answer that specifically. In 1950 I was with Headquarters Army Field Forces at Fort Monroe, Virginia, as deputy G-3. manding general was General Mark Clark. The com- A most outstanding officer. I went to Korea from

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

1965 I received a telegram from the White House--that was the way they did it in those days--inviting me to a bill-signing ceremony on the Public Works and Economic Development Bill, which was one of I guess maybe thirty-five or forty bills that DSG had

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 3, Tabs 141-169," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 2, Tabs 61-87," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

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Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 3, Tabs A-Z and AA-QQ," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

-February MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Marines late Information re Troop from of the 27th will be moving Fort The Brigade will follow. Headquarters The 1st Battalion rl"f tomorrow., continue its movements and Provincial Support of the 505th

Folder, "South Vietnam and U.S. Policies [X-File] [1 of 2], Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 19 (Item)

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

, with· only been reported that in full were two be judged object, which Vietnam to win and directed a touch of order that a strong in has Johnson first line affected that his report said, American policy is worth war the lost

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 5, Tabs 281-292," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

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

Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 32-33," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Paul D. Harkins, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in Vietnam without a horse. But I went to West Point from the National Guard. Then I joined the horse cavalry at Fort Bliss and then went to the cavalry school in 1933. I stayed there for six years; I was an instructor after two years in courses there. G

Folder, "[January 3, 1966 Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Bombing Pause]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

NUTS. Now they haven't said anything. Rusk: Yes, that is good. President: Are all your senior officials asking? Rusk: Yes. Bundy: Pres. recollection is precise and right. (reads P. telegram to Lodge which pinpoints the pause continues

Folder, "February 12, 1968 - 1:45 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

will be sent from the following locations: One battalion from Camp Pendleton. Units from Camp Lejune The 82nd Airborne· frcm Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Possibly some army from. Fort Benning. The President: How many men does that total? General Wheeler: 3800

Folder, "Cables, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XVI, 8/16 - 31/64, 1 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

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