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Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to do of getting a plane, had to get Doctor [Tom] Mattingly from Walter Reed and everything. Jerry and I went over who he would call and who I would call during this half hour. I had to call the Vice President, Dick Nixon, and John Foster Dulles
  • leaders of free world after WWII; Little Rock and civil rights; Ike against forced bussing; states rights; Senator Joseph McCarthy; Ike and LBJ had heart attacks in 1955; Dulles and foreign affairs; 1956 Hungarian uprising; Israel and Suez Crisis; Sputnik
Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 1-10]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • classmates of mine also in high school: John Scribner and Bill Bogen. Wearranged a car pool to drive from Glendale every day over to the college, which, as I recall it, was an eight to ten-mile drive. Myfirst class in the morning, I'll at eight o'clock
Oral history transcript, Benjamin Spock, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , without any warning to him, landed troops instead. Then that bloody French- Vietnamese war that lasted from 1948 until 1954 with terrible loss of life on both sides. The Geneva Accords, where [John Foster] Dulles first agreed that we would respect
Oral history transcript, Ray S. Cline, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • it its coloration?" So he got Frank reluctantly to say we could release it, and he immediately called his brother [John Foster Dulles] over in the State Department and said, "I'm going to send you over something, and I think we ought to get it out
Oral history transcript, Henry D. Owen, interview 1 (I), 12/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • and less on separate staff operations than perhaps Mr . Acheson and Mr . Dulles and Governor Herter . Even there, it's awfully hard to generalize, Mr . Dulles had a very close relationship with Bob Bowie, who was head or chairman of the Policy Planning
Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • where John Foster Dulles very wisely said that, and with the approval of President Eisenhower, that we would not support the French except through "united action." In other words, that we would not go it alone. M: Multilateral-- F: It had
  • Biographical information; Finletter Report; 70-group Air Force; George Mahon; Adlai Stevenson; Vietnam; decline in power of Democratic party; John Foster Dulles; NATO; meeting with LBJ on 4/10/64 on MLF; lack of support of MLF; Ottawa speech; Non
Oral history transcript, Wayne L. Hays, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • with it. the type of man that was Secretary of State. I think it was I always thought that John Foster Dulles was extremely condescending towards the committee. I thought Rusk had a tendency to be more open, although sometimes you really had to pick at him to get
Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • that he wasn't the one that got it started. It goes back to John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower, and then to Jack Kennedy and Cardinal Spellman. I think Johnson really felt deeply that it was our obligation to give freedom. a chance, democracy a chance
  • to the United States Information Agency Advisory Commission; LBJ’s decision to not run in 1968; Vietnam propagandist and censor Barry Zorthian; Hoyt’s trip to Vietnam; John Vann; LBJ’s “credibility gap”; LBJ’s press secretaries; LBJ’s personality
Oral history transcript, Ray S. Cline, interview 2 (II), 5/31/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • consequence that I know of that I might have been exposed to and was not. me. Dick Helms never mentioned it to I learned later that he didn't mention it to John McCone for a long time, too, so I guess I shouldn't have my feelings hurt, and lim sure he
Oral history transcript, Ernest Gruening, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ! But this was the United States policy embodied in the Domino Theory by John Foster Dulles. That was policy, and at that time if you just said, "Communism," that was enough to justify it. And it would still be, in retrospect, the statement of many military people
Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • born in Abilene, Kansas, until, oh, at least bring it down to when you came to Johns Hopkins. E: Very briefly, I got my bachelor's degree from Kansas State University. During my senior year there, I took the Foreign Service examinations, partly
  • Biographical information; FDR; LBJ's relationship with Eisenhower; invitation to LBJ to speak at Johns Hopkins; Senator Joseph McCarthy; Chamizal dispute; LBJ as civil rights leader; Latin American affairs; 1960 election; Dominican Crisis; Panama
Oral history transcript, William J. Connell, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • in the primaries in 1960. I should also say that in the sixties, the 1956-1960 period when Eisenhower was in, when we were having confrontations with the Chinese over Quemoy and Matsu, he was very skeptical about the [policy], and open. This was the [John Foster
Oral history transcript, E. Ross Adair, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • approach and direction of foreign policy? A: President Eisenhower was a man that relied very heavily upon his advisers, especially John Foster Dulles. He was likely to take their opinions and say, "W e l l , if this is the view of most of you, we'll
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • luck he happened to have pricked me on the one issue where I felt very, very strongly that John Foster Dulles had made a big policy mistake back in the middle '50's when we put our money on Pakistan instead of India. F: To a certain extent
Oral history transcript, Keyes Beech, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • down and I told Abe Rosenthal, who just happened to be in town--he had come over from New Delhi . The man who was normally in Saigon had gone away to the Bandung Conference in Indonesia, and Abe had moved in there to fill in . He and John Roderick
Oral history transcript, William H. Chartener, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • for Eisenhower in 1952 and had previously worked for Dewey on three of his campaigns, and also as research assistant for John Foster Dulles. pretty solidly Republican background. many years. So it was a However, it did go back a good I've retained my
Oral history transcript, Endicott Peabody, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • . I was active in four state conventions prior to that and I was active in the 1960 presidential campaign prior to being a delegate to the convention. M: And did you support John F. Kennedy? P: I supported John F. Kennedy in the West Virginia
Oral history transcript, William A. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 11-20]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • they coul
Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh ROBERTS -- I -- 2 F: You hadn't made any of the trips? R: No. But I should add that before the Texas trip we were well aware of the feud between [Ralph] Yarborough and [John] Connally, and everybody was looking for those angles
Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • General John O'Daniel. a second time. That's what I did the last four or five years before I went out to Vietnam. tour. He came back to the States and retired for I went out there presumably on a two-year In other words, I was supposed to come back
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • see this administration in the last three years sort of slipping back for reasons which totally escape me into the old pro-Pak attitudes of the '50's (of the Foster Dulles p~riod), it reminds me even more how far LBJ carried the policy of sorting
  • ; Presidents’ susceptibility to media; John Henry’s thesis; staffing in Vietnam; Gene Locke; what happened to Komer’s Washington D.C. position after he left for Vietnam; Komer being asked to divide his responsibility between LBJ and Westmoreland and Bunker; how
Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 2 (II), 3/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
Folder, "Classified Papers - Far East Trip, May, 1961," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • follo ng d parture Vic Pre 1dent. Leading stres ed Johnso warmly receiveJ by Vietnam se peopl because of mod st attitude. "sa1 on 1" s id this outstanding, modest tatesman h s on hearts Vietnamese peopl . John on•s many contacts 1th co on people idely
Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 10, 12-16," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)
  • and summer a partial What was clear was shaken, a~erged a new evaluation of the along, committee of 1963 destroyed reporting misleading. was John McCone, 6 ·~ ? ~ :: •,, " who was in Saigon at " the same time. The fact that McCone had
Folder, "JCS -- SIGMA I‑66, Fact Book, 9/66," Agency Files, NSF, Box 33 (Item)
  • .................. AID Johnson State ............... ......................... McConnell, White House Staff USAF .............. John T. McNaughton ............... Earle G. Wheeler ................... Action BGen Edwin F. Black, USA Joseph -Col J. Mr. P
Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • with him. The success of the Eisenhower relationship with Congress in foreign policy I always felt depended to a large degree on two things: One, the enormous confidence and respect Dulles had--that they had for Dulles up there. They felt Secretary
  • Contacts with LBJ; success of Eisenhower relationship with Congress in foreign policy; personal contact between Secretary Dulles and LBJ; AID bill; estimation of LBJ; formidable experience of talking to LBJ; Macomber never brought good news
Folder, "August 22, 1968 - 9 p.m. Cabinet meeting, and staff members," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12356. Sec. 3.4 ~J fl-lfl' ­ By. . , NARA, DatcJi:tl3-ff The staff members attending the meeting were: Walt Rostow Charles Murphy Jim Jones Joe Califano John Macy Bare foot Sande rs Charles Zwick Art Okun Charles Maguire Bob Hardesty Harry
Folder, "[April 4, 1968 - 3:50 p.m. Meeting with U Thant]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • , even with the best of motivations, the more hostile one gets towards the stay. Our government in Berma is anti-communist, but we try to deal with our problems by our own means. Mr. Eisenhower and Mr. Dulles g ave us g enerous aid by way of arm s
Oral history transcript, Karl E. Mundt, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • , and be against it and wouldn't try to put together very often a coaltion to support it unless it was on a matter of foreign policy. He was pretty good in supporting the Eisenhower-Dulles foreign policy. But if it was a domestic issue, unless it was some issue
  • First meeting LBJ; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; 1948 Mundt-Nixon proposal; Joe McCarthy; USIA; Smith-Mundt Act of 1948; Arthur Larson; LBJ’s support of Eisenhower-Nixon-Dulles foreign policy; Quemay-Matsu-Pescadores problem; Russia détente
Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • of Pigs. President let him go. I believe that Allen Dulles actually was--the I think John McCone, who had been Allen Dulles' successor, was the one who decided to dispense with the services not only of Pearre Cabelle~ but also of Dick Bissell. In any
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/27/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • ring. One ; V_ o f m y g rea t a m b itio n s of th is F a ll i s to a s s e m b le a v e r y s m a ll g r o u p of s c h o la r s and the m o st k now ledgeable G overnm ent p eo p le — lik e W alt and E lsp eth R ostow and M cG eorge Bundy and John
Oral history transcript, John P. Roche, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: JOHN P. ROCHE INTERVIEWER: PAIGE MULHOLLAN PLACE: Dr. Roche's home office, 15 Bay State Road, Heston, Nassachusetts Tape 1 of 2 M: Let's identify you to begin with, sir. You're John P. Roche, and you're a professor of political science
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  • Roche, John Pearson, 1923-1994
  • Oral history transcript, John P. Roche, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan
  • John P. Roche
Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 2 (II), 12/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • influence in the area to this particular period is I think a misstatement of history. The Soviet influence really began, and became a very compelling force, in the Dulles era. In the key country, particularly the United Arab Republic, there were cwo
  • Simbel; Cyprus issue; CENTO; Eisenhower Doctrine; Vietnam; India-Pakistan War; LBJ's speech for advice on foreign policy matters and his diplomatic performances; Richard Rovere; John Leocacos; The Establishment; personal and private papers
Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, interview S-IX, 8/12/1969, by William J. Jorden (Item)
  • by the conference Secretary Dulles had with the leadership of the Senate in... I believe it was '54 when Nixon announced during that period that we would be p:itting troops in that area of the world, and Dulles consulted us about supporting the French following
Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: JOHN A. McCONE INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
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  • McCone, John A. (John Alex), 1902-1991
  • Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
  • John A. McCone
Oral history transcript, Theodore Hesburgh, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • , that he listened--maybe that was part of his being tired, but he did listen carefully. Our chairman began, John Hannah, and talked for maybe fifteen or twenty minutes. A number of other people talked, I remember Dean Griswold, I believe, and a number
  • Biographical information; received Medal of Freedom from LBJ; LBJ's use of Civil Rights Commission; JFK and civil rights; CRC's first meeting with LBJ; Commission hearings; John Gleason; LBJ's accomplishments in human opportunity/civil rights; White
Folder, "National Security Council (II)," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 4 (Item)
  • , non-transfer, etc. The Soviets were particularly insistent that limitations be placed upon the availability of nuclear weapons to both East and West Germany. Mr. Foster pointed out that which he considered successes, however limited, of the conference
Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)
  • , Kentucky; Representative Hal Boggs, Louisiana; Representative Gerald Ford, Michigan; Honorable Allen Dulles, Washington; Honorable John Day [J.] McCloy, New York. RUSSEL L: Well, now Mr. President, I know I don't have to tell you my devotion to you. But I
  • ; John Kenneth Galbraith writing a speech for LBJ; LBJ's displeasure with a speech Middleton wrote about Vietnam; trying to find LBJ's personality reflected in the Library's documents; how LBJ being a great legislator lost support for Vietnam; how
Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Library panel. That was a Saturday morning; it was about eleven o'clock, as I recall. t·le had a normal Saturday morning session. about four of us: There were myself, Ed [Edwin B.] Haakinson of the AP, I believe Ray Lahr then of the UP, and John
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  • Theis, John William
  • Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
  • John William Theis