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Oral history transcript, Horace E. Richards, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

below Austin, and I ranched there for ten years. By that time, I had gotten to the age where I shouldn't be ranching anymore, so I sold the ranch and all the cattle, and I had thirteen business places there in Smithville. Sold out everything and came

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 15, September 23 - October 14, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)

of the aggression will still be going on, requiring continuing presence of American ground troops. 3. It seems clear that U.S. military can prevent the Viet Cong from taking over the state, can destroy or neutralize main force units, and can destroy hitherto

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 6, June 11-20, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 8 (Item)

Include Export-Import Guarantees ---- Include OECD Speak to me ------ c, CONFIDENTJA J, MEMBERS OF DISTINGUISHED AUSTRIAN DELEGATION, etc: This is a proud occasion for all Americans. It is also an occasion for hwnility and for hope

Folder, "Iraq - December 1963-March 1966," Files of Robert Komer, NSF, Box 28 (Item)

·they might help. 3. To advise on possible university administrative reforms, CU could shift emphasis of the FY-1967 American specialist program from coaches to educational administrators. Their advice, if really desired and heeded by responsible Iraqis

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of international affairs both in the United States and outside the United States. His beat had never been the State Department nor the embassies, either U.S. embassies abroad or American embassies at home, and his acquaintanceship in serious terms--how many foreign

Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)

Folder, "Pepper, Claude (Senator) - Notes [1940-1943] [1 of 2]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 11 (Item)

lovely words that American children are brought up to say--Liberty. Freedom, Equality. It ie only in their danger the.t l.merican people begin to r ealise how great they are, in the lives of each one of uat and h011 much we would willingly do 1n

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 21, March, 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [2 of 2] (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 19, January 15 - 31, 1967 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [2 of 2] (Item)

American affairs ln the last ebt years a. rare com'blnat!on of experience and scholarship, idealism and practical judgment. Your career in public service llluatratea the change through which we have passed in recent years: from a. primary focus on Europe

Folder, "Multilateral Force - General," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 3 (Item)

for strategic decisions whose implementation still depends over whelmingly on American owned and based weapons: they have included the revived economic strength and potential political strength of Western Europe; the danger that the nuclear weapons programmes

Folder, "Wallace, Henry A. [1942]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 21 (Item)

pressure sales abroad. It could not avoid reaping the whirlwind. Hindsight is al ways easier than foresight, and millions of Americans now look back upon those earlier policies as tragically mistaken. It would be a prolongation of the pres ent world agony

Oral history transcript, Price Daniel, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: PRICE DANIEL INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Dr. Frantz ' office, Garrison Hall 102, University Campus, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 F: Let's trace you very briefly, Governor. You are a native Texan and pretty well took every role

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

. of but moralism Kennedy / !:ly Americans and ir. the public as Ha==i::a::. . us for the s:..:c..:: act:..o~s 7 as was mear.~· -~• somet. ...... _i:ig r.,o::::-e9e::::-so:ial. it, nerve Anglo-Saxon ulti:wate associated . or Bri t.:..sh people

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 85: June 29‑30, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 37 (Item)

-anlsation ot Contral American State• to Join them la a meeting to on July 6 take place at ODECA headquarter• &ad 7, 1968. I accept the invitation with groat pl aaure and request you lnfoz,m my diet!ngu.lahed c:olleaaue• that I look forward to sooing them aad

Folder, "INDIA - December 1963-1964 [3 of 4]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

on the subject. We were naturally concerned and worried over the possibility of a much wider conflict with incalculable consequences for peace in South East Asia and the world. We were, however, relieved to learn from your proadcast to the American people

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 22, March 1 - 9, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [1 of 2] (Item)

. Herewith·is Nick Katzenhach•s views (Ta.b B) on Senator Ma.nsfi.eld's proposal to r ,e organi.ze the American Bureau in State. I share Nick's aonclusion, and prefe-r the firvt (Tab A) of the sug gested replies, -whieh i p r epa1·ed for your signature, should

Oral history transcript, Charles S. Murphy, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

it was a political fact of life in t"lOse dJ)t'; tMt southern members of the House and the Senate had S~~ problems. restraints about being liberal. After all, it is said that the first duty of a statesman, a politician, is to get himself elected. You can't help

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 8, July 1-15 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)

tomorrow. ·w. w. WWRoetow:rln Roetew Draft #3 President• s Speech American Alumni Association July 12, 1966 White Sulphur Springs Words: /t"f'O The world is engaged in a race between education and disaster. The fate of all mankind depends

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 59: Feb. 1‑6, 1968 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 38, August 11-17, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS A DMINISTRATION NA FORM 1429 (6-85) Thursday, August 17, 1967, 7:30 P. M. MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: Disappearance of U.S. Citizen in Prague, Czechoslovalda Charles H. Jordan, who represents the American Joint

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

factotum. was in the Eisenhower years. This I was in Washington for a meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and at some raucous late-night party I ran into Lyndon and Lady Bird. We were standing around talking and drinking--it was very

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 67: Mar. 14‑18, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 31 (Item)

used this above-mentioned analogy in several debates and found it to be exceedingly effective. Such an analogy not only helps the American people to see our present roblerns in a proper hist9rical perspective but should help o & Co. not to overestimate

Folder, "Douglas, Paul H., 1/1/66 - 12/31/66," Name Files, WHCF, Box D-251 (Item)

of our Federal Maritime Commissioners, James V. Day, who is from Maine and was formerly Public Relations Director of the American Legion, was reappointed by the President for four years on June 30th, 1965, as a Republican member of the Coil'DJ'lission

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

without China and Russia escalating their participation, too. It would be a very serious mistake to think the .American people would support a stalemated ground war in Vietnam for a period long enough to force the Communists into negotiating. They refused

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Did the Preparedness Committee help him in his relations with other senators at all? B: No doubt about it . Because in the Preparedness Committee you were sort of wrapped in the American flag . better, You were trying to make your country

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 27, May 1-15, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)

,will be in Washington May 17 and 18 after visiting EXPO '67. The first Belgian Fulbright grantee to gain cabinet rank, this bright, articulate and pro-American leader is, at 39, the youngest Vice Prime Minister in Belgian history. He is also Minister of the Budget

Folder, "Korea - Vol. 2 , Memos, 7/64 - 8/65," Country Files, NSF, Box 254 (Item)

future. Therefore until normal relations can be established by the radical reformation of the Japanese attitude, it is matter of anxiety lest they may 1n fac~ worse~ and also our friendship with the American people be impaired ~·1r

Folder, "Summaries of Vice President Johnson's Trips, 1961-1963 [I]," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 1 (Item)

the Prime Minister deplored racial discrimination in tJle 2 u.s .• w.iich he termed a "black spot" on the American imageo Kr. Johnaon turned to the topic of u.s. aid and quoted Dia, vho had recent1¥ stated the time for poleml.c• and sterile debate

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

. ....:.-_ _ _ __._..__ .... Eu . . . . . ._ _ ~ INTER-AMERICAN STALEMATE Washington's dismay, however, the coup it would perhaps have liked to see in Port-au-Prince now took place in Santo Domingo instead. On September 25, Dr. Bosch's seven-month-old govern ment

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 97: Oct. 1‑4, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

America'• aympathy for CncboalovaJda in a D.Clll-political and American ■ ettiag. W. W. Roatow ---- Speak to Jim Jones tentati•ely about a time No ---- Speak to me _ _ __ -· ·•:i~" . ·· • ,. • , ~ T0 B~ :'\}.! f..Dt

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/5/1964 (Item)

leather with titles in gold lettering. Autographed copy of "A Time for Action" (leather-bound). "To President Diosdado Macapagal, a great Statesman and Friend, LBJ, October, 1964" PHOTOGRAPH: Autographed photograph in sterling silver frame with seal

Hays, L. Brooks (Lawrence Brooks), 1898-1981 (Item)

Carolina congressional seat, enlivening a lost cause with an energy remarkable for someone seventy-four. A greatly respected elder statesman, he died of a stroke at his Washington, D.C., apartment. He is buried at Oakland Cemetery in Russellville, Arkansas.

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 43, September 21-30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

, ·-· ·· ... .. . The President - TO: ~ ,Jtr¥ FROM: H. SUBJECT: American Observers ·of~the Vietnamese Elections c. Lodge l~ -··· . . . ,., ... . Anothe -expression of . opinion concerning the Vietnamese elections from . one of the American Observers has come to me

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 15, September 23 - October 14, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)

. The Soviet delegate agreed, but made a strong anti-American speech in which he commented on the failure" of the negotiations in Geneva and specifically charged the U.S. with considering the use of nuclear weapons once again. Ambassador S~yth . made

Folder, "China Lobby II," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 130 [2 of 3] (Item)

4:.3 \..J (\_ P·robe Reveals Foreign-Paid News Junl{_ets By Laurence Stern Stn!f ncportcr A New York public relations firm arranged free red carpet junkets for news executives who in turn distrib uted unlabeled foreign propaganda to American

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 40, September 1-10, 1967 [2 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [1 of 2] (Item)

TO BELI EVE TH~T THE AMERICAN CORRES PmJDt.:NTS HERE \·!OULD EVER ACCEPT A THE IU-KY VICTORY ~ J lo..,,. \

Folder, "INDIA - Prime Minister Visit 1966 [2 of 3]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 22-2 (Item)

and to accentuate the Sino-Soviet split. As the USSR, which is a Co-Chairman of the Geneva Agreement, is strongly supporting North Vietnam, and has vigorously denounced American efforts there, the extent to which India feels it can go· to be of assistance

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 21, February 12- 28, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 13 (Item)

Folder, "Iraq - Volume I, 12/63 - 7/68," Country Files, NSF, Box 138 [1 of 2] (Item)

or about what, lf anything, the US government should be doing about this. Mr. Saunders deliberately avoided asking what he wanted the USG to do. The action he wants from the US government is on a different problem. He would like the American Red Cross to do

Folder, "Farley, James #1," Papers of Drew Pearson, Farm Series, Box F 437 (Item)

walls are enc:tusted a master's shame the headquarters ot the other masters but that this room wherein American subjects the master's presence panels and beams and parqueted is a massi-wt hall floors. is a smaller ot the master will sit