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- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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- How Jorden got into foreign policy government service from journalism; going to Vietnam to assess the situation in 1961 and the resulting white paper; Jorden’s Berlin Viability Plan and trip to Germany; Averell Harriman; working group for…
- Biographical information; the 1960 convention; Russell urges LBJ not to accept the vice-presidential nomination; Ralph McGill; anecdote of the MLK funeral; LBJ and the Ashmore-Baggs visit to North Vietnam; LBJ asks Patterson to serve on the Civil…
- 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;…
- McCloskey's work in foreign service and as State Department spokesman; reporters; Vietnam; credibility gap; coordinating briefings with the White House and the Pentagon; new mission of the marines in 1965; withholding information from the press…
- The PR firm of Syers, Pickle, and Wynn; LBJ covers Texas in 1952 and 1953; the 1954 campaign; anecdote of LBJ being warmed by Warren Woodward; Clayton Hickerson anecdote; LBJ feigns snoring as a practical joke; LBJ-Yarborough relationship; LBJ, Dan…
- How Wallace classified LBJ’s political stances from the Senate through Presidential periods; the 1960 Presidential campaign; the Birmingham demonstrations and Wallace’s discussion with Robert F. Kennedy regarding them; Wallace’s high regard…
- Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 as a recruiter of talented persons for government service; setting up the guidelines for executive branch presidential appointments; evaluating and recommending appointees; generating appointment…
- Nixon’s assessment of LBJ in the late 1950’s; JFK’s selection of LBJ as a running mate; LBJ’s failure to understand or relate to the press; attempts to manipulate the press; press’ attitude toward LBJ; Vice-Presidential trip to India and…
- Early professional contact with Lady Bird during the presidency; Bess Abell as the First Lady’s Assistant; requirements for a first lady’s wardrobe; Lady Bird and clothes; LBJ’s influence on Lady Bird’s wardrobe; LBJ’s generosity with…
- Circumstances of going to work on what later became known as the Pentagon Papers; the study to answer questions about the Vietnam War; granting of authority to requisition files within the Pentagon; CIA provides materials; White House material;…