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- Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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- 1981x
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- Biographical information; state of commercial helicopter aviation in 1948; circumstances of joining campaign as pilot; description of the helicopter; refueling the helicopter; maintenance check; campaigning by helicopter; impressions of LBJ; Sam and…
- First contact with LBJ; LBJ's 1941 Senate race in East Texas; circumstances of Sheppard's release from the army; LBJ's intervention for Sheppard in other areas; Big Inch pipelines; Carl Estes; LBJ and the oil companies; 1948 campaign…
- Biographical information; Sam Ealy Johnson; LBJ as a teen; Rebekah Baines Johnson; high school in Johnson City; teachers’ state meet; trip to California, 1925; Tom Martin.
- His decision to work for LBJ, John Connally's role among LBJ staff members, LBJ's childhood, Billy Drake, LBJ's relationship with his staff, Busby’s role as speechwriter, Coke Stevenson's political career, the Roosevelt…
- Biographical information; preparation for covering Vietnam; reflections on McNamara; the Caravelle Hotel; recollections of Thich Tri Quang; the Buddhist movement and the Ky government; press policy in Vietnam; opinion of Ky; elections in Vietnam;…
- Time limit in dealing with Vietnamese situation; the Tet Offensive; Weyand's role; press reaction; impact of Tet on South Vietnamese forces; intelligence; Cronkite's visit to Vietnam; the pacification programs; decision to write Tet!;…
- Biographical information; CIA in Vietnam and Indochina; structure of the CIA; Bay of Pigs; the “secret war†in Laos; disputes on the role of the CIA; Edward Lansdale; Taylor-Rostow mission to Vietnam; “How to Lose a War;†debate over Diem;…
- Assignment to Vietnam; situation there at the time; view of Diem in late 1950s; Wolf Ladejinsky; land reform; problems with relocation program; the Montagnards; conflict with General Sam Williams; MAAG and the embassy; Williams and Diem;…
- Texas press in 1930s; State Observer; first contact with LBJ; Alvin Wirtz; war years; KTBC radio station; 1944 Democratic state convention; 1944 and 1946 congressional campaigns; speech writing; KTBC and aggressive new policy; UN conference; San…