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- October 1965 visit to the Ranch; LBJ’s relationship with the press; activities at the Ranch; LBJ’s desire to pay off Democratic National Committee debt and Krim’s involvement; Cliff Carter; John Criswell; political discussions at the Ranch;…
- Biographical information; Vietnam; mission personnel; Nguyen Khanh coup; Lodge; 34-A operations; mission policies; leaving Vietnam
- Task force record keeping; task force work process and working with Congress; task force leadership; communication problems with agencies; the OEO in the Executive Office of the President; Shriver; "revolutionary" aspects of the War on…
- LBJ’s 1955 heart attack and recovery; psychological analysis of LBJ; LBJ’s sense of humor; LBJ’s smoking habit; LBJ working from the hospital while recovering in 1955
- Braestrup’s work as a journalist in Southeast Asia for the New York Times; New York Times coverage of Vietnam compared to Time magazine; how journalists covered Vietnam and the danger involved; how Braestrup became Washington Post Bureau Chief;…
- Early contact with LBJ during 1960 campaign; going to Vietnam for the first time; learning about Vietnam and gaining the confidence of the people there; deciphering the motivation of the officers that spoke to him; Homer Bigart; John Vann; John…
- Situation on arrival in Vietnam as Ambassador; Chief of MAAG; General McGarr; Taylor-Rostow mission; Ed Lansdale; task force chaired by Roswell Gilpatric; impressions after traveling in the provinces; Viet Cong tenacity; Colonel John Paul Vann;…
- LBJ's decision to run for Senate, LBJ's fallout with his campaign headquarters, LBJ's modes of transportation; campaign staff duties and views, small Texas town campaign visits.
- Association with LBJ; Blanco County; Johnson family; college life; White Stars; student activities; Houston; Professor Greene; assistant to Kleberg; Maury Maverick; 1937 campaign; campaign advisers