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DATE RANGE
- March 1982x
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TIME PERIOD
- Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)x
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- The presidential campaign in the fall of 1952 and LBJ's involvement; controversy surrounding LBJ's support for Adlai Stevenson; LBJ's travel to campaign for fellow Democrats; Lady Bird Johnson's miscarriage in the fall of 1952;…
- 1952 trips to Texas to oversee LBJ Ranch house renovations; Max Brooks and Marcus Burg's involvement with the Ranch house; decorating the Ranch; visitors to the Johnson home in Washington, D.C.; the Johnsons' relationship with the Melvin…
- 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;…
- 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.
- Summary of army career; involvement in intelligence regarding Vietnam; replacing General McChristian in Saigon; differences in McChristian and Davidson; "the Weekly Intelligence Estimate Update;" Creighton Abrams; counterintelligence;…
- Biographical information; 1948 Senate campaign; organizing political support; the “one hundred executives†meeting at the White House; impressions of LBJ; civil rights; Barbara Jordan; football recruiting for the University of Texas.
- Coup of 1960; ambassadors and the CIA; pacification programs; CIA leadership; covert action; Phoenix; Thien
- Circumstances of assignment to Vietnam; attitude toward Diem; Edward Lansdale; meeting with LBJ; Taylor-Rostow mission; the Thompson mission; Trueheart Commission; strategic hamlet program; meetings with Diem; Mike Mansfield visit; Buddhists; period…
- Involvement with the French in Vietnam; problems in the 1950s; General Sam Williams; counterinsurgency; the Special Forces; Bay of Pigs; observations and proposals after trips to Southeast Asia; impressions of JFK; special Counterinsurgency Group;…