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- November 1982x
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- 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…
- North Vietnam’s reaction to LBJ’s 3/31/1968 speech; negotiating a location for meeting with the North Vietnamese; LBJ’s goals for the end of his presidency, including a tax increase; LBJ’s meeting with Levi Eshkol of Israel at the Ranch;…
- 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 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
- Plans for the 1968 campaign; working with LBJ; disagreement during 1960 campaign; 1964 campaign involvement; LBJ and Mike Mansfield; LBJ and the Democratic Party; LBJ and RFK; LBJ’s withdrawal; Theodore White; LBJ and HHH during the 1968 campaign…
- Disputes within the military intelligence establishment about enemy order of battle; responsibility for estimates; problem of making body counts; serving as Chief of current intelligence and estimates; Sam Adams 1967 visit; mistreatment of prisoners…
- First duties and associates in Vietnam; III ARVN Corps; the problem of counterintelligence duty in Hawaii; early buildup of the Vietnam War; background of the war; the Oriental soldier; return to Vietnam in 1967; briefing preparation for McNamara;…
- Biographical information; Vietnam; mission personnel; Nguyen Khanh coup; Lodge; 34-A operations; mission policies; leaving Vietnam