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- Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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- September 1983x
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- Activities and volunteer work in the spring of 1953; dinner parties and socializing with Washington, D.C. friends; a party the Johnsons threw at the Carlton Hotel; Mamie Eisenhower; LBJ's political career in 1953; the early stages of public…
- Battle's relationships with Dean Acheson, Abe Fortas, and William Fulbright; John Badeau; foreign relations between the United States and Egypt, especially regarding PL 480 and wheat; Gamal Abdel Nasser's speeches regarding Egypt's…
- The evolution of power in the United Nations (UN) from 1945 to 1983; the United States' power within the UN; the problem with giving each nation one vote; bringing Vietnam before the UN Security Council in the mid-1960s; UN Ambassador Arthur…
- The "Board of Education" room where Sam Rayburn and, later, LBJ and other members of the House met to socialize and discuss legislative strategy; Rather knowing where LBJ was at all times so she could contact him if necessary; Sam Houston…
- How Saunders came to work for the CIA in 1956; job duties and how Saunders came to work for the National Security Council in 1961; the process of presidential decision-making and the role of the NSC under different presidents; preparation for…