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- Discussion of LBJ's days as Director of the NYA in Texas, 1935-1937
- Sputnik; Senate Preparedness Sub-Committee; LBJ’s relationship with Symington; General James M. Gavin; Special Committee on Space and Aeronautics; missile gap investigation; 1960 Democratic National Convention and campaign; LBJ as VP; Panama…
- Foreign service career assignments: 1936 in the Pacific and later in Latin America; effect of Alliance for Progress in Ecuador; effect of Kennedy assassination on the Alliance; assignment as Ambassador to Venezuela; fishing agreement (12 mile limit…
- Troika; Quadriad; Council of Economic Advisers; administration differences; details of tax cut; trade-offs with Congress on budget cuts; Wilbur Mills; Harry Byrd; origin of tax cut; Samuelson Task Force; “new economics;†tax increases; Vietnamâ…
- Biographical information; the history of medical research in the United States and other countries; Public Law 480 funds; the benefits of international collaboration in medical research; the contributions of Congressman John Fogarty to health…
- 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;…
- Lady Bird Johnson's first impressions of Fidel Castro; Hester Beall Provenson's public speaking course; the Johnsons' 30th Place home in 1959; early impressions of Jacqueline Kennedy; hosting a lunch for the wives of new senators; Sam…
- Living in Paris to cover the French war in Indochina 1950-1957; moving to Hong Kong to be the chief correspondent for Southeast Asia and China in 1959-70; getting accustomed to Vietnamese culture and developing sources; Pham Ngoc Thao and his death…
- Biographical information; First association with LBJ, 1965 state convention; 1960 pre-convention boom for LBJ for President; Bruce Alger race; Dallas County Chairman; JFK-LBJ trip to Dallas-Ft. Worth; religious issue; contributions; Dead man’s ad…