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- LBJ as majority leader; LBJ's management of committee assignments (the "Johnson Rule"); LBJ's single-mindedness in pursuing legislative goals; LBJ as vice president inadvertently left out of discussions on occasion; RFK-LBJ…
- Biographical information; how Komer came to work for the Central Intelligence Group (later the CIA); working for the National Security Council at the White House; the role of the vice-president; meeting LBJ; discussing foreign policy regarding India…
- Libya and its effect on the Middle East crisis; Wheelus Air Force Base and U.S. military bases in Turkey; declining U.S. military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean; meeting with LBJ after the JFK assassination; writing a letter to Saudi Arabia…
- The Congo crisis of June 1964; how the Russians got credit for settling the India-Pakistan crisis of 1964 and U.S. involvement in the crisis; how LBJ obtained and evaluated information; U.S. military aid to Pakistan; the Three Week War; the…
- Biographical information; John Gronouski 1964, Post Master General, called Hardesty to be speech writer; Jack Valenti chief editor; first session, 89th Congress; LBJ and production of bill signing: two or three a day; Indian affairs speech; Bob…
- How Ginsburgh joined the Policy Planning Council at the State Department and his duties under the Policy Planning; Ginsburgh’s work on the Vietnam negotiating group; how Policy Plannine made their recommendations; Walt Rostow; bombing campaigns in…
- Biographical information; labor movement in Texas; 1948 Senate race; labor support; Taft-Hartley; LBJ’s legislative abilities and tactics; organizing Senate; McCarthy censure; 1955 tax bill; highway bill; minimum wage bill; civil rights bill;…
- Montague's appointment to West Point; Montague's background and experience relating to nuclear weapons development; Montague's work as assistant senior adviser to the 21st Vietnamese Infantry Division under Jack Cushman; Montague…
- Biographical information; role as administrator; briefings to Cabinet on weather disasters; Department of Commerce technological activities; Herb Holloman; reorganization; Roger Revelle; Emmanuel Piore; Dr. Tom Malone; Lloyd Berkner; role of ESSA;…
- Life at the Dodge Hotel; LBJ as secretary to Congressman Kleberg; Arthur Perry as secretary to Senator Connally; LBJ early participation in state campaigns; working conditions in Washington, social life, diet, etc.; LBJ a bundle of nervous energy,…