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- Biographical information; work on Credentials Committee at 1964 Democratic Convention; support for Adlai Stevenson at 1956 and 1960 Conventions; JFK’s nomination at 1960 Convention; becaming a State Dept. employee 1965; contact with Senator Robert…
- 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;…
- Flynn's experience flying for the Air Force after WWII; U.S. unprepared ness when Korean conflict began; code of conduct of American POWs in Vietnam; training of U.S. fighter pilots in Europe delivering nuclear and missile weapons; Cuban…
- Optimism in the LBJ Administration going into the 89th Congress in 1964 with a large Democratic majority; Medicare and education as legislative priorities; the powerful alliance of Republicans and southern Democrats; O'Brien's awareness of…
- John F. Kennedy's (JFK) plan regarding primaries going into the 1960 Democratic National Convention; assigning JFK staffers to specific state delegations; JFK's decision to address the Texas delegation; JFK's decision to ask Lyndon…
- Biographical information; prosecuting White House sit-in demonstrators; Frank Reeves; Howard Reed; Ralph Roberts, clerk of the House, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; David Dellinger and the March on the Pentagon; "Murphy"…
- 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…
- Desobry's military career before going to Vietnam in 1965; Vietnam as a learning experience; Desobry's duties as a senior adviser in IV Corps; Robert McNamara's visits to Vietnam; how the military was prevented from defeating the…
- [Description is for all three Katzenbach interviews] LBJ's focus on military waste while on Preparedness Subcommittee; LBJ's concern with constitutional authority for his powers as vice president; LBJ and the PCEEO; Space Committee; JFK…
- Educational and professional background; work with the 1964 Task Force on Poverty under leadership of Sargent Shriver; concept of community action; Shriver’s management style in Peace Corps, task force and OEO; funding of Community Action Agency;…