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- First acquaintance with Vietnam scene; General O'Daniel; Ed Lansdale; Diem in 1955; different characteristics of the Vietnam War; Saigon in the 1950s; reflections on various correspondents; American-French relations in the period; Ngo Dinh Diem…
- Biographical information; Senator Richard Russell; LBJ’s decreased popularity and its sources; civil rights; LBJ’s relationship with Russell; activating battleship New Jersey; Russell’s criticism of LBJ’s Administration; editorial cartoon;…
- LBJ's trips to Vietnam in 1966 and 1967; LBJ's mood about Vietnam; LBJ's relationship with the military; LBJ and LeMay, McConnell, Wheeler, Moymer, Abrams, Westmoreland and Haig; aspects of the role of a military aide; LBJ and…
- Time limit in dealing with Vietnamese situation; the Tet Offensive; Weyand's role; press reaction; impact of Tet on South Vietnamese forces; intelligence; Cronkite's visit to Vietnam; the pacification programs; decision to write Tet!;…
- How Vietnam influenced budget requests during the war; how LBJ’s decisions were affected by all the Vietnam-related pressures on him; the LBJ to Nixon transition; wage and price controls; rationing rumors. Oral history attached to memorial…
- Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; Democratic political campaigns leading to 1956 Convention; Central High School integration; 1960 Democratic Convention and Kennedy-Johnson nomination; relations with LBJ as VP; ghost writing for Lady…
- LBJ’s civil rights interest; Sam E. Johnson; Ku Klux Klan issue in Texas legislature; farm to market roads; LBJ as secretary to Dick Kleberg; rural electrification; Russell Chaney; NYA; discussion with Rayburn regarding LBJ running for Senate in…
- Reasons for JFK’s 11/63 trip to Texas; detailed description of the day of the assassination, the motorcade, assassination, hospital, swearing-in; and flight back to Washington D.C.; LBJ’s and Kennedy staff’s behavior following the…