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- Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)x
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- 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…
- Involvement with the French in Vietnam; problems in the 1950s; General Sam Williams; counterinsurgency; the Special Forces; Bay of Pigs; observations and proposals after trips to Southeast Asia; impressions of JFK; special Counterinsurgency Group;…
- Talks with the Chinese about “no first use†agreement, Test Ban Treaty, offer to exchange medicine, scholars, etc.; attempts to break down formality with the Chinese, Senator Albert Gore divulging information to the press, LBJ’s building…
- U.S. aid to India; reasons for US aid; purpose of AID; Food for Peace Program to India; U.S. wheat shipments to India; LBJ
- Circumstances of assignment to Vietnam; attitude toward Diem; Edward Lansdale; meeting with LBJ; Taylor-Rostow mission; the Thompson mission; Trueheart Commission; strategic hamlet program; meetings with Diem; Mike Mansfield visit; Buddhists; period…
- Graham Martin; question of origin of the insurgency; Laos and the Laos Accords; General Trapnell; Averell Harriman; Pop Buell; division of American opinion on Diem; Buddhist troubles; the immolations; press corps; coup that overthrew Diem; Henry…
- LBJ’s gift-giving; LBJ signing autographs; Bill Hopkins; how becoming President affected LBJ’s friendships; learning that Hanoi had accepted LBJ’s 3/31/68 initiative; Tuesday luncheon group; appointment of federal judges; Senator Richard…
- LBJ's and Reedy's assessment of Senator John Tower from Texas; Pakistan President Ayub Khan’s personality; LBJ's vice presidential trips to Berlin, to Sweden for Dag Hammarskjold's funeral, and to Paris; LBJ's lack of…
- First acquaintance with LBJ; 1960 campaign; Jean Monnet; DeGaulle; Common Market; Wilson; MacMillan; MLF Force; Skybolt; Atlantic Naval Force; Rhodesian independence; Great British trade policy; assistance of Great Britain with VN settlement; Tonkin…