Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Biographical information; contacts with Johnson; support of LBJ in 1960; Democratic Policy Commission; State Department informing Vice President's office; Potomac Marching Society; Kennedy Administration; working for Johnson; Advisory Committee on the Arts; Bill Fulbright; UAR ambassadorship; incident in Egypt; Dr. Ramsey Stino; US-Egypt relationship; US aid to Egypt; Congo; Greek coup; Yemen crisis; Arab-Israeli War; Tri-Partite Declaration; Johnson administration as pro-Israel; opening of Abu Simbel; Cyprus issue; CENTO; Eisenhower Doctrine; Vietnam; India-Pakistan War; LBJ's speech for advice on foreign policy matters and his diplomatic performances; Richard Rovere; John Leocacos; The Establishment; personal and private papers