Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 3 (III), 3/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Title:
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 3 (III), 3/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Number of Pages:
35
Description:
Problems with Panama/U.S. relations in 1964; LBJ's interaction with Ambassador William Tapley Bennett and events leading up to U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic; LBJ's decision-making process during the Dominican Republic intervention and his failure to explain his decisions to the press and public; Bundy's work in Santo Domingo; Ellsworth Bunker's negotiating success in the Dominican Republic; LBJ's relations with Latin America; LBJ's support of Multilateral Force (MLF); opposition to the MLF; LBJ's relationship with Charles de Gaulle; U.S.-European relations 1964-1966; Bundy's involvement in the 1967 Middle East crisis; the effect of the 1967 Glassboro meeting between LBJ and Aleksei Kosygin; Bundy's government contractor work during the summer of 1967; LBJ's interest in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and "bridge building;" LBJ's view of foreign aid; whether or not LBJ was able to get a variety of opinions in his advice; LBJ's personality; the admiration and affection most staffers came to feel for LBJ; the importance of Mrs. Johnson in LBJ's career.
