Oral history transcript, William F. Jackson and Lucy Ginter Jackson, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1985, by Michael L. Gillette

How Jackson became military aide to Vice President Johnson; LBJ's vice-presidential trip to Asia and members of the press on the trip; LBJ's time management; arranging for a photographer to accompany LBJ; the ability of the South Vietnamese to fight the Viet Cong without the assistance of U.S. troops; LBJ's meeting with Ngo Dinh Diem; LBJ's visit to the Philippines; attending the ballet in Thailand; bad press regarding LBJ yelling to hear an echo in a building in India; LBJ's interaction with camel driver, Bashir Ahmad, in Pakistan; LBJ's visit to Greece; Stephen and Jean Kennedy Smith's role on the trip to Asia; LBJ's trip to West Point to speak at commencement and his first impression of General William Westmoreland; planning for Pakistan's President Ayub Khan to visit San Antonio and the Ranch; factions within the JFK administration; getting approval for Vice President LBJ's speeches.