How Jorden got into foreign policy government service from journalism; going to Vietnam to assess the situation in 1961 and the resulting white paper; Jorden's Berlin Viability Plan and trip to Germany; Averell Harriman; working group for psychological warfare; Chinese nuclear capabilities; origins of the Vietnam war and geographic divisions in Vietnam; Ngo Diinh Diem and his brother; Tran Kim Tuyen; portraying to the American public why the US was involved in Vietnam; American disinterest in foreign policy; Ed Lansdale; JFK wanting to get rid of the Nhus; Jorden's second white paper and how it was received.
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 2 (II), 3/20/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Citation
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 2 (II), 3/20/1985, by Ted Gittinger, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-jordenw-19850320-2-96-13