Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Biographical information; how Komer came to work for the Central Intelligence Group (later the CIA); working for the National Security Council at the White House; the role of the vice-president; meeting LBJ; discussing foreign policy regarding India and Pakistan with LBJ; accompanying Vice President LBJ on Middle East trip; disagreeing with LBJ; differences in how JFK and LBJ dealt with their staffs; anecdote regarding King Faisal Abdel al Saud; suggesting conversation topics for Vice-President LBJ to use when talking to foreign dignitaries; LBJ's ability to read or hear vast amounts of information and retain it; LBJ's treatment of staff; Food for Peace and giving wheat to India while negotiating for agricultural reform; B.K. Nehru; how LBJ hid his true opinions to negotiate better politically; summarizing State Department briefings on foreign visitors for LBJ; problems between India and Pakistan; getting involved with Vietnam; the December1965 37-day bombing halt; George Ball and the Cyprus situation; LBJ taking advice from people regardless of their position; Komer's involvement with Arab-Israeli relations; how Komer negotiated with Israel; LBJ's interaction with foreign dignitaries; LBJ's June 1964 letter to Turkey in regard to Cyprus; Ralph Bunche; oil diplomacy with the Middle East; Libya.