Libya and its effect on the Middle East crisis; Wheelus Air Force Base and U.S. military bases in Turkey; declining U.S. military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean; meeting with LBJ after the JFK assassination; writing a letter to Saudi Arabia and inter-cultural communication; writing material that would reflect LBJ's personality; foreign policy dealing with oil in the Middle East; problems between Cyprus and Turkey; June 1964 letter from LBJ to Turkish leaders; George Papandreou and Ismet Inonu; differences between Walt Rostow and McGeorge Bundy; Komer taking charge of Vietnam issues as Special Assistant to the President; the quasi-military character of “the other war” in Vietnam vs. pacification; unifying the management of the war; using the term “pacification”; comparison of Ky and Thieu; differentiating between ambassadors in Vietnam; working with General William Westmoreland; Bill Moyers; problems with being the only full-time high-ranking government official workingon the Vietnam situation; who advised LBJ regarding Vietnam; Bill Leonhart; Ellsworth Bunker; the successes/failures of pacification; health and education under pacification; Vietnamese draft system; the Joint Recovery Council; the Tet offensive; Bill Colby as Komer's successor; problems regarding Komer's ambassadorship; losing his job when Nixon became President; LBJ's visit with Indira Ghandi; how Komer met LBJ and discussed the Pakistan-India issue; White House visits from foreign dignitaries; sending wheat to India; comparing presidents' knowledge of foreign policy; LBJ's decision-making.