Advancing LBJ’s meeting with the Pope; Laitin’s falling out with LBJ; Bob Fleming as Deputy Press Secretary; trip to Mexico with LBJ; Christmas trip to Rome; Colonel James Swindal; trying to be anonymous in Rome while advancing LBJ’s arrival; trouble arranging for LBJ’s arrival in Italy; press arrangements in Rome; Doug Moody; returning Christmas Eve from Europe; protecting the identity of sources.
Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 2 (II), 2/12/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Citation
Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 2 (II), 2/12/1977, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed September 1, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-laitinj-19770212-2-03-03