Oral history transcript, Eugene M. Locke, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1969, by David G. McComb

Biographical information; early political contacts; early relationship with LBJ and John Connally; impressions of LBJ in the 1950s; 1960, 1962, 1964 campaigns; role of Locke in campaigns; Democratic State Chairman; political dinners with LBJ and JFK; meetings with LBJ as President; role as campaign manager for Connally during the 1962 race for Governor; JFK’s visit to Texas in 1963; 1966 Connally campaign; fund raising; appointment to Pakistan ambassadorship; confidential meetings with the President; briefings for Senate Foreign Relations Committee; efforts as ambassador; relations with Ayub Khan; role as Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam; team of Bunker and Locke; manpower mobilization; pacification program; political atmosphere at home; changes in Vietnamese regime; Westmoreland; Abrams; personnel in Vietnam; Clark Clifford; LBJ’s acceptance of Locke’s race for Governor of Texas – no aid from LBJ; 3/31 announcement; estimation of LBJ; Texas political structure; Lady Bird; political nature of LBJ.