Oral history transcript, John P. (Gen.) McConnell, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Title:

Oral history transcript, John P. (Gen.) McConnell, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Number of Pages:

42

Description:

Meeting LBJ; McConnell’s appointment as vice chief, and then chief, of staff of Air Force; Joint Chiefs of Staff budget conferences with LBJ; making recommendations to the President through JCS; National Security Council and Tuesday Luncheons; U.S. air power in Vietnam before and after Gulf of Tonkin incident; method of selecting bombing targets in Vietnam; Tet offensive; objectives of the U.S. intervention in Vietnam; evaluation of the administration of Defense Dept. and its effects on the Air Force; comparison of Secretaries of Defense McNamara and Clifford; McConnell’s evaluation of LBJ.

Contributor:

McConnell, John P. (John Paul), 1908-1986

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with John P. (Gen.) McConnell

Subject:

Vietnam; Tet Offensive, 1968

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details