First meeting LBJ; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; 1948 Mundt-Nixon proposal; Joe McCarthy; USIA; Smith-Mundt Act of 1948; Arthur Larson; LBJ’s support of Eisenhower-Nixon-Dulles foreign policy; Quemay-Matsu-Pescadores problem; Russia détente; wheat sales; briefing of Foreign Relations Commission; coolness between Senator Fulbright and LBJ; OAS; Panama; LBJ’s role in Vietnam; Consular Treaty; Atlantic Alliance; DeGaulle; North American Alliance; NATO; Parliamentarian Conference in Brussels; African affairs; Rostow and Dean Rusk; reaction to LBJ joining JFK’s ticket; SJRes 12 Amendment; 3/31 announcement; comparison of LBJ to other Presidents; LBJ’s weaknesses; the press.