Oral history transcript, Claiborne Pell, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Title:

Oral history transcript, Claiborne Pell, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Number of Pages:

27

Description:

Biographical information; reacting to LBJ nomination for vice presidency in 1960; LBJ seeks to retain influence in the Senate in 1961; Pell-JFK relationship; LBJ-JFK relationship; LBJ and the Eastern Establishment; recommends German policy to LBJ; the High Speed Railroad Transportation Act; JFK and LBJ compared on foreign policy; congressional White House briefings characterized; doubt that LBJ moved as he should have in peace initiatives; LBJ and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; the antiwar senators; the ABM; the Bobby Baker case; Pell secretly makes contact with the North Vietnamese in Paris.

Contributor:

Pell, Claiborne, 1918-2009

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 Claiborne (Sen.) Pell

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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