Oral history transcript, Edward Re, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Biographical information; early contact with LBJ; Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs; East-West Center; Washington riots; Foreign policy implications of education and cultural exchange; Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961; Board of Foreign Scholarship; Fulbright-Haynes Act; Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Budgetary Stringency; War Claims; Russian cultural agreement; American effort in international education and cultural activities; World Affairs Council; Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Activities; report “Beacon of Hope”; LBJ's kindness; Budget cuts; international and national crises; Vietnam; International Education Act; appointment to U.S. Customs Court; John Macy.