Work as liaison with the Senate and White House while still in the Air Force; meeting LBJ; LBJ’s power in the Senate; air bases in Texas; LBJ’s determination; deciding where to build the Air Force Academy; Senator Dennis Chavez and Senator Kerr getting money for their states; LBJ’s relationship with Senator Richard Russell; NATO-related trip to Paris as escort officer for a senatorial group; surprise birthday party for LBJ in Monaco casino; joking between Senator Russell and LBJ; LBJ’s relationship with European leaders; initiation of the space program and how the space center came to be in Houston; LBJ meeting with General Curtis LeMay; Bergstrom Air Force Base; LBJ’s busy schedule and personality
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Oral history transcript, William Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 31, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-reynoldsw-19750616-1-78-74