Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 6 (VI), 8/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 6 (VI), 8/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

56

Description:

Interstate Commerce Commission problem with a railroad merger and Alan Boyd; Ramsey Clark’s appeal and LBJ’s view of the case; LBJ’s enthusiasm; changing LBJ’s mind; LBJ’s naps; trips with LBJ; advance work; stopping at Cam Ranh Bay; General Westmoreland; Kaiser estate; joint statement from meeting of country leaders; story about LBJ and President Park of South Korea; LBJ gift-giving; trip to El Salvador; taking Central American leaders home on Air Force One and related security problems; purchasing art when visiting other countries; LBJ bringing an ambassador’s servant from El Salvador to the Ranch; 1968 Chicago convention and LBJ’s (lack of) involvement; supporting Humphrey in 1968 election (LBJ, Connally and Yarborough); charges that Connally was secretly helping Nixon; LBJ briefing Nixon, Humphrey and Wallace; phone communication on airplanes; a cancelled trip to Russia; transition among the staff; Stuart Udall renaming D.C. Stadium to Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium; the time leading up to Nixon’s inauguration; cocktail party in the Mansion on the last night of Johnson’s presidency; Temple’s activities the day of Nixon’s inauguration; leaving Andrews Air Force Base with LBJ and talking to George Bush; LBJ’s reception at Bergstrom Air Force Base in Texas.

Contributor:

Temple, Larry E., 1935-

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Larry Temple

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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