Oral history transcript, J. Russell Wiggins, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Biographical information; LBJ-press relationship; the campaign contributions issue; Philip Graham; Rayburn convinces LBJ to run in 1960; LBJ persuades FDR to put the REA into the Pedernales valley; JFK and leaks; Steve Early and James Hagerty; W. Moyers and Philip Graham; LBJ frequently called editors and journalists; Eric Goldman; Charles Horsky; LBJ and the District of Columbia; Walter Tobriner; George Ball; circumstances of Wiggins' appointment to the UN; U Thant; four-power talks and a Middle East peace formula; the Jarring mission; the Vietnam issue in the UN; the Czechoslovakian crisis; LBJ assess the prospects for peace in Vietnam, late in his administration; Ne Win suggest suspending the bombing of North Vietnam was a mistake