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Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- appointed by President Kennedy? B: I was appointed by President Kennedy in May of 1962 to that job. M: Had you had before that time any opportunity to make acquaintance with Mr. Johnson before he became President? B: Well, I was trying to remember
- Biographical information; contacts with Johnson; support of LBJ in 1960; Democratic Policy Commission; State Department informing Vice President's office; Potomac Marching Society; Kennedy Administration; working for Johnson; Advisory Committee
- Department administration currently? A: I think in some places it may be. I think it depends to a large extent on the Ambassador, on the Chief of Mission. I feel that there was again another--as you probably know, under Kennedy there was another
Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 2 (II), 12/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- Biographical information; contacts with Johnson; support of LBJ in 1960; Democratic Policy Commission; State Department informing Vice President's office; Potomac Marching Society; Kennedy Administration; working for Johnson; Advisory Committee
- became President. This was in December of 1963, soon after he had assumed office following the death of President Kennedy, tions, I believe, from I had been home for a few weeks on consulta- Sofia. I was anxious to see President Johnson LBJ
- think that President Truman was a great builder, a great architect of our policies of collective security and development. I think that Presi- dent Kennedy was able in a--to project an image of this country and of his own leadership