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Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

by the lapels of your coat and say, this bill? '~at are you going to do about Let's get it out." But knowing his attitude on progress and on aviation and all, I don't think we had too much conversation. that he was for it. It was always in his program which

Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

-ranging conversations on those occasions . I was fascinated by him, interested in him of course as a person and as a man who also held great power, /but/ primarily as a person . I wouldn't have reckoned that our paths would eventually converge

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

sometimes say things about President Lincoln that wouldn't normally be told by - somebody to President Johnson . G: I see . B: He had to get it out of a book . G: You mean in a speech, or just in informal conversation? B: In an informal conversation

Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to know them pretty well. I got to know many of them damn good as a matter of fact, and that's one reason undoubtedly that when the 2nd ROK Corps got in trouble in June and July of 1953, General Taylor called me on the telephone about five or six o'clock

Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in private meetings, either in bipartisan meetings or by telephone. F: One of the early burdens that both President Eisenhower and Senator Johnson had to face was the problem of Senator Joseph McCarthy. H: Yes. F: Both were criticized for not being

Oral history transcript, Buford Ellington, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

or twice a year, I got to know him, and through him I felt like I knew Lyndon Johnson. Actually, I couldn't tell you to save my neck--I don't remember the first time that I met Lyndon Johnson. B: What were the conversations with Mr. Rayburn like? Did

Oral history transcript, Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr., interview 1 (I) A, 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: No, the only contact was following my talk with Jack Connor. the White House, and Mr. Macy was there. I met him for the first time, talked with him about my conversation with Connor. there be any conflict of interest problem? I then went to He said, "Fine

Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1970, by Arthur J. Mayer (Item)

was talking to you about last night. This is the fellow I want for my pilot." That was the first I knew that there had been any conversation about me. And I just was flabbergasted, you might say, because I had been selected for quite an honor, at least

Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 25-30]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

on Tuesdays and Fridays. fonnal. in our office and The meetings are usually fairly Wemake a statement to each other to get things in the record and then, after the meeting, we break up into private conversations;and these conversations have been going ~n

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and that \/as included in the speech. sa" the draft of the speech. to rr:e. I I It obviously came as a good deal of surprise irr:mediately rClr.cmbercd the conversation I had had with John Connally the:. previc s tem:K:r ",hen he told me that was a possibility

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Wicker, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

always thought that he was one of the most fascinating talkers in a small group I've ever met. conversation totally. It's a monologue. F: It's high class monologue. W: ·It's high class monologue. mimics. Of course, he dominates the It's superb

Oral history transcript, Wayne L. Hays, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, including myself, on the telephone. I'm sure he called many others about certain pieces of legislation, pointing out that he felt a deep urgency that we ought to get the Kennedy program on the road. was stalled dead-center. It hadn't been. It He used

Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

in and tried to help, l~alter Reuther. It was a very, However, we finally did reach an agreement very painful negotiation. which was agreed to by all. My own contribution to that, other than endless participation and conversation, was the idea on seating

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

of a national policy revolution, namely, the conversion of the President of the United States--and the conversion of leading thinkers, limen of affairs," opinion makers--to these concepts. That revolution did not take place until the sixties, and nothing that Mr

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there; she was at the Ranch. Was it her birthday? Was it an anniversary? G: No. N: Maybe he was just homesick, but he got the violinist in the phone booth with him and called Mrs. Johnson and he had the violinist serenade Lady Bird over the telephone. G

Oral history transcript, Endicott Peabody, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in office, and that played a part in the campaign. I think all those three were factors but insofar as political organization and drive were concerned, it didn't exist. M: Did you have any particular conversations with Johnson during this period of time

Oral history transcript, Theodore Hesburgh, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

thing I find curious and I've had to make this correction speaking to people around the world as a matter of fact, when we get into conversations about the Presidents of the United States. That there is an enormously strong myth that President Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Roger Hilsman, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

a full briefing on this whole new concept. just one of those damned things. And it was I arrived at his office, and there was some sort of political crisis going on in Texas. He was all tensed up; the telephone would ring every two minutes. He'd come

Oral history transcript, Maurice M. Bernbaum, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

being told what to do . was building up . And so this And I know that in conversations with Arosemena's cousin, who had been President before and had been overthrown, Carlos Julio . . . Frequently I'd be talking with him about the utilization

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

days he did some things that really helped us. G: Really? Can you recall specifics? P: For example, he arranged that our DSG office telephones would be hooked into the Capitol switchboard. We really didn't have an offi- cial office then and we had

Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 2 (II), 5/7/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, which they di d not do. They got in the embassy grounds through the wall, but they did not get into the embassy at all. I also had long conversations with General [Cao Van] Vien, the Chief of the Vietnamese Joint General Staff, with President

Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

enough about that to have anything substantive to tell you about it. G: Right. Were you very conversant with what I guess then-Colonel Lansdale was up to in regards to the North? I know the evacuation was going on at that time. J: Yes. No, I

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Scammon, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, when he became President, related to the peace efforts he made. sent me on a trip in December 1965 to a number of countries. He It was just before New Year's and I remember very well his calling me on the telephone and he said, "Averell, have you got

Oral history transcript, Lister Hill, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of '37, and then Hugo Black was appointed to the Supreme Court by Franklin Roosevelt in August 1937. My friends here called me on the long distance telephone to tell me I ought to come on home and run for the Senate. So I came home as soon as I could

Oral history transcript, Harold Pachios, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in this suite and the reason that it was taped is, that these conversations with the President would take place about what information would be put out at a briefing, and oftentimes Bill would say something the President told him he could say
and Austin; going to work for Press Secretary Bill Moyers; advancing a meeting between LBJ and the Prime Minister of Canada, Lester Pearson, at Campobello; LBJ’s gall bladder surgery; recording conversations between LBJ and the press office; LBJ’s

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 2 (II), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

doesn't realize yet just how bad a luncheon this is going to be." He thought that was a good joke, and I went off to lunch and, of course, had my conversation with the French charge. And as usual, we just were awaiting more information and more facts

Oral history transcript, Frank E. Moss, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Moss -- I -- 5 This man to whom I told the story or with whom I had the conversation was so struck with that that he was almost dumbfounded I guess and repeated the story, which later

Oral history transcript, David G. Nes, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Defense College when a telephone call came through from the State Department asking me to return immediately to discuss a new assignment. what they had in mind. This was in December [1963]. I was not told The Imperial Defense College had not concluded

Oral history transcript, Joseph Alsop, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

told me he wouldn't have accepted. But I had talked to Senator Herman Talmadge, who is one of the half-dozen wisest men I know--this was a very funny conversation actually. I called him up in a perfectly routine way to find out what his private

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of the great movie producers of the time, that threw the man out of his office who was trying to sell him Vitaphone or the talking pictures, and he said, "Nobody wants to have a lot of conversation, the movies are good enough." Me The mention of your hometown

Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of it . impress you? G: How did Fall 0: Oh, he was a very, very interesting man . remember particularly one conversation with about a lot . In those days, in knew his stuff . He really him that I've thought late 1965, early 1966, practice of Secretary

Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 21-24]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

ambassadorthere in Malta who is a political appointee and he wanted me to see if I couldn't makesomechange on that. Well, the British, of course, had been in Malta a long time. Wehad a numberof conversations with the British and examinedall possibilities

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

into the hotel, walking right through the crowd shaking hands. He was obviously having a good time • • [A] half-hour after he got into the hotel, the telephone rang. "The Vice President would like to see you Mr. Komer!fI right up. There was the VP. So I
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Oral history transcript, Elbridge Durbrow, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

pretty well and Bill had better command of French than I have. So we both could speak to Sihanouk just alone, no interpreters around, free to let our hair down and talk Dutch uncle business. So in this conversation that came up, I said to Bill, "I'm

Oral history transcript, William J. Connell, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

just a feeling about the man. I don't recall any conversations with him about it, so my impression was that it was not anything that he expected or that he regretted. That it was one of those things. They had a coup and they knocked a guy off

Oral history transcript, Charles A. Morris, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Morris -- I -- 9 say the minimum time ever was probably an hour's advance notice. There's little doubt in my mind that when you had to do that, you almost inevitably had to go through the telephone system to get the clearance

Oral history transcript, John J. (Lt. Gen.) Davis, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Arms Control Disarmament Agency--had frequent occasions to deal with Mr. Spurgeon Keeney. M: Do any of these sort of stand out in your mind? Were you there, or were these primarily through telephone conversations? D: Mostly, I think it was Mr

Oral history transcript, Daniel O. Graham, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

that we had got our directionfinding equipment going so well up around Khe Sanh that whenever they'd hit the key for a minute, boom, they'd get hit. We'd get gripes; here were commanders on their telephones, saying, "Send me more--I need a radio operator

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