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

Biographical information; work on Credentials Committee at 1964 Democratic Convention; support for Adlai Stevenson at 1956 and 1960 Conventions; JFK’s nomination at 1960 Convention; becaming a State Dept. employee 1965; contact with Senator Robert
following my graduation; joined the law firm of Brody, Charlton, Parker, and Roberts, as an associate at the salary of $200 a month, but I got a rapid raise to $275 a month by Christmas. I stayed with that law firm first as an asso- ciate, later

Oral history transcript, James M. Nabrit, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
don't think John F. could do it. With Robert, I'm not sure. G: What I was going to ask is that Robert Kennedy had some involvement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and with your contact there, some of the interpretations that I've seen

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, because I was the number two under Frank Wisner and I was the number two under Dick Bissell. As is probably relatively well known, both Allen Dulles and Dick Bissell were let go from the agency by President Kennedy because of the sad outcome of the Bay

Folder, "[October 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

. It is unfortunate we are there, but throughout history we have had to face this situation where aggressors try to capture their enemies. Eisenhower told Kennedy this would be his biggest problem. Kennedy attempted to solve the South east Asian situation

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 23 November 1963 - 27 December 1963," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

- Discussion on Vietnam, Robert Kennedy, Eisenhower, Alliance for Progress, role of ror. 42. 9 December 1963 - Briefing. General revi·ew. Press, McNamara, Vietnam. I 43. 13 December 1963 - Introduced DDCI, Peer de Silva., reviewed checklist. Discussed

Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 20 that whatever adjustments were made were not made by Vice President Johnson but came from the White House and were frequently the product of Robert Kennedy's

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

Db you recall when this was in 1968? M: I would say probably August, some time like that. We were late on the bill. This was prior to the assassination of Robert Kennedy [June 1968], I would probably place it in a matter of time, two weeks before

Oral history transcript, Leon Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Employment Act of 1946, its intended and eventual uses; tax reductions of 1964; regulating the federal budget; the war against poverty and its failures; local control of education; planning in a free society; President John F. Kennedy; rising
the word "planning." Because as John F. Kennedy once said, the very future of the democracies will depend upon whether they can compete with the more rigorous and brutal methods of the totalitarians through planning under freedom. This is a rather

Folder, "[September 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

not be anticipated. lb traced development of the democratic process in Vietnam, said when Geno Ky took second-place on the Thieu 1

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 2 (II), 6/1/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

: He preceded us. such. I'm not even sure whether I ever saw his report as I was told parts of it, at least. One of the first things I did when I got back in 1961, at President Kennedy's direction, was to go to the Vice President and tell him

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

; Medicare; Helen Taussig; Advisory Council on Public Welfare Task Force on Income Maintenance (Heineman Commission); Advisory Commission on Status of Women; Esther Peterson; LBJ fixed associations between Wicky/Cohen/Social Security; Medicare; Mrs. Kennedy
delinquency. this. Youth. They had about four cities where they tried One of them was New York, where they set up Mobilization for Another one was Syracuse. New Haven, I think, Baltimore. I can't remember precisely--- I'm not sure. Robert Kennedy had

Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

was supported by every And in 1959 I was John Kennedy's chairman in [Oregon]. K: I did want to ask about that because-- G: He was the author of a highly controversial labor bill. There were five of us who were swing votes on the Education and Labor

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

was honored that he asked me, in part at the suggestion of his son George, who had been the assistant secretary of labor and with whom I'd worked. Ambassador Lodge knew that I'd traveled in the Soviet Union with Bob Kennedy, who of course had defeated his

Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 2 (II), 3/17/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 2 (II), 3/17/1969, by Stephen Goodell
C. Robert Perrin
Perrin, Robert, 1925-
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, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: C. ROBERT PERRIN INTERVIEWER: STEPHEN GOODELL PLACE: Mr. Perrin's office in Washington, D.C. Tape of 2 G: This is the second session with r'lr. Robert Perrin, Acting Deputy Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Robert E. Waldron
Waldron, Robert Earl, 1927-1995
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[Roberts] and I have laughed about this so much--he had a real hang-up on the toilet paper holder, how awkward the place it had been put. We'd get a fifteen-minute lecture on [how] the guy who installed the toilet paper holder in the john was the torture

Folder, "[December 21, 1967 - Meeting with Australian Cabinet]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

at Commonwealth meetlngs-- Slr Robert Menzles. Before he went to one of theae meetlna•. Mende• had a•lr.ed what could I •&yon your behalf. I outlined our vlewa. In fact. he went even further in defendlna our poaltion that I had •uggeated. There really la

Oral history transcript, George L. Mehren, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Evaluation of LBJ; LBJ’s knowledge of, and interest in, the cattle business; government program to purchase surplus beef during the cattle crisis; transition from Kennedy to LBJ administration; shepherding bills through Congress and keeping LBJ
to develop Kennedy and Johnson factions from the sub-Cabinet and lower level. Did anything like that occur in Agriculture? M: Nothing of that sort occurred in Agriculture until the candidacy of Robert Kennedy was announced. At which time John Schnittker

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; Democratic political campaigns leading to 1956 Convention; Central High School integration; 1960 Democratic Convention and Kennedy-Johnson nomination; relations with LBJ as VP; ghost writing for Lady
for a better package. There was a lot of discussion and speculation about the vice presidential business during the convention. I was not in on any of those negotiations except I had the misfortune of being the fellow to tell Jack Kennedy that he wasn't

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

there of putting other carriers in . M: There was the accusation at the time that Robert Kennedy was putting pressure on you to change . B: Absolutely untrue! M: And that this was tied in with the White House, too . B : That's absolutely untrue

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Report by Sec. Rusk on the NATO meeting at the Hague; Report by Sec. McNamara on his trip to Vietnam, 5/15/1964, Volume 2, Tab 4," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

NSC MEETING MAY 15, 1964, AT 12:00 NOON IN THE CA.BINET ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE The President of the United States, Presiding Speaker of the House of Representatives AID David Bell, Director ATTORNEY GENERAL Robert F . Kennedy CIA John A. McCone

Oral history transcript, Ray S. Cline, interview 2 (II), 5/31/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

; discussions on Vietnam; LBJ and Vietnam; incidents preceding and following Gulf of Tonkin incident; Robert McNamara; use of intelligence support
was trying to keep it covered up for many good reasons. But at any rate, after the Bay of Pigs and even after the Cuban missile crisis, I know that the Kennedys and John McCone, who talked to me about it almost as soon as I came back to Washington

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

House in Palm Beach, Florida, where he was to meet with President Kennedy and members of the President's Cabinet, as well as leaders of Congress, prior to the opening of Congress, which was scheduled sometime the 8th or 9th of January, as I recall

Oral history transcript, Chris Dixie, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, "Confidentally, I'm supporting Jack Kennedy, who is the logical one," and so forth. Kennedy?" "Will you line up with Jack But you know, there were seven Democratic candidates, potentials and hopefuls at that time. Lyndon was number seven at the bottom as far

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Robert Komer
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, 1971 INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT KOMER li~TERVIEWER: PAIGE E. PLACE: Mr. Komer's office, RAND Corporation, Washington, D.C. MULHOLL&~ Tape 1 of 3 M: You were, for part of the time in 1964 and '65, the White House man on Africa as well as the Middle

Oral history transcript, Curtis LeMay, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Bay of Pigs: reasons for failure; criticism of JFK’s Administration; military-industrial complex discussed in reference to General Dynamics controversy; disapproval and disagreement with Robert McNamara’s policies; opinions on LBJ Administration’s
of this," and that ended the discussion. All these at'ticles that you have seen that have been written by the great brains of the Kennedy Administration, including Robert Kennedy, on the Bay of Pigs as to the bad military advice and the betrayal of the military

Oral history transcript, Claude J. Desautels, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

an acknowledgement from the White House within twenty-four hours. That had been the rule through Kennedy and we carried on through Johnson. [They got] at least an acknowledgement signed by Larry, which I signed. LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 1 (I), 4/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Kennedy, who was up on Long Island, I think, on this particular occasion-M: This was Robert Kennedy? H: Robert Kennedy. He, having been Attorney General for a time, and therefore had known about the deliberations of this 303 Committee, had known

Oral history transcript, William Healy Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/21/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

anything to do with his trip to Vietnam when he was vice president? S: No, that took place while I was in Geneva, I believe, 1961? M: Yes, it would have been while you were there. What was your job in the department at the time that President Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Loyd Hackler, interview 2 (II), 6/2/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

might re-enter? That with all that had gone on with the Kennedy assassination, for example, the troubles in Chicago, and so forth, do you happen to know whether or not he ever waivered, whether there was a possibility that he might have come back? H

Oral history transcript, Warren L. (Bill) Gulley, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Senator Robert Kennedy's body along with seventy-five staff members of the Kennedy family. But as I say, they are controlled by this office. Now, in addition to that, the President has a Jet Star for short hops. This hauls thirteen people and he used

Folder, "[November 2, 1967 - Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

; 3.) bring about a "true revolution" by utilizing the private sector of Vietnam such as the Tenant Farmers Union. Robert Murphy and Justice .A.be Fortas agrees with Lodge. sho?ld expl~re Fortas believes we the greater use of smaller military units

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] North Africa; Bombing of North Vietnam, 2/8/1967, Volume 4, Tab 50," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

. The Kennedy statement at Fort Bragg referring to th e U.S. G over nment's position at the time of the Geneva Conference. 2 . The Taylor Report, 196 1 -- that part which discussed what might be necessary if current moves did not work in Vietnam . 3. The Geneva

Oral history transcript, John M. Leddy, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to that, in the immediate past, you had served as Ambassador to OEeD and then prior to that in the Kennedy Administration, both as Director for the United States and the World Bank for a short time-L: Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs

Oral history transcript, David Halberstam, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

an everwidening cone into Oklahoma and the Southwest. abiding fundamentalism. covert issue then. There's a deep and John Kennedy's religion was something of a I mean it was a burning brush fire among [what] I guess you would call the religious groups

Oral history transcript, Warren I. Cikins, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

concurrent--I guess what I'm trying to say is that I would have probably gone over to the Civil Rights Commission whether or not Jack Kennedy had been assassinated. As I've been indicating in another context, I often wore a number of hats, and this was a time

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

. So I was one of them. Pat Kennedy, who was later to head up VISTA and who is now the city manager of Columbia, Maryland, was another. Jerry Bruno was the third one, and you know who Jerry is. Mel Cottone, who was also a Kennedy advance man

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

impatience; MLK and Resurrection City; Ramsey Clark and his relationship with LBJ; wire-tapping; J. Edgar Hoover; Robert Kennedy’s assassination; getting Secret Service protection for Presidential candidates; the Commission on Violence; Lloyd Cutler
thing that concerned me was I couldn't really envision anybody else lead~~3 this country as Presidc':t. None of the people that \'icre on the scene, Hhich of course at that tir.:c included Senator Robert Kcnr.cdy and Vice President Humphrey-I had net

Folder, "Classified Papers - Far East Trip, May, 1961," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 1 (Item)

completed a visit to the Republic of Viet Nam. on behalf of President Kennedy and on invitation of President Ngo ~inh Oiemn The enthusiastic welcome he received in Viet Nam refiected a deep sense of canmon cause in the fight for freedom in Southeast Asia

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Cutback in Nuclear Production; Secretary Rusk's Report on Vietnam; Asst. Secretary Bundy's Report on Laos, 4/22/1964, Volume 1, Tab 9," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

.") · j The President of the United States, Presiding ACDA William C . Foster, Director AEC Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman AID David E . Bell, Administrator ATTORNEY GENERAL Robert F . Kennedy CIA Lieut. General Marshall Carter, Deputy Director Chester

Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 4 (IV), 1/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

The organization of the Department of Defense and its relationship to the president and his advisers in decision-making; delegation of authority within the Department of Defense; comparing Clark Clifford to Robert McNamara as Secretary of Defense
. government. I think much progress was made in perfecting the organization of the Defense Department in previous administrations. I think Mr. [Robert] McNamara contributed substantially to further improving the organization. And I think during Mr. [Clark

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