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OF LAOS WAS NOT HOURS AFTER THE GENEVA CONVENTION OF 1954. VIETNAM IS OURS AND WANTS TO BE. AND THEN WHEN I WAS IN HANOI LAST YEAR, A VIETNAMESE COMPOST...
00:01:50
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OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND AT THAT POINT, WE TOOK OVER. WE BECAME IN THE VIEW OF THE NORTH VIETNAMESE THE OCCUPYING FORCE, SO IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD PLACE...
00:02:17
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PICTURE OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND JOHN F. KENNEDY EXPLAIN THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THOSE TWO PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS AND THE STATUS OF VIETNAM. >>...
00:02:36
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VERY NARROW POPULAR VICTORY. REALLY ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF WHICH COULD TURN OUT TO BE IN THIS ELECTION. SO HE'S AWARE THAT HE NEEDED LEGITIMACY AND HE...
00:04:08
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SELF, A MAN BUT WE WERE SUCCEEDING, THAT HE WAS FACING A LOT OF OPPOSITION FROM HIS OWN PEOPLE, THAT HE WAS GETTING INCREASINGLY REMOTE. HE WAS A CATHOLIC...
00:05:14
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A FASCINATING FIGURE. AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BRIEFLY ISN'T POSSIBLE BECAUSE HE MADE A POINT OF MYSTIFYING PEOPLE.
00:05:22
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HE WAS ONLY ONE OF THE MANY NAMES HE USED, HE WAS THE SON OF A MANDARIN COMMANDER IN HOWEVER WHO DISLIKED THE FRENCH AND SAID THAT IT WAS AN INSULT...
00:06:39
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MISUNDERSTOOD. HE HATED THAT IDEA EVEN MORE THAN THE FRENCH OR THE AMERICANS BECAUSE THE CHINESE HAD OCCUPIED VIETNAM FOR
00:06:45
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ABOUT A THOUSAND YEARS, EVEN DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE WAR, WHEN HE DEPENDED ON THE CHINESE PARTICULARLY FOR MANPOWER TO PUT AN ANTIAIRCRAFT INSTALLATION,...
00:07:30
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SENSE OF THIS MAN HIS ADVISERS. HE HAD GONE THERE
00:07:34
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TO VIETNAM AS A YOUNG CONGRESSMAN WHO FURNISHING HIS FOREIGN POLICY CREDENTIALS TO RUN AGAINST HENRY CABOT LODGE IN 1952 FOR THE SENATE. AND HE RECOGNIZED...
00:08:27
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HIS CABINET. >> THERE WERE THREE THAT EMERGED. GEORGE BUNDY HAD BEEN THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY AT HARVARD. HE WAS A VERY
00:08:38
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QUICK. I KNEW SHE HAD THE QUICKEST MIND, IT WAS THE DATE SHE WOULD SAY ANYTHING AND FIND A WAY TO HIT -- HE WAS ABLE TO HIT ON THE WEAKNESS IN ANY...
00:11:00
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POLITICAL INSTINCT. HE HAD A MUCH STRONGER SENSE OF WHAT THE CONGRESS WOULD DO. ALL THREE OF THESE MEN WERE NOT VERY POLITICALLY SOPHISTICATED. HE ENTERTAINED...
00:12:06
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WAS IT ON THE RADAR SCREEN? >> EARLY ON NOT MUCH AND HE TRIED TO KEEP IT OFF BECAUSE OF THE ONE HAND HE WANTED TO DO THE MINIMAL EFFORT
00:12:16
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TO KEEP IT IN THE WESTERN CAMP. ON THE OTHER HAND HE DIDN'T WANT A LOT OF PUBLICITY ABOUT THAT AND THAT WAS A PART OF WHEN THE PRESS POSITION SCOTT...
00:13:26
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VIETNAM. >> HE WANTED TO KEEP IT ON THE BACK BURNER. OF COURSE THE OVERTOOK THAT. BECAUSE THE BUDDHISTS
00:13:35
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REBELLED AGAINST HIM. SOME OF THE OLDER SET THEMSELVES ON FIRE. THOSE PICTURES FOR HORRIFYING TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, A COUNTRY THAT...
00:14:32
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WAS WITH "THE NEW YORK TIMES". WHAT WAS THEIR ROLE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE VIETNAM COVERING IT? >> I THINK WHAT PEOPLE TEND TO FORGET, AND I CERTAINLY...
00:14:50
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A TOTAL CENSORSHIP, AND THEN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND DURING KOREA WHERE THEY COULDN'T PRINT THINGS THE MILITARY DIDN'T WANT EXPOSED. YOU GET TO VIETNAM...
00:15:53
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TIMES"? >> HE WON HIS PULITZER FROM THE TRIBUNE. >> BY THE TIME SENT HIM TO VIETNAM HE WAS WITH "THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND HE HATED BEING BACK AND COUNTED...
00:16:04
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COULD GET AWAY. >> DID YOU KNOW THEM? >> QUITE WELL. >> WERE YOU IN VIETNAM? >> I WAS IN '64 AND '65 TO THE SPEC WITH CAPACITY? >> A SOUTHEAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT...
00:16:20
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YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC AND HOW MUCH THIS
00:16:23
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SHOWED UP ON THE RADAR SCREEN. THE STORIES I FILED BACK IN '64 WOULD APPEAR ON PAGE FIVE OR SEVEN OR NINE. AS SOON AS WE SEND TROOPS IN THE MARINES TO...
00:17:00
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THE NATION-BUILDING. WE SHOULD JUST GO IN AND WHEN THIS WAR. KENNEDY SENT HIM OVER THERE ON THE GOODWILL TRIP AND HE KNEW THE SISTER-IN-LAW AND WAS...
00:19:39
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THAT? >> HE HAD A LOT OF EXPERTISE, BUT IT WAS IN THE QUESTION
00:19:47
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OF NUMBER CRUNCHING ANALYSIS, NOT POLITICAL. MCNAMARA IS PROBABLY STILL AS A POLITICAL A PERSON WHO HAS EVER HELD A LARGE PORTION OF POWER AND WASHINGTON....
00:20:08
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AND HE KNEW THE ALLIES IN THE PARTY WHO WERE FROM A MUCH MORE MILITARY MIND THAN HIS OWN SHE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH RESPECT FOR THE JOINT CHIEFS. HE HAD SEEN...
00:21:35
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AND WHERE THE DOVES, THE MAJOR PLAYERS? >> MANSFIELD TOWARD KENNEDY OR EARLY ON THAT IT WAS A LOST CAUSE, AND THIS WAS PARTIAL TO HEAR FROM MANSFIELD...
00:21:48
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CATHOLICS WITH KENNEDY WHO HAD HELPED TO INSTALL HIM IN OFFICE AND HE HAD BEEN QUITE A BACKER OF THIS MAN THAT HE WENT OVER IN 61 AND CAME BACK AND...
00:24:21
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WILLIAM BUNDY. WHAT WAS HIS ROLE? >> WILLIAM BUNDY WAS THE OLDER BROTHER AND IT IRRITATED HIM THAT HE WAS OFTENTIMES THOUGHT TO BE THE YOUNGER BROTHER...
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00:24:55
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JOHNSON. HE WAVERED BACK-AND-FORTH AND HAVE A MOMENT OF CLARITY HE SAW WE SHOULD GET OUT. BUT AS SOON AS RUSK AND MCNAMARA TOLD HIM IT WON'T WASH. HE...
00:26:53
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DOES THAT APPLY TO THE MILITARY LEADERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN VIETNAM, THE U.S. MILITARY LEADERS ONE IN PARTICULAR TO ASK ABOUT THIS GENERAL WILLIAM...
00:27:12
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JOHNSON THAT HE HAD WAS MARLAND'S APPROVAL THAN VICE VERSA BECAUSE IF AS HE WAS TRYING TO ESCALATE IN SMALL DOSES, YOU HAVE A PICTURE. >> HE LOOKED...
00:27:35
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CERTAINLY LOOKED RIGHT. JOHNSON WAS CONCERNED THAT AT ANY GIVEN POINT WESTMORLAND COULD BECOME TO HIM WHAT DOUGLAS MacARTHUR HAD BEEN TO CARRY TRUMAN...
00:29:54
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AND THE TRUTH, DESCRIBED SOME OF THOSE STATES. >> WELL, THE PROBLEM FALLS INTO I THINK TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES ONE IS UNDER
00:30:09
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ZIMM. HE DIDN'T WANT TO FIGHT. HE WANTED HIS TROOPS TO KEEP HIM IN POWER. THERE HAD BEEN THE COUP D'ETAT, ALL KINDS OF ATTACKS ON HIM IN THE PALACE....
00:32:33
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THE BEGINNING IN
00:32:37
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NEW YORK THEY WERE STILL THINKING THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS TELLING THE TRUTH AND THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HALBERSTAM WORSE SO AWARE OF...
00:33:37
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HIS RESCUE. TELL THE STORY WHAT HAPPENED. >> HE IS A TOUGH GUY COMING AND YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN HIM BECAUSE HE HAS CONTINUED ON TO HAVE A REMARKABLE...
00:33:49
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ASSIGNMENT IN THE VIETNAM? >> HE WAS WITH THE AP AND QUITE A YOUNG MAN. DURING ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF THE BUDDHISTS AND
00:33:56
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THE STREET FIGHTS AND ZIMM'S
00:33:59
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BROTHER HAD SECRET POLICE AND THEY WERE HARASSING REPORTERS. TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND YES, AT ONE POINT, OUR NET -- ARNETT GOT...
00:34:47
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LOT BECAUSE AS SOON AS IS THE LAMB WAS OVERTHROWN THERE WAS A NEW BALL GAME. IT WASN'T NECESSARILY A BETTER ONE, BUT IT
00:34:54
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WAS DIFFERENT. THERE WAS AND THE CONNIVANCE BETWEEN THE EMBASSY AND THE PALACE. SO THERE WAS A LOT MORE INFORMATION. BUT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO -- YOU...
00:36:04
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JOHNSON NOT RUN BECAUSE OF THE VIETNAM DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE COMING TOGETHER FOR HIM. HE HELD QUITE A SERIOUS...
00:36:16
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HAD A STRONG STREAK OF SELF PITY SO THAT WHEN HE WAS JUMPED ON FOR THE WAR POLICIES, HE WOULD COMPLAIN THAT EVERYBODY WAS AGAINST HIM, THE WORLD WAS...
00:37:31
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WISE MEN, THE PEOPLE HE COUNTED ON FROM OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT LIKE DEAN ACHESON AND OTHERS AND THESE WERE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTED THE WAR THE WHOLE TIME...
00:39:09
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RUN? >> AT FIRST SHE WAS ACCELERATED. HE HAD SUPPRESSED FOR A BUDDY AND HE HAD SHOWN HIS CRITICS THAT HE WAS A MAN OF PRINCIPLE
00:39:19
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AND NOBODY HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS AND THE PRESIDENTS LIKE SURPRISES, IT'S KIND OF STRANGE TO ME BUT THEY LOVE DOWSING PEOPLE AND THE HEAT LEEKS SAID...
00:40:31
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THROUGH THE 1975 MARKER. NIXON HADN'T AND A DID YOU TALK AND THAT IN OUR BOOK. HENRY KISSINGER. IN A FEW PARAGRAPHS DECIDE TO LEAVE COULD DESCRIBE WHERE...
00:40:59
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A STORY THAT THEY KEPT HIM OUT OF THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION AND HAD KNOWN HIM FROM HARVARD BECAUSE HE FELT HE WAS A SELF PROMOTER AND NOT ENOUGH...
00:41:50
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THE WERE WILLING TO TRY THEIR TRUST FOR NIXON, AND COURSE THAT RANKED HIGH IN MIX AND'S YOUR JUDGMENT SAID HE WAS PAID OFF FOR ONE MIGHT SAY THAT THE...
00:42:48
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VIETNAM. HE LAYERED THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE UNDER NIXON AND HAS A LOT OF -- CAN'T TAKE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR
00:42:56
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THAT BECAUSE HE HAD POLITICAL INSTINCTS AND HAD BEEN A CONGRESSMAN AND HE KNEW THAT THE PUBLIC JUST WASN'T GOING TO PERMIT. NIXON WANTED TO GET THE...
00:43:45
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GROUND. CONAGRA'S HAD MADE IT VERY CLEAR THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BACK ANY SORT
00:43:49
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OF SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT ANY FURTHER. FORD COULD JUST PRESIDE OVER THE FINAL COLLAPSE AND THEN MARTIN, THE AMBASSADOR IN SAIGON WAS BLIND AND ABOUT THE...
00:44:37
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TIME. WE HAD PROMISED THESE MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE SOUTH TO THE THRONE AND WITH US IF THE STATE EVER CAME WE WOULD HELP THEM AND WE WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE...
00:45:32
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OF DRINKING. IN THE CENTURY THAT HAS HOLOCAUST COME ANY CENTURY
00:45:36
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THAT HAS THE DROPPING OF THE ATOM BOMB THOSE ARE BIG STORIES. IT CERTAINLY IS I THINK A STORY THAT IS GOING TO TORMENT AMERICA FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE...
00:46:27
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ACCURATELY OR LITTLE MORE FORCEFULLY, YOU COULD HAVE SOMEHOW KEPT THE COUNTRY OUT OF THIS FIASCO. NOW THAT'S NONSENSE, BUT IT IS THE SENSE THAT ONE...
00:47:02
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AS JACK, PUBLISHED BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME. >>

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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