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… officials from the State Department and Pentagon, President Kennedy decided to send the higher profile team of … involve delicate diplomacy with both South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm and U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge …

'We Have Plans for Withdrawal'

… D. Taylor just prior to their departure for Saigon, President Kennedy addressed the prospect of telling South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm of plans to withdraw American troops. …

'He Is a Master Strategist'

… Speaking with Time-Life founder Henry Luce, President Johnson assessed the capabilities and character of …

'Then We’re Really in It All'

… President Johnson and his adviser Abraham “Abe” Fortas …

'It’s Pretty Horrible to Contemplate'

… of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. as the new U.S. ambassador, President Kennedy and senior advisers considered the impact of a coup attempt against South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm. Secretary of State Dean Rusk feared …

'Something [on] the Order of Hungary'

… of key developments involving US national security, President Johnson briefed Republican nominee Richard …

'I’m Not a Hater and a Bigot'

… As President Johnson prepared to appoint two Black Americans to …

'All These Harvard Men'

… in the federal judiciary and the executive branch, President Johnson highlighted the politics of those …

'As Bad as the Appeasement at Munich'

… to quarantine Cuba, a position they expressed directly to President Kennedy at the White House. Air Force chief of …

'Hell, They’re Our Enemies'

… that would come to be known as the Pentagon Papers, President Nixon considered enjoining the Times to cease and desist. In advising the President to pursue an injunction, Attorney General John N. …

No 'One-Way Deal'

… President Johnson told Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. …

'Modernizing Urban Hospitals'

… Bureau of the Budget director Kermit Gordon updated President Johnson on changes to the Hospital Survey and …

'Reports of Heavy Fighting'

… of State Dean Rusk placed an early morning call to President Johnson to relay "reports of heavy fighting between …

'Be My Solicitor General'

… that he wanted to "do this job that Lincoln started," President Johnson asked appellate judge Thurgood Marshall to …

'A Very Complex Problem'

… During a long call about Vietnam and civil rights, President Johnson and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. …

'This Is What We Stand For'

… President Johnson congratulated Senator Hubert H. Humphrey …

'You’re a Hard Bargainer'

… in the 1950s. In this conversation, Dirksen asked the President for help with the Kaskaskia River Navigation …

'He Ought to Be Removed'

… Speaker of the House John W. McCormack [D– Massachusetts], President Johnson explained his veto of a bill that would …

'A Very Disgusting Performance'

… the previous night, Attorney General W. Ramsey Clark told President Johnson that most of the trouble had been …

'We Know Who They Are

… Investigation (FBI) director J. Edgar Hoover reported to President Johnson on the progress of the investigation and …