Rusk KKK, Walt Whitman Rostow, Part 1, January 1985

Collection: Dean Rusk Oral History Collection

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Description

Richard Rusk interviews Walt Rostow over the telephone. Walt Rostow discusses his working relationship with Dean Rusk during the administrations of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and touches upon his own experience as a student at Oxford. He comments on Rusk's relationship with Robert McNamara, Lyndon Johnson, and John F. Kennedy. Rostow also describes the planning meetings held at the Department of State and, in particular, discusses a pivotal meeting after the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

Walt Rostow served as deputy special assistant to the President for national security affairs (1961), counselor, chairman policy planning council Department State (1961-1966), and special assistant to the president (1966-1969). He was also an economic historian.

This interview is continued on Rusk LLL.

Date

1985-01

Identifier

RBRL214DROH-RuskKKK

Coverage

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Duration

63 minutes



Citation

Walt Whitman Rostow and Richard Rusk, “Rusk KKK, Walt Whitman Rostow, Part 1, January 1985,” UGA Special Collections Libraries Oral Histories, accessed March 29, 2024, https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/RBRL214DROH/RBRL214DROH-RuskKKK.

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