Interviewer
Don Oberdorfer
Files
Description
Mike Mansfield talks about his opposition to various Vietnam War tactics and decisions made during President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration. He briefly addresses the way other authors have inaccurately portrayed some of his interactions with President Johnson. Mansfield explains why he talked about the war differently in public as opposed to private and notes that he wanted to show that he was against the war although he wasn’t against the President. He describes his stance against U.S. intervention in the Laotian situation during President John F. Kennedy’s administration. Mansfield also recalls being a part of a board at Fort Missoula that discussed whether or not Japanese or Italian migrants should be interned there.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001—Interviews; Oberdorfer, Don. Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great Statesman and Diplomat; Ex-legislators—United States—interviews; Presidents—United States; Senators, United States Congress—Montana; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975—Laos
Original Date
10-20-1999
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana; China; Japan; Vietnam
Language
eng
Original Collection
Don Oberdorfer Interviews with Mike Mansfield Oral History Project, OH 391, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 391-011
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:30:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (26 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
72 minutes
Local Filename
OH_391_011.mp3; OH_391_011.pdf
Citation
Mansfield, Mike, "Mike Mansfield Interview, October 20, 1999" (1999). Don Oberdorfer Interviews with Mike Mansfield Oral History Project. 8.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mansfield_interviews/8