January 31, 1968

The LBJ Tapes: 1968 Tet Offensive

C-SPAN Radio notes the 50th anniversary of the Tet offensive and the escalation of the war in Vietnam with President Lyndon Johnson’s calls… read more

C-SPAN Radio notes the 50th anniversary of the Tet offensive and the escalation of the war in Vietnam with President Lyndon Johnson’s calls from January-March 1968. Participants include outgoing Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and incoming Secretary Clark Clifford; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Richard Russell; and former President Dwight Eisenhower.

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Clark Clifford Secretary Department of Defense
Dwight D. Eisenhower U.S. President (Former) United States

Lyndon Baines Johnson U.S. President [D] United States
Robert McNamara Secretary Department of Defense
Dean Rusk Secretary of State Department of State
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. U.S. Senator [D] Georgia

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Johnson (Lyndon Baines) Presidential Library and Museum

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Radio Special

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Program ID:: 440623-1
Category:: Radio
Format:: Compiled Program
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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