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About Oral History
Digital Identifier
JFKOH-LCH-01
Interviewee(s)
Heinz, Luther C. (Luther Carl), 1912-1987
Biographical Note
(1912 - 1987) Admiral, U.S. Navy; Regional Director for the Far East, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense (1960-1963); commander, cruiser-destroyer flotilla 12 (1964); staff, CINCPAC (1965).
Interviewer(s)
William W. Moss
Access Restriction Status
Open
Use Restriction Status
None
Description
In this interview Heinz discusses how he came to work in the Office of International Security Affairs [ISA] in the Department of Defense [DOD]; the changeover in the DOD between the Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy Administrations; Heinz’s view of the Bay of Pigs; the regular operations and organization within ISA, including the different regional desks’ responsibilities; relationships between the ISA and other agencies; ISA as “the little State Department”; differences of opinion between DOD and the State Department, the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff; the debate over whether to put troops in Laos; Robert S. McNamara and Roswell L. Gilpatric; the status of Okinawa; the question of U.S. defense perimeters; and W. Averell Harriman’s trip to Geneva and the neutralization solution for Laos, among other issues.
Date(s) of Materials
20 July 1970
Deed Status
Deeded
Copyright Status
Donated to the United States
Collection
Series
Series 1. John F. Kennedy Oral History Interviews, 1964-2012.
Preferred Citation
Luther C. Heinz, recorded interview by William W. Moss, July 20, 1970, (page number), John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Program.
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Use Restriction Note
Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.
Accession Number
OH 1977-006
Transcript
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