Item COLD WAR 27/6 - Transcript of interview with politician Clark Clifford, [1995]

Typescript transcript of interview with Clark Clifford, Naval Aide to the President, 1946; Special Counsel to the President, 1946-1950, US Secretary of Defence, 1968-1969, relating to the meeting of US President Harry S Truman and Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, in the US and US public reaction to the 'Iron curtain' speech made by Churchill, at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, USA, 5 Mar 1946; the development of the Clifford Elsey Report on relations between the US and the USSR, Sep 1946; the alteration in US policy from non-intervention in Europe to the Truman Doctrine, the provision of US military and economic aid for any country threatened by Communism, addressing in particular to the British forces withdrawal from Turkey and Greece, Mar 1947; the development of and support for the Mashall Plan, the US European Recovery Program, 1948; the opposition of Gen George C Marshall, US Secretary of State, 1947-1949, to US recognition of the State of Israel, 1948; Truman's support for a non-confrontational response to the blockade of West Berlin by Soviet forces, 1948; activities of Senator Joe McCarthy including his attacks on Marshall and Dean Acheson, US Secretary of State 1949-1953; Clifford's advice to Lyndon B Johnson, US President 1963-1969, opposing participation of US ground forces in Vietnam, 1965; the effect of the Tet offensive on US optimism for success in Vietnam, 1967-1968; Johnson's decision not to seek re-election, 1969; and the effect of the Cold War on US policy. 39pp