Oral history interview with Arthur J. Goldberg, 1985 Mar.

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Oral history interview with Arthur J. Goldberg, 1985 Mar.

In this interview, Arthur J. Goldberg discusses his tenure as U.S. Secretary of Labor, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supereme Court, U.S. Representative to the United Nations and Ambassador at Large and his working relationship with Secretary of State, Dean Rusk during these years. He discusses his disagreements with Rusk especially over United States policy in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. He touches upon the Pueblo Incident, the 1968 Non-proliferation Treaty and the Tet Offensive.

Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (29 min.)Transcript: 13 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7558226

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Goldberg, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1908-1990

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Arthur Joseph Goldberg (August 8, 1908 – January 19, 1990) was an American statesman and jurist who served as the 9th U.S. Secretary of Labor, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Goldberg graduated from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1930. He became a prominent labor attorney and helped arrange the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Indus...

Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994

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