Oral History Interviews
with Robert G. Nixon
News correspondent with the International News Service (INS), 1930-58; INS State Department and foreign relations correspondent in 1938; war correspondent, attached to the British army in France and Belgium, 1940, during invasion of the low countries; evacuated from Dunkirk but later returned to France; evacuated with the British army from Brest, June 20, 1940; covered London Blitz, 1940-41; war correspondent, attached to United States forces in European theater of operations, 1942-1943; correspondent in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, and Mediterranean theater, participating in North African invasion and campaign. Covered Casablanca conference, 1943; Quebec conference, 1944; and Potsdam, 1945. Washington correspondent covering the White House beginning 1944.
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Interview Transcripts
1970
October: 9, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30
November: 4, 5, 6, 20, 23
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[Notices and Restrictions | List of Subjects Discussed]
Notice
These are transcripts of tape-recorded interviews conducted for the Harry S. Truman Library. A draft of each transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were made; therefore, the reader should remember that these are essentially transcripts of the spoken, rather than the written word.
Numbers appearing in square brackets (ex. [45]) within the transcript indicate the pagination in the original, hardcopy version of the oral history interview.
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These oral history transcripts may be read, quoted from, cited, and reproduced for purposes of research. They may not be published in full except by permission of the Harry S. Truman Library.
List of Subjects Discussed
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X-Y-Z
A
Acheson, Dean, 514, 516, 723, 729, 745, 826, 827, 828, 889, 971-973, 1053
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- Johnson, Louis, relationship between, 495, 505, 508, 512
speech dealing with the defense perimeter of the United States, 495-496
Truman, Harry S.:
- informs of the North Korean invasion of South Korea, 719-720, 721
as Secretary of State for, 505, 508
- Adams, Sherman, visits White House, 960-965
Ak-Sar-Ben, 546, 549
Alamogordo, New Mexico, 311, 315
Algiers, 77, 78
Allen, George E., 357
Allis, Barney, 952
Ambassador Hotel, 953
America Firsters, 53, 81
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), 352
American Legion, 657
American Legion Fair, Caruthersville, Missouri, 365, 368, 369, 371-372
American Red Cross, 288
Americans for Democratic Action, 138, 569, 650
Anderson, Vernice, 755-756, 761, 839
Antwerp, Belgium, 339, 345
Arlington National Cemetery, 776, 777, 787
Arnez, Desi, 565
Arvey, Jacob M., 138, 545, 569
Assassination attempt on the life of Harry S. Truman, 776-792
Associated Press (AP), 289, 290, 399, 522, 979, 994, 1002
Atlanta, Georgia, 119
Atomic bomb:
- Germany:
Korean war, possible use during, 805-810
Leahy, William, opinion of the power of, 713-714
Nixon, Robert G.:
- knowledge of the secret projects to create, 312-314
opinion on the decision to use, 315-317
Truman, Harry S.:
- announces to the crew of the Augusta that the first bomb had been dropped on
informed of the successful testing of, 315
questioned by reporters about Great Britain and, 373-379
Stalin, Joseph, informed that the United States had a new weapon, 320-321
statement dealing with the use of, 612-614
Atomic bomb project:
- Nixon, Robert G., knowledge of, 312-314
Truman, Harry S., informed of, 311-312
Attlee, Clement, 264, 265, 299, 325, 326
- atomic bomb, reaction to the possible use of in Korea, 806-810
Augusta, U.S.S., 254, 255, 259, 263, 266, 284, 316, 319, 320, 321, 324, |
