William Leonard person
also: Leonhardt, Leah Hard
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Lyndon B. Johnson appointed
William Leonard book_quoted
“would assure that the civilian pacification efforts were coordinated with military operations. Further, he would support the U.S. mission in Saigon on matters under his purview. Comer administered a White House bureaucratic coup d'etat as w…”
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The directive spilled out clearly Comer's mandate to carry the responsibility for the direction, coordination, and supervision in Washington of the U.S. non-military programs for peaceful construction relating to Vietnam. The document also …
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And he would not report to the president's national security advisor. He was going to report directly to the president. Comer had then created an office with a small select staff to assist him. Leonhardt, as noted, was going to be his deput…
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that these memoranda were what they were, merely a device to keep Johnson informed. Johnson never issued any orders via the memoranda. Comer kept pressing Porter for more progress, and he kept the pressure on by sending Leah Hard and other …