Ackley, Gardner 24
Adenauer, Konrad, funeral of 1967 134
Anderson, Robert 62
Baylis, John 2
Bruce, David K. E.
Anglo-American ‘deal’ 1965 84
devaluation of sterling 1967 148–9
summit conferences
June 1967 139
Wilson’s telephone call to Johnson 1965
57
budget, US
December 1964 39
Bundy, McGeorge
British budget of April 1965 62–3
Commonwealth Peace Mission 1965 89
Wilson, views of 32–3
relationship with Johnson 13
summit conferences
December 1964 47
December 1965 91–2
Caccia, Harold 55
Cater, Douglas 33
Clifford, Clark 170
Commons, House of 47, 48, 55,
56, 58–9, 60, 61, 66, 68, 89, 91, 93, 104, 107, 108, 109, 122
see also Labour Party
Conkin, Paul 11
Curtis, Mark 2–3
Dallek, Robert 11
Danchev, Alex 3
‘Deal’, Anglo-American 1965 78–85
Dean, Sir Patrick
devaluation of sterling 1967 152
role in Anglo-American relationship 170
summit conferences
April 1965 71
February 1968 161
Vietnam War
phase A–B Vietnam peace initiative 1967
130–1
use of gas in 69–70
views of Johnson 13
Wilson–Johnson relationship 133
Defence, Ministry of 78
Defence, US Department of 114
defence policy, UK
see ‘East of Suez’, British
role
Dimbleby, David 2
Dobson, Alan P. 120 n73
Douglas-Home, Alec 8, 10, 33,
39, 47, 48, 65, 69, 88, 101, 109, 176–7
see also Cuba, British trade with
Dunn, David 170
EFTA 23
Election, British general 1966 100–2
Fielding, Jeremy 177
Gaitskell, Hugh 9
Geyelin, Philip 11
Goldberg, Arthur 123
Goldwater, Barry 30
Halls, Michael 160
Heller, Walter 26
Helms, Richard 33
Henderson, Nicholas 29
Howard, Anthony 154–5
Italy 31
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Britain’s relationship with EEC 135–6
depiction by historians 11
summit conferences
December 1964 37–48
April 1965 64–71
December 1965 91–4
July 1966 115–17
June 1967 136–41
February 1968 159–62
Anglo-American ‘deal’ 1965 82
Commonwealth Peace Mission 1965 87–91
phase A–B Vietnam peace initiative 1967
122–34
Kennedy, Robert F. 133
King, Cecil 135
Kitchen, Jeffrey 137
Kosygin, Alexei; phase A–B Vietnam peace
initiative 1967 123–32
Labour Party 10–11, 21, 49,
66–7, 88, 92, 100, 102, 112, 113, 122, 138, 148, 153, 160, 172
see also House of Commons
Laos 104
Leddy, John 136
Mansfield, Mike 141
Martin, William 86
Mayhew, G. C. 85
Morgan, Austen 9
Murray, Donald 130
Nicholls, John 85
Nunnerley, David 8
Ormsby-Gore, David
see Harlech, Lord
Palliser, Michael 22, 105, 106, 109, 124, 125, 129, 130, 133–4, 137, 139– 40, 141,
152, 153, 158, 160
Pentagon 140
Pickering, Jeffrey 154
Pimlott, Ben 9
Plischke, Elmer 176
Renwick, Robin 1
Reynolds, David 2
Rickett, Denis 151
Rogers, Colonel Bernard 104
Schaetzel, Robert 46
Seitz, Raymond 1
Short, Edward 82–3
Silkin, John 148
Silverman, Sidney 59
‘Six Day War’ 1967 139–40
Smith, Bromley 64
Suez Crisis 1956 169
summit conferences, Anglo-American
achievements of 176
Johnson’s attitude to 176
Wilson’s attitude to 172
December 1964 37–52
April 1965 64–71
February 1968 159–62
Truman Doctrine 1947 78
Uffen, K. J. 85
Valenti, Jack 64–5
Vietnam War
Anglo-American ‘deal’ of 1965 78–85
British desire for consultation about 58–62
Commonwealth Peace Mission 1965 87–91
dissociation 1966 102–10
phase A–B Vietnam peace initiative 1967
122–32
summit conferences
December 1964 40–3
July 1966 115–16
February 1968 161–2
Wilson’s attitude to 54
Wilson’s telephone call of February 1965 53–8
Watt, D. Cameron 4
Wheeler, Earle 131
Williams, Marcia 93
Wilson, Harold
American reservations towards 31–3
Anglo-American ‘deal’ 78–85
career and personality 8–11
devaluation of sterling 147–53
EEC 134–6
general election 1966 100–2
relationship with Richard Nixon 162–3
Commonwealth peace mission 1965 87–91
phase A–B Vietnam peace initiative 1967
122–32
summit conferences
April 1965 64–71
December 1965 91–4
July 1966 115–17
June 1967 136–41
February 1968 159–62
Wrigley, Chris 83
Zilliacus, Konrad 59
A ‘special relationship’?
Harold Wilson, Lyndon B. Johnson and Anglo-American relations ‘at the summit’, 1964–68
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