United States, 39.76, -98.5Vietnam, 16.16667, 107.83333Haig, Alexander Meigs, 1924-2010Rusk, Richard1985-03Interviewed by Richard Rusk in Mar. 1985.Related materials located in other repositories: Alexander Meigs Haig Papers, 1962-1982, Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.; White House Files, 1973-1974, Gerald R. Ford Library, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Lorraine Rowan Cooper Papers, 1936-1983, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass.Related collections in this repository: Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Dean Rusk collection; Parks Rusk collection; and Dean Rusk personal papers.Name Index/Finding aid available in repository.Forms part of : Dean Rusk oral history collection, 1984-1989.Alexander Meigs Haig (1924- ), Secretary of State from January 1981 until July 1982; Chief of Staff of the White House, 1973-1974; Supreme Allied Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Europe, 1974-1979; held various positions in the United States Department of Defense from 1962-1965.In this interview, Alexander Haig discusses Dean Rusk's role as Secretary of State during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Haig critiques the gradualist policy approach in Vietnam as well as the draft system during the war. Haig also touches upon the toll that making life-and-death decisions exacts on policymakers.audio/mpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Dean Rusk Oral History Collectionhttp://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL214DROH-ead.xmlVietnamPresidents--United States StaffUnited StatesVietnam--Foreign relations--United StatesDiplomatic relationsPresidents--StaffUnited States--Foreign relations--VietnamVietnam War, 1961-1975Cabinet officersUnited States--Foreign relationsCabinet officers--United StatesOral history interview with Alexander Meigs Haig, 1985 Mar.Sound