United States, 39.76, -98.5Vietnam, 16.16667, 107.83333Battle, Lucius D.Rusk, Richard1985In this interview, Lucius Battle discusses his long relationship with Dean Rusk both as a colleague and friend. He talks about U.S. foreign policy from World War II through the Vietnam Conflict. He gives his views on Rusk and former Secretaries of State, Dean Acheson and John Foster Dulles as well as others he worked with through the years. He describes the effect of the Vietnam War on those involved.Lucius D. Battle, born in 1918) was a foreign affairs specialist, He served at the Department of State from 1946-1949. He served as Special Assistant to Secretary of State from 1949-1953 and 1961-1964. He also served as Executive Secretary at Department of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 1962-1964 and was the first Secretary at the American Embassy, Copenhagen from, 1953-1955. He served as Deputy Secretary, NATO, Paris, France from 1955-1956; as Ambassador to United Arab Republic, from 1964-1967; as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1967-1968. He also served as the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and President of Foundation for Middle Eastern Peace.Related collections in this repository: Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Dean Rusk collection; Parks Rusk collection; and Dean Rusk personal papers.Interviewed by Richard Rusk.Related materials located in other repositories: Papers of Lucius D. Battle, 1952-1970, Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Mo.; Reminiscences of Lucious D. Battle Oral History, 1974, Columbia University Oral History Research Office, Butler Library, New York, N.Y.audio/mpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Dean Rusk Oral History Collectionhttp://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL214DROH-ead.xmlVietnam War, 1961-1975United States. Department of StateUnited States--Foreign relationsDiplomatic relationsUnited StatesLucius D. Battle, 1985.Sound