Lodge Resigns Taylor Succeeds Vietnam Envoy Footage

Lodge Resigns: Taylor Succeeds Vietnam Envoy
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	1725
	Catalog #:	428833
	Clip Number:	428833-1
	Orginal Film:	037-051-01
	Timecode:	00:13:59 - 00:15:48
	Location:	Washington, DC
	Year Shot:	1964 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	GOVERNMENT: United States LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. PERSONALITIES: Johnson, Lyndon Baines (LBJ) PERSONALITIES: Lodge, Henry Cabot PERSONALITIES: Rusk, Dean PERSONALITIES: Taylor, General Maxwell
	Description:	"U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, Henry Cabot Lodge, is resigning to devote his efforts to the coming Republican presidential campaign. Army chief of Staff Maxwell D. Taylor is succeeding the envoy & General Johnson's appointment of General Taylor emphasizes again this country's resolve to protect the freedom of South East Asia & the President promises that we will continue aid." MSs Ambassador to South Vietnam HENRY CABOT LODGE JR. standing in hallway before banyan of microphones, speaking to reporters. MSs Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. sitting at table with Secretary of State DEAN RUSK, President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (LBJ) and Secretary of Defense ROBERT MCNAMARA. TLS Pentagon mall entrance; MS sign "Pentagon Building Mall Entrance." MS sign over office door "Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff." MS General EARLE G. WHEELER entering office, shaking hands with General MAXWELL D. TAYLOR; CUs General Maxwell Taylor and General Earle Wheeler sitting, talking; MS three press photographers & newsreel cameramen taking pics; MSs Gen. Taylor & Gen. Wheeler looking at globe. MSs President Lyndon Johnson taking seat at desk, removing glasses; MS newsreel cameramen standing behind 16mm cameras on tripods (large magazines); CU President Johnson delivering national address: "Our people in South Vietnam are helping to protect people against terror. They're also helping, and they will help more in increasing agricultural production, in expanding medical help, and in building a sense of hope for the good people of South Vietnam. They are helping and they will help more to give confidence to those who seek to help themselves and modern equipment to those who can use it and friendly counsel to those who are giving leadership."