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[[John P. Roche]] (died 1994) was a US political scientist. He was a special adviser to President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] from 1966 to 1968.<ref>Wolfgang Saxon, [http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/07/obituaries/john-p-roche-70-scholar-and-counselor-to-presidents.html John P. Roche, 70, Scholar And Counselor to Presidents], ''New York Times'', 7 May 1994.</ref>
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[[John P. Roche]] (died 1994) was a US political scientist. He was a special adviser to President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] from 1966 to 1968.<ref>Wolfgang Saxon, [http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/07/obituaries/john-p-roche-70-scholar-and-counselor-to-presidents.html John P. Roche, 70, Scholar And Counselor to Presidents], ''New York Times'', 7 May 1994.</ref> During that time, he was a key mover behind the [[Citizens Committee for Peace With Freedom in Vietnam]].<ref name="Chester178">Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.178.</ref>
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During his youth, Roche was a Socialist Party activist.<ref name="Chester178">Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.178.</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
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*Consultant to [[John F. Kennedy]]
 
*Consultant to [[John F. Kennedy]]
 
*Special Advisor to [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
 
*Special Advisor to [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
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*Speechwriter for [[Hubert H. Humphrey Jr.]]
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 21:58, 6 October 2014

John P. Roche (died 1994) was a US political scientist. He was a special adviser to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968.[1] During that time, he was a key mover behind the Citizens Committee for Peace With Freedom in Vietnam.[2]

During his youth, Roche was a Socialist Party activist.[2]

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  1. Wolfgang Saxon, John P. Roche, 70, Scholar And Counselor to Presidents, New York Times, 7 May 1994.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.178.