John P. Roche
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]
Affiliations
- Americans for Democratic Action - President 1962-65
- Coalition for a Democratic Majority
- Committee on the Present Danger
- League for Industrial Democracy
- A. Philip Randolph Institute - Director
Connections
- Consultant to John F. Kennedy
- Special Advisor to Lyndon B. Johnson
- Speechwriter for Hubert H. Humphrey Jr.
Notes
- ↑ Wolfgang Saxon, John P. Roche, 70, Scholar And Counselor to Presidents, New York Times, 7 May 1994.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.178.
