John P. Roche

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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.[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.