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- LBJ INVITES MAHON TO WH, ASKS IF HE SPOKE WITH ANYONE ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACK BECAUSE PRESS STORIES INDICATE LEAK CAME FROM CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE; MAHON DISCUSSES SPESSARD HOLLAND, CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR COTTON RESEARCH
- SELTZER ASKS LBJ TO MAKE STATEMENT BY TELEPHONE DURING DEDICATION OF CLEVELAND'S NEW PUBLIC HALL ON AUGUST 28; LBJ ASKS SELTZER TO SEND DETAILS TO HIS APPOINTMENTS SECRETARY; SELTZER PRAISES LBJ FOR HIS ACTIONS AS PRESIDENT
- SECRETARY ASKS IF LBJ WANTS TO RETURN JOHN SWEETERMAN'S CALL, ANNOUNCES REEDY; REEDY CONVEYS PRESS REQUEST TO BRING IN LIVE TV RECORDERS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAK, DISCUSSES ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING ON TONKIN GULF…
- OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK; LBJ ASKS DESAUTELS ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON OFF-THE-RECORD MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, ARRANGEMENTS FOR NOTIFYING CONGRESSMEN; EVERETT DIRKSEN
- JOHNSTON TELLS LBJ THAT FEDERAL PAY BILL HAS PASSED BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS; DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULING SIGNING CEREMONY; JOHNSTON TELLS LBJ HE HAS TOLD PRESS HE WILL VOTE FOR LBJ, EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF VOTERS' FEAR OF WAR AS CAMPAIGN ISSUE
- OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACK; DELOACH INFORMS LBJ THAT THREE BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN MISSISSIPPI, PRESUMABLY OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; LBJ ASKS FBI TO DELAY PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL AFTER FAMILIES HAVE BEEN CONTACTED
- LBJ TELLS WHITE THAT THREE BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN MISSISSIPPI, PRESUMABLY OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, ASKS WHITE TO CONTACT FAMILIES OF JAMES CHANEY, MICHAEL SCHWERNER, ANDREW GOODMAN
- WHITE REPORTS ON STATUS OF CALLS TO FAMILIES OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; LBJ INSTRUCTS WHITE TO HAVE FBI PROCEED WITH PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT IF FAMILIES ARE NOT REACHED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE INFORMATION WILL LEAK WHEN BODIES ARE MOVED
- OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS IF SHE SHOULD PLACE CALL TO GEORGE MAHON; REEDY ASKS IF PRESS CAN SET UP EQUIPMENT FOR TV COVERAGE OF LBJ'S STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK IN FISH ROOM, ASKS IF HE CAN HAVE LBJ'S STATEMENT MIMEOGRAPHED
- PRIOR TO LEAVING TO ATTEND NATO CONFERENCE, MCNAMARA REPORTS ON COVERAGE OF HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ON DEFENSE INSTALLATION CLOSINGS, DOD BUDGET; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH US DIPLOMATS, PRAISES MCNAMARA, CAUTIONS HIM ABOUT WORKING TOO HARD