Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/4/1964 (Tuesday)

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Title:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/4/1964 (Tuesday)

Duration: (min: sec):

6:14

Number of Pages:

5

Description:

Goodbye to guests; Lady Bird's session with dressmaker; LBJ lunch with Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk and McGeorge Bundy; visit with friends; nap; LBJ meets with Congressional leaders, Cabinet, and Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gulf of Tonkin attack; LBJ's statement on television; Lady Bird mentions communications between Vietnam and White House

Contributor:

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007; Mrs. Johnson's secretarial staff

Collection:

Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary; Annotated Transcripts of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary

Location Details:

White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Communist bloc; Congressional relations; Defense; LBJ speeches and statements; Lady Bird Johnson personal; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

An edited transcript for this day was included in Lady Bird Johnson's book "A White House Diary," published in 1970.

Rights:

Public domain

Specific Item Type:

Personal diary

Type:

Text; Audio

Format:

Audio tape; Paper

Physical Item ID #:

D-22

Identifier:

ctjd-19640804

Date:

1964-08-04

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Citation

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/4/1964 (Tuesday), Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary Collection, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 08, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/ctjd-19640804