Lady Bird does desk work & records diary; arrival ceremonies for Prime Minister & Mrs. Kittikachorn, Thailand; Lady Bird calls Lynda Robb; LBJ wants to invite the Cyrus Vance family as houseguests; Lady Bird to the hair salon; lunch under hair dryer; tea for Colonel Michael Paul, Alan Drury, Isabelle Mathis, et al; tea with Mr. & Mrs. Steiniger, Sinclair Oil; Lady Bird works on speech for Mary Lasker Awards; Johnsons greet Prime Minister & Mrs. Kittikachorn of Thailand; exchange of state gifts; Lady Bird names guests at State Dinner; exchange of toasts; LBJ & Prime Minister use direct telephone connection to Thailand via COMSAT; entertainment is the U.S. Marine Corps evening parade and a display of fireworks
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/8/1968 (Wednesday)
Citation
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/8/1968 (Wednesday), LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/ctjd-19680508