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MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
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F r i d a y , A p r il 5, 1968
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WASHINOTON
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w ith a h e a v y h e a r t to d a y , b e c a u s e of th e tra g e d y of D r, King*s d e a th .
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- Lady Bird slept little; Lady Bird has coffee with LBJ; they decide Crossing the Trails of Texas trip should continue; Lady Bird alters speeches to include statement about Martin Luther King; to Dulles airport; Washington & foreign correspondents
- Lady Bird talks to LBJ at Camp David; Lady Bird & foreign press board buses for Goliad; view flowers & cattle; funeral service for Martin Luther King; ceremony at restored Presidio La Bahia; speeches by Stewart Udall & Lady Bird; migrant children
- arborough ca m e up to g r e e t m e .
H e had c a n c e lle d out
a fter the a s s a s s in a tio n of M artin Luther King and I did not e x p e c t to s e e
h im .
I m an aged to be m o r e c o rd ia l than I had been at our la s t m eetin g
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1964
Because King Hu ssain was going to ar r i ve without
his w i f e ,
I had not expected to p a r t ic ip a t e in the
arriv al ceremonies at l l : 3 0 .
So was b u s il y e n g ^ e d
in
desk work when I got
- Head of State visit of King Hussein I of Jordan; Lady Bird to USDA for Food and Home Fair for Consumers; Lady Bird meets "Smoky the Bear;" Lady Bird to Senate Ladies Red Cross Luncheon; State dinner for King Hussein I; exchange of gifts
- s s ib le .
O nly G race and June w e r e th ere.
I sta y ed un til a little p a st 11:00 and
then retu rn ed to the W h ite H ouse for a 11:30 m eetin g on the N orth P o r tic o
w ith King H a ssa n .
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-T h e b ig b la ck lim o u sin e w ith
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; Lady Bird to Spanish class; Johnsons welcome King Hassan of Morocco; new winter ceremony format; Lady Bird does office work, has lunch & watches entertainment rehearsal; Lady Bird lists houseguests with some from Marshall
- r . L a b o u is s e
fo r the C a th e d ra l fo r the r e q u ie m m a s s for King Pau l.
T h e en tran ce to the C a th e d r a l w as flan k ed by s o lid flanks of p h o to g r a p h e r s
with fla sh in g bulbs and a u n ifo r m e d p a la ce
- Greek King Paul's funeral; Archbishop Christostomas of Athens; Prince Phillip of England; unpleasant incident with Archbishop Makarias of Cyprus and crowd; long funeral procession to gravesite; Prince Loraton of Cambodia and stone-throwing at US
- i n a v i a o n ly l a s t O c t o b e r - the King
of D e n m a r k , a n d f r i e n d l y Q u e e n I n g r i d of D e n m a r k , a n d b e a u t i f u l A n n M a r i e ,
t h e i r p r i n c e s s , who i s g o in g to b e m a r r i e d to you
- Lady Bird arrives in Athens for funeral of King Paul of Greece; welcoming ceremonies; Lady Bird lunches at restaurant along Aegean Sea; background briefing on Greek government; Georgios Papandreou and son; visit to Byzantine Monastery; drive
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A
g lim p s e in to a h o u se w h e re I saw a p ic tu r e o f the King an d
Q u een on th e w a ll; another^ a s m a ll h a m m o c k sw ay in g g en tly
s u s p e n d e d f r o m th e b e a m - J t w a s th e b a b y 's c r a d le .
A nd
- Lady Bird tours the Khlong and describes people and sights; LBJ receives honorary degree from Chulalongkorn University; Lady Bird describes academic robes and King Kittikachorn; LBJ gives speech and signs International Education Act; Lady Bird meets
- MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
’
W ed n esd a y , N o v e m b e r 1, 1967
Page 1
It w a s the day o f the v i s i t o£ the King of N ep a l and h is Q u e e n .
T he in o r n in g I sp e n t a t d e s k w o rk , a n d then a fe w m in u
- Office work; arrival ceremony for King & Queen of Nepal; speeches & parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to Blair House; lunch; meeting with Clark Clifford & Madame Shoumatoff about portrait of Lady Bird; visit with LBJ in dining room; LBJ's announcement
- graduates they have turned out among the n egro r a c e t han have
som e of the other cou n tries re c e n tly re le a s e d fro m coloni az a t i o n ,
Sitting out on a d e c k l o o king at the ligh ts o f A tlan tic C ity , w hile Lyn don
talked to a v e
- for.
L iz a n d th e o th er V IP 's o f th e H ea d lin er's celeb ra tio n .
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Friday January 31, 1969
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O ur first party back hom e in Austin and JtJxJiA JLoo woA an.
experience . W e found a par king pl ace rig ht in ^Aoni—I
dare say
- a r S p an gled B a n n e r on f if e s .
T he G ra n d C h a m b e r l a i n g r e e t e d
u s , and we w alked u n d e r the gold c e r e m o n i a l u m b r e l l a s up to the
p o r c h w h e r e the King a nd Q u een a w a ite d u s .
I n s i d
- le ft and I d ecid ed I m igh t a s w e ll liv e it up.
I c a lle d in
C h ief King,-^and got a m a s s a g e , and when he had fin ish ed , tip toed to L yndon's
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
:' WA SHI NOT ON -
M onday, A p r il 1, 1968
d oor
- t h e n
w e n t d o w n to s e e th e l a s t p a r t of B e c k e t t , a l o n g w i t h L u c i a n d h e r b e a u .
N o w h e r e n e a r a s g oo d a s t h e s t a g e p l a y , I t h o u g h t , w i t h th e King no t a s
s t r o n g a s S i r
- king m y c a rd f i l e o f k in fo lk s ,
th a t m ig h t e a s ily be fo rg o tte n ,
o ld fr ie n d s
s t a f f , people th a t have he lp ed
u s th ro u g h the y e a rs o u t o f j u s t fr ie n d s h ip o r p a t r io t is m
in w r it i n g
- .
What a jo y i t is to h a v e a n u r s e h e r e w ith h i m .
is a d o ra b le but stre n u o u s.
h a d h a d a l it t l e g i r l .
He
S om eone c a l le d th a t M a r y M a r g a r e t V a le n ti
C h ie f King c a m e and gave m e a b r i e f
- v e r to e n t e r t a i n u s h e r e in th e W hite H o u se - - J o s e L im o n - - who
d a n c e d the M o o r s P iv o n f o r the King of M o ro c c o .
He i s a t l e a s t m y
a g e , a n d th a t m u s t b e s o m e th in g of a p h e n o
- F u l b r i g h t; C lin t a n d H e n r i e t t a A n d e r s o n , h e ' s loo king q u ite old, th e y
a r e b o th m y d e a r f a v o r i t e s ;
G e o r g e an d H e le n M a h o n , h e ' s on the
Sm i t h s o n ia n B o a r d I b e lie v e
- , a n d o n e m y s e l f I
h a d put on th e l i s t a n d w a s s o g la d to s e e - - D r . an d M r s . John King
o f o u r o w n H u s t o n - T i l l o t s o n in A u s t in .^
I than k ed Er n e s t C u n e o a s h e c a m e d ow n th e l i n e f