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- ci and I.
Lyndon w a s in h is o ffic e - I knew a sta tem en t w as being p rep a red .
He
gave it on TV from the W hite H ouse -" A m erica i s shocked and sadden ed
r
b y the b ru tal sla y in g tonight of D r. M artin Luther King.
I a s k e v
- & speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip
- Lady Bird flies back to D.C. & she is driven to the USS Sequoia; LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers & have breakfast; Johnsons watch Clark Clifford & Maxwell Taylor on tv; Johnsons watch Martin Luther King on tv; lunch; Luci Nugent meets boat
- 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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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
- 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
- u r n e d t o G e o r g ia .
W h at a s t o r y book s o r t o f th in g to d o !
I had lu n c h w ith L y n d a in m y b e d r o o m , s h e lo o king b e a u tif u l in
h e r p in k d r e s s a n d r e d c o a t, e x c i t e d and e n t h u s i
- fie ld a n d S e n a to r a n d M rs . M c In ty re
a n d S e n a to rs S m ith a n d P e ll a n d M u sk ie w ith M rs . M u sk ie a n d G o v e r n o rs
V
olpea n d K ing a n d M r s . King an d a n a s s o r tm e n t of C o n g r e s s m e n .
V
E
- .
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
- d h im a n d h e d i d n 't
We l e f t h im i n H e l e n 's k eep in g .
c o m e o v e r l a t e r a n d s p e n d the n ig h t w ith h im .
W a r r i e L y n n w o u ld
O ddly he s e n s e d I th in k
th a t w e w e r e n o t loo king a t h im
- 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
