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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
- o king a t th e d e e r , co unting th e m and in s p e c tin g th e f e n c e s ,
p ic k in g up th e in te r c o m e v e r y few m in u te s to g iv e d ir e c tio n s to D a le w ho
C
S a tu rd a y , J a n u a ry 13 (C ontinu ed )
m u s t c u
- , Martin & Danz Ranches; back to LBJ Ranch and talk about ranch issues with Dale Malechek; helicopter to Austin and a visit with Luci & Lyn Nugent; Johnsons to Andrews AFB and White House in pelting rain
- 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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.
'-i
- lu n ch on t r a y s .
Page 3
I t ' s a funny thing.
f o r a p la c e p r o t e c t e d f r o m the w ind.
We h a d b e e n loo king
We ta lk e d f o r y e a r s ab ou t
b u ild in g s o m e s o r t of a w ind b a r r i e r out b y the sw im m
- through Martin & Danz Ranches; Frank Erwin & LBJ Library; Johnsons watch tv election coverage; party for military staff stationed at LBJ Ranch; story about elderly man & LBJ; LBJ gives speech & awards to military staff
- 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 .
-'
-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
- to build a c i t y , / ^ being
both stud ied and ex ecu ted at the sam e tim e.
At s ix , I a ccom p a n ied Lyndon to King H iisse in 's r ec e p tio n
for u s and 1500 m o re people at the M ayflow er H o tel.
i
The D ip lom atic
Corps cam e down
- ; Lady Jackson's ideas on improving cities; LBJ and Lady Bird to reception given by King Hussein I at Mayflower Hotel; party at the Warren Woodwards for Lloyd Hand; Lady Bird to Coliseum for Lippizzaner horse show; Luci Johnson & friends; Lady Bird's
- are: wor king for Lynd on down at the headquarters fo r
the volunteers for th e Dem oc ratic National Comm ittee:.
She pu t th e
littl e gol d pins in t he shap e of a number four cros sc~d with t he ini tials LJ3J.
She ga
- will be thin king of you.
We arc 00 pcopk, all tbc studen ts of the National M usi c Camp
- not the le a s t b it frig h te n e d
lo o k in g .
I d id n 't w a nt to add an e x tra g e rm so I j u s t patted h im and
s a t down and h e ld h is hand.
H e showed m e the a rtic le about L u c i by
H e le n Th o m a s as to how she w as ta king C
- 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
- , or rather he talked.
That treadworn
We talked about the
He told us how in the days
of the French Kings, Louis XIV and XV, i t had been made by using
mercury, I think i t was, and after many painstaking years, the workmen
would go blind.
Then he
- ^and^most i n t e r
fa c t that
IS g o in g down to b e
the
p o s s i b i l i t y of e x p o r t i n g
p o s s i b i l i t y of f i n d i n g
oil^ w h ic h i s
the King when he lea ves
the p e r s o n a l
guest of
of Houston who has v i s i t e d
- r s l i n e d
up in c o s tu m e s .
And M e r lin , m y old fr ie n d , had told m e I c e r t a i n l y .
w o u l d n e v e r h a v e s e e n the King A r t h u r l i k e t h i s o n e .
It w a s s l a p s t i c k ,
a n d e v e n I w i t h m y
- LBJ Library meeting; office work; two-hour interview with Henry Branden of the London Sunday Times; lunch; Lady Bird to Shady Grove Music Theatre; Laurance Rockefeller and Project Trailblazers; Lady Bird greets cast of "King Arthur" & gives short
- 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
- Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson go for walk and bowling; trip on Air Force One to Greece with President Harry Truman for funeral of King Paul; Lady Bird visits with others on plane including Archbishop Iakovos, head of Green Orthodox Church; stories
- , a n d t h e n he w a s s u m m o n e d
b a c k into t h e M a e l s t r o m .
He t a l k e d of s o m e of t h e p r o b l e m s .
He b e l i e v e d t h a t t h e R e v . M a r t i n L u t h e r King is th e o nly
one
up t h e r e h i s f o l k s w
- .
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
- , 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
