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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
- 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
■^
.
'-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
- A p ril 14 ,
,
^
-Tuesday
rri
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 .
-'
-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
- MEMORAN DUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WA S H IN GTON
T u e sday, M ay 19, 1964
P a ge 1
The day began with desk w ork with L iz , B ess and Ashton.
Then I w alked o ve r to Lyndon*s o ffic e to g r e e t the King of Burundi,
on the law n s m a ll
- Lady Bird does desk work; visit of King of Burundi; paintings for the White House; Lady Bird works with Dick Goodwin on Lady Bird's upcoming Kentucky speech; military reception on White House lawn; Johnson family greets the guests; Lady Bird
- 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
- e r^
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
- acquainted sessio n ,
exchange of gifts.
How delighted I was with those they brought! A paper weight made of
copper slag from King S olom on 's m ine, sm elted on silver and dated during
the 10th Century B . C . , was fo r Lyndon.
A lso a m od ern silver c
- , 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
- with Jesse Kellam and the Thornberrys; upcoming Lady Bird trip with President Truman to Greece for funeral of King Paul; Executive Order creating Committee for the Preservation of the White House
- o t t e r 's question,- as
to whether I was going to the p erfo rm a n ce or not.
our State Dinner fo r King H ussein.
It is the night a fter
I don’ t know i f there is any return
function o r not, so I spent the next two hours v ig o r o u s ly
- ^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
- e s .
In 5 m in u tes he is read y.
And then he is sa y in g , " B e s s, I thought you told m e the P r im e M in ister" ,
or the king or w h a tev er it i s "was sup p osed to be h e r e at 10 m in u tes of 8?"
T h is tim e we w ere down at the N
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- , 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
- s e le c t s o m e th in g to w e a r to the D ip lo m a tic R ecep tio :
on T u e s d a y n ig h t; a n d th e n fo r th e a f t e r d in n e r e n te r ta in m e n t f o r King O laf
on T h u r s d a y n ig h t.
A n d so , i t w a s a fu ll m o rn
- .
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
