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Telephone conversation # 12910, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 4/6/1968, 5:19PM (Item)

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/4/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

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

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/5/1968 (Friday) (Item)

ie t s e r io u s v o ic e s a id ” We t r a v e l ( MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE : ( F r i d a y , A p r il 5, 1968 . WASHINOTON Page 2 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 . E v
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

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/9/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

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

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday) (Item)

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

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