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  • . It was on to avoid misconstruction of the visit-- purely social. F: You ,,,ere around, of course, and you didn't have much time to savor the reaction from the March 31 speech when Martin Luther King was shot down in Hemphis. h'hat uas your role i::l. th,," midst
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • . King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were doing? Y: I don't recall a great deal of discussion on specifics. I do know that we discussed the possibility of certain methods resulting in a counter kind of reaction, and I can remember
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • friendly relationship with Dr. King's father. I knew Dr. King personally, but I didn't have any great intimate relationship there. I was in the President's office the night that Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was sitting there with him
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • ; LBJ’s efforts in Vietnam; Martin Luther King’s assassination; working on the Commission for Federal-State Relations; LBJ inheriting JFK’s staff; being offered a federal appointment; LBJ deciding not to run in 1968; LBJ’s relationship with Robert Kennedy
  • , as I called him. G: What did they talk about when they were together? N: State of the nation. State of the economy. Ed Weisl always used to be like a--well, we called him Eddie the Wise because he was like a patriarch adviser to the kings
  • of in context as it affected the Middle East crisis--the continuing Middle East crisis. K: The issue with Libya as long as King Idris was in charge was much more our holding onto Wheelus [Air Force] Base and protecting our oil and gas, which were growing
  • was rea lly su l king all through the trip in Texas . M: And not helpful. 0: He was against go ing to the ministers , as the Speaker 1•1as . The Speaker and I sat together and watched it on TV and he was stunned, because he was totally against
  • really done nothing in the countryside in the way of village development, or anything that would justify any kind of popular support for the government, other than sort of residual loyalty to the king. The basic idea was to try to duplicate some