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  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • Telephone conversation # 8312, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 7/7/1965, 8:05PM
  • MARTIN LUTHER KING
  • 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 ■^ . '-i
  • REACTIONS TO LBJ STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF; KING-ANDERSON MEDICARE BILL; VOTES OF CHARLES BENNETT, PAUL ROGERS ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ OFFERS ASSURANCE OF HIS SUPPORT IF THEY VOTE FOR BILL; ROBERT SIKES' STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF; SEATING OF PIERRE
  • PRESS STORIES ABOUT DISCONTENT AMONG DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS ABOUT LBJ, CIVIL RIGHTS, GREAT SOCIETY; RFK'S INFLUENCE ON JOHN KING, HAROLD HUGHES, WARREN HEARNES; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT CRITICISM BY SOME DEMOCRATIC GOVS. FOLLOWING MEETING LAST
  • 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
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  • 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