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McGeorge Bundy^ (fr Mans. )
Robert L. Anderson - NYC (n/r - fr. mans. )
Cong. Phil M. Landrum (of Ga. ) - (fr mans. )
Director John McCone (fr mans. )
George Reedy (fr Mans. )
Walter
Jenkins
fr
mans
Attorney General Robert Kennedy - New York City (f r
- November 16, 1964
Date.
THE WHIT E HOUS E
PRESIDENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N
DAILY DIAR Y
The Presiden t bega n hi s da y a t (Place )
Entry
No.
Telephone
fort
Time
In
Out
Lo
8:50
C 9:15
C
SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY - N/R FROM MANSION B. 8
t
t
- received the National Association for Retarded
Children's National Poster Child, Richard Barnes
his Parents , Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Barnes
From: Kennedy Foundation; Mr. and Mrs. Sargent Shriver, Mr. David B. Ray
From NARC: Dr. Henry V. Cobb, President
- othe r guest s a t the ceremony including th e members of
Captain Donlon' s tea m i n Vietnam (abou t 1 0 soldiers), an d posed fo r photos witl .
Senator-elect Kennedy , Sen . Carl Hayden . A t approximate 12:3 5 the President
took Capt . Donlo n an d
- )
Senator Ted Kennedy
at
11:32
Page 2)
To Cabinet Room to greet Ken O'Donnell and John F. English, William F. Luddy,
William Shea, Charles Buckley, William McKeon, Joseph Zaretski, Anthony Travia
Robert Lindsey, Stanley Steingut, Edward Costikyan, Hon
- of living
quarters
Bill Moyers
Attorney
General
Kennedy
returning
his
call
Meeting
in Oval
Room of Mansion
w/ Democratic
Members of
Rules
Committee
including
Cong
J
Madden
Ind
James
J Delaney
NY
James
W Trimble
Ark
Richard
Bolling
Mo
Thomas
P O'Neill
Mass
B
- White
in the
mess
Attorney
General
Kennedy
until
McGeorge Bundy
Bill
Moyers
J Valenti
Clark
Clifford
and Abe
Fortas
Walking on
South
Grounds
w/ Clark Clifford
In the
mansion for lunch w/
messrs
Clifford
joined
by JV and BM
and
and
Abe Fortas
Fortas
- . - just arrived from Honolulu, Hawaii.
Attorney General Robert Kennedy - Cape Cod, Mass. (b. 2) (returning bis call)
Departs w/ JV, Lynda Bird,
for Hollywood Palladium - Fund Raising Dinner sponsored by the Democratic State Central
Committee. Robert F. Six
-
Hyannisport
Mass
Cong George Mahon
Texas
fr
mansion
Ambassador
and
Mrs Joseph Kennedy
Hyannisport
Jack Valenti
McGeorge Bundy
fr mans
Walter Jenkins
fr
mans
To the office
Larry
O'Brien
McGeorge
Bundy
W Jenkins
G Reedy
fr
mansion
Mass
fr mansion
Page 2
- . Morese--he was in Philadelphia--"Nvere mind"
John Macy--re appointments to the Kennedy Center and other appointments
President asked for the Vice President, but he was en rout e the Naval Air Station
Minneapolis--the President said to wait until later
- McNamara ( b . 1) --re names to be considered for appt as Ambassador t
Russia; Tommy Thompson; San Francisco riots; passage of Demonstration Cities bill
and hearings by Ribicoff and Kennedy; Defense appropriations;
Bill Moyers
Henry Wilson (pl)
Bill
-
RANCH Sunday
Day
j
(mcrude vmted by) ture
H:10a President
to the office and reading papers at his desk, giving instructions to Mary S,
Jake Jacobsen, Bill Moyers, and George Christian. The President read a thankyour
note from Mrs. Kennedy and gave
- on the Commission of Fine Arts. He was
appointed to the Commission by President Kennedy in 1962. He is Dean of
Harvard's Department of Landscape Architecture. Mr. Sasaki, a native of California, has degrees from the University of Illinois and Harvard. The Commission
- the amphitheater w/
Mrs. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bishop, MW, Col.Cross, and
went to the ^^
Graveside of John F Kennedy
At the gravesite the President placed a wreath at the head of the grave, and stood
and observed a few seconds of silence.
He then drove back
- Herter Christian
Hon. William Roth
concerning a tactical decision on the
Kennedy Round --on agriculture. See
Secy. Rusk Dean
Under Secy/ Ball George W.
Bator preparatory memo sent to DT
Vice President Humphrey
Hon. Walt Rostow
Hon. Francis Bator
n
-
for mtg and Kennedy
round of
negotiations
August
White
To Oval
House
18
1965
Wednesday
Office
B
Moyers
V
McCammon
MW
Carol
Welch
Carol
Welch
AG
Katzenbach
To
mansion w/ JV for lunch
Bill
Moyers
MW
Ashton
Gonella
MW
Secy
Henry
- Mansio n fo r lunc h w / th e abov e an
d Admiral Raborn , McGeorg e Bundy .
Marvin ^tJ^f Watson ^r^ on ~*J second ^ floor %J
Marvin Watson*.
Joe c Laitin
/
September
White
Senator
Robert
Jsck
Valenti
Joseph
Monday
House
Kennedy
Laitin
VM
Harry
- Edwar d Kenned y pi
Re
1965
Friday
House
Gardner
Stewart
Cater
24
Possible
appt
x by Oki e
of Judge Francis X Morrissey
to
District
Court of Massachusetts
Amb. Josep h Kenned
Kennedy
y -- Hyanni
Hyanni ss Port
Port , Mass .
Dick
Goodwin
- spent over an hour with him discussing VietNam, the Kennedy Round,
European issues, and the India food crisis.
(classified briefing papers which prepared the President for this meeting
were returned to Mr. Bundy's ofc) ,—_—,_
—
—
Hussein
- for appropriation for the World Health
Organization Assembly in Boston in 1969.
Those that attended were:
Speaker John McCormack
Senator Edward Kennedy
Congressman F. Bradford Morse
Congressman Hastings Keith
Congressman Harold D. Donohue
Hon. Chuck Roche
Hon
- Democrats and Republicans together".
. _.__ ____
The Presidential party arrived at KENNEDY INTERNAT'L. AIRPORT, NYC
The President w/ Mrs. Johnson, Cong. Keogh, Cong. Rooney, Cong. Multer,
Congwmn Kelly, Cong. Carey and SS departed the airport enroute
- in Alliance and hoped strengthening of Alliance would result fm Jun
Discussed int'l monetary negotiations and subject of Kennedy Round.
Pres, inquired as Minister's thoughts re de Gaulle's forthcoming visit to Moscow,
Minister replied he had asked a number
- with him. the Kennedy Round before he goes back
to Europ e
Bill
Moyers (p.l.)
Jack
To
Valenti
Mansion
w/ Larry
O'Brien
to meet with the House Committee Chairmen:
Vice President Humphrey
Speaker McCormack
Congressman Albert
Congressman Boggs
Harold D
- . Katzenbac h Harold Reis~~~~~'
Mrs. Ramse y Clar k Mr
. Justic e Goldber g Senato
r an d Mrs. Rober t Kennedy Jac k Rosentha l
Mrs. Sa m Clar k |
Judg e Justic e Harla n Judg
e an d Mrs. Orma n W . Ketcha m Norber
t Schley
Mrs. To m Clar k |
J
. Edga r Hoove
- Potter
Senator Te d Kennedy, Boston , Massachusett s
George Reed y
The Presiden t left th e offic e fo r th e mansio m wit h Jac k Valent i , Mrs . Valenti ,
and Mr . Richar d Adle r
DINNER w / Mrs . Johnson , Mr . an d Mrs. Jac k Valenti , Dic k Adle r
- particularly th e President' s
feelings abou t Senator Kennedy's latest moves. "
l:47p l:50
p Mrs
l:48p Hug
' Presiden
l:52p 2:30 p Georg
. Johnso n
h Sidey an d To m Johnso n ou t whil e
t talkin g t o Mrs . Johnso n
back i n a t l:50 p
e Reed y joined
F
- with at
Robert F. Kennedy requesting
Sorensenwith
President received a wire
9:09a 4-1-68 from the Senator
an opportunity to meet
him)
Little Lyn out almost immediately.
Walt Rostow sitting o n th e President's leftKennedy in the Vice President's chair
- --- fr. Mansion)
Ann Garga n (cousi n to Ambassador Josep h Kennedy ) - - Hyannisport , Mass . (n r fr . Mansion )
(Sgt. Gaddi s say s tha t Pres , als o spok e t o the Ambassador - bu t just briefly )
To offic e - - say s goo d morning t o mjdr, gw , v m
-
Sabin. Co-chm n fo r Johnson ; A l McNamara, Co - Chmn. fo r Johnso n
REMARKS Th
e polic e estimate d th e crow d t o be 75,00 0
Mr. Georg e Gallagher (advanc e ma n ) said tha t th e crow d was 3 x th e siz e of
President Kennedy' s i n 196 2 and 2 x
- t Offic e Squar e - - arrivin g a t 5 : 20 pm
The Speaker's platform wa s se t u p outside o f the Federa l Reserve Ban k of Boston - On the platform w / th e Presiden t were : Speake r Joh n W. McCormack , Mrs . Edwar d
Kennedy, Governo r Peabody
-
/ TheVPres
Senator Lister Hill
Senator Wayne Morse
Senator Ralph Yarborough \
• Senator
Jennings Randolph
Senator Harrison Williams •
Senator £ftaJ-B_ria___aiiB-hi-i Claiborne Pell
I Senator
Edward Kennedy
II Senator
Robert Griffin
jf Senator
Winston Prouty
- , Mass.
Hon. Joseph G. Kennedy, San Francisco, Calif.
Westley W. Law, Savannah, Ga.
Alfred Baker Lewis, Old Greenwich, Conn.
Chester I. Lewis, Wichita, Kansas.
Rev. Emerson Marcee, San Antonio, Texas
William Robert Ming, Chicago, 111.
L. Joseph Overton
-
Fla
Bundy
Room to
receive
members
calls
carded
Thurs
of
Warren
Commission
and to receive the Commission's Report on the Assassination of President Kennedy.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren
Senator Richard Russell
Senator John
- :30
t
f
Bill Moyers
between
State Dept.
Director of USIA , Carl Rowan - re
agreement
and USIA for personnel interchange and the premiere of the motion
Lloyd Bentsen - Houston (b. 2) picture on the Kennedy
Secy McNamara - (b. 3)
Bill Moyers (pl)
OFF
-
10:50
f
George Reedy (b. 1 )
10:55
James Farmer,
Remarks
for presentation of John F. Kennedy bust w/
the sculptor, Felix
Capt. Tazewell Shepard, and
To Oval Room with Jack Valenti Maj. Gen. Chester V. Chifton
12:20
t
1:45
1:45
1:55
George
- -- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barnes. (Mr. Murphy is
from th e Nat'l. Assn. for Retarded Children and Mr. Ra y from th e Kennedy Foundation )
The Barnes family is from Los Alamos , New Mexico.
11:30
The President me t w/ Mr. Juan Gonzales ( a former student
- BREAKING , th e U . S. Nav y
Band provide d music . Th e £ > President returne d t o th e platfor m fo r th e SWEARING - In
of ne w members o f th e Boar d o f Trustee s o f th e Kenned y Center ; Mrs . Jea n Kenned y
Smith, Rober t F . Kennedy , Richar d
- :55p 1:08p
(
1:08p (
| 1:08p
(
I 1:08
p.
J American
Roth (Francis
Rostow Round
McPherson wanted
Bator could
William
Eugene
Harry
Francis
" ~~'
Bator had requested the meeting on the Kennedy
Briefing. They are nearing completion in Geneva an d
- House Dav
SATURDAY
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LD
Casey Ireland, House Banking & Currency Committee
David Kennedy, Chairman of the Bd, Continental Ill Bank of Chicago
Raymond J. Lapin, Pres, Bankers Mortgage Co. of Calif.
Mrs. Mike Manatos and 2
- City
Theodore S. Repplier, International Round Tables, The Advertising Council, Inc
Bernard Rosenberg, President, Cameo Curtains, Inc. , New Rochelle, NY
Mrs. Rt Sargent Shriver, Exec VP, Joseph Kennedy Foundation, Wash., DC
George Tarjan, M. D. , Univ
