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MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
F r i d a y , J u n e 9. 1967
Page Z
T h e n a l i t t l e b e f o r e
- a p ic tu r e of m e taken in fr o n t of h e r p o r t r a it
to l e a v e a t the h o u s e .
And then a lit t le p a st 10:00 w e w e r e d r iv in g b a c k
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o v e r the l o v e l y v a l l e y r o a d s to W o od stock , a r r iv i n g
- r o o m .
L y n d o n w a s h a v in g n e w s p a p e rm e n in th e fa m ily d in in g r o o m , an d
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b e s id e s I w a n te d lu n c h in J a n e 's r o o m . I d re w h e r in th e c o n v e r s a tio n
a b o u t w h a t s ta te s h e h a d
- a s k e d , "W hat i s t h a t ? "
Th e P r i m e
M i n i s t e r K ittik a c h o r n s a y s , " T h a t 's ta p io c a ." I b u r s t o u t la u g h in g a n d
II
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s a id "He r e ' s y o u r b e s t c u s t o m e r . " He to ld m e th a t i t g
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to achieve some stability in it.
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And so with this mixture of problemsXnd blessings, my dear husband
went to I:>ed about midnight, and I rem etnbered one amusing little vignette
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of the morning, at the T
- a n y o f them c o n n e c te d w ith m e n ta l r e ta r d a tio n and m e n ta l h e a lth .
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Aml tliii ii"7lii l a s t s p e a k e r , r e a lly the s ta r , and I w a s s o p ro u d o f h e r ,
w a s M u r ie l, and I hop e i in tr o d u c e d h
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WASHINGTON
Page 7
L e B a ro n iis an d M r s . R i e t z k e .
T h e r e w a s a s iz e a b le c o n tin g e n t of P r e s s in v ite d a s g u e s ts .
D i c k e r s o n 's ,
L e H e y , B onnie Angeljio a n d h e r h u s b a n d - - s h e i s a lw a y
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W e d n e s d a y , M a y 15, 1968
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o b s e r v a t i o n t h a t G o v e r n m e n t i s a s e r i e s of c h o i c e s of a s s i g n i n g p r i o r i t i e s .
Ca
S>.iI t w a s a g o o d d i n n e r - - c o r i a l ea-int jo c a n d r o
- v e r s i t y in th e e a r l y *30's - - h e ' s a N ew Y o r k F im ie ii-S ea n: now
I g a t h e r a n d i n t e r e s t e d in A u s t r a l i a w ith s o m a n y b u s i n e s s t i e s .
I gave
t h e m m y lo v in g d e s c r i p t i o n
- n g to g r e e t u s - - D o r i s a n d Hu gh, t h e i r s o n - i n - l a w D u d l e y
T a y l o r , and t h e i r little g ra n d s o n Dudley, t h e
E d w a r d Odo m s , I II w i t h
t h e i r th re e ch ild ren and V elm a.
We go t o u t a n
- r J a c o b R iis .
T h ey h a d ev en h a u le d in a
t r e e - - a b o u t a th ir ty fo o t r e d o ak I w ould th in k - - a n d th e c h ie f of c o n s tr u c tio n
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d e s c r ib e d to u s w h e re th e t r e e s w ould be and w h a t th
- th e w i fe o f H e n r y F o r d II,
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MEMORANDUM
THE W H IT E HOUSE
T h u r s d a y , M ay 7, 1964
WASHINOTON
A nd h a n d s o m e , t e r r i f i c a l l y u r b a n e
c o n t r i b u t e d in
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M r , J o h n L o e b , w ho h a d l i t
- th e r e m a r r i a g e s o f s o m e of o u r o l d e r f r i e n d s , M r s . E i s e n h o w e r s a i d
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MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E HOUSE
W ASHINGTON
F r i d a y , J u n e 12
- e a l on i t w ith a d e lig h tfu l p ic tu r e of D o lly and th e
s y n o p s is of w h a t w e w ould s e e — t h ir ty m in u te s f ro m A ct II.
th e w a it e r s g a llo p e d and H e llo D olly w a s enchantm ent!!
g a llo p , th e c o s tu
- r a n d w e *5Sib ii 5 ^ t o g e t h e r a n d w i t h a s e n s e o f t r i u m p h i n t o th e
E a s t R o o m f o r th e s i g n in g o f f o u r l a n d m a r k b i l l s i n theaasa4gg: s t o r y o f c o n s e r v a t i o n
in th is c o u n try
- i t f e e l to be a G e r m a n s c i e n t i s t w ho h ad b e e n en g a g e d
in W o r ld W a r II and th e n find y o u r s e l f liv in g in and w o rk in g fo r th e
U nited S t a t e s . And n a t u r a l l y you d o n 't a s k the q u e s t i
- n d yo ii.
I am a s u c k e r fo r that song.^ I h a v e to b lin k b a c k the te a r s b e c a u s e the w o r d s of
i t c o m e s tr a ig h t out of m y h e a r t.
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