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THE WHITE HOUSE
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in V ie t-N a m '."You had b e tte r be thinking about w hat you w ill fa* a n sw er.
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g r e a t ly a c c la im e d by a ll the lo v e r s o f ja z z .
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MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 10, 1966
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TH E W H IT E HOUSE
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h a le and h e a r ty and so s e n s ib ly s o lic it o u s o f h im , l i s t e n i n g to th e
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th e c h a n c e s to b r i n g b a c k th o s e th a t f i n a l l y r e a c h e d d e t e n t i o n h o m e s o r
re fo rm sch o o ls.
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WASHINGTON
T u e s d a y , June 16, 1964
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you had
a s u p e r b v ie w o f th e w a t e r , a n d t h e y to l d u s a l o t a b o u t
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a m s o r r y I did n o t h a v e the g e t up and g e t to go w ith h im .
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TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
F r i d a y , J u n e 9. 1967
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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
- e r e h e r e b e c a u s e ii he h a d a s k e d L yndon on a b o a t tr i p on th e P o to m a c
to co m e a n d d e d ic a te it.
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of c o u r s e a s R E A p r o je c ts
- 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
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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
- v e r a n d k is s e d m e on the c h e e k , the f i r s t tim e I e v e r r e m e m b e r
!
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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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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
Page 9
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
