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w o r l d , w h e r e L y n d o n w a s i n H a w a ii w ith G e n e r a l K y.
B u t i t w a s a f u l l d a y h e r e to o, th a t b e g a n a t 7, b e c a u s e I h a d a h a i r d o ,
a f t e r A l i c e B ro w n a n d I h a d o u r d e
- i t i a l e d i t " o . k . ".
An d I d i s c u s s e d w ith h im h is own d e c i s io n of
l a s t F r i d a y n ig h t a n d a s k e d if it w e r e i r r e v o c a b l e b e c a u s e L y n d o n
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tu rn ed the c o n v e r s a tio n tow ard h e r h u sb a n d , b u t in w hom I f e l t c o n s id e r a b le
s tr e n g th .
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
W A .SHIN Q TO II
F r id a y , S e p t e m b e r 9, 1966
Page 5
B ob and M a r g y M
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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3
I had a t le a s t sle p
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a b it la te f o r
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d e lic io u s
X H ii
h a m :a n d g r its , a n d h o t b i s c u i t s , a n d \
- , c o u ld w ith c l e a r c o n s c ie n c e .‘th ro w c a u tio n to the w ind b e c a u s e I w a s going to
n e e d a l l th e s tr
- g w o u ld b e c o m p le te w ith o u t
h im ,- ii^ h e s ta ff, J im J o n e s , a n d M a rie , M a ry R a th e r , L a r r y T e m p le .
D in n e r w a s a l l L y n d a B i r d 's f a v o r ite s - s te a k , a n d s p in a c h , h o m e m a d
- , g r a d u a l p u ll- o u t of G Is
s ta rts .
- I ' T lUTlI II . I i
"IF till
A f te r th e s tr e n u o u s d e m a n d in g l a s t t h ir te e n daysyi o r w a s i t tw o lif e t i m e s ^
th is w a s s o r t of a n is la n d of p e a c e
- is s a p ic tu re -
A nd P a t r i c k lo o k e d a d o r a b le in h is
A ir F o r c e u n ifo rm m ad e b y L y n d o n 's ta il o r to m e e t h is D addy in
H a w a ii.
A nd i t w as an a b s o lu te ly h e a v e n ly p ic tu r e o u t th e r e w
- MEMORANDUM
U M ij^
a
.r
H 0 5 jfg ^ ;
- ^ ' ' - n ^ : • ' "' v-' -: -:' ' -;'
w a s h in 'o to ii
T h u r s d a y , J u n e 1, 1967
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'C^'^'Oe^ ■•'■:-/^'?-.:^'-'^:A
- e e d the s p o t w o u ld
T h e r e w o u ld be a b u f f e r zone f o r w ild life b e t w e e n the
V i s i t o r ' s C e n t e r a n d R a n c h R o a d 1.
M EMO RANDUM
THE W H ITE HOUSE
W A S II I N O T O N
Saturday,
J u l y 8,
1967
Page
- p e r s and put h im down in h is
b ed in m y r o o m .
is g o n e.
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It*s b e e n a h ap p y e x p e r ie n c e ta k in g c a r e of h im -w ii^ L u ci
H e le n ta k e s th e d ay s h if t , but fr o m about d a rk u n til abou t 8 :0
- S ton e, a n d K ay G r a h a m , / good m a n y of th e o th e r
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m e m b e r s , lac k in g sa d ly - He n r y ]doaD
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i[ and Laurance Ro c k e f e lle r who a r e both
i n H a w a ii.
It w a s a d ay of r e p o r t s .
G e n e r a l Duke, e n
- T I — t II .1 1..
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Sunday, O ctober 3, 1965
Page 6
I t w a s a blue ribbon gathering - - t h e N elso n R o c k e fe lle r s ,
Speaker and M r s. M cC orm ack, Dean and Virginia R usk, C ard in al
S p
- a ll d r e s s e d i n m y white ch iffon , and
to
m ad e up by Eddie Sen z, with a high h a ir do to go t o
II T r o v a to r e , a t
the M etro p o litan , in cam e a w e a ry Lyn d a B ir d , fr e s h fro m two d a y s in
fiv e s t a t e s
- a lle d them to com e and get u s , and M r, Dry rode up,
II
in a n sw er to J e r r y ’ s talkin g m ach in e.
I c a lle d into the White H ouse and a sk e d D r, H u rst
if he and Jim would
lik e to d riv e out and have dinner with m e and to talk o
- h a d i n t e nded to go a lo n g - th e y d i d n ’t l e t h i m .
And
a l s o m i n u s L y n d a B i r d , w ho w a s the m a d d e s t o f the l o t .
So s h e h a d s p e n t o n e m o r e n ig h t i n H a w a ii, a n d w a s goin g to c a t c
- f the m b ig ra m b lin g h o u se s su ite d f o r
la rg e fa m ilie s and c a sua l liv in g .
We asked h im how m uch one o f th e m w ould c o st i f
II
f
th e y came up f o r sa le now , and he sa id about $ 1 5 , 000 o r
$18^000, b u t you re
- n c e s s e s , a n d a l l t h e a s s e m b l e d p o l i t i c a l
f i g u r e s , b u t t h e S w e d e s w ho p u t t h i s g r e a t
festive holiday
to g e th e r and then e v ery b o d y spoke, including once m o r e m y
ii
c o n t r i b u
- hich he c a u g h t
from
L y n d a B i r d a f t e r she got b a c k f r o m H a w a ii, and the a n tib io tic s
h a d h a d s o m e th in g of a slo w in g down e f fe c t on h i m .
B ut time
I b e l i e v e th e d ays in th e su n a t th e r a n
- r . G ould, q u ite in v o lv e d w ith u s by now, sa id w ith
a b rig h t face j u s t as I le ft,
" h is te m p e ra tu re i s down to n o rm a l.
II
T h a t 's good n e w s.
H e i s j u s t com ing along fin e .
- e e d a y s in
Ita ly ,
I
want t o go to E n g la n d and Prance and Germany and I am
II
g o i n g down to S p a in t o s e e R o b in .
I was q u i c k t o s e a l
it
w it h a p p r o v a l .
I p ro m ised h e r th e m oney, b u t
h e r t h
- , the C e c il K in g s
o f C a lifo rn ia , and the C a r l P e r k in s o f K e n tu c k y - - she had gone w ith me on
m y tr ip
to L i c k B ra n c h S c h o o l.
h e r h usb a nd .
A nd p re tty P a ts y M in k fr o m H a w a ii w ith
A nd C o n
- a n d e v e r y b o d y m a d e a r a t h e r h a s ty d e p a r t u r e w ith m e m a k in g a
m e n t a l no te to t e l l B e s s no m o r e r a c k of l a m b --and let's g iv e g u e s ts t h a t
: exquiisite F«ii^»^the singing violin so they w
- n , a n d I h e l i c o p t e r e d o v e r to C a m p
G a r y , th e g h o s t o f W o rld W a r II, to th e d e d ic a tio n o f a J o b C o r p s C a m p in
th e o ld a u d ito r iu m .
T h e r e a r e c l o s e to 300 b o y s in r e s i d e n c
- e r y tw en ty m i n u t e s I k e p t on g e ttin g a b u lle tin
f r o m th e S e c r e t S e r v ic e th a t y o u r h u s b a n d i s le a v in g in ab o u t fiv e
II \\
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m i n u t e s an d h e w ill b e r i g h t on out. And th e n tw enty
- the
in s p ir a t io n - and r e a l l y , I think, that she w ould be the n atu ral one to do
this - and I want h e r t o , a n d I hope she w i l l .
I a ls o told h e r , r e m e m b e r in g
ii
v e r y w e l l what C l a r k had said to m e , that he
- he danced enough
numbers to be p o l i t e
a
nd then took his departure.
But a lot of people ling ered f o r a
gay e ve n in g .
One of the b i t s of conversation I enjoyed most was
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II
when Jane Freeman said Oh lets go dance, and the
w
- ll o w -
a s t r o n a u t s - - h o n o r a r y p a llb e a r e r s - - C h a rle s C o n ra d , T h o m a s S t a f f o r d
II
Ifini
:
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,
T u e s d a y , J a n u a ry 31 (C o n tin u e d )
,
and N e i l A r m s t r o n g , w h o had
- ich m a d e h im th e f i r s t h o n o r a r y
d id .
MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
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K II N
K Q
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S unday, J u ly 31, 1966
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e ld e r in th e C h r is tia n c h u rc h .
It w a s s o m e w h e re a lo n g
- r a p h ic a lly r e p r e s e n t i n g th e w h o le U n ite d S ta te s , f r o m
N ew Y o r k to H a w a ii.
A n d I w a s p r o u d th a t t h e r e w a s o n e T e x a s g i r l f r o m
K in g s v ille o n i t .
I h a d ta lk e d to T o m J
- s e d a y s .
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T h u rs d a y , J a n u a r y 19 (Ci^ntinued)
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T h e r o o m lo o k e d a s co zy a s ,w e c o u ld m a k e i t f o r fifty w o m e
- .
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And^ I k e p t a a . h e a r ii^ w o g d » -& f - p r a i s e fo r the b r ie fin g a m o n g th e m e n .
/ / . O ne th in g to n o te .
b u ffe t.
D o n 't h av e s lic e d r o a s t b e e f f o r a sta n d u p
-
I t i s a s tr u g g le to c u t w
- fo ld e d
He w en t up a n o th e r
I a s k e d th e C h ie f to ta k e h e r u p s o m e s le e p in g
m e d ic in e , a n d s a id m y g o o d n ig h ts .
w a s in b e d a t a r e a s o n a b l e h o u r .
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- b e c a iis e y o u d o n 't h a v e th e fu e l to co n tin u e g e ttin g th e jo b d o n e w ith o u t
th e m o m e n tu m o f s u c c e s s .
M o re f ittin g s in th e a fte rn o o n a n d d e s k w o r k .
; ; W e is l to- a skthem
opnd
.
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- s w a s th e r e w ith us.^^^ We h a d a h a i r -
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d r e s s e r A vaiting. S w e e t l i t t l e M r s . F r e d e r i c k B u rg who h a d le f t h e r tw o' '
c h i l d r e n w i t h ^ b m e 'b a b y s i t t e r "an
c o m e 'o v e r
- a d , off o f th e p a v e m e n t
a n d s o m e t i m e s e v e n off of th e g r a v e l .
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T hrough
W illo w
C ity , ___
II
t h i s w a s a d a y of f" i r s t s"f o r m e , __ I h a v e s e e n s i g n s t o W illo w
"7.0°
C i t y f o r
- t
M o n d a y - - th e f i r s t d r a f t I ' v e r e a d a n d t r i e d to d i g e s t a n d c h a ji g e .
And a
r a t h e r f r u i t l e s s c a l l to B i r g e .
I'm w ritin g
I 'm s e e k i n g ii s a i a a a : L u c i a 's* -h e lp
- at the ran ch , w e had had to land
in A u stin and d riv e out b e c a u se of the w ea th er..
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li r g i r a m ' i t t l ll n i i a i m t iim . M i i»ii n
- ) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift.
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Initials
B9BE9B9SSES
m e m o r a 'n d u m
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINOTOM
T h u r s d a y , S e p t e m b e r 16, 1965
Arid t h e n II w o r k e d on the m a i l
- a n d H u n ts D e e r In P r i v a t e a t T e x a s R e -
He U s e s a N ew C r u i s e r to G iv e L e s s o n s in W a t e r
S k ii n g .
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R e p o r t e d l y , L y n d o n a t th e w h e e l of a b l a c k r u n - a b o u t
to w e d L y n d
