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- Marvin Watson to see that he talked to him.
Date
___ The
White House Day
December 13, 1966
Tuesday
Activity (inctude visited by )
Marvin Watson
(pl)
The President came out to mjdr's desk, read some of the papers on her desk, and
took a stack
-
Ramsey Clark--no answer, cancel
Walt Rostow
To office --read papers on mjdr's desk, int o office and told marv s to come in
and continue calling from his office
Willard Deason- -asked him to go on the boat w/ them
*^^
Datf Sept 11, 1966
White House Dav
- natr July
Camp David
Day
Activity (inchide visited by)
Joe Califano (Washington)
Yoichi Okamoto (Washington) re release of pictures
Jack Valenti (Washington)
Joe Califano (Washington)
Breakfast (while reading the New York Times)
w/ Mrs. Johnson
Mr
- route to London.
The President also received a thank you note from Prime Minister Wilson -- thanking
the President for the message congratulating the PM on his election victory.
MW
to tell the President of and read to
Senator Mansfield
(b.1)
him
- by helicopter.
Arrived LBJ ranch .
At main house .
To bed
.
Today signed a proclamation concerning Winston Churchill to be read by the
Secy of State at a Churchill statue ceremony at the British Embassy.
Today signed the appointment as U S Attorney
- calls checked
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DECEMBER 2, 196 5
WHITE HOUSE - TEXAS
THURSDAY
Intercom s y stem in House - "bring me my coffee and my papers)
Awake and reading newspapers in bed.
Jake Jacobsen (at guest house)
Dale Malechek
Judge A. W. Moursund - (his office
- in MW'soffice __
Joe Califano
Standing in mjdr's room -- eating candy w/ her - that was in his little office -Date candy -- then read the newspapers and ate some of VM's lunch
Date_ January
White House p^,
SATURDAY
Activity (include visited by)
Returned
- __
House Guests Krims departed also
9:32p Returning
10:30 p -
Ranch Monday
1o rt
Activity
LD
9:28p To
• P.
. reading
Returned
____i___ Reading
10:50p f
1i
iI
11:30p ! I
26, 1968
I _____,
~!
i
Sam
to the office for more paper work - signing
- to re-establish contact after his long illnesses and
4:04p 4:08p Juanita's
desk reading memo's from staff to
communicate
his support for
President's stand in Vietnam'."
n*** 4:08p ^;_t
4:15p t
Sen.
Christia
''' 4:16p Oval
4:34p Sam
4:37p Walt Rostow
- day at (Place) The
Ent Time
No 1
In Out
1
Telephone
12:35 12:45
\
Activity
LD
Lo
All
\ '
12:50p 1:30p
^ DeVier
1:40p To
2^1 3:40
Clistlist
to
to
President's
DT
\
press
back in office - President reading statement on India food
William
- to the oval office
OFF RECORD: Harry McPherson
Ben Wattenberg
Doug Cater
___^ This
did not "get off the ground".
The President was reading
group
^ ^ ^,-*. / ^^-*^meeting
—^
"&to the
**^
-
of
HR
4177
to convey
certain
lands
pics
taken
McGeo
Joseph Karth
Authorizing
Minn
St Paul
out
Minn
Bundy
Senator
W
G
of
Wayne
Morse
of
Oregon
Jenkins
Reedy
To press office
and
read
ticker
read
Return to Oval
Office
Liz Carpenter
Dr Burkley
-
Dick
Nelson
W Jenkins
To
Press
ofc
Returned
to ofc
in
mjdr's ofc
Walter
Jenkins
re
Rm
Independence
in
and
Ofc
passageway
JV
all
The
Pres
Mo
to O'Donnells
to Lounge
returns
to ofc
reads
ticker
everyone
read newspapers along to turn
gone
- said that she couldn't.
Returned to the immediate ranch house and had lunch with Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Kellam, Mary
Rather, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McCammon, Dunya McCammon, JV, vm }
To living room for cup of coffee and read papers and visited with the McCammons
- at his desk clad in pajamas and robe and enjoyed reading some of the wires
received congratulating him on his election. As a result he made two phone calls. . .
Malcolm Kilduff, Austi n (b.1)
Martin Anderson, Orlando Fla. (b.2)
(He also called Corbin J
- by six votes. The President read the ticker to Secretary Rusk, Secretary McNamara, Secretary Ball, and Mr. Bundy and when he got to the actual part
telling of the vote count, he said, "Oh, here's some bad news."
N. M.
$1.00
January 4, 1965
Monday
-
stops
in outer
office
to read
afternoon
papers
then to Oval Room
Larry O'Brien
re
Secretary
Rusk
Secretary
McNamara
Mr Bundy
G Reedy
Laos
Geo E Reedy
Secy
Rusk
dep
off Record
Geo Reedy
McNamara
In
O'Donnell's
ofc
for 5
minutes
then
ret to Oval
Rm
Mike
-
Agriculture
fr mansion
Bill Moyers
fr
mansion
Bill Moyers
fr
mansion
Walter Jenkins
fr mansion
Arr mjdr's
office
looking
over pics on gw's
desk
picks up
correspondence
on mjdr's
desk
reads
then
scans
newspapers
to Oval Rm
Sargent Shriver
MacArthur
Krock
Gov Wm
-
Secretary of Montana Wool Growers; Senator Gale McGhee, Senator Henry Jackson, Senator
Wayne Morse, Senato r Mike Mansfield.
J A Crowder
Counsel
Operator asking
In outer office
W Jenkins
His
for 10-12 cups of coffee in Cabinet Room
reading
first editions
- SATURDAY
June 20 , 196 4
FAIRMONT HOTEL , SA N FRANCISCO.
Awake - to living roo m
Breakfast i n livin g roo m - beautifu l vie w of San Francisco Ba y background .
Jack Valenti joins - Bil l Moyers joins
Reads newspaper s thoroughly - an d read
- ^ rh,t
T.Tl.TnAMr.W, T^ns Da
Activity (inctud e visited bv) t
f October 9,1966
v Sunda
y
Ex(
C
Awake-breakfast in room <
reading morning papers - Mrs. Johnso n also in room for breakfast w/ the Presiden
t
Dale Meeks
Driving around main ranch
- to landing, the President read the Scenario for this
stop
As the___plane pulled to a stop, the President opened one of the windows,
saw the drizzly day, and said, "not much of a crowd."
Wheels down - Ohakea
Doors open - on Air Force - Royal New Zealand Air
- New York Times, saying that he had put off reading these ugly
things as long as possible
He then read the paper the entire trip to San Antonio
Date November
,ia
-
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
- Cernan and Stafford - aboard the USS Wasp - Atlantic Ocean
Hon. Waggone r Carr- (B.1) -Austin, Texas
Dressed and to the office -- working memos that had come in and reading tickers.
The President - w/ Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Kellam - and the two puppies - Kim
- office
talking to Lee WhiteChairman,
Back in Oval Office w/Jimilu Mason.
FPC
Oke in for pictures
Congressman Harley O. Staggers, (D-W. Va. )
Fleming (Pl)
MJDR (Pl) She read Z telegrams to j)jhim which he approved for sending.
1. To the McDivitts
- Calls checked
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NOVEMBER 30, 1965
WHITE HOUSE - TEXAS
TUESDAY
Awake - i n bed reading newspapers.
Secy Robert McNamara (b. 1) - w/ a report on his trip to
Europe
and
Vietnam
( Wash D.C. * )
In the living room reading newspapers
-
On the Martin ranch area
On the Dan z Ranch area
Driving on the Danz Ranch area -- going west -- then turned aroun d and headed eas ;
Arrived a t th e Main residence
In the office -- watchin g the news on television and reading the tickers on his desk
- departed the Ellipse w
w// Mrs.
Mrs. Johnson and Luci and
an d returned to his
Oval Rm Ofc alone arr'g at 5;40p
5;40 p
To MJDR 's Ofc - reading newspapers - asking fo
forr comments how he looked on TV
December 17, 1965
White House
FRIDAY
In Oval Rm Ofc
- in to take pictures of the President with Secretary Freeman
Director Chas. Schultze (reached him i n Califano's office) {
Director Chas. Schultze ^^
Hon. Joe Califano
the PMG after
reading
PMG - Hon. Larry O'Brien - The President had^* "OFF THE RECORD
-
(this Presidential message is being sent to the Congress today)
To mjdr's room followed by MW --to
read the first page of the first edition of the Evening Star -thence turned to the Editorial Page of same
Sylvia Porter, NYC (b. 1)
(she had been talking to JV and he
- January 15, 1965
White House
LBJ
Ranch
Friday
Awakened and had breakfast in bed w/ Mrs. Johnson -- also reading papers.
George Reedy - Austin, Texas
To the office in his pajamas -- read the papers on his desk -- and asked what all the noise
- receiv e guest s a t DIPLOMATI C RECEPTION
Black Tie
To secon dd floo
floorr -- -- JJ V reporte
reportedd hi
him
m i n be
bed
da
att 9:30 p
p - -- workin
workin g
g nigh
nigh tt reading
reading .
Okie
- May 6, 1965
White House
Bill
THURSDAY
Moyers
McGeo Bund y
Senator Mansfield
Geo Reedy
Jack Valenti
To the Oval Office
George F. Kachlein, Fr. ,
Exec V:P of AAA ?
read th e citatio is
calls
ofc
ushers
d
To the Flower Garden for Presentatio
- / Marvin Watso n - MJD R giv e him newspape r clippin g stands b y newspaper tabl e an d reads. Clippin g i s f m Th e Dalla s New s 5/17/194 1 - •"FDR Take s Interes t i n Johnson' s Race " - b y Joseph Also p and Bob (Robert ) Kintner.
sai dd"send
"sendaa
-
12:55p •
1:14p ~
Tuesday
(include visited by) tur
To Oval Ofc - stopping in mjdr's room to read George Christian's
morning press briefing. As he read questions/answers, he gave
instructions to MW who was with him -- one being to call Gov. Rhodes
- to ask the President to buzz him
OFF RECORD: Fred
Kappel Chairman of the
Board of AT&T
Prior to this meeting the president read a meeting from Gardner Ackley
to Joe Califano concerning telephone wages. In a briefing memo to the
President. Califano
- s. He was reading vtyt the papers and teased mary s
about her engagement announcement, saying that his former secretaries seemed to have stolen the spotlight.
12:15p The
President came to upper deck - dressed in slacks and sports
The President said
- are.
Senator
To
. 2:05p f
2:l6p I
)}
mjdr's ofc to pick up the Evening Star and back to his office.
George
t .
! Dir.
,
Buzzed
i ask
who
out for mf to ask her about msg yesterday afternoon to Congr. Wilbur Mills a
if he had called today, mjdr read him
- The
w hite House Saturday
The President began his day at (Place)
/ P.h°ne
1
In
Day
Te e
Time
j^
68
1
Out
Lo
Activity (include visited by)
LD
President talking to Larry Temple,
reading memos and autographing
photographs that he and Mrs
