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  • Sorensen, he then called Mankiewicz, who is Senator Kennedy's Press Secretary to ask him cbout it and he confirmed it and then the Press just descended upon the White Ho use and the President was in Texas. They, then descended on the Pentagon
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  • WATSON ASKS FOR DALEY'S EVALUATION OF BEN HEINEMAN AS POSSIBLE APPOINTEE TO CABINET OR SUBCABINET POSITION; DALEY RECOMMENDS HEINEMAN; WATSON DISCUSSES PRESS STORIES ABOUT RFK'S CALL FOR COMMISSION TO REAPPRAISE VIETNAM POLICY
  • 1964 Sat urday, July 25~ Was an easy and pleasant day. About noon I W(·nt ove r to Lyndon's office, hoping I could snare him, a nd walked right into an informal press conference. Lyndon in his rockin;; chair, some 25 or 30 news paper peopl e
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  • Informal press conference in LBJ's office; Goldwater calls LBJ "the biggest faker of all time"; LBJ walks ground with press; lunch with Senator Richard Russell; visit from Alabama relatives who tell about public accommodations; dinner with friends
  • which ·are being _s een on tv and in the press. Secretary McNamara responded that we did but that the aircraft ytere of little value. The President said they were of strong propaganda value and that DOD should ~e.gi~ making more exposure of U. S
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  • '-.jP-!'/ Do we have anything on the MIG attack? Secretary Clifford: Secretary Rusk: By 8-J-3/ No, only the press release. No. General Wheeler: We are checking. The Special Forces camps are being checked to see where the press got the story
  • and it is just up to us to start out. So let me introduce myself: I am Harry Middleton, director of the LBJ Library. This is George Christian:. We both worked for President Johnson in the White House. George was far more important than I; he was press secretary
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  • use of the telephone and the Library's plans to make LBJ's phone conversation recordings available; how George Christian got to know LBJ; LBJ's strengths and flaws; LBJ's interactions with the press; how LBJ kept up to date on Congressional activity
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  • Election day; Lady Bird is suffering jet lag; Johnsons arrive at polls before officials; Lady Bird mentions the busy fall at the LBJ Ranch landing strip; Johnsons and guests drive around ranches; LBJ meets with press; Lady Bird takes nap; dinner
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  • Problems of the Johnson administration: inflation, Vietnam, Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ; press reaction to departure of Bill Moyers; Lady Bird writes response to Peter Hurd; work on upcoming Vice Presidential dinner; Lady Bird visits with Lynda about
  • Reserve Board made detailed presentations about the pressing need for a tax increase and expenditure reductions. In executive session before the Ways and Means Committee on September 20th, the Budget Director specifically emphasized that each appropriation
  • . Secretary McNamara: We would plan this on the basis that it would be brought to the attention of the North Vietnamese and not to the American public. CIA Director Helms: hands of the press. It is a great thing if you can keep it out of the Secretary
  • it. A Would you put those individuals on it? B Sure, and I wouldn1 t even ask them. I would appoint them and announce it to the press that this Committee is being appointed to review the entire policy in Asia. I can't think they would refuse to serve
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  • not want to stap up the military side of this. CLARK CLIFFORD: How about the impartial tribunal? SECRETARY RUSK: They were outraged by the idea. The Pueblo problem seems to have dropped out of the press. I would not hurry this. THE PRESIDENT: last night? O
  • Cormier - AP Main points covered by the President: 1. His visit to the Vatican resulted in a one day extension of the Christmas truce, and the Pope 1 s agreement to press for better treatment of prisoners. 2. The Vietnam situation was serious, but our
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  • Lady Bird walks White House grounds; Lady Bird joins LBJ, Jim Hagerty and Leonard Goldman of ABC about TV show on beautification; Lynda Johnson's European trip; the eighth Congressional reception; LBJ, the press, and alleged suppression of news
  • before the committee or I would put it before the public in XRkx my own press conference or outside the committee. I don;t think the committee will change its position. I don't think anybody can get Douglas or Fullbright to change and they are the only
  • a better product. The President: the equipment. Do you have anything more to report on the men and Secretary McNamara: We have nothing more on this. Director Helms: There is nothing either way. General Wheeler: There was a North Korean press message which
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  • by Kennedy Cabinet; Caroline and John Kennedy, Jr.; statement by LBJ to press; visit and dinner at Jack Valentis; LBJ and television
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  • of Congressman John Fogarty; impeachment of Adam Clayton Powell; new African-American Senator, William Brooke; Lady Bird describes reaction to speech; Lady Bird answers press questions; Johnsons to Speaker's Room & White House with guests for supper
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  • Second Senate reception; Lady Bird to doctor's; meeting about draperies for State Dining Room & Great Hall; lunch with Bess Abell to discuss Lady Bird's wardrobe; hair salon; press questions about Senate briefing; Johnsons' photo for portrait; Lady
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  • Pat Nugent leaving for Vietnam; Lady Bird to San Antonio & Corpus Christi; poverty bills up for vote; Lady Bird is interviewed by Isabel Shelton; buses to Padre Island with foreign press & Park Service staff; Lady Bird gives speech; fish fry
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  • Bombing halt in Vietnam; Mar-a-Lago becoming part of National Park Service; Lady Bird describes china for Preservation & Restoration luncheon; Lady Bird names speakers & guests; press are invited to speeches; Lady Bird gives remarks & introduces
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  • is worse; Pageant of Peace Christmas Tree lighting; speeches by boy scout, Walter Washington & LBJ; Les Carpenter is very ill; party for press women; gift wastebasket with photo montage; houseguests watching movie; LBJ's assessment of news agencies & Strom
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  • some of the guests, the press, and the entertainment for the night; Lady Bird visits with Erhard about Germany; toasts; LBJ mentions Vietnam & Great Society in toast; visits with houseguests upstairs; Lady Bird introduces entertainers
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  • LBJ and Lady Bird attend National Christian Church with guests; LBJ whispers a joke to Lady Bird during the service; press stories about Johnson family; lunch at White House and watching Senator Russell Long and Averell Harriman on television; Lady
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  • Johnson women to New York; Lady Bird buys dress for wedding and flies back to White House; phone call with Betty Weinheimer about LBJ Birthplace; lunch; meeting with Liz Carpenter about press; meeting about travel for Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent
  • ; Sargent Shriver on "Meet the Press;" Johnsons call Shriver; discussion about Vietnam; Lady Bird reads newspapers; Johnsons & guests to bowling alley; call to Luci Johnson Nugent; dinner; LBJ falls asleep during movie; bridge game; Commander Jones' girls