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thee grou
grou p walke
walked
d throug
through
h
the Ambassador
submitted
his report on Vietnam
March 9, 196 5
White House
the house and to the office.
Senator George Smathers of Florida
Bill
- Campbel l
Secretary Joh n Conno r and Sec y W . Willar d Wif't z
'
f T o Cabine t Roo m fo r continuatio n o f meeting o n Vietnam wit h the following :
( Th
e Vic e President Genera
l Earl Wheeler
\ Amb . Henr y Cabo t Lodg e McGeorg
e Bund y
Amb. Arthu r
- payments, th e cities , an d VietNam . Wit h respec t t o VietNam , h e
looked the m bot h i n the eye s an d sai d tha t w e were ther e t o wi n the wa r an d would . Afte r leaving , bot h Ambs mentioned_to_ _
Jim_Symington that , they wen e impressed b
- statemen t o n th e signin g o f S. 222
Today issue d statemen t o n th e arriva l toda y o f the 500t h physicia n CKB&&SXXS
in Sout h Vietnam, a s a membe r o f the American Medica l Association' s
Volunter Physician s fo r Vietna m program .
- t
in VietNam. -- also the text of the memorandum from the President for the three
Cabinet Officers and Mr. Shrive r constituting a task force on reducing federal
grant-in-aid processing time .
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The President spend most of lunch kidding Cong Pickle about the golf game
and talking about the sermon that Rev. Lewi s gave this morning -- asking i f
"we ar e being told the truth about Vietnam. "
Walking outside the house w/ Cong . Pickle and Jim Jones
- ,
and Judge Moursund
On Martin Ranch
At Dale Malechek's house
Arrived MainHouse
Lem Johns
Hon. Ellsworth Bunker, U.S. Amb to VietNam Jake Jacobs en - Austin. Tex
Departed Main House via car - w/ Mrs. Johnson
Judge Moursund, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krim
Arrived
-
General Earle Wheeler McGeorge
Bundy
George Reed y John
McNaughton
Re latest
incident
in
Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam
In mjdr's room, the President pointed to the headline on the Evening Star, "Secrecy Shrouds
Tonkin incident" and said, "Now, Bob, that's what
-
Be
Burkley
2:45
6
Pres
J
g
2
Vietnam
- matters."
George Christian
/Photographers in and out.
Marvin Watson (Pl)
OFF RECORD: Henry Luce
Moyers says Mr. Luce simply "wants to hear the President talk about VietNam. "
Joe Califano
Marvin Watson (Pl)
Came into mjdr's office asking for speech
- -- just general th ngs -The heat yesterday
Harry McPherson's missing the plane to VietNam
The speech for last night not being ready
Marvin Watson, Jake Jacobsen, Jack Valenti - in and out of the room
While the President was dressing, Mrs. Johnson
Liz
- house information
from the Department 0:1
expenditures, procurement plans and
Swimming w/ Secy. McNamara reports
from VietNam. He also
accepted the Secretary's invitation to
go to the Pentagon next week for th
-
of
Louisiana
office
Ernestt Gruenin g
Senator Ernes
The President
asked his
advice
on
Vietnam
pix
August
White
House
19 1965
Thursday
40
To Flowe r Garde n to greet a group of Irish Schoo l Teachers. H e listened to two
Irish airs, an d made brie
- of Vietnam Armed Forces.
Released statemen t upo n the signing o f S-2300 - The Omnibus Rivers and Harbows E ill
Today signe d H . R. 9526, a bill for th e relief of Raffaella A chilli and also
H. R. 3515, for th e relie f of Marv Ann Hartmann an d also H. R
- 2-21-66
W. House
Monday
Breakfast
JJ, MW in
bedroom
Henry Luce - NYC (b.2) to get his ideas on Vietnam
To ofc w/BM,
problems
Lem Johns
BM (pl)
BM (pl)
McGeo
Bundy
/^ Great
Neck, L. I.
Robert Fleming and
Mrs.
Norman Newhouse of No. 1
- in Secretary Rusk's office. (w/Bill
Moyers)
nntf March
White House ^^
19. 1966
SATURDAY
Activity (inc!ude visited by)
The President arrived on South Grounds -to the Oval Rm Ofc - reading tickers - yb takes in three memos re VietNam
activities fm Sit Rm
- Grounds
With Bob Fleming - for Taping of 2 statements:
1) re VietNam 2) re excerpt of UAW message on civil rights.
Returned to Oval Km (Ofc - w/JaKe Jacobsen
Bill Moyers (pl)
Sen Ralph
21, 1966
Yarborough OFF
RECORD
n^ May 21, 1966
White House p
- November 18 , 196 5
White House
Colonel Cros s
Jack
Valenti
Judge Moursund
Dale Maleche k
for
Thursday
briefing
on
Vietnam
Round
Mountain,
LBJ Ranch,
Texas
situation
Tex
Bill Moyers
Austin,
Texas
The Pres's
l (ret . 4g£ . call J
- ) re General Humphrey's news conference
large number of civilian deaths in Vietnam.
George Reedy
(b.1) - inviting him to come to his bedroom for a
visit
Secy Rusk (b1) re Max Frankel story this morning in papers
George Reedy upstairs
Bill Moyers
- General
Amb. Llewellyn Thompson
Hon. Richard Helms Discussion
of Vietnam and the continued pause
Admiral Raborn in
the bombing and the alternative course of action
_ Amb.
Arth ur Goldberg now open
______
_
^
Hon. William Bundy- ^_=.,
^
— Secy
Robert
-
&&xbfooasafflK McNamara, and Secy Vance remainin g there while the East
Room wa s cleared i n time for hi s next appointment there.
To the East Room to greet
Steve Addis an d Bil l Crofut (two folk singer s wh o recently entertained th e
villagers in VietNam
-
ClarkClifford onPueblo and Vietnam
Earle Wheeler developments.
Rostow TomJohnson's notes
Christian to DT
Tom Johnson
proposed
./* 7
speech to be
o the Oval Office, stopping in mjdr's room
to go to the terrac e and catch Secy Mr.Na.mara and General Wheele r
- by) ture
10:45a f
- 11:11a f
1967
Thomas - Austin, Tex _
Oval Office
11:57a 12:39p Lt.
General Swede Larson (has been Commandant of II Corps in VietNam for couple of
years -- is here on leave) ~~ he will report to his next post at Fort Monroe
- aspects of the Tarxxm?
war in VietNam and tactics relating to pause, future plans, etc.
J Jones
W Rostow
notes to
notes to
DT
DT
Douglas Dillon di d no t lunch w/ the group
Date
THE WHITE House
PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
DAILY DIARY
ThePresident
- in VietNam
Hon. Ellswort h Bunker, US Ambassador to VietNam
Hon. Rober t Komer. Deputy to COMUS, MACV 4 CORDS
Hon. Wal t W. Rostow ;
Hon. Georg e E. Christian
Mr. To m Johnso n _
Hon. Huber t H. Humphrey, The Vice President ;
After this breakfast, Komer met w
- calls checked
usher's checked
Date June
White House Day
10, 1966
Friday
8:45a t
Senator
Mike Mansfield' (b. 2) - re his reactions to Dirksen-Ford statemnts re
President lack of contacts with leadership concerning VietNam situation--and to get
- ." ^____
n*tf. Feb
White House Day
16 , 1966
Wed
Expe
Activity (inctude visited by) tu!
Ga
Secretary Freeman and the Agricultural Teamwhich has just returned
from VietNam
At l:49p, the President escorted the group into the Cabinet Room
Matthew Drosdoff
- this
morning and talked briefly with the President. He said he told the President
that he had been in VietNam and the President said he would like to see him)
Doug Cater (pl)
April 7, 1966
White House
THURSDAY
MW in
MJDR - in (on occasion of her birthday
- .
HHHBHfe. Directo r Jame s Webb , an d Director Chas . Schultze . . .
The Presiden t me t i n the Livin g Roo m re th e militar y budge t fo r 196 6 and
(Vietnam)
^__ 1
(Meanwhile, Governo r Averel l Harrima n flew int o Austi n to meet w / th e press
- defectors; servicewomen in VietNam;^KB base closings
g.353 t
Senator
William Proxmire (b. 1) re the hearing this morning on Robert Weaver
' (The
President gave him details of how the appointment came about - OFF RECORD)
9:43a ) t
Mike
Manatos (b.1)
re Weaver
- , Proxmire, Williams and Young - ltr relates to th
2] }
To
the office w/ Marvin Watson^ general agmt w/statements by Mansfield, Sen. Aiken
} '
Sen.
Fulbright that bombing resumption of No. Vietnam
7 , t
; Lee
White be
suspended indefinitely.
I
^
^
0 t
I
-
(b.
2) - to asK him to call senator Eugene
McCarthy and sit down with him and explain the resumption of bombing North Vietnam
McGeo Bundy (pl)
McGeorge Bundy ___
sheldon Cohen,
Commissioner
of IRS
JV (pl)
*/*
To the Theater to tape a statement
- Presi dent als o stressed our man y effort s t o reac h peac e i n VietNam , an d hoped that wit h Ambassador Bunke r now there, th e Indians
might b e abl e t o be more helpful . H e thanke d Jha an d Ambassador Nehr u for a n invitatio n t o com e t o
- feel a continuing need to work together to help maintain regional sta
and encourage orderly change in response to social and economic needs. They also were in agreement
that the allied effort in helping South Vietnam and her people resist aggression
- was killed in VietNam on April 15, and she was denied citizenship
at her scheduled ceremony 10 days later because Federal regulations required that her records be reprocessed to reflect
her status as widow rathe than as wife. The district director
-
l:45p
l 29,
t int o Ova l Offic e
Jim Jone s
t Ar
t McCaffert y (r
e5
minor contact s ove r th e weekend involving I Company in
the Da i Lo c are a o f Vietnam )
1:50p 1:53
p Congressma
n Donal d Irwin , Connecticu t - - has jus t returne d
- o showed
him throug h th e ward . H e personall y greete d 4 9 patients, onl y tw o of whom were
not injure d i n Vietnam .
He the n proceede d bac k dow n c o the entranc e wher e h e greete d fiv e ambulator y
patients - covere d b y press
- Rob b (Lynda ) i n to sa y goodby e
. Charle s Rob b
--they are leavin g Washingto n and will terminate thei r travel s
at Cam p Pendleton , Calif , fro m whic h Chuc k leaves fo r Vietnam .
o Cabinet Roo m
for SIGNIN G o f the Tyaaspeyfeat-ien-Bay
- - r e hi s repor t o n VietNam Vespers.
Ltr t o Ensign Snyde r - r e kin d and thoughtful It r
Ltr t o Mrs. Fre d R . Harri s - testimon y supportin g povert y programs-Indian
>Ltr t o Lt r Somervill e - than k you for confidenc e
'Ltr t o Private
- in Vietnam.
Barefoot
12:30 Walt
Mike
Sanders
Rosto w
and Tom Johnson joined the President and the Prime Minister
Manatos
President walked Prime Minister Holyoake to the Cabinet Room,
and said goodbye to him. . .
then back to Oval Ofc
VmiE HOUSE Date
