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- . and going directly to house.
To office with envelope of Night Reading. In
office -- goes through all of night reading giving
all of it to vm. -- goes over tickers and checks general office business after the weekend.
Asks VM to have quick drin k w/ him befor
- - houseguest
Sanders
McPherson
- at home - come help with all this night reading
Charles Zwick, Director, BOB
Judge
A. W. Moursund. Round Mountain. Tex
^r
Feb 4, 1968
11:35a 12:46p
' The
11:52a t
12:30p The
mf
to second floor President in his pajamas
-
Activhy (tnc!ude visaed by)
MW -pl
Sargent Shriver - returning his call
PL Joe Califano
- went over some night reading
president to mjdr's room -
President to Oval Office
Senator John Pastore in
re the the Judge Robert E. Quinn appt to the Court
- Valenti (n/r - fr mansion)
yb - re "any calls
or important
messages" him night reading contents
Dr. Burkley
(n/r - fr mansion)
Larry O'Brien
(n/r
- fr mansion)
mjdr
- re sending
night reading
envelope
G. Reedy,
mjdr
also
over
right
gave
away
WJ
7
- to dispose of some of his night reading
Returned
To Cabinet
McGeorge
Room
Bundy
Secretary
McGeorge
To
Dillon
Bundy
mansion
returning
his
call
December 6 , 196 4
White House
Sunday
Dinner w / Mrs . Johnso n and Mr. and Mrs. Abe Fortas
Leonard Marks
- (returning his call. )
_ To GT's desk reading night reading.
To mansion for dinner with GT and Mrs. Johnson.
n*t
- -pl
y
n... 4 Nov 1967
The vVhite
Hose Saturday
Day
Activity (inctude visited by)
Working night
reading in ofc w/ mf
Liz Carpenter to ask why Pierpoint was saying on television that the only reason that
the President went to see Pearl Bailey
- Date November
LBJ Ranch Day
5, 1966
Saturday
Activity (inctudevtsited by)
E
Awake
To the office—The President went to his desk and read the tickers. He then signed several b
giving instructions that George Christian was to use his discretion
- (inciude visited by)
Sen Dirksen.
Secy Gardner, Commissioner Howe, Senator Hill.
Cater and Schultze out.
To recording studio to have some new equipment demonstrated to him.
In MWsoffice.
In Lounge reading Night Reading, with GT
Luci came over
- - MW out in two minutes.
.^
comein and Yolanda and get Marvin
Back to Oval Rm Ofc - saying
to MJDR "you
and let's work all of last night's night reading and the other things
I've got to read. "
Working at signing table on above w/MJDR
^ then yb
- .
To the office (Marvin carried in night reading not
worked. )
President carried Lyn to the office and was accompanied by Jack Valenti and M. Watson and
Paul Glynn. President took the baby to the Press Office to visit with George Christia
then bAck to mjdr's
- -pl
George Christian
George Christian -pl
President in mjdr's room to read paper and go over night reading
President going to Mansion telling Juanita to tell the kitchen he wanted something
to fill his stomach up and also commenting that all girls
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Ranch
30, 1967
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office working desk with Jim Jones and Marie Fehmer. As he read various
he commented about all the "junk" that come s to the ranc h of
no importance and how he wished someone could coordinate
- coming into her office from his and says "even Miss Juanita is at
work already. "yb greets and he enters his office. To Ticker machine reading
tickers.
Bill Moyers (pl)
Bill Moyers
Joe Caliiano (pl)
McGeorge Bundy
^
White House Day
JANUARY 7, 1966
- Office thru mjdr's room
meg into Oal Office to work night reading w/ President
Rep. Hale Boggs. La.
Director Charles Schultze (who was in Joe Califano's Office)
George Christian
-pl
Marvin Watson -pl
Mike ManatoS
Marvin Watson —
'
—
pl
•pl
Senator
- matters, the deficit, tax increase
etc. The President read the group the Vietnam, report on the night's activities--pointi
out that 6 US planes had been lost bombing 35 miles NE of Hanoi (at $3, 000, 000 each
Date December 2, 1966
LBJ Ranch Dav
Friday
- Rostow (pl)
Jake Jacobsen (pl)
Jake Jacobsen (pl)
Walt Rostow (pl)
to Diplomatic Recep. Room
President in MJDR's room w/Courtenay Valenti - greeted mjdr and yb
to Oval Rm Ofc asking if "we've got any troubles anywhere." MJDR in.
The President
reading
- ...."'·
Pointing
to Ted Yates'
name,
the President
said "See about his wife. Where she is - - 11
Send her some flowers.
Will Sparks
has drafted
telegrams
of
condolence
to Mrs.
Yates (she left Wash
last night for A thens,
Greece
to be near her
- /> To see what we have on the Six Day War, including any digitized folders, please consult the Middle East subject guide or contact us to view the records in our Reading Room.
- Mansfield
Senator Everett Dirksen
7:12 p.m.
into mjdr's
7:20 p.m.
into Office alone
SEE TRAVEL RECORD
FOR TRAVEL ACTIVITY
room reading
OFF RECORD
Night Reading
Page No.:
6
Date
THE WHITE HOUSE
February 19,
PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
DAILY
- worked his night reading — the President had
carried the folder aboard the helicopter)
Arrive National Airport
and to the Convair which was to serve as Air Force One today
Aboard the Convair there was some delay as the flight was delayed for weather
- worke d nigh t xig c reading - - tw o nights accumulatio n
THE WHIT E HOUS E Dat
PRESIDENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N
DAILY DIAR Y
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• Gonellas, Pickles, and Roberts spent night on boat --also
and Diana MacArthur
6
- LBJ Ranch
August 8, 1964
Bill Moyers - Washington
Secy. McNamara - Washington
Awake - breakfast in bed. Read Intelligence Briefing and McNamara's statement on the
timing of Tuesday's retaliatory attack.
Bill Moyer s - Washington, D. C.
To office
- to quit you if that's allright
with you -- cut out all the lights when you go home -- good night". Also read Ebony
editorial on gw's desk.
To Mansion with Governor Connally an d Mrs. Johnson
Nicholas deG. Katzenbach - returning the President's call
Dinner
- - couldn't be reached. Pres . said "never mind*'
Cong. J. J. Pickle
To Oval Rm Of c - through MJDR's room working signing table w/ yb
Walt Rosto w (pl)
To JV' s Ofc - read proposed speech for next Thursday night
in Houston
Back through MW's Ofr M W tol d
- ) be at the reception last night.
Honorable Winton
Bloun
t
Postmaster General - designate
1969
Jan. 7, 1969
Tuesday
The White House
President commenced signing mail, official documents
etc . reading ticker tape
Governor Marvin Mandel, Annapolis, Md.
President
- press matters
with Tom Johnson and reading and acting on last night's reading
The President asked for General J P McConnell - he was out
The President asked for Col Haywood Smith who was at Bethesda for a dental
appointment - ^^ "never mind. "
Tones
-
Date December
LBJ RANCH D^
26, 1966
MONDAY
Expendi-
Activity (inctude vtstted by) ture
C^odf
The President in the office reading tickers at his desk. He then looked at some
letters he had dictated the preceding night and gave additional
-
Reading afternoon papers in mjdr's office w/ Jack Valenti
signs two appointment documents - Sam Gil strap , U. S. Ambassador to Malawi (on Jack Valenti's
request "/ saying, "I've already signed enough on that.
Tell them, Marie, that I'm on my way to eat
-
to come and bring the notes he made with CBS correspondents that he and the Pres
over together last night and be prepared to go over them with Secy McNamara. Yuki
Nugent joined.
served.
i ——^
—
Agent
Lem Johns took a report to the President re Mrs
- in MJDR's office and worked night reading
St. Paul. Minnesota
r^,^ 17
The White House ^
Activity (inc!ude visited by) ture
November 1967
Friday
Expend)
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Code
The President to the oval office
DeVier Pierson
OFF RECORD: Private Signing Ceremony of H
- . Carver's position as Under Secy of Interior)
Louis
Martin
Joe Califano (pl)
Joe Califano
and
Mike
Manatos
Working night reading in little room w/ MF
Mrs. Johnson
MW - in with his night reading
JV (pl)- "come on in."
Watching the 3&d3KEx hour long
- it was excellent . )
9:26a t
Walt
Rostow (pl)
Bill Moyers
To Oval Office
OFF RECORD: Governor John Burns of Hawaii
In last night's reading, MW inserted a note telling the President hsx that MW
was seeing Gov Burns for coffee. The President added to the note in his
- worked some o f his night reading material that
was in the box on mjdr's desk.
5:42p President
5:44p George
6:25p t
Day
f or t
Activity
L
D
5:34p President
5:47
White House
10,
6:29 Cyrus
Wait
to Oval Office
Christian
Vance
Rostow pl
-
8:30p working
TUESDAY
(include visite d by) ture
signing table w/yb
8:10p tChairman
John Macy
8:35p The
President departed via MJDR's room. . .looking at yb's n/r listing ^^
and asking if he had much night reading. Reply was "fair"
Pres. also
- the Texas Congressional campaign in light of
TrwrTrirl{a6nrx redistricting.
Retired
Tonight the President worked all ofhis night reading in his office before
leaving for dinner, having said that he didn't feel like he wanted to do it
in his bedroom
-
White House Day
1, 1966
TUESDAY
Activity (include visited by)
Doug Cater and Joe Califano (Oval
Rm Ofc)
MW joined above
working desk w/ yb
Mrs Johnson
To the mansion
looking thru night reading on yb's desk
briefly
upstairs in the mansion
dinner w
- ,
Ginn
y Thrift , Ji m Jones , m f Activit y (includ e visite d by ) (Mrs . Johnso n i n Texas )
oL
D
8:00a Awak
e and reading mornin g papers i n bed Cong. Jak e Pickl e t o bedroom t o have breakfas t w / th e Presiden t
9:20a 9:25 a t
Jo
e
- f th e tw o houseguest s
Retired
Retired
In tonight's night
German
situation
reading
fr
were
Bundy
data
and
on Wilson
Neustadt
and
on
the
