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then following the call told the Prime Minister and other guests that due to the
world situation, Mr. McNamara had decided it would be best to postpone his trip t o
VietNam which was to have begun tomorrow, Sunday, June 18.
i
The President drove
them
to rest
- . McGhee ready and waiting to see President.
Doug Cater (pl) about Jim Wright draft of speech on Vietnam -- may use some of it in
j State
of Union. .
MJDR
- she went into Oval Rm Ofc to work desk w Pres.
t ^ Secy
McNamar a re Sit Rm rpt of missile "lost
- tal k t o th e President xksax K abou t several things- - VietNam ; trips , politics ,
bridge building , an d assessment o f what's happenin g i n China . T J briefin g mem o t o DT
THE WHIT E Hous e
PRESIDENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N
Date Ja
DAILY DIAR
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Command tw
o dogs
- -J. Edgar and Freckles-- and ^^^^^^^
H stooped down to watch Barbar
.Senator Henry Jackso
n pla
y with them. entrance
Mr. Bria n Corcoran, AA t o
- Nations. Henry Wilson
this group as
Doves, but soft."
Speech to concern VietNam
(b.2)
Departed ofc w/Walt Rostow
for mansion to change shoes.
Reported
in Doctor
Burkley's ofc
to see Dr. Gould
Departed wh Hse by car for
yb - fm car - call Mary
- toward the Stone of Remembrance (party comprise
of four returning VietNam soldiers)
The President then placed a wreath on top of the Stone of Remembrance
He then did something the Australians call "unorthodox." The catalfalque party
is compelled
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_
__________
The President read a report of the latest poll and discussed it with Lynda, Mrs
n and the other s i n th e stateroom . He remarked tha t hi s popularit y ha d
risen to 68-77% support of his Vietnam policy
=
i1
1:45 7p
balls
bow l o f chil i __——— —
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freedom and liberty, recalling that General Westmoreland had
told the President in Vietnam that no commander ever commanded
such a fine army of men. The
airmen and their wives gave the
President a very warm reception despite the inclement weather
- column on Rivers,
Vietnam military
expenditures
Jack Valenti, Director of the mpa, Palm Springs, Calif
Walt Rostow
BM
To the office w/ Kintner and Jacobsen
saying that he wanted some special gifts for Mikey -- he wanted mjdr to search all
day long
- correspondent
Marvin Watson (pl)
To
^H Cabinet
Room w/MWfor brfng session W/Members of CongreSS who
have been to Vietnam,
ATTENDANCE:
Senator John Sherman Cooper
Senator George McGovern
Senator Walter Mondale
Senator Edward Kennedy
Senator Joseph Tydings
- . 1)
MW (pl)
George Meany - Saratoga, NY (b.
2)
n^r August
White House Dav
5, 1966
Friday
Activity (inc!ude visited bv) ture
Expendi
Code
George Jessel *
Mr. Jessel asked to see the President to report on his second
visit to VietNam in a year
- July
White
Rec'd
reply to
Breakfast
Clifton
Secretary
his
in
C
House
letter
bed
29
1965
Thursday
to
JV and
U
Thant
re
Vietnam
BM in
Carter
McNamara
J Valenti
LIVE TELEVISI O N COVERAG E
To th e Eas t Room ^ accompanied by Dr
- Everet t Jorda n
Senator Ralp h Yarboroug h ings wa s th e us e o f a tim e
to secur e peac e i n VietNam ; !
Senator Joh n McClella n
Senator Stephe n Youn g clock
. Claud e Desaute l i s
Eugene Black who discussed thi e |
Senator Wallac e Bennet t
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H.E. Nasir-Han i - Am b of Iraq
H. E. Celesti n Kaband a - Am b of the Republ i c o f Rwanda
H. E. Dr . Mostaf a Kamel - Am b of the Unite d Arab Republi c
H. E. L t Gen' l Tra n Thie n Khie m - Am b of VietNam
H.E. Khosr o Khosrovan i - Am b of Iran
- "
out
off
Record
Sept
Wh
McGeo
House
Thursday
Bundy
M Watson
Ray
NBC corresponden t
Scherer
off Record
e mem oo oo n VietNa
m
For thi ss mtg
mtg Mr
Mr.. Bund
Bund y prepare d a n up-to-dat
up-to-date
VietNam
McGeo
Bundy
Sargent
Shriver
L
- VietNam , an d he
reported t o th e Presiden t o n his view s o n ways t o better coordinat e effort s t o wor k
with th e American Governmen t and privat e official s alread y o n the scen e i n Vi e :Nam.
Bill Moyer s jodxce d
To th e Nationa l Press Clu
- .
Released tex t o fCater
statement b y th e Presiden t o n th e signin g o f H. R. 7169 , A n Act t o
Douglass
Amend th e Securitie s Ac t o f 193 3 with respec t t o certai n registratio n fee s
Released tex t o f his statemen t o n VietNam personnel an d
- with the President. Harry
Truman and Lyndon Johnson would have made it. The President was enjoying
Erv Duggan:mf himself,
and answered questions on VietNam, the Gandhi visit, inflation, and the
} White
House Fellows Program itself. The group was happy and buoyed
- )
Vietnam
Congressman Hal e Bogg s . Majorit y Whi p (Louisiana )
happenings
Speaker McCormac k
Cong. Car l Albert . (Hous e Majorit y Leader) - Oklahom a
Cong. Georg e Mahon . Texa s - Chairman . Appropriation s
Cong. Mende l Rivers. S . Ca. - Chairman
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Chairman Joh n Macv fo
McGeorge Bund y (pl ) V
" Vietnames
" ""
"*
Hoover expresse d his dee p concern
r th e communisti c activitie s i n thi s
hemisphere a s wel l a s affectin g th e
e wa r situation . "
Horace Busby
Bill Moyer s (pl)
Senator
- were:
*
n th e Cabine t Roo m
re Vietnam ^^
To th e Mansio n w / Secy . McNamara , SfiB^ v Vance, Gen. Wheeler , Clar k Clifford ,
Jack Valenti , - - fo r lunc h
'
Amb
McGhee ' /
f Chairma
n Joh n Mac y
Returned t o th e Cabine t Roo m an d joined
- to the President a Bob Fleming memo givin g the Presiden t the gist
the various peoples reports on television
j of
I ~—:
I:
.
John Love, Governor of Colorado
(Governor Love is back from 8 days in VietNam and a day each in Bangkok and Tokyo.
While there he met
- May. Th e flag s
e carrie d by th e son s o f two men wh o were kille d i n VietNam .
The Rall y wa s hel d a s a n expressio n o f support o f the
fofcrersnrigw people o f
Mission fo r th e Presiden t an d for ou r boy s i n VietNam .
e
e
'Hire
- r E . Brownbac k t o be AI D Provincial Representative i n Vietnam
"•
•^jr* . . •
i Memo fo r Head s o f Executive Department s an d Agencie s relate d to:
Appointment o f Chm n fo r th e Combine d Federa l Campaign fo r th e
National Capita l Area
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before th e Tennesse e Legislature o n VietNam had bee n very effective .
'
~~_ _! I
Da
e agai n movin g through th e Tennesse e far m country
Governor's Mansion .
3:52p Arriv
•
"Whit e Hous e • _
e
H . ^ Expendi
Activit
o j L D Cod
3:29p
- . Marshal l wrot e the Presiden t a letter regardin g
her suppor t an d death o f her Brothe r i n Vietnam . Presiden t answere d letter
and wrot e o n the botto m that i f sh e i s eve r i n Washingto n cal l m y appointmen t
secretary, J J an d com e an d
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Expenditure
Activity (include visited by)
Code
Mr. Willia m Eckert , TOS£K£M Commissioner o f Professiona l Basebal l
Appt requeste d by the Speake r Mr
. Jo e DiMaggio , Basebal l Commissione r (recentl
y returne d fro m Vietnam)
. Morri
s Siegel
- enthusiasm wa s the President. . . and the President spen t
much o f this tim e o n th e telephone .
Lynda tol d th e Presiden t tha t toda y Chuc k received $50 0 pa y tax free a s
a resul t o f being i n Vietnam . Sec y Cliffor d joined i n th e discussion
- Rosto w
s thi s morning wit h Sout h VietNam. whe n th e President finishe d th e memo ,
he aske d t o talk t o Rosto w o n the telephone , bu t w e coul d no t ge t him befor e landin g
at Andrews--made arrangement s t o talk e fro m Ai r Forc e One
- .
. Clar k Kerr . Chmn . Carnegi e Commissio n o n th e Future o f Highe r Educatio n ,
Walt Rosto w
--Mr. Reuthe r sai d his mt g w / th e President "concern s Vietnam , an d he has discusse d i t
with th e Presiden t i n a previou s telephon e
- of oodatJaaajBc continuance of White House Fellows
Program; Secy Rusk reporting on Guam mtg, Latin American Ambassadors
and briefing on meaning of Summit mtg; McNamara's report on status of
j VietNam
military operations; PMG report on status of the President's
- Cap t Garza ho w proud he
was o f Yolanda an d wha t a goo d loyal job sh e wa s doin g for th e President .
: Captai n Garza i s holdin g secre t orders — destination VietNam .
6: 26p !rtBBt e Th
e President wen t int o the Cabine t Roo m t o joi n
- . Willard Wirtz, Secy of Labor _____
tion, and Sen Aiken's charge Hon.
Ralph Huitt, Assistant Secy of HEW (Secy Gardner has a "bug". Cohen traveling)
Vance to explain the military Hon.
Robert Weaver, Secy, HUD _____
___
operations in VietNam , explainin g
- /various delegations. He gave his impressions. The two men discussed the
I President's
statement Monday and the five points for peace; problems of the Middle East
solutions, but did not reach any_agreements. They discussed Vietnam,
arms control at some
- Texas -- this brough t a laug h from al l
I gathered
, includin g th e PRESS .
:|
i
; Anothe
r boy , Rand y Hudso n fro m Tamp a Florid a ha s a fathe r flyin g i n VietNam . Th e Presid e
! tol
d hi m tha t th e Natio n had fcox double reaso n t o b
- Presiden t o n this mtg .
l matte r t o be irone d ou t concerned Senato r Dirksen' s feelin g abou t
entering int o th e Consula r Agreemen t wit h th e Russian s durin g the Vietnames e
conflict. Mr . Katzenbach' s mem o t o D T
o th e Eas t Roo m
- a particularly staunch friend, but also because he has picked up some information
with respect to VietNam. "
Secretary Rusk
seep.15 Cong William Mailliard
Amb. Sol Linowitz
Cong Armistead Selden
H^ William Bowdler
top
Hong Peter Frelinghuysen
Walt Rostow
gist
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Cong. J. Edward Roush
mjdr's office--talkingto GC about Nikon's statement that he had asaid that the governme
of Vietnam would falter
Secretary Udall
Senator Mansfield
Senator Jackson
Senator Bible
Cong O'Brien
To Cabinet Room for SIGNING CEREMONY
- " to wh
about 7 red, yellow, and green balloons were attached. Children
with flags and ma
were cheering as the motorcade progressed.
Stopped by sign:"Americans Defend Australians in Vietnam--Long Live LBJ".
The crowds cheered as the President stood on his
- Zuloaga, Per Rep of Venezuela to UN
H.E. Nguyen- Duy-Lien, Per Observer of VietNam at the Un - and Mrs
June 14, 1966
H.E. Mohsin Alaini, Per Rep of Yemen Arab Republic to UN
H. E. Danilo Lekic, Per Rep of Yugoslavia to UN - and Mrs
H. E. and Mrs. F M
