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- as was the case in the Cuba affair.
When one of these blows the
President works with the National Security Council, those people who are in the
decision-making process and the rest of us ·in Government are pretty much left out.
I was gone last week when he held
- on the phone and said
that he had just arrived in Genevaand had to see me most urgently, and
could he come right over.
I, having had some dealings with him previously
up at NewYork in the United Nations during the Korean affair;
said I was
sorry, that he
- Department of State
- His Excellency Amintore Fan!aai,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy,
an old friend of the President, from way back. They had a short sesion in
the office, then went out for a walk, cllled the Press and the Press photogs.
I want
- gained very
muchin the way of standing and prestige within the Department itself and
nationally.
I'm really proud of him.
Today in the Department I also called in the Japanese,Ambassador
and. Mr. Hogen--the Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Department of State
- , March2. Then I worked
the following week in the Department, seeing various people and attended
~n NSCmeeting, the President and the membersof the NSC,on Thursday,
March8.
On Friday, March9, I had further discussions and then left on
Saturday, March10
- Department of State
- a p p o i n t e e s
1 5 8 women a p p o i n t e e s .:
the E ast
front
January
about
row r i g h t
eight new women just
a p p o in t e d who
p JU. '
were to be sworn i n .
affair,
Including
That
was the
C a t h e rin e W h i te,
d e s i
- performance sponsored by Cabinet; call at theatre for Senators to floor of Senate for quorum; Lynda Johnson to Lord and Lady Harlech's party; Lady Bird reviews State Department information on Jordan
- my own place in affairs,
because I have no illusions
and I knowof nothing that's
boring than the memoirs of worn-out diplomats.
more
However, my grandchildren
may perhaps wonder what kind of a grandfather they had. They may perhaps
wonder what
- Department of State
- of
the Department. and Charley ~urphy and I went over.- It wa.s.rea.lJ..v.a. very
..
touching and appropriate occasion. We gathered in the East Roomwhich wa"s
pa.rtiall.Y partitioned
off and sat down. The President
messageiin ip.emoriam·for.President Kennedy. He
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in a c r owd of passers-by and sight- seers,
shook hands
signedautogrphs—
Meanwhile
or so the p apers s a i d
I was g e t t in g
Agr ic u lt u r e
sumers.
ready to dash o ver to the Department of
to open
- Consumer affairs
-
get out peacefully or they will get their asses fired out.
April 2, 1968 - continued -- one thing more I overlooked - the
President did come to the Department for our Cost Reduction Ceremony.
April
4, 1968 -- 6:00 am or 6:00
pn - I don't know I'm
- to have some private conversation and that
would be m y time to depart.
So I did, thereby not seeing the thousand or
so guests cla m o rin g at the gates.
I rushed hom e, feelin g stra n gely truant,
jumped into m y red lace dress and went out to the W
- Urban affairs
- Urban affairs
- draws a crowd; Lady Bird has tea for Mrs. Alexandros Matsas, wife of departing Greek ambassador; tea & tours for five new ambassadors' wives; discussion about Shah of Iran; LBJ greets group; John Macy meeting about Fine Arts Commission; bowling
- a book on Lyndon. I just couldn’t be more pleased. I wouldn’t want to
be in better hands, both for his deep knowledge of Lyndon and for his magnificent love affair
with the English language. He is a lover of words. But also, I dread it, simply because
- an official Ordt·
written
i n 1789 ci:;tablishing the Dcpartm cnt of State.: of the nc\v young repub lic -
only it was called
hi s bir lhcby
th~
prc~;cnt
01,;parllncnt of For cig:t Affairs.
She was bringing
c:arly bccau.sc she is leaving for Europe
- of the r l ' reshn1cnts - - something une seldom
does at these affairs.
And lam so g lad they did -- they br ought in a
tray of long but sturdy stra,vs with tiny meat culws skcv:1.: rcd on the
ends.
About two inchc:s of
mt:.~at
cu\J cs and a h ot sauce
- in in an y f a m ily affairs."
The S p e a k e r g r a c i o u s l y
c a m e in and h a d n ic e w o r d s of g r e e t i n g to the g ro u p and then L yn da
an d I r e t u r n e d to the W hite H ouse fo r a long a f te r n o o n w ith c lo th e s
s p e l
- Johnsons and Dean Rusks tour the LBJ Ranch and the Martin Ranch; Rusk talks about Brazil, Haiti, Vietnam, China and Africa; discussion of the LBJ Library and School of Public Affairs; lunch; Jimilu Mason works on LBJ bust; Lady Bird uses movie
- (as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs), and the tax bill; Lady Bird gives wives a tour of family quarters, and they see Catlin paintings and chandelier in the Treaty Room which came from LBJ's Senate office; Gerald and Betty Ford
- children of Hubert Humphrey, Robert McNamara & Bill Wirtz; Lady Bird mentions guests and menu; LBJ School of Public Affairs; Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass perform
- letter to grandmother at Hye Post Office; guests to boyhood home and LBJ Ranch for lunch; Gronouski on Poland and Red China; Johnsons & guests to Danz place--car is stuck in mud; Lady Bird takes nap & talks to daughters; foreign affairs
- discuss the LBJ School of Public Affairs; recorded message for history of the White House is completed; Luci Johnson gives away hamsters
- Lady Bird meets with Jim Ketchum; office work with Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell; reception for House members; briefing for House members and tour for wives; Luci in bed with flu; stag dinner to discuss foreign affairs; Lady Bird exercises; news
- plans; further renovation work when Herbert Wells arrives; Lady Bird & guests drive the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird asks Don Thomas & Jesse Kellam for status of Johnson business affairs; Don & Jesse leave for Dallas; Lady Bird reads; LBJ calls just to talk
- takes nap; Lynda Johnson visits New Orleans; guests for dinner; talk at dinner about LBJ School for Public Affairs and Vietnam; to theater to watch films
- Comment about LBJ by Goldwater; LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast with Ken Galbraith; Willow oak tree to plant at White House; LBJ appointment with the Australian Minister for External Affairs; LBJ & Lady Bird walk to Lafayette Park & shake tourists' hands
- to Father Montgomery about Luci Johnson converting to Catholicism; Lady Bird reminisces about Luci; late dinner with LBJ; LBJ has meetings with Maxwell Taylor, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, George Ball, et al about foreign affairs
