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Beginning at Huntsville, Alabam a, continuing on, the Michaud o p e r a tions out of New O rleans, and then to Slidell , Louisiana; and then to the
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be with friends, to exercise and to catch up -on the thinking
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a day full of appointments ·does not permit.
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.-This day b_egan early .with-~going
- was among them.
A ft e r v isitin g with them , I went to the m o vie theatre and saw f i l m s
taken at the ra n c h -w h e n the children w e r e young, Lyndon during W orld
War II, a ll of which I soon re c o g n iz e d with dism ay w e r e just the lea
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isl ~1 nd.
Whe11 I sa id go odbye to them rny next appointment was already
waiting for me.
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MEMORANDUM ^
THE W HITE HOUSE
WASHINOTOM
S u n d a y , A u g u st 1, 1965
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A nd so th e c ro w d
- M EMORANDUM
T H E W H I T E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
F i r d a y , A p r i l 17,
1964
T h i s m o r n in g I spent with M r s. J. L e e Johnson - Ruth C a r t e r
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Johnson, daughter o f A m o n C a r t e r -a ca n -d o w om an , v e r y m uch h e r
- ro p in th e o ffice an d s e e .
I s u g g e s te d w e
ii,
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w e n t to th e b o w lin g a lle y , an d she b e a t m e r o u n d ly tw o a n d a h a lf
g a m e s ; ^S hooting 137 one tim e to m y 105 o r so/^^^ ^
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I lo ve to le a rn from him.
A ls o fro m F o r d / t h e r e was Henry F o rd , II - and in s illy fem inine
fashiony^my mind kept turning to A n n ^ th e w ife fro m whom h e ’ s re cen tly
d ivo rc ed , whom I w ill m e et
- , I th ii^ it w as around th ree
o ’c lo c k , Lyndon w ent o v er to h is o ffic e , and I talk ed to Lynda and to L u ci.
Both o f them w e r e e m o tio n a l, L u ci cry in g , Lynda d istrau gh t.
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D i n n e r w a s in the R o s e G a r d e n , one lo n g m a i n t a b l e , the r e s t r o u n d
t a b l e s f o r te n .
T h e M a r i n e B a n d p la y in g f r o m th
- ld go u p i n p a r t of th e
open s p a c e .
A s I w a lk a d r i v e a r o u n d th e c a m p u s , ‘I a m c u jo U y a w a r e o f
‘
II
: ’
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, how c r o w d e d i t i s b e c o m in g . .vT h e f o r t y a c r e s i s now j u s t a n a f f e
- i t i a l e d i t " o . k . ".
An d I d i s c u s s e d w ith h im h is own d e c i s io n of
l a s t F r i d a y n ig h t a n d a s k e d if it w e r e i r r e v o c a b l e b e c a u s e L y n d o n
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to
m ad e up by Eddie Sen z, with a high h a ir do to go t o
II T r o v a to r e , a t
the M etro p o litan , in cam e a w e a ry Lyn d a B ir d , fr e s h fro m two d a y s in
fiv e s t a t e s
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in s p ir a t io n - and r e a l l y , I think, that she w ould be the n atu ral one to do
this - and I want h e r t o , a n d I hope she w i l l .
I a ls o told h e r , r e m e m b e r in g
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v e r y w e l l what C l a r k had said to m e , that he
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a s t r o n a u t s - - h o n o r a r y p a llb e a r e r s - - C h a rle s C o n ra d , T h o m a s S t a f f o r d
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T u e s d a y , J a n u a ry 31 (C o n tin u e d )
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and N e i l A r m s t r o n g , w h o had
- at the ran ch , w e had had to land
in A u stin and d riv e out b e c a u se of the w ea th er..
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINOTOM
T h u r s d a y , S e p t e m b e r 16, 1965
Arid t h e n II w o r k e d on the m a i l
- t 130 of u s , s e a te d a t ro u n d ta b le s fo r 10 e a c h ,
w ith th e h e a d ta b le f o r 2 O,
I h a d a r e a l l y good tim e w ith S ir A lec on m y
r ig h t a n d M r. B u tle r on m y le f t.
II
L y n d o n ’ s to a s t w as no l e
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to i n tr o d u c e h im I to ld h im th a t I r e m e m b e r h is n a m e w e l l f r o m th e e a r l y
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T H E W H IT E
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b r i e f l y lo o k in g a t th e
fa m ilie s.
a n d th e alK ia e w h ic h th e y p r e p a r e f o r s e r v i c e
A n d th e
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
W ednesday, May 10, 1967
Page II
in V ie t-N a m '."You had b e tte r be thinking about w hat you w ill fa* a n sw er.
It did
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. And then w e had c o ffe e and liq u e u r s in the R ed R o o m .
And th en in the E a s t R oom I in tr o d u c e d C h a r lie B y r d w ho w a s
g r e a t ly a c c la im e d by a ll the lo v e r s o f ja z z .
II
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St. L o u is Womeaa.
B u t it i s a fa
- e d u p h i s m o t h e r , p h o n e d u s , a n d b r o u g h t h e r to t e a .
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TH E W H IT E HOUSE
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T h u r s d a y , J u n e 2, 1966
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Wa s h i n g t o n
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day o f s h e e r
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f o r L y n d o n - - G e t t i n g r e a d y to go to m o rro w t o H a w a ii,
f o r a b o u t t h r e e d a y s now I h a v e b e e n h e a r i n g p o s s i -
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and b e i n g d e a f
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MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
F r i d a y , J u n e 9. 1967
Page Z
T h e n a l i t t l e b e f o r e
- a p ic tu r e of m e taken in fr o n t of h e r p o r t r a it
to l e a v e a t the h o u s e .
And then a lit t le p a st 10:00 w e w e r e d r iv in g b a c k
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o v e r the l o v e l y v a l l e y r o a d s to W o od stock , a r r iv i n g
- r o o m .
L y n d o n w a s h a v in g n e w s p a p e rm e n in th e fa m ily d in in g r o o m , an d
II
b e s id e s I w a n te d lu n c h in J a n e 's r o o m . I d re w h e r in th e c o n v e r s a tio n
a b o u t w h a t s ta te s h e h a d
- v e r a n d k is s e d m e on the c h e e k , the f i r s t tim e I e v e r r e m e m b e r
!
I f e l t th a t i t w a s th e siam
a m e s o r t oofi ssaiute»>^ncl
a lu t e ,/a n d iI w as g r a te fluu l, th a t I w a n te d to
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- a n y o f them c o n n e c te d w ith m e n ta l r e ta r d a tio n and m e n ta l h e a lth .
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Aml tliii ii"7lii l a s t s p e a k e r , r e a lly the s ta r , and I w a s s o p ro u d o f h e r ,
w a s M u r ie l, and I hop e i in tr o d u c e d h
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WASHINGTON
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L e B a ro n iis an d M r s . R i e t z k e .
T h e r e w a s a s iz e a b le c o n tin g e n t of P r e s s in v ite d a s g u e s ts .
D i c k e r s o n 's ,
L e H e y , B onnie Angeljio a n d h e r h u s b a n d - - s h e i s a lw a y
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W e d n e s d a y , M a y 15, 1968
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o b s e r v a t i o n t h a t G o v e r n m e n t i s a s e r i e s of c h o i c e s of a s s i g n i n g p r i o r i t i e s .
Ca
S>.iI t w a s a g o o d d i n n e r - - c o r i a l ea-int jo c a n d r o
- v e r s i t y in th e e a r l y *30's - - h e ' s a N ew Y o r k F im ie ii-S ea n: now
I g a t h e r a n d i n t e r e s t e d in A u s t r a l i a w ith s o m a n y b u s i n e s s t i e s .
I gave
t h e m m y lo v in g d e s c r i p t i o n
- th e w i fe o f H e n r y F o r d II,
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MEMORANDUM
THE W H IT E HOUSE
T h u r s d a y , M ay 7, 1964
WASHINOTON
A nd h a n d s o m e , t e r r i f i c a l l y u r b a n e
c o n t r i b u t e d in
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M r , J o h n L o e b , w ho h a d l i t
- e a l on i t w ith a d e lig h tfu l p ic tu r e of D o lly and th e
s y n o p s is of w h a t w e w ould s e e — t h ir ty m in u te s f ro m A ct II.
th e w a it e r s g a llo p e d and H e llo D olly w a s enchantm ent!!
g a llo p , th e c o s tu
