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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/4/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

^ % it a fte r a ll th ese y e a r s Lyndon knew and Worked w ith FDR, we only have about two or th ree au tograp hed p ic tu r e s of h im , and how m uch we tr e a su r e them . I w an ted to be read y to le a v e on tim e for m y own sa k e , and b e c a u
& speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip

Telephone conversation # 170, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH ALSOP, 11/29/1963, 7:00PM (Item)

LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; ALSOP EXPRESSES APPROVAL OF LBJ'S DECISION

Telephone conversation # 2595, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 3/21/1964, 3:35PM (Item)

LBJ READS TRANSCRIPT OF QUESTIONS AND HIS ANSWERS CONCERNING PANAMA, RESIGNATION OF PIERRE SALINGER, WARREN COMMISSION, CUBA FROM HIS PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER TODAY

Telephone conversation # 6417, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/19/1964, 2:20PM (Item)

LBJ READS CABLE FROM UK PRIME MINISTER HAROLD WILSON ABOUT UK MONETARY CRISIS, DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RESPONSE; POSSIBLE NEED FOR UK TO RAISE DISCOUNT RATE OR SEEK IMF LOAN; FRB ROLE IN RAISING US RATE; J. EDGAR HOOVER STATEMENT ON WARREN COMMISSION

Telephone conversation # 61, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/26/1963, 1:11PM (Item)

LBJ IS APPARENTLY READING DRAFT OF HIS SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, DISCUSSES NEED TO PASS TAX AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH LATIN AMERICAN LEADERS; WALTER REUTHER'S AND HHH'S MEETING WITH SCANDINAVIAN LEADERS

Telephone conversation # 10657, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)

FEHMER READS RESPONSE TO ACCOUNT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE ON KENNEDY BIBLE, OTHERS REVISE IT; MOYERS SUGGESTS CHRISTIAN DEFER PRESS QUESTIONS; RICHARD GOODWIN'S ACCOUNT OF KENNEDYS' CONCERNS ABOUT BOOK; LOOK MAGAZINE

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/8/1968 (Saturday) (Item)

LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers; to St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, for Robert Kennedy funeral; the Johnsons pay respects to the Kennedy family; lunch on plane back to Washington; Lady Bird reads newspapers and takes nap; mourners killed

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