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  • LBJ ASKS FOR NAMES OF NEGRO LEADERS INVITED TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING CEREMONY IN ORDER TO INVITE THEM TO OFF-THE-RECORD MEETING AFTERWARDS TO DISCUSS COOPERATION IN IMPLEMENTING NEW LAW
  • MCGILL DICTATES LETTER TO LBJ ADVISING HIM TO MAKE NATIONAL TV ADDRESS UPON SIGNING CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, DIRECT ADDRESS TOWARDS GOVS. AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, STRESS LOCAL COOPERATION; ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, BUSINESSMEN'S PLEDGE; HAROLD WALKER
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA IF DOD IS ASSISTING FBI IN INVESTIGATION OF 3 MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI; MCNAMARA DESCRIBES EXTENT OF DOD COOPERATION
  • LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND ALLEN DULLES AS OBSERVER IN SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; JOHNSON DESCRIBES MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITIES' COOPERATION WITH FBI IN SEARCH OF SWAMP, HIS PRESS STATEMENT, MISSISSIPPI'S DILEMMA, TENSION THERE
  • LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND ALLEN DULLES AS OBSERVER IN SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; JOHNSON DESCRIBES MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITIES' COOPERATION WITH FBI IN SEARCH OF SWAMP, HIS PRESS STATEMENT, MISSISSIPPI'S DILEMMA, TENSION THERE
  • DISCUSSION OF RACIAL SITUATION IN MISSISSIPPI, BOMBING OF HOMES OF THREE WOMEN, LACK OF LOCAL POLICE COOPERATION IN INVESTIGATION, NEED FOR INCREASED JUSTICE DEPT, FBI INVOLVEMENT
  • WALLACE EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CONDITIONS IN ALABAMA AFTER SELMA MARCH, EFFECTS OF PROTESTS ON STATE ECONOMY; LBJ PROMISES COOPERATION, RECOMMENDS WALLACE CALL UP NATIONAL GUARD AND LBJ FEDERALIZE IT IF NECESSARY; POSSIBILITY OF VIOLENCE