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- programs and the whole thing.
As I told Al Jenkins
whowent along and Marshall Green who also went along, I'm sure I saw more of
what was going on than they did.
correspondents and
Of course, they were in the meetings. The
TVpeople were out on the street
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.About 6 :00, Lyndon and J e sse picked us up and later A. W. joined
us on the L ew
- Rather joined us.
I said the blessing,
from a very fu ll heart, with Tony in my mind behind every word.
And we had
a delicious Christmas dinner, not cooked by Zephyr, but Mr. [Henry] Haller
had come to our aid, a beautiful turkey and dressing
- Foreign aid
- LBJ on phone with McGeorge Bundy about foreign problems; LBJ meets with Dale Malechek about LBJ Ranch; lunch with staff, helicopter to Bergstrom and flight to DC; LBJ talks with press pool about Vietnam; Foreign Aid Bill; stop in Columbia, SC
- Foreign aid
- with guests; dinner; bridge game; conversation about aid for India, war on poverty at home, Vietnam and China; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Luci and Pat Nugent, who are snowed in at Waukegan; Luci is expecting baby in June
- Foreign aid
- of Cuba and Che Guevara and foreign aid; Jack Valenti tells stories of his trip to Brazil; Johnsons back to the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird takes long swim
- Foreign aid
- and India; Rostow talks of Taiwan and aid to Pakistan, Communist China, and Vietnam; dinner and movies; Johnsons back to White House; Lady Bird exercises; LBJ talks with Clark Clifford
- eth in g s ic k in the lib e r a l view p oin t in a ll th is ."
A t one tim e Lyndon d e sc r ib e d h im s e lf, "I'm lik e a p r iz e fig h te r in the
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rin g , the right f is t is the m ilita r y , the le ft f is t i s aid, w ash in g, a g r ic
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s o w o n d e r f u l l y h e l p f u l on the l a n d s c a p i n g a t the K a r n a c k P o s t O ffic e .
I h a d the aide) b e h i n d m e w ho c a l l e d o u t the n a m e s a l e r t e d to l i s t e n
fo r h is.
I d o n 't t h in k
- . West; gift for White House staff; Military Reception at White House; photos with military & Medal of Honor recipients; Chuck Robb is losing weight in Vietnam; General James Cross is leaving as military aide; Elvira Madigan, in theater; visit with school
- tio n sh ip w ith Jap an and len d in g th e ir aid to us in South V ietN am ;
A fter a ll,
th ey have one o f th e b ig g e s t m ilita r y e sta b lish m e n ts in A s ia .
On our w a y in to the D ip lo m a tic R oom to shake hands w ith th e
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who w o r k e d on the H ill in C o n g r e s s m e n 's o r S e n a t o r 's o f fic e s a n d in
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v a r i o u s C a b in e t D e p a r t m e n t s a n d a t OE O a n d AID, a n d o u r 6 o r so h e r e
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i n a u t h o r i t y aro u n d h im - —/ Aid e to a b o u t f i v e p r e s i d e n t s ,
I t h i n k i t is,^— I was p ro u d t o h a v e him on o u r team .
We c a l l e d him and M arie a l s o and th e n C a t h e r i
- ; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; LBJ meets with advisors about Vietnam; LBJ meets with and gives speech to White House Conference on Education participants; dinners with aides and James Hagerty; Lady Bird's tv show on beautification; Dwight Eisenhower
- p y and i t d o e s my h e a r t good t o
s e e him t h i s w ay . And R o b e r t a V i n s o n .
She, t o o ,
was one o f t h e o n e s I p a r t i c u l a r l y w a n te d t o com e.
And t h e r e was M rs. R o o s e v e l t ’ s m aid o f 30 y e
- - A V ie t-N a m C ivilian S e rv ic e A w ards - - that w as moving and sweet.
F o r m e r A m b a s s a d o r L o d g e w a s w i t h u s on the s t a g e , a n d a s m a l l
g r o u p of c i v i l i a n s , w o r k e r s in AID, m e m b e r s I b e l
- a u g h te rs o f te n a n t f a r m e r s w o re s h ir t s a n d d r e s s e s m a d e o u t
of ffaxgmoc flou r s a c k s .
S om ebody in t h a t AID p r o g r a m m u s t h a v e
a p a s t th a t g o e s b a c k to t h a t .
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dow n w ith s o m e g e n tle m e n so o n co m in g to m y aid .
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W e h a d b e e n jo in e d by
L e s t e r P r u i t t , one of th e la n d s c a p e m e n w ith th e H ighw ay D e p a r tm e n t
an d h e to o k th e
