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  • aging n ew s w as that Lyndon had flow n up, ju st a few h ours ago, to New Y ork for the in sta lla tio n of A rch b ish op T e r e n c e Cook, taking w ith h im , not on ly L u ci, c w h ich i s n a tu ra l, fo r h er strOng C a th o licism
  • Lady Bird has photos taken with Mrs. Post & her staff; Lady Bird back to White House; newspaper stories; LBJ to Hawaii for Vietnam talks; LBJ, Luci & Lyn to New York for installation of Archbishop; upcoming Austrian dinner; upcoming Texas trip
  • the Azores and entering into a new agreement with the Bahrein for our Naval forces there. I was not too directly involved in either one of these negotiations but I did get deeply involved in defending these agreements, entering into these agreements
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • a Sabena plane, as I recall it, from Brussels to New York. Welanded at Manchester just for a refueling stop. I picked up a British newspaper there, and the big headlines were that the United States and CorranunistChina had agreed to resume talks
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • should not be impatient. Weshould be willing to sit them out. Andjust because they turn something down, I don't think that meanswe nec­ essarily· have to comeforward with something new. Aboveall, I don't want to get negotiating with ourselves before
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • . but it was to I also remembermy father used to keep track of new developments in agriculture and used to go around urging farmers to take up new and better methods. As a banker to whomthe farmers had to come for loans, he had a great deal to do with improving
  • and r e s t th is w ee k e n d . ' In th e m o rn in g I d ro v e in to J o h n so n C ity w ith M r. M y e rs a n d M r. G riffith f r o m th e P o s t O ffice D e p a rtm e n t and d is c u s s e d w ith th e m th e p o s s ib le new p o s t o ffic e
  • Lady Bird reads the newspapers; Lady Bird to Johnson City for meeting about new Post Office; Johnsons & Krims helicopter to & drive around Green Mountain Ranch; helicopter to Davis Ranch; Lady Bird & Mathilda Krim walk through fields of wildflowers
  • c h tim e , :th a t y o u .sta.n d a n d s ta n d a n d lo o k a t sw a tc h e s a n d m a k e l i s t s of l a s t y e a r 's th in g s a n d w h a t you n e e d to f it in f o r the big e v e n ts of the y e a r . th a t r e q u i r e new d r e s s
  • in 1968; post-mortem discussion; Lady Bird has clothes fittings & desk work; LBJ gives prepared speech at dinner for Democratic National Committee and then goes "off-the-cuff"; that morning, LBJ meets with Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Henry Fowler & John
  • y d e s k ,/a n d talk in g w ith L iz about ■V ■ ■■ in ' V^ going to P a lm B each. A nd/our long m id dle-of-the-night c o n v e rsa tio n , I ^ h ad to ld L y n d o n ,,/^ a t M rs . Post,.^w as thinking the F e d e ra l g o v e rn m e n t
  • LBJ's sleep habits; troubles facing LBJ; possible trip to Palm Beach; Marjorie Post & possible donation of Mar-a-Lago estate to Federal government; arrival ceremony for Liberia President Tubman; Lady Bird to luncheon at Lorraine Cooper's; phone call
  • Johnsons have coffee & newspapers; Lady Bird works on guests & menus; phone calls to Marnie Clifford, Lera Thomas & Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird to dentist & dress fitting; call about Karnack Post Office; visit with Lera Thomas about trip to Vietnam