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  • are pushing him on this thing of entering into the California primary. He doesn't want to do it if we can get some way of talking about, or some kind of a vehicle of an analysis or a review of this whole Vietnam thing. He says he 1 s not opposed
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  • DALEY ENCOURAGES LBJ TO APPOINT COMMISSION TO STUDY VIETNAM POLICY, DISCUSSES CALL FROM RFK ABOUT HIS POLITICAL FUTURE; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING YESTERDAY WITH TED SORENSEN; POSSIBLE TROOP INCREASE; DALEY SUGGESTS LBJ INCLUDE WAR CRITICS
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  • Lady Bird returns to White House; Johnson family to St. Mark's Church; lunch with the Dean Rusks, Robert McNamaras and McGeorge Bundys; Vietnam; Lady Bird and LBJ to Bob Thompsons; dinner with the Valentis
  • Vietnam
  • Removing items from The Elms with Lynda Johnson; LBJ and Lady Bird to Palm Sunday vespers at St. John's Church; Lady Bird's dislike of photographers; dinner guests at the White House; discussions with Robert McNamara and other guests about Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • for walk; LBJ picks up Lady Bird & Luci, and they ride around Lewis Ranch; Johnsons to runway to meet Jetstar with Lynda Johnson, Jo Anne Christian & Betty Furness, whom LBJ has appointed to a position; dinner; Paul Dresser is wounded in Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • Viet Cong attacks American barracks in South Vietnam; LBJ meets with National Security Council; LBJ & Lady Bird to St. Mark's Church; naps; dinner with friends
  • Vietnam
  • Christmas Day; telephone calls; Father Kaifer hold mass in Lincoln Room; special blessings for Chuck Robb & Pat Nugent in Vietnam; family opens more presents; Johnsons to open house at Clark Clifford's; LBJ lays down to rest; more telephone calls
  • Vietnam
  • Lady Bird and James Fosburgh to Frick Museum to see lighting for White House; Lady Bird shops at Delman's, Adolpho's and Lord & Taylor's; bad weather for flight to DC; LBJ gives speech at Johns Hopkins University on Vietnam; Lady Bird rides
  • Vietnam
  • about ranch & house renovations; Lady Bird to White House; Lady Bird's straw work bag and books that she is currently reading; Lady Bird visit LBJ in his office; fighting a limited war in Vietnam; late dinner & night reading for LBJ
  • Vietnam
  • Problems of the Johnson administration: inflation, Vietnam, Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ; press reaction to departure of Bill Moyers; Lady Bird writes response to Peter Hurd; work on upcoming Vice Presidential dinner; Lady Bird visits with Lynda about
  • Vietnam
  • Johnsons and Dean Rusks tour the LBJ Ranch and the Martin Ranch; Rusk talks about Brazil, Haiti, Vietnam, China and Africa; discussion of the LBJ Library and School of Public Affairs; lunch; Jimilu Mason works on LBJ bust; Lady Bird uses movie
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  • discussed his Honolulu Conference, Vietnam and the SEATO Treaty; LBJ and Lady Bird call Maxwell Taylor about his TV appearance; Johnsons read newspapers
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  • visits with family at roadside park; boating at the Haywood; LBJ and Vietnam; Lady Bird drives to Nicholson place; cattle will be moved; dinner at the Haywood; back to the LBJ Ranch
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  • Lady Bird works on mail and inauguration; Lady Bird visits with Jean Kintner; LBJ gives Ashton Gonella a birthday gift; four planes are shot down in Vietnam; Lady Bird talks of the presidency and LBJ's fears; Lady Bird swims and talks with Lynda
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ and the Vietnam War; Lady Bird's interview with a magazine; Lady Bird reads about Beautification; Lady Bird has lunch meeting with Bess Abell about mail; Lady Bird meets with Stewart Udall about Beautification; Lady Bird swims and has
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ & George Reedy telephone call about budget and Congress; planning for Beautification meeting; attack in Vietnam; Lady Bird takes dog for walk; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson; LBJ & Lady Bird dine with the McGeorge Bundys; George Reedy
  • Vietnam
  • and the Jack Valentis; situation in Selma, Alabama; LBJ's decision about running for second term in office; Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • Bird mentions Selma, Alabama, and Vietnam; Lady Bird meets with architect about changes to White House; Luci is queen of Azaela Festival; Lynda's birthday party is a Georgetown City Tavern
  • Vietnam
  • Canadian Prime Minister Pearson gives speech about Vietnam; lunch with Pearson in Aspen Lodge; discussion is about Civil War and Lake Erie pollution; Lady Bird reads "Hurry Sundown" and goes for walk with Secret Serviceman Jerry Kivett; bowling
  • Vietnam
  • Lady Bird breakfasts with Lynda & guests; Johnsons & guests to St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Smithburg; back to Camp David to watch Senator Ed Brooke on "Face the Nation" speak of support for U.S. policy in Vietnam; LBJ calls Brooke to thank him
  • Vietnam
  • and reads papers and night reading; Lady Bird swims in pool; LBJ and McGeorge Bundy discuss Vietnam; Lynda visits with parents and guests; United Nations and Vietnam; reception for handing of Eleanor Roosevelt's portrait is cancelled
  • Vietnam
  • to Woman's National Democratic Club Benefit Show; dinner with Oveta Hobby and Jim & Ida May Cain who are leaving for Vietnam; agricultural help for Vietnam; Uncle John Pattillo dies; talk of arts and events
  • Vietnam
  • tracks; cuts in Highway program; visit to Aunt Jessie & Cousin Oriole; ride through Reagan Ranch; Lady Bird describes family dinner; LBJ reminisces about teaching in Houston; movie on LBJ's trip to Vietnam; LBJ gives percentage of black soldiers
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  • Lynda Robb returns from California seeing Chuck off to Vietnam; LBJ's speech on Vietnam; LBJ goes to church with Luci & Pat Nugent; LBJ visits with Hubert & Muriel Humphrey; Lady Bird's "See America" trip; Horace Busby & Lady Bird work on LBJ's
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  • update; Johnsons to Luci's house for "press" birthday party; LBJ cuts cake & opens gifts; back to LBJ Ranch for birthday party; Lynda Robb arrives; dinner in front of three tvs watching convention; Vietnam plank of platform; Pat Nugent & Chuck Robb
  • ;" helicopter back to White House; Lady Bird & Lynda finish watching movie; Lady Bird recognizes support of Senator Ed Brooke on Vietnam policies
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  • ;" Johnsons tour Danz ranch with friends; late lunch; Johnsons & friends helicopter to Moursunds, Davis ranch & to the Krims'; to LBJ Ranch; Luci & Pat Nugent back from Laredo; Pat to Vietnam soon; Lynda's birthday dinner; Lady Bird plays bridge with guests
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  • 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
  • Vietnam
  • is visiting; Luci is writing book about Yuki; LBJ teases Luci about her briefcase; filming in Treaty Room; tea for Connie Freeman; visit with the Bill Whites; Dean Rusk testifies before committee of Democratic National Convention; Vietnam; USSR invades
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  • meet the Robb baby; Halloween & surprise birthday party for Helene Lindow; LBJ gives speech announcing a Vietnam bombing halt; the Johnsons watch television coverage
  • Vietnam
  • South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu refuses Paris peace talks; LBJ not sleeping well; Johnsons, staff & guests to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and Trinity Lutheran Church services; Harry Middleton interviews candidates for LBJ Library
  • Vietnam
  • Lady Bird flies to Dallas & Austin; elections in Vietnam; lunch in car ride to Luci Nugent's house; other Nugent family members also there; Lady Bird makes phone calls; Lady Bird & Roy Wells to LBJ Ranch; tour of LBJ Ranch house & Martin House
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  • Washington's Birthday; Lady Bird joins LBJ in bed for coffee and to read newspapers; tension about Vietnam; LBJ mentions role of press; Lady Bird works on tile samples and clothes from Mollie Parnis; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson about article
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  • Richard Nixon visits LBJ for morning coffee; Nixon and LBJ discuss New York Times, Westmoreland, China and Vietnam, and upcoming campaign year; LBJ teases Lady Bird about Big Bend trip; LBJ has sore throat; Johnsons to St. Marks Church; LBJ gives
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  • Johnsons and McNamaras go horseback riding to Martin and Danz ranches; press statement on Vietnam at LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird, the press and cookies; possible postponement of visits from Ayub Khan, Pakistan, and Shashtri, India; Lady Bird has lunch
  • Vietnam
  • 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
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  • House to change for art exhibit at Pan American Union--Lady Bird describes the art; Johnsons dine with the Max Friedmans and George McGhee; there are discussions about Western Europe and Vietnam
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  • Bird's guests watch LBJ's live press conference on TV; LBJ speaks about Vietnam; Lady Bird has tea with ambassadors' wives, Lebanon & Nigeria; farewell party for John McCone; situation in Dominican Republic; Robert McNamara; dinner with the Allan Shivers
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  • leave Nazi Germany; dinner party at the Arthur Goldberg's; protesters outside hotel on Vietnam and Dominican Republic policy; Lady Bird talks with Cardinal Spellman about LBJ Library