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- T uesday, Ja n u a ry 14, 1969
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T uesday, Jan u a ry 1 4 th was an a b s o lu t e ly u n iq u e day In my
t h i r t y - f o u r y e a r s In W ashington.
I t was th e day Lyndon gave h i s
l a s t S t a t e o f th e Union speech and I
- LBJ returns to White House; Lady Bird spent night at Pierre; Lady Bird reads about last night's party; invitations to State of the Union speech; Lady Bird back to White House; LBJ practices speech & rests; separate cars to Capitol; Lyn Nugent
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s h o u l d b e s e e n b y a n b o d y 's e y e s .
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I t o ld h im n e v e r to w o r r y a b o u t
And a f te r Lyndon r e a d i t . he s a id ," H e r e , you h a d b e tte r
k e e p b o th of t h e s e c o p i e s ,
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- to Bethesda for meeting with LBJ and Abe Fortas about the overwhelming duties of the presidency; dinner with Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent; LBJ talks about soldiers in Vietnam
- een in the
b u b b le -to p c a r and jo in e d h e r in fo llo w in g Lyndon and K ing M a h en d ra .
W e d r o v e in a b r ie f p arad e down P e n n sy lv a n ia A v en u e, le f t to w a rd
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
VNTASHINOTON
W e d n e sd
- about not running for re-election; tea with friends; visit with Johnson daughters; story about Yuki; Johnsons meet King and Queen for State Dinner; exchange of state gifts; exchange of toasts; entertainment is Charlie Byrd; Lyn Nugent
- th e p o r t r a i t s o f Lyndon and me, s t i l l on t h e e a s e l s i n t h e
E a s t H a l l , and p u t them i n t h e c a r e o f t h e C u r a t o r .
And i n t o t h e Q ueens’ S i t t i n g Room and th e n i n t o t h e l o v e l y
Q ueens
- Lady Bird takes last stroll through rooms; Ashton Gonella's office & Luci Nugent's room are disaster; LBJ is giving Medals of Freedom to Mary Lasker, Laurance Rockefeller, et al; Johnsons greet Nixons and they ride down Pennsylvania Avenue
- he E m i r l e d Lyndon, an d I follow ed w ith A l - G h o u s s e i n into
th e m o s t c r o w d e d r o o m I h av e e v e r s e e n .
h ig h c e i l i n g e d .
T h e r e m u s t h a v e b e e n a ll of th e 1200 g u e s t s th e y
h a d in v
- Hair salon; Luci Nugents escorts Tricia Nixon & Nixon Cabinet members' children through White House; Lynda & Chuck Robb are in Bangkok; last meeting of Committee for the Preservation of the White House; report on White House Historical Association
- for Beautification of Washington, DC schools; Mother's Day presents from Lynda Johnson and Luci Nugent