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  • 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
  • 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
  • discussed his Honolulu Conference, Vietnam and the SEATO Treaty; LBJ and Lady Bird call Maxwell Taylor about his TV appearance; Johnsons read newspapers
  • 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
  • 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
  • Vietnam
  • 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
  • Vietnam
  • ;" 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
  • Vietnam
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Vietnam
  • 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
  • Vietnam
  • 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
  • Vietnam
  • 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
  • Vietnam
  • Air strikes in Vietnam and attacks on U.S. Embassies; press stories of secrecy in government; LBJ's public approval rating; Lady Bird meeting about possible Virginia trip with Diplomatic Corps; meeting about decorating West Hall, Solarium
  • Vietnam
  • Snow; meeting on education trip through Appalachia; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird meets the Arthur Erschoens who lost their only son in Vietnam; Lady Bird visits with niece, Roxanne Johnson; informal party for White House Fellows; LBJ speaks
  • Vietnam
  • ; tour at Buchanan School; to Capper Housing Project & Syphax School; small dinner party for friends & family; Pat Nugent to Vietnam soon; Nelson Rockefeller is not running for President; Laurance Rockefeller & LBJ State Park; LBJ calls Nelson Rockefeller
  • Vietnam
  • Civil Rights Act of 1968 & gives speech; Lady Bird visits with Pat & Luci; Pat Nugent leaves for Vietnam; LBJ & departing Cabinet members gives speeches at reception; Lady Bird asks Bob McNamara to speak at LBJ Library; small dinner party
  • Vietnam
  • ; to hair salon; reception in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for Conference on the Status of Women; Lyn Nugent's birthday party; Luci Nugent records sound from party for Pat Nugent in Vietnam; late dinner; special mass for Lyn Nugent at the White House
  • Vietnam
  • Lady Bird listens to her diary recordings for November-December 1963 & July 28, 1965, to prepare for Howard K. Smith interview; office work; lunch; meeting with J.B. West about a new usher; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to party for returning Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • House; Johnson family fly to Texas; LBJ talks about Dominican Republic, Surveyor landing, and events in Vietnam; boating at Haywood Ranch; Lady Bird explains LCRA, dams, LBJ and FDR
  • Vietnam
  • ; LBJ rides about Camp David with Robert McNamara, Clark Clifford & Tony Taylor; LBJ talks with John Chancellor; Vietnam; appointment of Goldberg to UN and Chancellor to USIA; Luci Johnson and Catholicism; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Johnson
  • Vietnam
  • phone conversation with Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Rusk delivers resignation of Ambassador to Vietnam, Henry Cabot Lodge; discussions about replacement for Lodge
  • Vietnam
  • Pat Nugent leaving for Vietnam; Lady Bird to San Antonio & Corpus Christi; poverty bills up for vote; Lady Bird is interviewed by Isabel Shelton; buses to Padre Island with foreign press & Park Service staff; Lady Bird gives speech; fish fry
  • Vietnam
  • Pat Nugent has 49 weeks left in Vietnam; "Discover America" Women Doers' Luncheon; Lady Bird to hair salon; Lady Bird visits with Frank Sinatra in LBJ's absence; Lady Bird names guests at luncheon; Lady Bird makes speech; LBJ makes quick remarks
  • Vietnam
  • ; Chuck Robb's audio tape from Vietnam; Johnson property to National Park Service; tea & tours for Ambassadors' wives; reception for Washington interns; upcoming Howard K. Smith show; Johnsons to Mike Monroneys; LBJ gives speech to Negro Bar Association
  • Vietnam
  • Bombing halt in Vietnam; Mar-a-Lago becoming part of National Park Service; Lady Bird describes china for Preservation & Restoration luncheon; Lady Bird names speakers & guests; press are invited to speeches; Lady Bird gives remarks & introduces
  • Vietnam
  • Lady Bird works on upcoming dinners & Christmas parties; Lady Bird views "Life in the Family Quarters at the White House" at Navy Photo Lab; Lady Bird to hair salon; desk work; White House party for Vietnam Veterans from Walter Reed & Bethesda
  • Vietnam
  • Bird reminisces about reading "Peter Rabbit" to daughters; Spanish lesson; Military Reception; Baroness Maria Von Trapp is guest & she wants to take "Sound of Music" to Vietnam for servicemen; dinner upstairs with guests; Committee on Retardation
  • Vietnam
  • company; tea for ladies of the Texas delegation; Lyn Nugent makes appearance; LBJ stops in to say hello; Luci leaves for New York; Johnsons visit with the Abe Fortases & Oveta Culp Hobby; Detroit riots; Lady Bird reflections on leaving White House, Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • show; Lady Bird is emotional as she meets wife of man missing in Vietnam; Lady Bird is offered "strange" artwork at one booth; Lady Bird & LBJ's cousin visit gravesite of George Washington Baines, LBJ's great grandfather; Rebekah Johnson items; to LBJ
  • Vietnam
  • Transcript mistakenly says, "Thursday" rather than "Tuesday." Poor sound quality. At 09:28, it should say "diet of Khe Sanh and Hue. [Vietnam]" instead of "tafon and whey"
  • Vietnam
  • some of the guests, the press, and the entertainment for the night; Lady Bird visits with Erhard about Germany; toasts; LBJ mentions Vietnam & Great Society in toast; visits with houseguests upstairs; Lady Bird introduces entertainers
  • rs when h e s a i d , " I c an n o t speak o f Vietnam w ith o u t p ay in g a p e rs o n a l t r i b u t e to th e men who have c a r r i e d th e b a t t l e f o r u s t h e r e . honored to be t h e i r C om m ander-in-C hief. " I have been
  • Vietnam