/HITE Hous e Dat e Ma y 12 , 196 7 *>ENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO NDIARYResident bega n hi s day at (Place ) Th e Whit e House _ _ Da y Frida y

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to 1 O^t La I L P ; Beautifu l sunn y spring day, comfortably coo l * I ££ e

7:30a 12:00 N Donal d S . Thoma s .

"^7:40a BREAKFAS T w / Donal d S. Thoma s . __ _

9:04a Th e President asked fo r th e Attorney General (Ramse y ^BBP Clark)--he wa s e n routeto hi s office--wor d wa s lef t _ _

_Z _ _ , . , . _ .9:18a f Th e Attorney General , Hon . Ramsey Clark--returning the President's cal l

/ ' _____ _ ._..-.-_.-. .y9:50a Jac k Valent i calle d fo r th e President—the President wa s stil l talking t o the Attny Gen.

10:15a" f I Hon . Jack Valent i (bega n talking) ' _. _

10:55a Wal t W. Rosto w (pl)

11:09a f I " _ Wal t W. Rosto w _I1 - . - . . . « _ ,.___ _ : : , = . : : --,.. . .

11:27a . t ' Jo e Califan o (pl ) |—u_ _^ _ .— _ __—__ — __ — — —

11:55a f | Charle s Roche--MW picke d u p in th e President's roo m an d sai d h e woul d tal k '

-" i i . i '12:00n f j mjdr--r e messag e t o Prime Ministe r Wilson--Mr . Rosto w was waitin g fo r permission

_^ j t o sen d as Parliamen t was i n sessio n today and h e wante d t o b e abl e t o g o aheadj an d sen d th e message . ___ ^

THE WHIT E HOUSE Date May 12, 1967PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSONDAILY DIARY

The Presiden t began his day at (Place)_ _ The White House Dav Friday_

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lZ;04p The President to the West Wingw/ Marvin Watson and Donald S. Thomas

-/— IHH—|— — -A / 12;04p The President to the Cabinet Room

OFF RECORD w/Secretary Barr took this Hon. fee Barr JosephCongressional to Africa with Congressman Wright Patmanthem-- they went to Africa for Cong. Abe Multertwo purposes: to inspect IDA Cong. Robert Stephensprojects and to get a feel for th e Cong. Tom Gettyssubstance and prospects of the Cong. Seymour Halpernnew African Development Bank. Cong. Chester Mize

Cong. Albert JohnsonCong. Henry ReussCong. Clement ZablockiCong. Donald FraserCongwm. Leonor SullivanHon. William Gaud, Administrator AIDHon. j^»e Bowman Joseph

I Hon. Winthrop Knowlton (Treasury)I Paul Nelsonj Asst Secy of State Joseph Palmer| - Walt W. Rostow

; Cong. William Widnalli

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12:38p j ; To the Rose Garden for pictures w/ above

HUE HOUS E Date Ma y 12 , 196 7•NT LYNDO N B. JOHNSO N4ARY

resident bega n his day a t (Place) Th e Whit e Hous e Da y Frida y

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12:40p -th e Presiden t t o the ova l offic e

12:41p 12:43 p Claud e Ryan o f Rya n -M-J R Aeronautical Co . Robert Jackson

to present the President a medallio n B____^_____[ commemoratin g the 40t h anniversary o fCharles Lindbergh 's crossin g o f the Atlantis

12:44p 1:04 p . OF F RECORD : Douglas s Cate r1:04p Joh n D . Rockefeller , II I •

: --Cater' s briefing mem o indicated tha t he woul d like t o mention briefly th eprogress i n Latin America an d elsewhere i n the area o f population planning -- als oRockefeller believe s tha t i t woul d be highly appropriate fo r th e President t o se t up aCommission o n population .

1:11 1:23p Ji m Jone s an d Joe Califan o _ „ _ _ .

r ' —•— • —— • • •—•— • • '— • • '1:12p - £ , Senato r Richar d Russel l o f Georgi a

1:24p T o the mansion - fo r2:45p LUNCH^ . ! Secretar y Rusk _ ^

i Secretar y McNamar a , -I Wal t Rostow ;

[ [ Georg e Christia n

me HOUSE Date May 12, 1967NT LYNDON B. JOHNSONIARY The White House Fridayesident began his da y at (Place) — Day

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3:00p t The Attorney General, Ramsey Clark

3:02p . t Harry McPherson (pl)I

3:05p f Harry McPherson

3:51p t ; Walt Rostow (pl)

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4:00p t ; Joe Califano (pl)ii

$* I I ^ ZZ4:09p | f_] Joe Califano

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4:10p i t Secretary McNamara

fane House Date May 12, 1967 __IENT LYNDON B. JOHNSONDIARY'resident began his day at (Place) The White House Day Friday

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4:25p t -Harry McPherson (pl)

4:55p t Francis Bato r

5:00p t | MW (pl) __

5:01p t MW (pl) __ . __,_~ 5:10p ; See below* ___ . -

5:29p To the Oval Office '

5:32p ± Joseph Califano (pl) ~ ~ .." ~"~ __—r~ ~—<r-. ~~T- r —f~ . t

•5:39p J- Joe Califano -- the President told Joe that he had talked to Secy McNamara_^ this afternoon and told him to get on this labor dispute thing

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U .. .... . ._ _„ ___, *.. _____ —^ ~_ ^——, , 1 — .5:44p t | Tom Johnson - pl -.- asking how the briefing went today. _Tom replied that there was no

\ afternoon briefing--they all went back ^_^_happy. The President told Tom| that he was not going to release any pictures of Air Force One, and asked him| to get with Li z Carpenter and work out something on receptions at the White

5:50 5:56p \ Mrs.. Johnson House. He said he wasn't going to attend any more J withi ^_ reporters following him around all the time.i

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^* 5:10p I I The President went to the library to greet Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pizzey (he is Minister of| i " Education and minister of Police from Queensland, Australia). They were with John Gonella.I \ At 5:26p, Mrs. Johnson joined the group. (John Gonella was the advance man for theI President's vitit t o Townsville, Australia) In her note to MW , Ashton says: They

greeted the President at the airport in Brisbane and did much in the arrangements o f the

HITE House Date May 12, 1967ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON

The White House Day Frida yresident began his day at (Place)-P. TelephoneTune f £. t Expendi-

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6:00p t ; Wal t Rostow (pl)

6:01p t_ Secretary Dean Rusk

6:05p t DeVier Pierson£. t • ' ! !

6:10p ~~ /- \ Jack ValentiV

6:24 j \ Secy McNamara& \ /

6:45p 7:15 Henry Wilson OFF RECORD7:15p PMG Lawrence UJB^fr O'Brien

- 7:15p 8:35 Chalmers Roberts OFF RECORD8:35 Carrol l Kilpatrick

' 8:35 and Tom Johnson^_____ 8:35 George Christian

! The Washington Post is starting a series of stories on policy making in VietNam: | and the President told Russell Wiggins last night that he "would like to have something

! B^^^ to say about the stories." So the above named reporters submitted a request toI GC to B see the President.

8:37p 9:15p i Francis Batorj Harry McPherson

'HUE House Date May 12, 1967ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSO N

The White House Fridayresident bega n his day at (Place) Day J

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8:57p Mrs. Johnson and<r Senator Richard Russell

To little lounge, where the President visited w/ Mrs. Johnson, Sen RussellI and Harry McPherson - over drinks

at approx 10:20 > mf went in to take a note to Harry McPherson telling him that Francis Batorneeded to talk to him urgently about a matter for the Kennedy Round discussions.When mf went in, McPherson took the call on the President's telephone, and the

| President invited mf to sit down and have a drink with them. At the time, h eand Sen Russell were discussing Doris Kearns, and the President asked Mrs.Johnson to read her FBI. After the President told Sen Russell the story of howshe was selected, etc. , Mrs. Johnson returned the file to the President, and thePresident said, "I think she's been framed." At this point, the President washanded (from mf) an item from tonight's night reading from Douglass Cater

I giving Miss Kearns accounting of how the matte r came about. The President- j read this quietly, an d then handed it to Harry McPherson asking him to study

I both her explanation and the file . __~_ ___,, . , .—, . ,—. .—_^ _ . . „___ , _ _

10:43p |_ To the mansion - w/ Mrs. Johnson, Senator Richard Russell, Harry McPherson. mf

/ —i; Directly to the dining room for DINNER _____

/ I ; "••- j / .s^10:47p } J f U. S. Ambassador to Australia, Edward Clark - (returning the President's call)

I \ The President asked him t o return to the States as soon as possible -- and bring| Mrs. Clark with him --to help him in making plans for Prime Minister Holt's; , visit. --the Amb was in Canberra, Australia

At dinner , th e President tol d Senato r Russel l tha t wha t he neede d to tal k to himabout was VietNam ( it was obviou s tha t th e two had discussed th e sam e matterearlier i n the evening) . Th e President outline d thre e choice s ope n to him:

" 1 . I can move furthe r i n the North -- bu t they tel l me tha t movin g further i nthe north wit h th e bombing will resul t i n only killing civilian s an d will not accomplishanything tha t we've no t already accomplished .

" 2 . I can concentrat e completel y o n the DM Z" 3. I can concentrate o n the areas between the seventeent h and twentieth parallel s

and make m y planes mak e tha t a desert . Jus t destroy anythingtha t moves."

Senator Russel l feel s tha t draggin g thi s ou t each da y leans mor e towar d getting usin a big war. "We'v e just go t to finish i t soon, " sai d the Senator, "becaus e tim eis workin g against yo u both here an d there." Th e Senator suggeste d that his feelin gwas tha t th e onl y way to en d the war wa s t o blockade th e ports an d stop their line sof supply . . . . The President expresse d sincer e belie f tha t thi s woul d get us int owar soone r tha n anything . H e also fel t tha t numbe r (1 ) above would ge t u s int owar. "Th e onl y thing left t o tak e ou t up there," sai d the President , "i s a powe rplant whic h is locate d 1/ 2 mile fro m Ho's headquarters." "Suppos e we missed,"saidj the President.

The Presiden t then asked th e Senator abou t Leste r Maddox . Th e President toldhim, "Well , I watched him o n Face the Nation last Sunday , an d just decided tha the definitel y was no t Georgia quality . " Th e Senator sai d tha t Gov . Maddo x wasa chil d o f fortune, jus t lucky, an d couldn' t have beaten an y other ma n i n th e

race excep t the on e he di d beat.

After hi s tal k w/ Amb . Clark , th e Presiden t affirmed hi s belie f tha t he wasa "hol t and Menzies man." Sen . Russel l sai d that he hoped Holt was an LBJman because h e knew that h e wo n BBBI eight seats a t leas t a s a resul t o f th ePresident's visi t there . Th e President M sai d that when Holt was here hestood up and said, "All th e Wa y with LBJ." Th e President appreciated that ,but the n too k him aside , an d said , "No w listen, I don't wan t you to become a

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. casualty. If you are lost, then I lose a good friend. They'll murder you backhome. " MH~"No, sir," replied the Prime Minister, "That's the way it's going to be.""And so it is," said the President.

The President then launched into a tirade against the newspapers reporterswho follow him around at receptions. He explained to Senator Russell thatLiz ^^HB Carpenter's procedure is to invite about 25 of them as guests toeach reception type function and then allow a press pool to cover the wholething. Th e President said that h e can't eve n swallow a mouth full of foodwithout having on e of them watch to see if he chewed it properly beforeswallowing. He said that all we're doing is inviting 500 guests, standing them __before the wall, and then making them be gracious to the 25 who come up tothem and ask questions like, __

Are you happy here? Wh y are you here? Will you come next time? Are youa friend of the family? Isn't the service worse here than it used to be? Isn'tthe coff ee weak? ^ '^' ^^ , '_ ' _ _ '__The President was quite serious about this and told Mrs. Johnson again that hewas no longer attending any receptions where the newspapers were invited asguests. He denied that his ange r was caused by the newspaper stories release d .today about the "little monk" story -- "because no one in this country will be upset ;about their President and his daughter being down on their knees praying together _____to Almighty God." „ _ . _

At midnight. Senato r Russell stood up and said. "Mr. President, it's midnight,and I have to go to bed because I'm an old man, and you have to go to bed because .you're President of the United States."

The President said goodbye to Senator Russell -- and went tohis bedroom.

mf, Sen Russell and Harry McPherson out

12:07a (^Bp J Ma y 13) -T o Offic e - t o loo k a t ticke r machines , .

12:19a Bac k to mansion -__ t o bedroom - an d retired a t 12:30 a .

. Toda y announced the following U.S . delegatio n t o coronation ceremon y o f Tongaon Jul y 4 : Hon . Joh n A. Burns , Governo r o f Hawaii , t o head th e delegatio n - -members: Edmun d G. Brown , attorney , fro m Beverly Hills , Cali f an d Dr.Melville Grosvenor , Presiden t o f the Nationa l Geographi c Society . Al l wil l beaccompanied b y their wives .