President's Daily Diary, June 21, 1966
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calls checked checked office ushers D^f JUNE 21, 1966 White House Day TUESDAY Situation Room Secy Robt McNamara b.1 re Ronning mission Breakfast in bedroom Wh. Hse Op. - (Pres. had asked that he be awakened at this time) Secy Rusk Secy McNamara Walt Rostow - to bedroom Suit fitters in - Mr.Irving Frank and Mr. Pace Steve Martini and Mrs. Martini To W. Wing - and the Barber Shop w/ Martinis Director Chas. Schultze (at the Barber Shop) Sheldon Cohen (fm the Barber Shop) n*t?. JUNE 21, 1966 White House Dav TUESDAY Activity (inciude visited by) To Oval Rm Ofc - alone OFF RECORD Senator Stephen Young Oval Rm Ofc (Oke in for pics) Senator Howard Cannon Mr. Joe Moody, GSA Mr. Lawson Knott, GSA SIGNING CEREMONY - Private Bill Signing of Stockpile Disposal Bills Col. James Cross President w/ Col. Cross accompanying - walked to South Grounds to await arrival of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia Arrival of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia - by car - met and greeted by President -21 -gun salute and ceremony followed Daw JUNE 21, 1966 White House Day TUESDAY - Activity (include visited by) REMARKS by the President - welcome to King Faisal In motorcade w/ King Faisal for WELCOMING PARADE to Blair House n^ JUNE 21, 1966 White House Dav TUESDAY at Blair House Departed Blair House UPI In mansion having returned to the second fLoor w/ Helen Thomas/ and Peggy Smeeton ^ . Miss Thomas and Miss Smeeton departed at 1:02pOke for pics metro media AND Mayor Charles Wright. 55p J l:02p ^ Jim Jones with the Mayor of Topeka, Kansas, Charles Wright The Mayor ^s in town to appear before Senate Banking Committee, and asked for appt with President to personally thank him for help given after Topeka natural disaster and to show Pres detailed aerial photos of damage done. Geo Christian invited to dining room June 21, 1966 Secretary McNamara Justice Fortas General Wheeler second floor Under Secretary Ball Clark Clifford Walt Rostow to second floor LUNCH w/ Secretary McNamara, Justice Fortas, General Wheeler, Under Secy Ball, Walt Rostow ^)]§ George Christian MW MW Mike Manatos MW (pl) Secy McNamara Director Schultze Bob Fleming (pl) To Oval Office Jake Jacobsen Walt Rostow (pl) His Majesty Faisal ibn Abd Al-Aziz Al-Saud King of Saudi Arabia w/ Isa Sabbagh, interpreter Amb Symington, Chief of Protocol "The President discussed his design for a better America and listened to King Faisal's view of his own developmental efforts particularly in education and water. King Faisal was reassured when the President said that he "would not allow the communists to to gobble up Saudi Arabia." They also discussed relations with the UAR and the problems of the Yemen and South Arabian Federation and the Trucial Coast." H Wriggins:mf To the Cabinet Room w/ King Faisal (the President walked outthe door to his office, onto the porch, and entered the Cabinet Room w/ the King by the porch door) In the room were: HRH Prince Sultan Bin Abd Al-Aziz, Minister of Defense and Aviation H. F. Dr. Rashad Pharaon, Adviser to His Majesty the King H. E. Ibrahim ^)j]))j)j))j^ Al-Sowayel, Amb of Saudi Arabia Raymond Hare, Asst Secy of State Ambassador Hermann Filts -US Amb to Saudi Arabia George C. Moore, DOS Saudi Arabia desk ofcr Bob Fleming and George Christian joined June 21, 1966 The President walked King Faisal to his car by way of the Flower Garden To Oval Office w/ Bob Fleming and George Christian Helen Thomas, Doug Cornell To mansion VP, Secretary Rusk, Secy McNamara to 2d floor. Pres came down to North Portico-and greeted His Majesty King Faisal, the King Also, a large sterling silver boxof Saudi^ Arabia. Pres and King and King's party went to 2d floor, '/ engraved inscription in the for GIFT EXCHANGE -- Autographed photo in silver frame --"To King Faisal, with best Presidents facsimile handwirting wishes, LBJ" - color Lupas-chair . Signed copy of "A President's Country," 2 volumes ! of LBJ Public Papers, and six Carl Sandburg books on Lincoln -- total of nine books R*2Sp ! Pres and King Faisal came down the Grand Staircase with color guard and want to Fast Room to receive dinner guests. King Faisal presented to the ! President a sword encrusted with jewels. J J Flowers sent today to Cong James Kee - w card "Jim -- sorry you are in the hospital. Take care and hurry out, Lyndon B Johnson." -Bethesda THE WmiE Mouse Date June 21, 1966 White House Dav Tuesday STAG STATE Dinner gfor Faisal Kin in State Dining Room . Approx: 132 guests. ATTENDANCE: Interpreters: The President Clive Chandler His Majesty Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz Al-Saud , King of Saudi Arabia Robert T Currar H. R. H. Prince Sultan Bin Abd al-Aziz, Minister of Defense and Aviation David McClintock H. E. Dr. Rashad Pharaon, Advisor to His Majesty the King Camille Nowfel H. E. the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Al Sowayel Leslie Polk H. E. Sheikh Mohamed Al-Nowaisir, Chief of Royal Special Bureau Henry Sizer H. E. Al-Sayid Ahmed Abdul-Wahab, Chief of Royal Protocol ! Lt. General Marzouq Al-Turki, Chief of Royal Guard H. E. Dr. Rifat Al-Sayid Ali, Private Physician to His Majesty the King The President wore white Major General Othman Al-Homaid, Director of Office of Minister of Defense jacket, and the King and his H. E. Abdul-Aziz Majid, Asst Chief of Royal Protocol and Private Interpreter to the King party wore native dress. The Vice President Washington Post of Wed The Secretary of State, Dean Rusk June 22 took note of the J The Secretary of Treasury, Henry Fowler President's new patent leather The Secretary of Defense, Robert S McNamara shoes with bows. ! The Secretary of Commerce, John S Connor Senator Clinton P Anderson Senator Frank Carlson Senator John O Pastore Senator Wallace F Bennett Senator Mike Mansfield Senator E L Bartlett The Governor ^HH^ of Pennsylvania , William Scranton ... The Governor of North Carolina, Daniel Moore The Governor of of West Virginia, Hulett Smith Cong Thomas E Morgan . Date June 21, 1966 Day Tuesday Expend! Activity (include visited by) ture Code Dinner Guests Cont'd: Cong Harley Staggers Cong Edward Boland Cong Cornelius Gallagher Cong Robert G Stephens, Jr Cong Frank J Horton Cong Billie S Farnum Cong John V Tunney Hon. Gardner Ackley, Chairman, CEA Hon. Ellsworth Bunker, U. S. Rep to the Council on the OAS Hon George D Woods, Pres. , Intl Bank for Reconstruction & Development Hon Leonard Marks, Director, USIA Hon Hermann F Eilts, U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Hon James W Symington, Chief of Protocol Hon Walt Rostow, Special Assistant to the President Hon W Marvin Watson, Special Asst tothe President Lt. Col. James U Cross, Armed Forces Aide to the President Chief Judge Elbert P Tuttle, U S Court of Appeals for 5th Circuit, New Orleans, La Hon Raymond A Hare, Asst Secy of State for Near Eastern & South Asian Affairs Hon Robert H Fleming, Deputy Press Secy Hon Eugene R Black, Special Advisor to the President on Southeast Asian Economical and Social Development ^HHHHXH^Dr. John Badeau, Former Amb to United Arab Republic Hon Harold Linder. Pres. & Chr. Export-Import Bank of Washington Hon Harold Howe, II - U S Commissioner on Education Major General pME* Curtis J Herrick, Arlington, Va Judge William B Bryant. U S District Court for D. of C. Harold Saunders, NSC W Howard Wriggins, NSC Joseph Laitin, Asst Deputy Press Secy Hon <H)n Luke C Moore, US Marshall for D. of C. Thomas J Abercrombie, Natl Geographic Society, Wash. , D. C. SEE PAGE 11 for more Date June 21, 1966 Dav Tuesday 1 Activity (inciude visited by) Toasts at the table. Coffeee in parlor th in the hall. Entertainment on the South Lawn. Pres and King Faisal and official party viewed the entertainment from first floor balcony. FIREWORKS Everybody departed. President to 2d floor Pres Retired. House Guests: Governor Moore, Governor Smith, Governor Scranton, Mr. Christian, Dr. Hurst. June 21,1966 Wednesday MORE ATTENDANCE AT FAISAL DINNER -Herbert A. Allen, Hartsdale, NY Dr. Hurst R Anderson, Pres. , American University, Washington, DC Dana Andrews, Hollywood, Calif - actor Mr. Jack D. Baize, Houston, Texas Mr. Thomas C. Barger, Pres. , Arabian American Oil Co Harold Bateson, Greenwich, L. I. William L. Beale, Jr., Assoc Press Stephen D Bechtel, Jr., San Francisco, Calif Louis Beck. New York. NY Charles E. Blake, Hearne, Texas Windsor P. Booth. Chief, Natl Geographic Society News Service Myron G Britt, Fairfax, Va Howard E. Buhse, New York, NY Norman Burns, former President of American University of Beirut - Chesterton Ind. J Stanley Carter, New York Daily News Emory Clark, Milwaukee, Wisc Col. Joseph B. Conmy, Jr., Arlington, Va Thomas G Corcoran, Washington, D. C. Saville Davis, Christian Science Monitor Dr. Michael DeBakey, Prof of Surgery, Baylor Univ. , Houston Hugh Downs, New York City Dr. Lloyd H Elliott, Pres. , George Washington Univ Northcutt Ely, Washington, D. C. Dr. Elmer W. Engstrom, NYC H. R. H. , Prince Mohamed bin Faisal Al Saud - son of King Faisal H. R. H. , Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud - son of King Faisal Hon Myer Feldman, Washington, DC Mr. Dan Felsenthal, Longview, Tex Harold A Fitzgerald, Pontiac Daily Press, Pontiac, Mich R Gwin Follis, San Francisco, Calif Mr. Bob Fossel, NYC George Frankel, NYC Gordon M. Freeman, Washington, D. C. Albert S Golemon, Houston, Tex Robert K Gray, Washington, D. C. Walter Hall, Sr. , League City, Tex Dr. Armand Hammer, Los Angeles, Calif John W Hill, Hill & Knowlton, Inc. , Washington, D. C. Dr. Francis H. Horn, Pres. , Univ of R.