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Awake

Secretary Freeman

William Driver

Secretary McNamara

Secy McNamara

To the office

Bill Moyers

Geo Reedy

Bill Moyers

the Vice President

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House an d Senate LeadershipSpeaker McCormac kCone. Car l AlbertCong. Hal e Bogg sLarry O'Brien

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Secretary Orville mGeorge Reedyan

Hon Roberto Sanchez Viletta Governor of Commonwealth

William Driver

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Puerto Rico press and photogs in Senator George Smathers

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Senator J W Fulbright

Geo ReedyHon Lewis Douglas

Gardner Ackley returning Presidents call

Senator J W Fulbright of Arkansas

Walter Reuther

Larry O'Brien

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MxxHx H. E . Heinric h Knappstein t Th e Ambassado r delivere d a lette r fro mAmbassador o f the Federa l Republi c o f Germany Chancello r Erhard t t o the Presiden tand Bernd t Vo n Staden of the German Embass y writte n after th e Chancellor' s visi t t o

Rambouillet afte r hi s mt g w/ Genera l DeGaulle .

President began the conversatio n bysaying "I understand you'v e been snubbed" referrin g to news storie s commentin g on Fulbright no t attending theVietNam meeting s thi s -weekend . Th e Senator laughed and replied tha t he knew better tha n that, an d thePresident invite d him t o com e dow n t o th e Whit e House t o se e hi m i n the nex t hour.

(note- -Secy Wirt z met wit h Mr. Reuthe ryesterday an d submitted a memo to the President detaile d item s discusse d - - mem o t o DT)

Sen. Philip Hart of Michigan

Jack Valenti

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Congressman Carl Albert

Abe Fortas

To mansion w/ Abe Fortas

Cong Carl Albert

Lunch w/ Abe Fortas

Prime Minister of Canada Lester B Pearson

Cong Obin Tiger Teague of Texas

To Cabinet Room for BI- PARTISAN MEETING on BALANCE OF PAYMENTS:Secretary of Treasury Douglas Dillon Secretar y of Commerce, Joh n T. ConnorGardner Ackle y Congressman Gerald Ford of Mich.Senator John William s of DelawareCongressman Wilbu r Mills of Arkansas GER defined thi s meeting in his pressSenator Wm Fulbright of Arkansas briefin g as an exchange of views whichCong. Thoma s "Doc" Morgan of Pa. wil l not be concluded tonight.Congwm Frances Bolton of O hioSenator Russell Long of La.Sen. Philip Hart o f Michigan

with her t o th e theate r fo r a fil m showin g

in Selma ala events of past week

To Office w/ Secretary Douglas Villon John T Connor

George Reedy

To Cabinet Room for meeting w/

To Fish Room where the President greeted Dr Martin LutherKing and escorted him to his office for meeting Lee Whitejoined re Voter Registration legislation needed as evidenced

Returned to Cabinet Room

To Mansion for Congressional Reception

at 5:0 5 p m when mjdr too k i n th e followin g note, "W e won on Gold cove r 289/23 " fro m Larr yO'Brien, th e President was pleased - - evidence d by a smile.

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Under Secretary George Bal lSecretary Cyru s B t VanceGeneral Earle Wheele rMr. Richar d Helm s o f CIAMyer Feldma nRobert Kome rMcGeorge Bund yJohn Jernega n o f the State Departmen t RE : Jorda n

Because th e Presiden t was a few minutes lat e fo r th e Congressiona l Reception , Mrs _Johnson ha d begu n th e receivin g lin e i n the blu e room , bu t o n hi s arriva l at . 6:38,the receivin g lin e wa s move d int o th e Re d Roo m where picture s wer e take n o f kisx eachCongressional coupl e as the y greeted^ th e ooa^pie x President an d Mr s Johnson . Whe n th ereceiving lin e brok e up , th e Presiden t mingled wit h th e guest s i n th e Blu e Room , andthen too k th e men t o the East Roo m fo r a briefing, whil e Mrs . Johnso n too k the ladieswith her t o the theate r fo r a film showin g

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• To East Roo m for Briefing . Presiden t made openin g REMARKS telling hi s guest show pleased he wa s t o se e them , an d the n introduced Kermit Gordon , wh o spok e t >the guest s 5-1 0 minute s o n the overal l budget. A short question an d answer perio dfollowed. Th e five minut e presentatio n an d short questio n answer perio d applie dto each of tWhite HouseFridayJanuary 8, 1965Myer FeldmanBill MoyersLeonard MarksLeonard MarksClark CliffordSenator Mike MonroneyPresident Harry Truman, Independence, MissouriDirector John McCone, CIAMcGeorge BundyGeorge ReedyDirector Kermit GordonBill MoyersMcGeorge BundyTo the office w/ JV -- Warren Woodward was in mjdr's office and the President greeted himIn the oval office w/ JV and Warren Woodward(Alex Rose)(David Dubinsky)Off RecordNavy Mess 1.23he followin g after the y were introduced by the President :Secretary McNamar a - r e Defens e BudgetSecretary Bal l (introduce d by the President as Rusk' s replacemen t - - sinc e Rus k was

celebrating hi s birthda y toda y in Florida with th e flue ) --re situatio n i n VietnamMcGeorge Bund y --re his trip to SaigonThe Vic e Presiden t (wh o arrived late - - durin g Bundy's presentation)President then mad e closin g REMARK S and the group joined th e ladies i n the

State Dinin g Room for cocktail s a t 8:00 p

To second floor apartment s wit h Speaker McCormack , Cong . Car l Albert, Rep . C eraldFord, Th e Vice President , an d Larry O'Brien - fo r privat e meetin g r e thesupplemental

Vice Presiden t an d Mrs. Humphre y and Mr. an d Mrs. Larr y O'Brien wen t to thesecond floorAbe Forta sMcGeorge Bund y

DINNER w/ Mrs . Johnson , Vic e Presiden t and Mrs. Humphrey , Mr . an d Mrs. Larr yO'Brien

Lt. Wis e (Sen . Russell' s nurse a t Walte r Ree d Hospital)

Francis Bato r

Francis Bato rAll guests departe dRetired

The President very thoughtfull yintroduced his staf f member spresent to his guests:Larry O'Brie nMike ManatoSG. Reed yClaude Desaute lMarvin Watso nJack Valent iHorace Busb yDouglass Cate r

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In the German'Ambassador's Pres s briefing , h e reveale d t o the press tha t he andthe Presiden t discusse d mainly Germa n reunification . (Se e News Conferenc e #5 (>3,12:05pm, CST , Februar y 9 , 1965 )The Presiden t release d a statemen t following th e meeting with th e general ton e ofa goo d meeting, deliveranc e o f the lt r an d United States hope s for Germa nreunification.