President`s Daily Diary, April 26, 1967

WHITE HOUSE Date
26, 1967 /
April
IOENT LYNOOM B . JOHNSON
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Godesberg, Germany
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_ 8:30 a Awake
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- breakfast in bed
Orange slices, tea, and chipped bee f
Joined by Mary S and mf -The President read the morning papers and some messages from Washington.
MW had left w/ the Sgt the night before the letters to be signed thanking German
officials -- and those were signed. fJBBBBBB^jj^fciaSil^B
9:00a The
President said he was sleepy, and decided to turn off the lights and take little nap
10:00a Up
again - and dressing
MW in ;
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President went downstairs -- stopping to rsay hello to Mr. and Mrs. George
Christian who were waiting there along w/ Tom Johnson .
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President went to the living room to meet w/ Secretary Rusk, Mr. Rostow.
Ambassador McGhee prior to his departure for his mtg w/ Chancellor
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the President departed the residence, Mrs. Josef Carl Fischer was downstairs w /
Joanne Christian . Mrs. Fischer had helped w/ the shopping for gifts, etc. Mrs. Christian introduced her to the
President. Afterwards, Mrs. Fischer held her hand high and said she wouldn't wash it ever.
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10:29a Arrive
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26, 1967
President's motorcade departed Chancellor Kiesinger ofc -- w/
Chancellor Kiesinger, Mr. and Mrs. Volkmar Wentzel. MW. and Ambassador
accompanying
• McGhee
Motorcade took the President through the American compound where all the
Americans -were lining the streets--children were let out of school.
1:30p Arrive
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d helipad -- four helicopters -were waiting, and the President boarded
chopper No. 1 - w/ ;
Ambassador McGhee
John McCloy
General Clay
Miss
Eleanor Dulles '
Mr. Allen Dulles
Ken Gaddis
Chancellor Kiesingerescortedthe President to the helicopter and bade him
goodbye there
1:35p Helicopter
departed taxfk Plittersdorf helicopte r pad
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German
troops much in evidence -- surrounding the airplane. Every
soldier had a trained German Shepherd dog at his side.
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The Presiden t and Foreig n Ministe r reviewe d on e section o f the troop s wh o were out
as hono r guard--ther e wer e t o b e n o ceremonies du e t o th e solem n occasio n o f the
trip, bu t th e guar d o f honor wa s provided .
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26,
April
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esident began his day at (Pi*™) D CM Hillenbrand's
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President boarded AF One —VC-137 on the front steps, after saying
goodbye to Vice Chancellor Willy Brandt at the foot of the steps.
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went to the Conference room to join for takeoff:
Secy Rusk, Mr. Meany, Mr. & Mrs. Volkmar Wentzel. General Lucius D. Clay,
Mr. Allen Dulles. Miss Eleanor Dulles Secy Rusk
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The manifest fro m Wahn/Konn Airport showed the following aboard:
The President
Secy Dean Rusk
Amb P^^E Heinrich K nappstein
Amb James Symington
; Hon.
Allen Dulles ;
General Lucius
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Clay
Mr . George Meany .
Miss Eleanor Dulles \
Mr. & MrS . Volkmar Wentzel
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W. Marvin Watson |
Hon .John Roche
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Walt W. Rostow
Hon. Harry McPherson
Hon. Henry Wilson Hon. Idar Rimestad Father Wunibald Schneider
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Mr.
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typewriters. She sa w a number of boxes o n the bench along the aisle of
the plane—gifts which various passengers were taking back—and inquire
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The President had mf go to the conference room with a group of gifts
he had instructe d he r t o gather fo r Father Schneider—a picture o f the
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President an d Mrs . Johnso jn i n _ fron t o f th e oa k tre e a t th e IBM " Ranch
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a medallion,— a knife,—etc
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—Father Schneide r had joine d i n the conference room—he was delighted. :
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e President went to his bedroom along w/ Father Wunibald Schneider,
Mr
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, Amb Knappstein—He then presented Father Schneide
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from his devoted friend. " Th e President then gave Father Schneider a ____
watch pointing out that it had the inscription upon the face "Do unto other
as you would have them do unto you." H e showed Father Schneider how the
alarm worked and asked Father Schneider what time he wanted the alarm set
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. whe n Father Schneider was silent , th e President again asked, "What
I tim
e do you want to get u p i n the morning?" Thi s time Father Schneider
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d h e did not even know where he was goin g to slee p tonight. Whe n th e
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President replie d that he was goin g to stay at the White House, Fathe
Schneider's fac
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him g o to bed rather early, he might sleep until about eight o'clock. There
upon th
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t the watch. Th e President the n gave Father Schneider
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bookmark pointing ou t i t wa s mad e from deerskin fro m the Ranch . Nex t h e
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Father
Schneider a knife, demonstrating al l th e parts tha t were
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gave hi m a cop y o f "THI S AMERICA " an d inscribe d i t t o "T o Father Wunibal d
Schneider wit h appreciatio n an d i n memor y o f you r visi t Hf c t o German y
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of th e boo k an d explained i t t o th e group .
e President retu rned t o th e conferenc e roo m w / th e grou p
3:10p Th
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to the bed farther from th e conferenc e room--th e bed tha t was formerly for
Mrs. . Johnso n fo r he
said
th e noise
o f f r peopl e taIkin g i n th
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room sometimes disturbed his
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The Presiden t cam e ou t o f th e Stat e Roo m w / Sec y Rusk an d cam e t o th e bac k o f the
airplane teasin g m f an d mar y s about th e tri p
n Choppe r fro m Andrew s t o th e Whit e Hous e w / Sec y Dea n Rusk , Mr . & Mrs . Volkma r
S Wentzel , Hon . Allen Dulles , Marvi n Watson , Fathe r Wunibal d Schneider , Am b Heinric h
Knappstein, Wal t Rostow , Dr . Georg e G . Burkley , Mis s Eleano r Dulles , Ke n Gaddis
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d th e Sout h Grounds--said goodby e t o all guest s afte r bein g greete d b y Mrs. Jo hnson.
to secon d floor w/
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n t o th e hal l t o sa y goodby e t o m f an d marys wh o thanked him for th e trip . Th
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s teasin g mar y s tha t Sec y Rusk wa s awfull y sorr y bu t his Stat e Dept . ha d broken he r
Father Wunibal d Schneider - -china , bu t that didn't matter anyway , sinc e i t woul d b e a t leas t 9 years befor e sh e married !
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RESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
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fhe Presiden t bega n hi s day at (Place)__ PCM House, Ba d Go^sberg, Germany
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Vice President and Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey joined on second floor
Guests
arrived for the Diplomatic Reception
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followin g people wen t t o secon d floor t o join the Presiden t an d Mrs. Johnson for
drinks an d visit prior to the Diplomatic Reception:
Secretary of State and Mrs. Dean Rusk
Ambassador
Sevilla-Sacasa, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Amb of Nicaragua
(H. E. Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, Amb Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary)
Ambassador and Mrs. Louis Scheyven, Amb of Belgium
, Ambassador
and Mr s. Al-Futiah, Amb of Yemen
Under Secy of State and Mrs. Nicholas de B. Katzenbach
7:00p The
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President and Mrs. Johnson and their guests from the second floor went to the
Blue Room for photographs and to receive guests
Received
the Ambassadors and their wive s
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receiving the Ambassadors and their wives, the President and Mrs. Johnson
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k a break and went int o the Green Room
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President left the Diplomatic Reception to go to the Sheraton Hotel to keep
speaking engagement he had made several months ago to the American Physical
Society--the dinner had been scheduled for Tuesday night but was postponed until
night after the President had left for JHMB_M> Germany-- .
700 attended the dinner
"The President went in and was introduced by Charles Townes. A man in the audience
held up a sign that read "VietNam", but a woman at his table grabbed it down. The man
stood up then and yelled Vietnam--I don't know if he meant he was for it or against it-he only said the one i^B__i word. The President was interrupted during his speech several
. times
by applause. He adlibbed a good bit on VietNam. " Marvin Watson:mary s
j Accompanying
the President to the Sheraton were :
George Christian Main
Marvin Watson ___„„„_____
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Robert Taylor, USSS
10:20pm The
President returned to the Diplomatic Reception __
10:20pm Mrs.
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Johnson went to 2nd floor wit h the houseguests;
Father Wunibald Schneider
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President t o second floor to visit with the above _
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Johnson Nugent, Austin
President retired
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at the Hillenbrand residence today were the President's "thank you" gifts
for the Hillenbrands:
an engraved accutron boudoir clock and an autographed picture in silver frame.
From Mr. Rostow:
"The atmosphere between the two governments (u. s. and Germany) was honestly
by this trip. The real thing that did it was the President's meeting him
t o face, and the President stayed an extrahour w/ the Chancello r this
morning. The President went away thinking ^MMBP better of him than when
went in. The President thought Kiesinger was sort of a dandy before he met
him, but Kiesinger himself changed that impression. K handled himself with
dignity and the mtg was decent and good, and I think a lot of the emotional
steam has been taken out of the issues. " Rostow:mf
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