Mrs. Johnson boarded at 5:00a - from Texas / The President staye d in his room this morning until noontime. He and Mrs. Johnson were both napping

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1 ^r ^^ ^^ % VHre HOUSE Dat e August 27, 1967 )ENT lynoon B. JOHNSON WAtv / U. S. S. Sequoa Sunday > resdent began hs day at (Place) /* / Day Tme ^^"^ Aboard: Mr. and Mrs. Smon McHugh, Mary Slater, Capt Barry Beck, Expend- 1 T-^ Mr. and Mrs. John Gonella, Actvty (nclude vsted by) J Jones, mf, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Krm In Out Lo LD Mrs. Johnson boarded at 5:00a - from Texas / The Presdent staye d n hs room ths mornng untl noontme. He and Mrs. Johnson were both nappng 10:19a 10:22a f A. W. Moursund - Round Mountan, Tex 10:56a 10:59a f_ Mrs. Patrck Nugent - Austn, Texas \ 11:50a The Presdent to the secon d floor--sat at the table THE WMITI House Date Aug 21, 1967PtES Mr. Krm, Vcky McHugh, and mary s. He was readng vtyt the papers and teased mary s about her engagement announcement, sayng that hs former secretares seemed to have stolen the spotlght. ' 12:15p The Presdent came to upper deck - dressed n slacks and sports The Presdent sad tha t shrts -. to vst w/ people there readng the newspapers -- m Luc told hm n her call Mr. and Mrs. Smon McHugh, «-» ' J Jones, mf that he could keep Yuk -- ; that that was the ncest brthday gft he could have. 12:30p To dnng room area to watch Sunday news/nterest shows Face the Naton - Prme Mnster Ky Meet the Press - Wllam Bundy Issues and Answers - Cong. Gerald Ford! : 1. j I 2:00p I _ To rear deck of boat - looked at some brthday messages

2 2:30p -NA P on sofa n lvng roo m 3:20p T o bedroom - fo r NA P 3:45p Lynd a Brd joned - w / Chuc k Rob b 4:45p Dresse d - and to dnng roo m for brthda y cak e - an d openng gft s ' I :00p j Arrve d Anacost a Pe r - Nav y Yard Th e Presden t sa d goodby e t o al l h s guest s 5:14p Departe d Per b y lmousne w / Mrs. Johnson, Mr. an d Mrs. Smo n McHugh,. : J m Jones, m f - 1 _. _ 5:19p I Arrve d St. Domnc' s Cathol c Churc h fo r Sunda y MAS S - w / abov e

3 fhtt House Date August 27, 1967 f NT LYNDON B. JOHNSON 'resdent began hs day at (Place) U. S. S. Sequoa Day Sunday _ -r- Telephone,, Tune f or t E *P.. Actvty (nclude vsted by) t u CA In Out Lo LD 5:54p Departed St. Domnc's Catholc Church w/ Mrs. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Smon McHugh. Jm Jones, mf As the car turned onto Independence Avenue, the Presdent sad that he would really lke to take a drve out to Dupont Crcle and to the 18th and Columba Road area to look at "hppes," because he'd never seen one, he sad. _' At the Smthsonan, the Presdent stopped the car and sad he'd trade cars wth, the Secret Servce, so hs party changed nto the Secret Servce follow- \ up -- a Staton Wagon. -- w/ drver, mf, and Lem Johns n front seat. Vcky McHugh. Mrs. Johnson, and the Presdent n second seat, and I Jones and Smon McHugh n rear. The Presdent ddn't fnd the ar condtonng adequate, so he lowered hs wndow and put hs elbow on the wndow and sort of leaned out. He was recognzed by passng toursts. at a stop lght -- they were qut e surprsed to say the least to see the Presdent leanng out the wndow of a Mercury staton wagon -- and, the Presdent dd stop and say. "How are you?" ASB The Secret servce were followng behnd n th e Presdent's lmousne. On Connectcut Avenue, the Presdent sad he thought he ought to hde hs face a bt, so he put on hs dark glasses. At Dupont Crcle, the Presdent asked j Mrs. Johnson to try to fnd some "hppes" for hm to see -- not many were out, but the Presdent dd get to see a couple of them. The car followed the outer secton of the crcle two tmes around, and then moved to the nner : secton...fo r two tmes around, The second tme around the Presdent got a j good look at the long hared, necklace draped, rope ted clothed fellows j sttng around on the benches. He took specal nterest n one who had a!_ bundle of pamphlets under hs arm, dstrbutng them to anyone who would I j take them The second tme around, people began to notce the bg black lmousne and the Presdent sad we had better get on our way.

4 .The stato n wago n then proceeded to th e 18t h an d Columb a Roa d area. Ther e wa s not much evdence o f hpp e lfe, othe r tha n a psych edelc theate r n front o f whch ~ a bearded character wa s sweepng. Th e Presdent note d that he had been tol d that th s area was th e area n whch most o f the robberes too k place an d that t was a dangerou s area. Mrs. Johnso n remarke d tha t the y had lved nea r th s area twc e durng ther tme s n Washngton --on Kalorama Road, an d they were surprse d a t th e lvng condton s around there now. The Presden t sa d that h e mght lk e t o go vst Courtenay, s o the stato n wagon move d towar d th e Valent house. A s th e Presden t passe d a woode d area o n Massachusett s Avenue, th e Presden t sad, "Ddn' t we KXKJJ X use t o _ walk n there?" Mrs. Johnso n sad sh e wasn't sure. A s the car passe d lttle par k areas an d flowe r areas, th e Presdent nqure d of Mrs. Johnso n f eac h area wasn't a par t o f he r handwor k n beautfcaton. 6:37p Arrve d Ashby Street - resdenc e o f Mr. an d Mrs. Jac k Valent The Valent' s wer e no t a t home, bu t Courtena y and lttl e Joh n Lyndo n ; were ther e w / a bab y stter. Th e Presdent an d Mrs. Johnso n wen t nt o the lvn g roo m an d sa t w / Courtenay. Courtena y wasn't very talkatv e t_ an d seemed a bt unhappy, s o sh e ddn' t have he r usua l long talk w/ th e Presdent. Th e Presden t tre d t o hold Joh n Lyndo n but he wa s fussy-- th e baby stter sa d he hadn't had hs nap. " 1,... _ 6:49p Departe d Valent resdenc e - n staton wago n - w / Mrs. Johnson, Mr. an d Mrs. Smo n McHugh, J m Jones, mf

5 (HITI Hoosf Date August CHT LYNDON B. JOHNSON MAftY 'resdent began hs day at (Place) Day Tune Telephone or t... Actvty (nclude vsted by) In Out L o LD 6:59p Arrved South Grounds - stopped at C-9, and went to offce w/ McHughs, J Jones, mf (Mrs. Johnson to manson) ' The Presdent went drectly to the tcker machnes, and was unhappy to learn that he had been spotted at church, for ksx he read on the tcker that he had attended 5:15 Mass at St. Domn c's. He then went to hs sgnng table and sgned mal there. 7:25p To second floo r - w/ ' McHughs, Jm Jones, mf -- and to bedroom. The Presdent changed to sports shrt and slacks - for bowlng (Mrs. Johnson and Lynda had already gone to the bowlng alley). The Presdent asked that the Krms be nvted to jon --they had gone to the Whte House drect from the boat-- they were not ready, so the Presdent et al went to thrd floor and wated for them n the Hall. 7:50p Down the elevator and through the Flower Garden and to the dog pens w/ Mr. and Mrs. Krm, Mr. and Mrs. McHugh. Jm Jones, mf Mr. and Mrs. Jack Valent arrved at ths tme and joned at the dog pens. The Presdent then walked out the Southwest Gate, and through the Southwest,. Exec Gate - to the bowlng alley - Bowlng w/ Mrs. Johnson, Lynda, Chuck Robb, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krm Mr. and Mrs. Jack Valent-- ; others just sat and watched -- Mr. and Mrs. McHugh, Jm Jones, mf

6 8:45p The Presden t departe d th e bowln g alley - w / part y He walked throug h th e Wes t Wng, an d stoppe d n Jo e Calfano' s offc e wher e h e sa y lghts. H e nvte d Jo e Calfan o t o dnner, an d th e whol e part y then walked throug h the Presdent's ova l offc e - - an d to the manson 8:50p T o the swmmn g poo l - fo r sw m - ~ w / Mr. an d Mrs. Arthu r Krm, Mr. Smo n McHugh, Jo e Calfano, Jac k Valent, Jm Jone s, Mrs. Johnso n Lynda an d Chuc k Robb t o second floor Mrs. Valent. Mrs. McHugh. m f t o second floor [ 9:20p Th e Presden t t o th e secon d floo r - \ w/ al l guest s - - sttn g aroun d n the Wes t Hall ; w/ Mr. an d Mrs. Arthu r Kr m Mr. an d Mrs. Smo n McHug h ; Joe Calfan o I Mr. an d Mrs. Jac k Valent Jm Jone s Lynd a an d Chuc k Robb n Yello w Oval R m m f 1 1 I ;. 9:50p [ ; Mrs. Johnso n t o secon d floor ~'~"- - "'-" -- - "~ J - L - - ~"~ L ~~ "- ' " --*"- -

7 'Hre HOUSE Date August 27, 1967 ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON resdent began hs day at (Place) Day_ The Whte House ^ Sunday Tme Telephone 1 1 I or t... Actvty. (nclude vsted by) In Out Lo LD 10:00p John Crswell joned on second floor 10:10p DINNER on second floor - famly dnng room w/ Mrs. Johnson Lynda. Chuck Robb Mr. and Mrs. Jack Valent Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krm. Mr. and Mrs. Smon McHugh Jm Jones Joe Calfano John Crswell mf Durng dnner, the Presdent receved a report from John Crswell on the happenngs of the Western States Democratc Conference held n Los Angeles the past four days. He also placed several telephone calls -- returnng them --to people who had called earler today. 9:30p t Mrs. John Connally - Austn - returnng her call -- "happy brthday" 9:35p t Dr. Frank Stanton - New York Cty - returnng hs call - "happy brthday" _ 10:05p t Judge Merrll Connally - Floresvlle, Tex - returnng hs call - "happy brthday' - 10:49p t j Drector Leonard Marks - returnng hs call - "happy brthday", I /10:57p t ~ Wesley West -Houston - returnng hs call - "happy brthday" " 10:58pj f 1 Cong. Jack Brooks - "happy brthday". 10:59p t Danny Thomas - Hollywood, Calforna - returnng hs call - "happy brthday"

8 11:00p - To bedroo m - to watch televson new s w / dnne r guest s 11:15a Mr. an d Mrs. McHug h Mr. an d Mrs. Valent John Crswel l m ou t 11:40p Retre d