D^f JUNE 21, 1966

White House Day TUESDAY

Situation Room

Secy Robt McNamara

Breakfast in bedroom

Wh. Hse Op. - (Pres. had asked that he be awakened at this time)

Secy RuskSecy McNamaraWalt 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)

calls checked

ushersoffice

checked

b.1 re Ronning mission

n*t?. JUNE 21, 1966

White House Dav TUESDAY

Activity (inciude visited by)

To Oval Rm Ofc - aloneOFF RECORD

Senator Stephen Young Oval Rm Ofc (Oke in for pics)Senator Howard CannonMr. Joe Moody, GSAMr. Lawson Knott, GSA

SIGNING CEREMONY - Private Bill Signing of Stockpile Disposal Bills

Col. James Cross

President w/ Col. Cross accompanying - walked to South Groundsto 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

w/ King Faisal for WELCOMING PARADE

to Blair House

In motorcade

n^ JUNE 21, 1966

White House Dav TUESDAY

UPIhaving returned to the second fLoor w/ Helen Thomas/ and^ . Miss Thomas and Miss Smeeton departed at 1:02p

AND Mayor Charles Wright.55p J l:02p ^ Jim Jones with the Mayor of Topeka, Kansas, Charles WrightThe Mayor ^s in town to appear before Senate Banking Committee, and asked for appt with President to personallythank him for help given after Topeka natural disaster and to show Pres detailed aerial photos of damage done.

at Blair House

Departed Blair House

In mansionPeggy Smeeton Oke for pics

metro media

Geo Christian invited to dining room

June 21, 1966

Secretary McNamaraJustice FortasGeneral Wheeler

Under Secretary BallClark CliffordWalt Rostow

second floor

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-SaudKing of Saudi Arabia

w/ Isa Sabbagh, interpreterAmb Symington, Chief of Protocol

"The President discussed his design for a better America and listened to King Faisal'sview of his own developmental efforts particularly in education and water. King Faisalwas reassured when the President said that he "would not allow the communists toto gobble up Saudi Arabia." They also discussed relations with the UAR and the problemsof 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 theCabinet Room w/ the King by the porch door)In the room were:

HRH Prince Sultan Bin Abd Al-Aziz, Minister of Defense and AviationH. F. Dr. Rashad Pharaon, Adviser to His Majesty the KingH. E. Ibrahim ^)j]))j)j))j^ Al-Sowayel, Amb of Saudi ArabiaRaymond Hare, Asst Secy of StateAmbassador Hermann Filts -US Amb to Saudi ArabiaGeorge C. Moore, DOS

Bob Fleming and George Christian joined

Saudi Arabia desk ofcr

The President walked King Faisal tohis car by way of the Flower Garden

To Oval Office w/ Bob Fleming and George Christian

VP, Secretary Rusk, Secy McNamara to 2d floor.

Pres came down to North Portico-and greeted His Majesty King Faisal, the Kingof Saudi ̂Arabia. Pres and King and King's party went to 2d floor,for GIFT EXCHANGE -- Autographed photo in silver frame --"To King Faisal, with bestwishes, LBJ" - color Lupas-chair . Signed copy of "A President's Country," 2 volumesof LBJ Public Papers, and six Carl Sandburg books on Lincoln -- total of nine booksPres and King Faisal came down the Grand Staircase with color guard and want toFast Room to receive dinner guests.

Also, a large sterling silver box'/ engraved inscription in thePresidents facsimile handwirting

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King Faisal presented to the !President a sword encrustedwith jewels. J J

June 21, 1966

Helen Thomas, Doug Cornell

To mansion

Flowers sent today to Cong James Kee - w card "Jim -- sorry you are in the hospital. Take care and hurry out, Lyndon BJohnson." -Bethesda

THE WmiE Mouse Date June 21, 1966

White House Dav Tuesday

Dinner for King Faisal in State Dining Room . Approx: 132 guests.ATTENDANCE:The PresidentHis Majesty Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz Al-Saud , King of Saudi ArabiaH. R. H. Prince Sultan Bin Abd al-Aziz, Minister of Defense and AviationH. E. Dr. Rashad Pharaon, Advisor to His Majesty the KingH. E. the Ambassador of Saudi ArabiaH. E. Sheikh Mohamed Al-Nowaisir, Chief of Royal Special BureauH. E. Al-Sayid Ahmed Abdul-Wahab, Chief of Royal ProtocolLt. General Marzouq Al-Turki, Chief of Royal GuardH. E. Dr. Rifat Al-Sayid Ali, Private Physician to His Majesty the KingMajor General Othman Al-Homaid, Director of Office of Minister of DefenseH. E. Abdul-Aziz Majid, Asst Chief of Royal Protocol and Private Interpreter to the KingThe Vice PresidentThe Secretary of State, Dean RuskThe Secretary of Treasury, Henry FowlerThe Secretary of Defense, Robert S McNamaraThe Secretary of Commerce, John S ConnorSenator Clinton P AndersonSenator Frank CarlsonSenator John O PastoreSenator Wallace F BennettSenator Mike MansfieldSenator E L BartlettThe Governor ^HH ̂of Pennsylvania , William Scranton ...The Governor of North Carolina, Daniel MooreThe Governor of of West Virginia, Hulett SmithCong Thomas E Morgan . .

STATE

Interpreters:Clive ChandlerRobert T CurrarDavid McClintockCamille NowfelLeslie PolkHenry Sizer

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The President wore whitejacket, and the King and hisparty wore native dress.Washington Post of WedJune 22 took note of the JPresident's new patent leathershoes with bows. !

Ibrahim Al Sowayel

STAG

Date June 21, 1966

Day Tuesday

Expend!Activity (include visited by) ture

Code

Cong Harley StaggersCong Edward BolandCong Cornelius GallagherCong Robert G Stephens, JrCong Frank J HortonCong Billie S FarnumCong John V TunneyHon. Gardner Ackley, Chairman, CEAHon. Ellsworth Bunker, U. S. Rep to the Council on the OASHon George D Woods, Pres. , Intl Bank for Reconstruction & DevelopmentHon Leonard Marks, Director, USIAHon Hermann F Eilts, U. S. Ambassador to Saudi ArabiaHon James W Symington, Chief of ProtocolHon Walt Rostow, Special Assistant to the PresidentHon W Marvin Watson, Special Asst tothe PresidentLt. Col. James U Cross, Armed Forces Aide to the PresidentChief Judge Elbert P Tuttle, U S Court of Appeals for 5th Circuit, New Orleans, LaHon Raymond A Hare, Asst Secy of State for Near Eastern & South Asian AffairsHon Robert H Fleming, Deputy Press SecyHon Eugene R Black, Special Advisor to the President on Southeast Asian Economical

and Social Development

^HHHHXH^Dr. John Badeau, Former Amb to United Arab RepublicHon Harold Linder. Pres. & Chr. . Export-Import Bank of WashingtonHon Harold Howe, II - U S Commissioner on EducationMajor General pME* Curtis J Herrick, Arlington, VaJudge William B Bryant. U S District Court for D. of C.Harold Saunders, NSCW Howard Wriggins, NSCJoseph Laitin, Asst Deputy Press SecyHon <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

Dinner Guests Cont'd:

Date June 21, 1966

Dav Tuesday

1Activity (inciude visited by)

Toasts at the table.

Coffee in the parlor in the hall.

Entertainment on the South Lawn. Pres and King Faisal and official party viewedthe entertainment from first floor balcony.

FIREWORKS

Everybody departed.

President to 2d floorPres Retired.

House Guests: Governor Moore, Governor Smith, Governor Scranton, Mr. Christian,

Dr. Hurst.

MORE ATTENDANCE AT FAISAL DINNER-Herbert A. Allen, Hartsdale, NYDr. Hurst R Anderson, Pres. , American University, Washington, DCDana Andrews, Hollywood, Calif - actorMr. Jack D. Baize, Houston, TexasMr. Thomas C. Barger, Pres. , Arabian American Oil CoHarold Bateson, Greenwich, L. I.William L. Beale, Jr., Assoc PressStephen D Bechtel, Jr., San Francisco, Calif

Louis Beck. New York. NYCharles E. Blake, Hearne, TexasWindsor P. Booth. Chief, Natl Geographic Society News ServiceMyron G Britt, Fairfax, VaHoward E. Buhse, New York, NYNorman Burns, former President of American University of Beirut - Chesterton Ind.J Stanley Carter, New York Daily NewsEmory Clark, Milwaukee, WiscCol. Joseph B. Conmy, Jr., Arlington, VaThomas G Corcoran, Washington, D. C.Saville Davis, Christian Science MonitorDr. Michael DeBakey, Prof of Surgery, Baylor Univ. , HoustonHugh Downs, New York CityDr. Lloyd H Elliott, Pres. , George Washington UnivNorthcutt Ely, Washington, D. C.Dr. Elmer W. Engstrom, NYCH. R. H. , Prince Mohamed bin Faisal Al Saud - son of King FaisalH. R. H. , Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud - son of King FaisalHon Myer Feldman, Washington, DCMr. Dan Felsenthal, Longview, TexHarold A Fitzgerald, Pontiac Daily Press, Pontiac, MichR Gwin Follis, San Francisco, CalifMr. Bob Fossel, NYC

June 21,1966

Wednesday

George Frankel, NYCGordon M. Freeman, Washington, D. C.Albert S Golemon, Houston, TexRobert K Gray, Washington, D. C.Walter Hall, Sr. , League City, TexDr. Armand Hammer, Los Angeles, CalifJohn W Hill, Hill & Knowlton, Inc. , Washington, D. C.Dr. Francis H. Horn, Pres. , Univ of R. I. , Kingston, R. I.William E. Button, W. E. Hutton & Co. , NYCJ K Jamieson, NYCDavid Janssen, Beverly Hills, Calif - actorFrank E. Karelsen, NYCPaul Kayser, Houston, Tex

Carroll Kilpatrick, Washington, PostFrancis G. Kingsley, NYCBelford V Lawson, Jr., Washington, DC ...Gerald C. Mann. Sr., Dallas, TexJohn M. Meyer, Jr. ,NYCArjay R Miller, Pres. , Ford Motor Co. , Dearborn, Mich.J Irwin Miller, Columbus, IndLacey V. Murrow, Washington, DCQuigg Newton, NYCAlbert L. Nickerson, NYCGarry Owen, VP, Arabian American Oil Co.Thomas L. Phillips, NYCDr. Calvin Plimpton, Pres. , Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.J Howard Rambin, Jr. ,NYCDr. Harry H Ransom, Chancellor, Univ of Texas, AustinKermit Roosevelt, Pres. , Middle East Institute, Washington, DCRobert Roth, Philadelphia Bulletin^<EL Walter D Scott, Pres. .^H ̂NBC, NYC

see page 13 for more

MORE FAISAL DINNER ATTENDANCE:Hugh Sidey, Time, IncMr. Ross D. Siragusa, Sr. , Chicago, ILlMerriman Smith, UPIJohn C Snyder, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MassRobert Strauss, Dallas, TexBarry Sullivan, Beverly Hills, Calif - actorDanny Thomas, Beverly Hills, Calif - actorRobert E Thompson, Los Angeles TimesCharles C Tillinghast, Jr., Pres., tHtHHHH TWAGene Tunney, NYCDr. Joseph F Volker, Dean University of Alabama, Birmingham, AlaJohn H. Wheeler, Durham, N. C.Prof. R. Bayly Winder, Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJRobert C Young, Chicago Tribune

Issued statement to the press on the signing of five stockpile billsNOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Nicholas Johnson, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Federal CommunicationsCommission for a term of seven years from July 1, 1966

Ben Hardeman, of Ala. , to be U S Attorney for the Middle District o:Alabama for the term of four years.

June 21, 1966