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THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN. ARMED FORCES BREAKFAST THE WHITE HOUSE THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1969 THE PRESIDENT: At 8:35 a. m. you will be escorted from the Family Quarters of the Residence and descend in the elevator to the first floor. You will then be escorted to the Blue Room where you will be announced. NOTE: There will be no musical honors. You will enter the Blue Room where you will acknowledge your approximately 50 guests and then pass into the Red Room to formally receive them. After each guest has been presented to you, he will move through the Red Room to his place in the State Dining Room. When you have greeted the last of your guests, you will be escorted to your place at the head of the table. As breakfast draws to a close, you will deliver brief remarks. NOTE: There will be no press coverage of your remarks. Suggested remarks have been prepared for your use. The purpose of this meeting is for you as Commander in Chief to pass on to this group of military and civilian defense leaders ideas that you would like them to convey in their various appearances on Armed Forces Day.