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On April 6, 1968, President Johnson spent much of the day on the telephone monitoring the riots which had broken out in a number of major cities, including Washington, D. C., in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. During the afternoon, the President met with General William Westmoreland and a number of top advisors to discuss the situation in Vietnam. General Westmorland had dinner with the President and his daughter Lynda Johnson Robb on the second floor, and he spent the night as a guest at the White House.
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President's Daily Diary Entry, April 6, 1968
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On April 6, 1968, President Johnson spent much of the day on the telephone monitoring the riots which had broken out in a number of major cities, including Washington, D. C., in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. During the afternoon, the President met with General William Westmoreland and a number of top advisors to discuss the situation in Vietnam. General Westmorland had dinner with the President and his daughter Lynda Johnson Robb on the second floor, and he spent the night as a guest at the White House.
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President's Daily Diary
President's Daily Diary
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Chicago (Ill.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Clark, Ramsey, 1927-
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976
Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport), 1901-1987
Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Clifford, Clark M. (Clark McAdams), 1906-1998
Robb, Charles S. (Charles Spittal), 1939-
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
Katzenbach, Nicholas deBelleville, 1922-2012
Wheeler, Earle Gilmore, 1908-1975
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Assassination
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