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After news of the enemy attacks reached Washington, Johnson kept constant alert, pouncing on more than 25 reports that were rushed to him through the evening and night. At 5 a.m., he was up for a briefing in the basement Situation Room of the White House. Before breakfast, he was...
No Dienbienphu. During the week the President spoke, in person or by phone, with at least 100 Senators and Representatives. There was a two-hour breakfast meeting at the White House for congressional leaders. In a concentrated effort to line up bipartisan support, Johnson summoned Republican Leaders Everett Dirksen and...
Diplomatic Snub. In fact, the junta at week's end openly declared that it would welcome the King's return. Explained Brigadier Stylianos Pattakos: "The King left on his own, and he may return on his own." The junta was not, of course, acting out of affection for...
Time and again he would appear in the windowless second floor briefing room-where last week he told of his departure-to describe his latest economy move, ranging from less expensive bolts to closing superfluous military installations. By the end, he could claim savings of $15 billion a year.
Ask the G.I. The President's new militancy-fueled perhaps by Democratic successes in last week's big-city elections -was aimed at both the inactive 90th Congress and the hyperactive antiwar dissenters. Other Administration voices were equally combative. Home from Southeast Asia, Hubert Humphrey was confronted by...