Lot 110
Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States, 1963-1969. Typed Letter Signed "L.B.J." as President, one page, 6¾" x 8¾" on The White House stationery, Washington D.C., June 10, 1966 to his Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara reading in full, "I've already told you - - but just for the record - - Happy Birthday! You know how much I think of you, need you, and admire you. Few men so young as you have done more for this country. That's why yesterday was a good day for us all.", Very Fine.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
LBJ TELLS HIS DEFENSE SECRETARY THAT HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY "YESTERDAY WAS A GOOD DAY FOR US ALL" - MCNAMARA WAS EXTENSIVELY QUESTIONED BY ALL 10 SENATE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN ABOUT NATO AND SOUTH VIETNAM.
On his 50th birthday, June 9, 1966, Defense Secretary McNamara attended a National Security Council Meeting in the White House. According to the President's Daily Diary on LBJLibrary.net, the meeting was held from 12:25 PM until 12:50 P.M. in the Cabinet Room. The entry for 12:50 PM is "To Oval ofc w/ Secy McNamara." From 6:10 PM to 8:00 PM, President Johnson met in the Yellow Oval Room with the ten Senate Committee Chairmen and outlined 28 bills which he would like enacted by July 4th. From the Diary: "Following the report on legislation, the President called on Secy McNamara to review the situation with respect to NATO and South Vietnam. A rather lengthy period of questions and answers in which many senators engaged Secy McNamara followed. A very productive meeting." Photocopies of the three Diary pages quoted here are present.