Lyndon Johnson actually said...

He will always have direct and ready access to, and the full and respectful confidence of, the President of the United States and the Secretary of State.

Context

Remarks Upon Announcing the Nomination of Arthur J. Goldberg as U.S. Representative to the United Nations

07/19/1965

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