Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"It was just about 10 days ago, out in the State of Idaho, that I spoke of the common feeling for life, the common love of song and story which Americans share with the people of the Soviet Union."

"For you, Jane--you and your colleagues--have done what few statesmen on earth can do."

"And I hope that history will record this example of how music has reached across the oceans, the walls, and the ideologies that separate us all, and has found response in the hearts of the Russian peo..."

"Whenever a claimant or beneficiary requires an attendant other than an employee of the Veterans' Administration for the performance of travel specified in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, the travel expenses ..."