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Lyndon Johnson: “I will be very happy for Mr. McCone, the Director of CIA, to brief him at any time that he cares to be briefed.”

On the recordJuly 17, 1964
I will be very happy for Mr. McCone, the Director of CIA, to brief him at any time that he cares to be briefed.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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The President's News Conference at the LBJ Ranch

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