Lyndon Johnson: “It is a great pleasure to be here and to see it firsthand.”

I hope to some day be able to come there and see you in your own land, in your own atmosphere.

We have come to know that we Americans have a profound interest in the independence of men and women at home and men and women all around the world.

I know something of the graciousness that the people of this city always show to all of those who come here to visit with them.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States, under the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, supra, do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands owned or controlled by the…