On the recordApril 5, 1968
I have directed the troops you requested to proceed to O'Hare Field and to Glenview Naval Air Station.
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presidency.ucsb.eduLyndon Johnson: “I have directed the troops you requested to proceed to O'Hare Field and to Glenview Naval Air Station.”
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Telegram to the Acting Governor of Illinois in Response to His Request for Federal Troops in Chicago.
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