Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"I also direct that for the same length of time the representatives of the United States in foreign countries shall make similar arrangements for the display of the flag at half-staff over their embass..."

"Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, in honor and tribute to the memory of this great and good man, and as an expression of the public sorrow, do hereby dir..."

"First, the changes in the Communist world and in the free world do not at this time indicate sharp or sudden changes in the policies of the United States."

"Our responsibilities in this regard are clear:"