LBJ MEETS WITH KING BAUDOUIN;POLICE INSPECTOR QUESTIONS NEED FOR 35 SECURITY GUARDS
Brussels, Belgium (JFK+50) On November 8, 1963, Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson met with King Baudouin* "at the royal palace...before lunching with Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak."
The Vice-President is scheduled to be guest speaker tonight at "a black-tie dinner to be given jointly by the Belgian-American organizations of Brussels."
Associated Press says LBJ's guard strength, numbering 35, is a surprise. A Belgian police inspector said, "I wonder why?"
*Baudouin, Albert, Charles, Leopold, Avel, Marie, Gustave, Court of Hainaut (1930-1993) was born in Brussels & was King of the Belgians 1951-1993.
JFK+50 NOTE
King Baudouin attended the state funerals of both President Kennedy and President Eisenhower along with Paul Henri Spaak.
SOURCE
"Johnson Sees King and Spaak," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., November 8, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
