YOUR BIRTHDAY is a day all men of peace can celebrate with pride and hope. I am happy to join with the millions who salute your leadership and devotion. They promise us the day of greater celebration when conflict has ceased and reason is restored. May it come soon for you and all the brave who follow you.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
[General William Westmoreland, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, APO San Francisco, California 96243]
Note: The text of the telegram conveying greetings for General Westmoreland's birthday on March 26 was posted on the bulletin board in the White House Press Office on March 23. It was not made public in the form of a press release.
Lyndon B. Johnson, The President's Birthday Greetings to General Westmoreland. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/237809