An anecdote about President Lyndon B. Johnson - LBJ

A memory prompted by the visit - I think today - by Trump envoy Steve Witkoff to Rafah in the Gaza strip. 

When I was a young man I had some friends involved with international development agencies. As well as learning from them I bought books they mentioned. Including  a fascinating Professor Robert Chambers and a few others. Somewhere among the books and other stuff I read  I came across a description of a visit by President LBJ to a U.S funded agency in India. It was a wholly impressive example of success.
LBJ asked where they were going next. He was told there was a programme of many hundreds of miles. LBJ said he wanted to visit longer to some closer places. Told that it was not possible because of various practical reasons, LBJ said that he was the President of the USA and what he said went. So they had to show him agencies which were far less shining and far worse equipped and staffed.

My memory isn't as good as it was. Although I'm pretty certain it was LBJ and that the gist is accurate.  But if you know the detail and can correct me I'd like to hear from you.

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I still have two of the Chambers' books. but I can no longer read them. One has the subtitle: 

"Putting the Last First".