PRESIDENT JOHNSON HAS STAGED AN INTENSIVE ROUND OF TALKS WITH HIS TOP ADVISORS IN PREPARATION FOR HIS FIRST MAJOR MEETING WITH A FOREIGN HEAD OF STATE, CHANCELLOR LUDWIG ERHARD OF WEST GERMANY, AT THE LBJ RANCH IN TEXAS.

PREPARATIONS AT THE PRESIDENT'S RANCH NEAR JOHNSON CITY, INCLUDED A BARBECUE TO WHICH 200 MEMBERS OF THE PRESS WERE INVITED.

AMONG ADVISORS WITH WHOM PRESIDENT JOHNSON HAS TALKED WERE JOHN MCCONE, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, MR.DEAN RUSK, SECRETARY OF STATE, AND MR.GEORGE MCGHEE, UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO WEST GERMANY.

APART FROM FUTURE TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN AMERICA AND WEST GERMANY, TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED DURING THE TWO DAYS OF TALKS WILL INCLUDE A REVIEW OF EAST-WEST RELATIONS, AND BERLIN.

A FINAL COMMUNIQUE WILL BE ISSUED BY THE TWO LEADERS BEFORE CHANCELLOR ERHARD RETURNS TO BONN ON TUESDAY FROM THE NEARBY BERGSTROM AIR BASE.

AMONGST THE ENTERTAINMENT PLANNED FOR THE CHANCELLOR DURING HIS STAY ON THE LBJ RANCH, IS A PERFORMANCE BY A STRING QUARTET FROM THE AUSTIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, LED BY A MUSICIAN WHO STUDIED IN GERMANY.