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Visits to the U.S. by Foreign Heads of State and Government--1968 |
Date | Visitor | Country | Description |
January 7-9, 1968 | Prime Minister Levi Eshkol | Israel | Informal visit at LBJ Ranch. In U.S. January 4-12; visited New York City. |
February 7-9, 1968 | Prime Minister Harold Wilson | United Kingdom | Informal visit. Afterwards visited New York City. |
March 14-16, 1968 | Prime Minister Mohammed Haji Ibrahim Egal | Somalia | Official visit. In U.S. March 13-21; visited New York City, Knoxville (Tennessee), Cape Kennedy (Florida), and Syracuse (New York). |
March 20-22, 1968 | President Alfredo Stroessner | Paraguay | Official visit. In U.S. March 19-23; visited Williamsburg (Virginia) and New York City. |
March 27-28, 1968 | President William V. S. Tubman | Liberia | Official visit. In U.S. March 23-April 3; visited New York City, Baltimore (Maryland), and Cedar Rapids (Iowa). |
April 10-12, 1968 | Chancellor Josef Klaus | Austria | Official visit. In U.S. April 6-17; visited New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. |
April 17-18, 1968 | President Chung Hee Park | Korea | Discussed the crisis in Korea and the Vietnam conflict with President Johnson in Honolulu (Hawaii). |
April 25-27, 1968 | King Olav V | Norway | State visit. In U.S. April 24-May 10; visited Williamsburg and Norfolk (Virginia), Cape Kennedy (Florida), New Orleans (Louisiana), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle (Washington), Minneapolis/Duluth/Madison (Minnesota), Chicago, and New York City. Private visit after May 2. |
May 8-9, 1968 | Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | Mauritius | Informal visit. Afterwards visited Cape Kennedy (Florida). Departed U.S. May 10. |
May 8-10, 1968 | Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn | Thailand | Official visit. In U.S. May 2-13; visited Miami (private), Cape Kennedy (Florida), Lansing (Michigan), and New York City. Private visit to Washington and Los Angeles, May 11-13. |
May 15-17, 1968 | President Habib Bourguiba | Tunisia | State visit. In U.S. May 12-21; visited Williamsburg (Virginia) (private), Houston and San Antonio (Texas), and New York City. |
May 26-28, 1968 | Prime Minister John G. Gorton | Australia | Official visit. In U.S. May 23-31; visited Honolulu, San Francisco, and New York City. |
June 4-6, 1968 | President Jose Trejos Fernandez | Costa Rica | Official visit. In U.S. June 3- 7; visited Williamsburg (Virginia), San Antonio (Texas), and Miami. |
June 7, 1968 | Prime Minister Hugh Shearer | Jamaica | Informal visit. |
June 12, 1968 | Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Iran | Private visit. In U.S. June 10-16; visited New York City, St. Louis (Missouri), Cambridge (Massachusetts), and Chicago. |
July 5-6, 1968 | President Rene Barrientos Ortuno | Bolivia | Informal visit at LBJ Ranch, and Bolivia Day ceremonies in San Antonio (Texas). |
July 19-20, 1968 | President Nguyen Van Thieu | Vietnam | Discussed military developments in Vietnam and political developments in Paris with President Johnson in Honolulu (Hawaii). |
July 26, 1968 | Prime Minister Forbes Burnham | Guyana | Informal visit. |
September 11-12, 1968 | Prime Minister Errol W. Barrow | Barbados | Official visit. Private visit to New York City and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) September 8-10, and to San Francisco September 13-16. |
September 18, 1968 | Prime Minister Makhosini Dlamini | Swaziland | Informal visit. |
October 2-4, 1968 | President Ngarta Francois Tombalbaye | Chad | Official visit; visited San Antonio and Lubbock (Texas), Cape Kennedy (Florida), and New York City. Private visit after October 6. |
October 9-10, 1968 | Prime Minister Keith J. Holyoake | New Zealand | Official visit. In U.S. October 6-16; attended ANZUS Council meeting and visited Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle (Washington). |
December 5-6, 1968 | Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda | Iran | Official visit. In U.S. December 3-16; visited New York City, Cape Kennedy (Florida), Palm Beach (Florida), Los Angeles, and Honolulu (Hawaii). |
December 10, 1968 | Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew | Singapore | Informal visit. Arrived in U.S. November 14; visiting fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. |
December 11-13, 1968 | Amir Sabah al-Salim al-Sabah | Kuwait | State visit. Arrived in U.S. December 10; visited Annapolis (Maryland), Cape Kennedy and Palm Beach (Florida), and New York City. Private visit to New York City and Washington after December 17. |
December 13, 1968 | President Gustavo Gustavo Diaz Ordaz | Mexico | Official visit for opening of Lopez Mateo Channel of Rio Grande, El Paso (Texas). |
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