Office of the Historian

Visits By Foreign Leaders in 1968

VisitorFromDescriptionDate
Prime Minister Levi EshkolIsraelInformal visit at LBJ Ranch. In U.S. January 4–12; visited New York City.January 7–9, 1968
Prime Minister Harold WilsonUnited KingdomInformal visit. Afterwards visited New York City.February 7–9, 1968
Prime Minister Mohammed Haji Ibrahim EgalSomaliaOfficial visit. In U.S. March 13–21; visited New York City, Knoxville, Cape Kennedy, and Syracuse (N.Y.).March 14–16, 1968
President Alfredo StroessnerParaguayOfficial visit. In U.S. March 19–23; visited Williamsburg and New York City.March 20–22, 1968
President William V. S. TubmanLiberiaOfficial visit. In U.S. March 23–April 3; visited New York City, Baltimore, and Cedar Rapids (Ia.).March 27–28, 1968
Chancellor Josef KlausAustriaOfficial visit. In U.S. April 6–17; visited New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.April 10–12, 1968
President Park Chung HeeKoreaDiscussed the crisis in Korea and the Vietnam conflict with President Johnson in Honolulu.April 17–18, 1968
King Olav VNorwayState visit. In U.S. April 24–May 10; visited Williamsburg, Norfolk, Cape Kennedy, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis, Duluth, Madison, Chicago, and New York City. Private visit after May 2.April 25–27, 1968
Prime Minister Seewoosagur RamgoolamMauritiusInformal visit. Afterwards visited Cape Kennedy. Departed U.S. May 10.May 8–9, 1968
Prime Minister Thanom KittikachornThailandOfficial visit. In U.S. May 2–13; visited Miami (private), Cape Kennedy, Lansing (Mich.), and New York City. Private visit to Washington and Los Angeles, May 11–13.May 8–10, 1968
President Habib BourguibaTunisiaState visit. In U.S. May 12–21; visited Williamsburg (private), Houston, San Antonio, and New York City.May 15–17, 1968
Prime Minister John G. GortonAustraliaOfficial visit. In U.S. May 23–31; visited Honolulu, San Francisco, and New York City.May 26–28, 1968
President Jose Trejos FernandezCosta RicaOfficial visit. In U.S. June 3– 7; visited Williamsburg, San Antonio, and Miami.June 4–6, 1968
Prime Minister Hugh ShearerJamaicaInformal visit.June 7, 1968
Shah Mohammad Reza PahlaviIranPrivate visit. In U.S. June 10–16; visited New York City, St. Louis, Cambridge (Mass.), and Chicago.June 12, 1968
President Rene Barrientos OrtunoBoliviaInformal visit at LBJ Ranch, and Bolivia Day ceremonies in San Antonio (Tex.).July 5–6, 1968
President Nguyen Van ThieuVietnamDiscussed military developments in Vietnam and political developments in Paris with President Johnson in Honolulu.July 19–20, 1968
Prime Minister Forbes BurnhamGuyanaInformal visit.July 26, 1968
Prime Minister Errol W. BarrowBarbadosOfficial visit. Private visit to New York City and Philadelphia September 8–10, and to San Francisco September 13–16.September 11–12, 1968
Prime Minister Makhosini DlaminiSwazilandInformal visit.September 18, 1968
President Ngarta Francois TombalbayeChadOfficial visit; visited San Antonio, Lubbock, Cape Kennedy, and New York City. Private visit after October 6.October 2–4, 1968
Prime Minister Keith J. HolyoakeNew ZealandOfficial visit. In U.S. October 6–16; attended ANZUS Council meeting and visited Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle.October 9–10, 1968
Prime Minister Amir Abbas HoveydaIranOfficial visit. In U.S. December 3–16; visited New York City, Cape Kennedy, Palm Beach, Los Angeles, and Honolulu.December 5–6, 1968
Prime Minister Lee Kuan YewSingaporeInformal visit. Arrived in U.S. November 14; visiting fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.December 10, 1968
Amir Sabah al-Salim al-SabahKuwaitState visit. Arrived in U.S. December 10; visited Annapolis, Cape Kennedy, Palm Beach, and New York City. Private visit to New York City and Washington after December 17.December 11–13, 1968
President Gustavo Gustavo Diaz OrdazMexicoOfficial visit for opening of Lopez Mateo Channel of Rio Grande, El Paso, Texas.December 13, 1968