335. Editorial Note

On October 9, President López Mateos arrived in Washington for a state visit to the United States and Canada. That evening the Mexican President was the guest of honor at a dinner given by President and Mrs. Eisenhower at the White House. On October 10, both Presidents went to Camp David, Maryland, and later to Eisenhower’s farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A memorandum of their conversation at Camp David is infra.

On October 11, President López Mateos gave a dinner in honor of President Eisenhower, followed by a reception for López Mateos at the Embassy. The following day, the Mexican President attended a session of the Council of the Organization of American States, a luncheon at the National Press Club, and a dinner given by the White House [Page 885] Correspondents’ Association in honor of President Eisenhower. López Mateos left Washington on October 13 for visits in Chicago, New York, and Canada. On October 18, he paid an unofficial visit to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson’s ranch near Austin, Texas, and then flew to Mexico on October 19. Documentation on the preparations of the Department of State for the López Mateos visit are in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1504–1506, and Rubottom Files: Lot 61 D 279, Mexico, July–December 1959. Documentation on other aspects of the visit are ibid., Central Files 611.126, 712.11, and 811.05112; and in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries, and Staff Secretary’s Records.