134. Memorandum of Conversation0
Washington,
January 19, 1960, 10–11:40
a.m.
SUBJECT
- The President’s Visit to Japan1
PARTICIPANTS
- [Here follows the same list as Document 132.]
The President informed Prime Minister Kishi that he had just learned of Soviet approval for travel arrangements on his forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union. These arrangements will permit him to visit Japan on his return from the Soviet Union. He said that he was delighted to be able to accept the Prime Minister’s previous invitation to visit Japan.
- Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Parsons. See also Documents 132, 133, and 135–138.↩
- The President’s visit to Japan scheduled for June 20 was announced on January 20. For text of the press release, see Department of State Bulletin, February 8, 1960, p. 181.↩