380. Memorandum of Conversation0
Washington, April 23, 1963, 11–11:30 a.m.
SUBJECT
- Possible Presidential Visit
PARTICIPANTS
- The Honorable Emmanuel Pelaez, Philippine Vice President and Secretary for Foreign Affairs
- The Honorable Amelito Mutuc, Philippine Ambassador
- The Honorable Salvador P. Lopez, Philippine Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs
- The President
- Mr. Bell, Director, Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs
In answer to a question by Vice President Pelaez, President Kennedy said that he hoped to visit the Philippines and that he would look at the situation this summer to see whether it would be possible to make a visit to a number of places in the Far East.
- Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Philippines, General, 1/63–6/63. Confidential. Drafted by Bell. The ending time of the meeting, which was held at the White House, is from the President’s Appointment Book. (Ibid.) The source text is labeled “Part I of IV”; for Parts II–IV, see Documents 381–383.↩