71. Editorial Note
Prime Minister Inonu and Prime Minister Papandreou visited Washington June 22–23 and June 24–25, 1964, respectively, for talks with U.S. officials. Prime Minister Inonu arrived in the United States on June 21 and spent the evening at Williamsburg, Virginia. He met with President Johnson at 10:30 a.m. on June 22 and held subsequent discussions [Page 146] with U.S. officials before departing for New York and meetings at the United Nations on the evening of June 23. For text of statements by President Johnson and Prime Minister Inonu, see Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964, Book II, pages 798–801.
Prime Minister Papandreou arrived in Washington on June 24, following an overnight stay at Williamsburg, for a meeting with the President. He held talks with other U.S. officials June 24–25, prior to departing for New York for discussions at the United Nations. For text of statements by President Johnson and the Greek Prime Minister, see ibid., pages 811–812, 814–816, and 818–819.
Andreas Papandreou, the Prime Minister’s son and Alternate Minister for Coordination, discussed the talks in Washington and New York in Democracy at Gunpoint, pages 133–136. Ball’s recollection of the meeting is in The Past Has Another Pattern, page 355. Documentation is in the Johnson Library, National Security File, County Files, Cyprus, Vol. 8; ibid., Ball Papers, Telephone Conversations, Cyprus; Department of State, Central File POL 23–8 CYP; ibid., Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110, CF 2415–2417; and ibid., Ball Files: Lot 74 D 272, Papandreou and Inonu Visits.