President Harry S Truman
After FDR died, Truman attended the Potsdam conference 9 weeks after Germany's unconditional surrender. Nineteen months later he went on state visits in Canada, Mexico and Brazil all within a 6 month period. For the next five years he did not go abroad.
| # | Start | End | Country | Cities | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15-Jul-1945 | 15-Jul-1945 | Belgium | Antwerp, Brussels | Disembarked en route to Potsdam. |
| 2 | 16-Jul-1945 | 2-Aug-1945 | Germany | Potsdam | Potsdam Conference with British Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. |
| 3 | 2-Aug-1945 | 2-Aug-1945 | United Kingdom | Plymouth | Informal meeting with King George VI. |
| 4 | 3-Mar-1947 | 6-Mar-1947 | Mexico | Mexico, D.F. | State visit; met with President Miguel Alemán Valdés. |
| 5 | 10-Jun-1947 | 12-Jun-1947 | Canada | Ottawa | Official visit; met with Governor General Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis and Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. |
| 6 | 1-Sep-1947 | 7-Sep-1947 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | State visit; addressed Rio de Janeiro Conference for the Maintenance of Continental Peace and Security and the Brazilian Congress. |
Read more about this topic: List Of International Trips Made By The President Of The United States
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