President Lyndon Johnson
President Johnson ended up flying 523,000 miles aboard it during his term as president. In his first two years in office he made only one international trip, which was to Canada. He did all of his other international travel from April 1966 to July 1968, and he left the North American continent only four times.
During his full term, LBJ eschewed Europe in favor of Southeast Asia and Latin America. He is the only president serving during Queen Elizabeth II's reign to have never met her. LBJ went to Germany once briefly for the funeral of Konrad Adenauer.
One of the most unusual international trips in presidential history occurred before Christmas in 1967. The President began the trip by going to the memorial service for Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt, who had disappeared in a swimming accident and was presumed drowned. The White House did not reveal in advance to the press that the President would make the first round the world presidential trip. The exhausting trip was 26,959 miles completed in only 112.5 hours (4.7 days). The trip crossed the equator twice, stopped in Travis Air Force Base, Calif., then Honolulu, Pago Pago, Canberra, Melbourne, Vietnam, Karachi and Rome.
# | Start | End | Country | Cities | Reason |
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1 | 16-Sep-1964 | 16-Sep-1964 | Canada | Vancouver | Informal visit; met with Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in ceremonies related to the Columbia River Treaty. |
2 | 14-Apr-1966 | 15-Apr-1966 | Mexico | Mexico, D.F. | Informal visit; met with President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz. |
3 | 21-Aug-1966 | 22-Aug-1966 | Canada | Campobello lsland, Chamcook, N.B. | Laid cornerstone at Roosevelt Campobello International Park and conferred informally with Prime Minister Pearson. |
4 | 19-Oct-1966 | 20-Oct-1966 | New Zealand | Wellington | State visit; met with Prime Minister Keith Holyoake. |
5 | 20-Oct-1966 | 23-Oct-1966 | Australia | Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville | State visit; met with Governor General Richard Casey, Baron Casey and Prime Minister Harold Holt. |
6 | 24-Oct-1966 | 26-Oct-1966 | Philippines | Manila, Los Banos, Corregidor | Attended summit conference with the Heads of State and Government of Australia, Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. |
7 | 26-Oct-1966 | 26-Oct-1966 | Vietnam | Cam Ranh Bay | Visited U.S. military personnel. |
8 | 27-Oct-1966 | 30-Oct-1966 | Thailand | Bangkok | State visit; met with King Bhumibol Adulyadej. |
9 | 30-Oct-1966 | 31-Oct-1966 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | State visit; met with Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman |
10 | 31-Oct-1966 | 2-Nov-1966 | Korea | Seoul, Suwon | State visit; met with President Park Chung-hee and Prime Minister Chung Il-kwon. |
11 | 3-Dec-1966 | 3-Dec-1966 | Mexico | Ciudad Acuna (border city) | Informal meeting with President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz. Inspected construction of Amistad Dam. |
12 | 11-Apr-1967 | 14-Apr-1967 | Uruguay | Punta del Este | Summit meeting with Latin American chiefs of state. |
13 | 14-Apr-1967 | 14-Apr-1967 | Suriname | Paramaribo | Refueling stop en route from Uruguay. |
14 | 23-Apr-1967 | 26-Apr-1967 | Germany | Bonn | Attended funeral of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and conversed with various heads of state. |
15 | 25-May-1967 | 25-May-1967 | Canada | Montreal, Ottawa | Met with Governor General Roland Michener, attended Expo 67, and conferred informally with Prime Minister Pearson. |
16 | 28-Oct-1967 | 28-Oct-1967 | Mexico | Ciudad Juarez | Attended transfer of El Chamizal from the US. to Mexico and conferred with President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz. |
17 | 21-Dec-1967 | 22-Dec-1967 | Australia | Canberra | Attended funeral of Prime Minister Harold Holt and conferred with other attending heads of state. |
18 | 23-Dec-1967 | 23-Dec-1967 | Thailand | Khorat | Visited US. military personnel. |
19 | 23-Dec-1967 | 23-Dec-1967 | Vietnam | Cam Ranh Bay | Visited U.S. military personnel. |
20 | 23-Dec-1967 | 23-Dec-1967 | Pakistan | Karachi | Met with President Ayub Khan. |
21 | 23-Dec-1967 | 23-Dec-1967 | Italy | Rome | Met with President Giuseppe Saragat and Prime Minister Aldo Moro. |
22 | 23-Dec-1967 | 23-Dec-1967 | Vatican City | Audience with Pope Paul VI. | |
23 | 6-Jul-1968 | 8-Jul-1968 | El Salvador | San Salvador | Attended meeting of the Presidents of Central American Republics. |
24 | 8-Jul-1968 | 8-Jul-1968 | Nicaragua | Managua | Informal visit; met with President Anastasio Somoza Debayle. |
25 | 8-Jul-1968 | 8-Jul-1968 | Costa Rica | San Jose | Informal visit; met with President José Joaquín Trejos Fernández. |
26 | 8-Jul-1968 | 8-Jul-1968 | Honduras | San Pedro Sula | Informal visit; met with President Oswaldo López Arellano. |
27 | 8-Jul-1968 | 8-Jul-1968 | Guatemala | Guatemala City | Informal visit; met with President Julio César Méndez Montenegro. |
Read more about this topic: List Of International Trips Made By The President Of The United States
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