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America Welcomes President Ayub R2 of 2

Reel Number: 221352-05

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1961

Country: USA

Location: DC,Idlewild Airport,New York City,NYC,Texas,Washington

TC Begins: 13:38:14

TC Ends: 13:48:21

Duration: 00:10:07

America Welcomes President Ayub R2 of 2 Entering Embassy of Pakistan w/ Pakistan flag above entrance. Ayub Khan meeting Pakistani residents of Washington, many students. CU Sign: National Press Club of Washington, applauding journalists as Khan enters to speak (SOF): platitudes, takes questions. Narrator explains. 13:40:00 Night streets & arrivals for formal dinner. Khan & daughter & Kennedys enter, Mamie & Dwight Eisenhower, Ambassadors Aziz Ahmed & William Roundtree. LBJ, Dean Rusk, Henry Kissinger also seen. Reception line. Guests leaving & Washington Monument at night. 13:41:34 Map of US. Khan & daughter to NYC. Ferry leaving lower Manhattan; United Nations building; ticker-tape parade, POV past people on sidewalk & Ayub waving from open crowd. Good ticker-tape shots. Marching units past Trinity Church. 13:42:41 Reception given by Mayor Robert Wagner at residence, receiving line. Lawn tents, tables. 13:43:28 Map of US & path to Texas. Alamo w/ tourists & beside Lyndon Johnson, crowd w/ signs; many military. VP Johnson’s ranch w/ banner of Khan. Barbeque w/ long tables, Pakistan students sitting w/ Khan. Mexican band playing. LBJ gives saddle (?) to Khan. 13:45:19 Map of US & path to NYC. Night & traffic around fountain. Khan out of limousine to United Nations & photographers. Greeted by Dag Hammarskjold, host of dinner. Guests at candle-lit formal tables served by waitresses & waiters. 13:46:29 Idlewild Airport, tail of PIA plane. Khan saying goodbyes, shaking hands. New York policemen say goodbye to him. General shots of ticket area. Boarding plane w/ many waving farewells. People in airport; plane takes off. The End. Diplomacy; Arrivals; Departures; Presidential; Muhammad Ayub Khan; Propaganda; Hospitality; Note: Ayub Khan was youngest Pakistan General, made military head of martial law administration 07Oct58, then 27Oct58, took the presidency in bloodless coup. Moved to have Constitution created (done in 1961), aligned Pakistan w/ US & aid against USSR; elections held in 1962 which he won but may have been corrupt. 1961; Diplomacy;

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