The White House, Washington D.C. Tuesday, December 14, 1965 - Visit To The United States of America of His Excellency Mohammad Ayub Khan, N.Pk., H.J. President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Color guard w/ flags on lawn & balcony of White House, trumpeters. People watching & arrival of limousine. Band playing as Ayub shakes hands w/ LBJ & Lady Bird in fur coat. Review color guard; long line of reporters & newsreel cameramen.
14:48:12 LBJ at lectern gives welcoming remarks. Ayub given speech by military assistant. LBJ talks of his visit to Pakistan four years earlier. Attorney General Ramsey Clark standing behind LBJ.
14:52:27 Pres. Ayub remarks on independence from British & his goal to improve living standards & hope for the future. “...thanking your government & you sir, & your people for the very generous assistance you gave us in these endeavors.”
14:55:13 “There are several places in the world which are trouble, which are under stress...a short war but a very sharp war, a bloody war. The peace hangs on a very thin thread of cease fire...you...have an obligation...we can’t afford war, we can’t afford tension...” “I’m happy to see your are regaining your health...”
Leave stand & pose for photographers while talking. The End.
Diplomacy; 1960s;
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The White House, Washington D.C. Tuesday, December 14, 1965 - Visit To The United States of America of His Excellency Mohammad Ayub Khan, N.Pk., H.J. President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Color guard w/ flags on lawn & balcony of White House, trumpeters. People watching & arrival of limousine. Band playing as Ayub shakes hands w/ LBJ & Lady Bird in fur coat. Review color guard; long line of reporters & newsreel cameramen. 14:48:12 LBJ at lectern gives welcoming remarks. Ayub given speech by military assistant. LBJ talks of his visit to Pakistan four years earlier. Attorney General Ramsey Clark standing behind LBJ. 14:52:27 Pres. Ayub remarks on independence from British & his goal to improve living standards & hope for the future. “...thanking your government & you sir, & your people for the very generous assistance you gave us in these endeavors.” 14:55:13 “There are several places in the world which are trouble, which are under stress...a short war but a very sharp war, a bloody war. The peace hangs on a very thin thread of cease fire...you...have an obligation...we can’t afford war, we can’t afford tension...” “I’m happy to see your are regaining your health...” Leave stand & pose for photographers while talking. The End. Diplomacy; 1960s;