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ge Sb Mr. Tolson * Mr. DeL Gi Ae Shr DATE: 04-07-2008 © , @ ae Mr Wack} CLASSIFIED BY 60324 uc baw/stp firs ad ES oe DECLASSIF¥Y ON: 25% 3.3(1) te, Callahan — 04-07-2033 one Mexico, D. F. 1 Mr. Felt | ae April 19, 1966 } Mr. Gale CLASSIFICATION PER 0GA LETTER. E Bix. Rosen DATED 04-14-2006 Y ; Un. Sa os f ~. LAVEIESL 4 | Mx. Trofter___* Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director } ‘ete. Room______ f Federal Bureau of Investigation | Miss Holmes U. S. Department of Justice | Miss Gandy. Washington, D. C. 20535 Ciassifigd by ZRII Pee > Personal ) Dear Mr. Hoover: bl _— ite ADR, 1) TT G I thought you mig pe interested in the following , aspects of the recent visit of President and Mrs. Johnson to . Se Mexico. Ba ae The President's visit was very well-received by the E “ONS Mexican public and he definitely succeeded in stimulating -good¢ Pe will toward the United States. In a meeting with jthe entire Fa Sy Embassy staff yesterday to thank them for their assistance in the President's visit, Ambassador Fulton Freeman stated that <= ? according to one of the Mexican Cabinet officers the ;! if * Was due to generated during the visit of President :Kennedy’ Et XY! ed as due to his magnetic personality while the enthusiasm => - g generated during the visit of President Johnson was for the = 0% 2 United States, thereby implying that it was more permanent. NOS o¥ The two principal public and semipublic functions during the visit of President and Mrs. Johnson were the unveiling of the Lincoln Statue and the reception given at the ‘Ambassador's residence by Mrs. Johnson in honor of the wife of President Diaz Ordaz after President Johnson's departure. poe Ct 2 ine The ceremony at the Lincoln Statue was very impressive Cro and:the comparisons made between President Lincoln and President Juarez of Mexico during most of the speeches were very favorably +t) recéived. ayy + The reception given by Mrs. Johnson for Mrs. Diaz Bs Ordaz was attended by 500 to 600 persons, including the ee Congressional delegation from the United States and the other prominent American officials who had not returned to the United States aboard President Johnson's plane, as well as by . most of the higher officials of the Mexican Government and . many of the leaders of the American business colony in Mexico nS a ee ten / LZ LL = 8a ately, FOI/PA#Z799¢ 0 16 MAY 5 1966 — 2 ‘ APPEAL te gen CIVIL ACT. # B.0. # /23 DATE 7 fae INITIALS “CEES res ~ Pi SUPFED ad w USGA SSREIN IS Sa aa a aad OWN OTH: yt Sty TRE SBC ee Wiad