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Visits to the U.S. by Foreign Heads of State and Government--1955

Date	Visitor	Country	Description
January 20-23, 1955	Prime Minister Holland	New Zealand	Unofficial visit. Left New York City January 27.
January 26-29, 1955	President Magloire	Haiti	Official visit. Addressed U.S. Congress January 27. Afterwards visited West Point (New York) and New York City. After February 3 unofficially visited Nashville (Tennessee), Chicago and Boston (Massachusetts). Departed U.S. February 9.
March 13-20, 1955	Prime Minister Menzies	Australia	Official visit. In New York City March 5-9; visited Canada March 9-13. Addressed U.S. Congress March 16. Private visit after March 17.
March 27-30, 1955	Prime Minister Scelba	Italy	Official visit. Also visited New York City. Unofficial visits to Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit. Departed U.S. April 7.
May 2-6, 1955	Prime Minister Pibulsonggram	Thailand	Official visit. In U.S. April 23-May 1, visiting San Francisco, Detroit, Albany, New York City, West Point and Hyde Park (New York), and Morrisville (Pennsylvania).
June 13-15, 1955	Chancellor Adenauer	Germany, Federal Republic of	Unofficial visit. Also visited Boston (Massachusetts) and New York City. Departed the U.S. June 18.
June 29- July 3, 1955	Prime Minister U Nu	Burma	Official visit. In U.S. June 24-July 16. Visited New York City, Detroit (Michigan), Knoxville (Tennessee), the Grand Canyon (Arizona), Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
October 31- November 3, 1955	President Castillo Armas	Guatemala	Official visit. Afterwards visited New York City, St. Louis (Missouri), Houston (Texas), and New Orleans (Louisiana). Departed U.S. November 13.
December 5-8, 1955	President Batlle Berres	Uruguay	Official visit. Afterwards visited New York City, Boston (Massachusetts), Chicago, and Miami. Departed U.S. December 17.

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