World Affairs
Eisenhower Travels

Shaded areas indicate travels undertaken after the election, but before the inauguration.

Destinations	Dates	Purpose
Seoul Korea	December 2-5, 1952	Visit to Korean combat zone; made as president-elect.
Nuevo Guerrero Mexico	October 19, 1953	Dedicated Falcon Dam.
Ottawa Canada	November 13-15, 1953	State visit; addressed joint session of Parliament.
Bermuda United Kingdom	December 4-8, 1953	Attended Bermuda Conference with Prime Minister Churchill and French President Laniel.
Geneva Switzerland	July 16-23, 1955	Summit conference with British Prime Minister Eden, French Premier Faure, and Soviet Premier Bulganin.
Panama City Panama	July 21-23, 1956	Attended a meeting of the Presidents of the American Republics.
Bermuda United Kingdom	March 20-24, 1957	Met with Prime Minister Macmillan.
Paris France	December 14-19, 1957	Attended meeting of NATO heads of government.
Ottawa Canada	July 8-11, 1958	Informal visit; addressed joint session of Parliament.
Acapulco Mexico	February 19-20, 1959	Informal meeting with President Lopez Mateos.
Montreal Canada	June 26, 1959	Joined Queen Elizabeth II in ceremony opening St. Lawrence Seaway.
Bonn Federal Republic of Germany	August 26-27, 1959	Informal meeting with Chancellor Adenauer and President Heuss.
London, Balmoral, Chequers United Kingdom	August 27-September 2, 1959	Informal visit; met Prime Minister Macmillan and Queen Elizabeth II.
Paris France	September 2-4, 1959	Informal meeting with President De Gaulle and Italian Premier Segni. Addressed North Atlantic Council.
Culzean Castle United Kingdom	September 4-7, 1959	Rested before returning to the United States.
Rome Italy	December 4-6, 1959	Informal visit; met with President Gronchi.
Vatican City	December 6, 1959	Audience with Pope John XXIII.
Ankara Turkey	December 6-7, 1959	Informal visit; met with President Bayar.
Karachi Pakistan	December 7-9, 1959	Informal visit; met with President Ayub Khan.
Kabul Afghanistan	December 9, 1959	Informal visit; met with King Mohammed Zahir.
New Delhi, Agra India	December 9-14, 1959	Met with President Prasad and Prime Minister Nehru. Addressed Parliament.
Teheran Iran	December 14, 1959	Met with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and addressed Parliament.
Athens Greece	December 14-15, 1959	Official visit; met with King Paul, Prime Minister Karamanlis, and addressed Parliament. Traveled by sea from Athens to Tunis.
Tunis Tunisia	December 17, 1959	Met with President Bourguiba.
Toulon, Paris France	December 18-21, 1959	Conference with President De Gaulle, British Prime Minister Macmillan, and German Chancellor Adenauer.
Madrid Spain	December 21-22, 1959	Met with Generalissimo Franco.
Casablanca Morocco	December 22, 1959	Met with King Mohammed V.
Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo Brazil	February 23-26, 1960	Met with President Kubitschek and addressed Brazilian Congress.
Buenos Aires, Mardelplata, San Carlos de, Bariloche Argentina	February 26-29, 1960	Met with President Frondizi.
Santiago Chile	February 29-March 2, 1960	Met with President Alessandri.
Montevideo Uruguay	March 2-3, 1960	Met with President Nardone. Returned to the U.S. via Buenos Aires and Surinam.
Paris France	May 15-19, 1960	Conference with President De Gaulle, British Prime Minister Macmillan and Soviet Premier Khrushchev.
Lisbon Portugal	May 19-20, 1960	Official visit; met with President Thomaz.
Manila Philippines	June 14-16, 1960	State visit; met with President Garcia. Traveled by sea from Manila to Taipei.
Taipei Republic of China	June 18-19, 1960	Met with President Chiang Kai-shek.
Seoul Korea	June 19-20, 1960	Met with Prime Minister Chung and addressed the National Assembly.
Ciudad Acuna Mexico	October 24, 1960	Informal visit; met with President Lopez Mateos.

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