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Destinations	Dates	Purpose
Ottawa Canada	February 10, 1989	Working visit; met with Prime Minister Mulroney.
Tokyo Japan	February 23-25, 1989	Attended the funeral of Emperor Hirohito. Met with Emperor Akihito of Japan; the kings of Belgium, Jordan, and Spain; the presidents of Brazil, Egypt, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, Italy, Nigeria, the Philippines, Portugal and Zaire; and the prime ministers of Japan, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand and Turkey.
Beijing People's Republic of China	February 25-27, 1989	Met with President Yang and Prime Minister Li. Also met with Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia.
Seoul Korea	February 27, 1989	Official visit; addressed the National Assembly.
Rome, Nettuno Italy	May 26-28, 1989	Met with President Cossiga and Prime Minister De Mita.
Vatican City	May 27, 1989	Audience with Pope John Paul II.
Brussels Belgium	May 28-30, 1989	Attended NATO Summit Meeting. Present were the heads of state and government of Canada, Denmark, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Bonn, Mainz Federal Republic of Germany	May 30-31, 1989	Met with Chancellor Kohl.
London United Kingdom	May 31-June 2, 1989	Met with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Thatcher.
Warsaw, Gdansk Poland	July 9-11, 1989	Met with government and Solidarity leaders. Addressed the National Assembly on July 10.
Budapest Hungary	July 11-13, 1989	Met with Hungarian officials and delivered an address at Karl Marx University.
Paris France	July 13-17, 1989	Attended Economic Summit Meeting of the heads of state and governments of Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom. Also attended ceremonies for the Bicentennial of the French Revolution, and met with Ivorian President Houphouet-Boigny.
The Hague, Leiden The Netherlands	July 17-18, 1989	Met with Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Lubbers and delivered a public address.
San José Costa Rica	October 27-28, 1989	Attended Hemispheric Summit Meeting.
Valletta and Marsaxlokk Bay Malta	December 1-3, 1989	Attended Summit Meeting (December 2-3) with Soviet Chairman Gorbachev. Also met with Maltese Prime Minister Fenech Adami.
Brussels Belgium	December 3-4, 1989	Briefed NATO heads of state and governments on the U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting.
St. Martin Island French West Indies	December 16, 1989	Informal meeting with President Mitterrand.
Cartagena Colombia	February 15, 1990	Attended Summit Meeting on the control of illicit drug trafficking, with the presidents of Colombia, Bolivia and Peru.
Toronto Canada	April 10, 1990	Informal meeting with Prime Minister Mulroney.
Bermuda United Kingdom	April 13-14, 1990	Informal meeting with Prime Minister Thatcher.
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London United Kingdom	July 5-6, 1990	Attended NATO Summit Meeting.
Helsinki Finland	September 8-9, 1990	Summit Meeting with Soviet President Gorbachev. Issued joint statement on the Persian Gulf crisis. Also met with President Koivisto.
Prague Czechoslovakia	November 17, 1990	Attended ceremonies commemorating the first anniversary of the "Velvet Revolution." Addressed the Federal Assembly.
Speyer, Ludwigshafen Germany	November 18, 1990	Met with Chancellor Kohl.
Paris France	November 18-21, 1990	Attended CSCE Summit Meeting and the signing of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
Jeddah, Dhahran Saudi Arabia	November 21-22, 1990	Met with King Fahd and the Amir of Kuwait. Addressed U.S. and British military personnel in eastern Saudi Arabia.
Cairo Egypt	November 22-23, 1990	Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with President Mubarak.
Geneva Switzerland	November 23, 1990	Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with Syrian President Assad.
Monterrey, Agualeguas Mexico	November 26-27, 1990	State Visit.
Brasilia Brazil	December 3-4, 1990	Met with President Collor de Mello and addressed a joint session of the Brazilian Congress.
Montevideo Uruguay	December 4-5, 1990	Met with President Lacalle and addressed a joint session of the Uruguayan Congress.
Buenos Aires Argentina	December 5-6, 1990	Met with President Menem and addressed a joint session of the Argentinean Congress.
Santiago Chile	December 6-7, 1990	Met with President Aylwin and addressed a joint session of the Chilean Congress.
Caracas Venezuela	December 7-8, 1990	Met with President Perez.
Ottawa Canada	March 13-14, 1991	Met with Prime Minister Mulroney and signed an Air Quality Agreement.
Martinique (France) West Indies	March 14, 1991	Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Mitterrand.
Bermuda United Kingdom	March 14-16, 1991	Discussed the Middle East peace process with Prime Minister Major.
Toronto Canada	July 9, 1991	Informal meeting with Prime Minister Mulroney.
Rambouillet France	July 14, 1991	Discussed further sanctions against Iraq with President Mitterrand.
London United Kingdom	July 14-18, 1991	Attended Economic Summit Meeting with the heads of state and government of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom. Also met with Soviet
Athens, Souda Bay Greece	July 18-20, 1991	Met with Prime Minister Mitsotakis; addressed U.S. and Greek military personnel.
Ankara, Istanbul Turkey	July 20-22, 1991	Met with President Ozal.
Moscow, Kiev U.S.S.R.	July 29-August 1, 1991	Attended U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting. Signed Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Addressed the Ukrainian Parliament.
Madrid Spain	October 29-30, 1991	Met with Prime Minister Gonzalez, Soviet President Gorbachev and attended the opening session of the Middle East Peace Conference.
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Rome Italy	November 6-8, 1991	Attended NATO Summit Meeting.
Vatican City	November 8, 1991	Audience with Pope John Paul II.
The Hague Netherlands	November 8-9, 1991	Attended European Community Summit Meeting.
Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne Australia	December 31, 1991- January 3, 1992	Met with Prime Minister Keating and senior Australian officials; addressed the Australian Parliament.
Singapore Singapore	January 3-5, 1992	Met with President Wee and Prime Minister Goh; attended a meeting of the ASEAN Business Council.
Seoul Korea	January 5-7, 1992	Met with President Roh and senior Korean officials, signed a science and technology agreement, addressed the Korean National Assembly and visited U.S. military personnel.
Kyoto, Kashihara, Tokyo Japan	January 7-10, 1992	Met with Emperor Akihito, Prime Minister Miyazawa and senior Japanese officials.
Panama City Panama	June 11, 1992	Met with President Endara and delivered public addresses.
Rio de Janeiro Brazil	June 12-13, 1992	Attended the Earth Summit Meeting.
Warsaw Poland	July 5, 1992	Met with President Walesa and attended a memorial service for former Prime Minister Paderewski.
Munich Germany	July 5-8, 1992	Attended an Economic Summit Meeting with the heads of state and government of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom. Also met with Russian President Yeltsin.
Helsinki Finland	July 8-10, 1992	Attended a CSCE Summit Meeting.
Riyadh Saudi Arabia	December 31, 1992	Met with King Fahd
Mogadishu, Baidoa, Baledogle Somalia	December 31, 1992-January 2, 1993	Visited international relief workers and U.S. military personnel.
Moscow Russia	January 2-3, 1993	Signed START II Treaty.
Paris France	January 3, 1993	Discussed the Bosnian crisis with President Mitterrand.
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By Ann Richards, Former Governor of Texas
Poor George. He can’t help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
Address to the 1988 Democratic convention