Lyndon Baines Johnson and Pope Paul VI in the Presidential Suite, 1965

Lyndon Baines Johnson and Pope Paul VI in the Presidential Suite, 1965

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978

Black and white photograph depicting President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Pope Paul VI in the Presidential Suite during the Pope's visit to New York, October 4th 1965. Also pictured is First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson.

Pope Paul was visiting New York to address the United Nations. It marked the first visit of the head of the Roman Catholic Church to the United States. Pope Paul VI's trip to New York in October 1965 presented protocol problems. President Johnson wanted to see him, but the pontiff was a chief of a state not officially recognized by the U.S. The solution: Johnson flew to New York for dinner at the apartment of his friend Arthur Goldberg, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and the pontiff was welcomed to Johnson's suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel the next day.

1965-10-04

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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present

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