Visit to White House

Moscow TASS International Service in English 0505 GMT 26 November 1963--L

    (Text) Washington--After the funeral of President John F. Kennedy, First Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers Anastas Mikoyan, together with other heads of state, government, and government delegations who had come to take part in the funeral service, called on the President's widow, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, at the White House.
    On behalf of the USSR Government, its head Nikita Khrushchev, Mrs. Nina Khrushchev, and himself, personally, Anastas Mikoyan expressed deep condolences to Mrs. Kennedy on the tragic death of President Kennedy.
    Later in the day, Anastas Mikoyan attended the reception held at the State Department by the new President Lyndon Johnson for the heads of state, government, and government delegations in Washington for the funeral of John F. Kennedy.

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