Mr. President:
I am very pleased that our first stop after returning from the Mideast is in this friendly country of Portugal, and I look forward to the first opportunity to have a talk with you about our mutual relations between two countries that have such a close, friendly relationship.
PRESIDENT ANTONIO DE SPINOLA. I am also very happy to have this opportunity to meet with the President of the United States, the first chief of state I meet after the events of the 25th of April.
THE PRESIDENT. I am very honored.
Note: The President spoke at approximately 8:30 p.m. at Lajes Field.
President Spinola spoke in Portuguese. His remarks were translated by an interpreter.
Richard Nixon, Remarks on Arrival in the Azores Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/255978
