KENNEDYS WELCOMED TO MEXICO
Mexico City, Mexico (JFK+50) On June 29, 1962, President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrived here in Mexico City. The Kennedys were welcomed by a million and a half people who lined the streets for a nine mile long motorcade through the city.
JFK was greeted by President Adolfo Lopez Mateos*. The two national leaders later conferred at Los Pinos, the residence of the Mexican president.
Upon arrival at the airport, President Kennedy said...
"We come as good neighbors and follow in the footsteps of one of my most distinguished predecessors, Franklin Roosevelt, who prophesied that the day would...come when Presidents of Mexico and the United States would freely meet and freely communicate upon their common responsibilities and common opportunities."**
*Adolfo Lopez Mateos (1909-1969) was born in Ciudad Lopez Mateos, Mexico & educated at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. ALM served as president of Mexico 1958-1964.
**FDR's Good Neighbor Policy's main principle was non-intervention in Latin American affairs & encouragement of reciprocal exchanges with countries of Latin America.
SOURCE
"Remarks Upon Arrival at the Airport in Mexico City, June 29, 1962," Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, John F. Kennedy, January 1 to December 31, 1962, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1963.
Mexico City, Mexico (JFK+50) On June 29, 1962, President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrived here in Mexico City. The Kennedys were welcomed by a million and a half people who lined the streets for a nine mile long motorcade through the city.
JFK was greeted by President Adolfo Lopez Mateos*. The two national leaders later conferred at Los Pinos, the residence of the Mexican president.
Upon arrival at the airport, President Kennedy said...
"We come as good neighbors and follow in the footsteps of one of my most distinguished predecessors, Franklin Roosevelt, who prophesied that the day would...come when Presidents of Mexico and the United States would freely meet and freely communicate upon their common responsibilities and common opportunities."**
*Adolfo Lopez Mateos (1909-1969) was born in Ciudad Lopez Mateos, Mexico & educated at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. ALM served as president of Mexico 1958-1964.
**FDR's Good Neighbor Policy's main principle was non-intervention in Latin American affairs & encouragement of reciprocal exchanges with countries of Latin America.
SOURCE
"Remarks Upon Arrival at the Airport in Mexico City, June 29, 1962," Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, John F. Kennedy, January 1 to December 31, 1962, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1963.
Jackie Speaks in Spanish in Mexico
June 30, 1962
Photo by Robert Knudsen
JFK Library Image
