My Mother

by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan

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My Mother — Page 100

100 Immediately on the termination of the Session I was sum- moned to Islamabad and was directed to arrange a programme of visits to a number of countries of East and North Africa. In compliance with the direction, beginning with Aden, I visited Somalia, Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco in January 1963. I was most graciously received and hospitably entertained everywhere. I addressed the Parliament of Somalia and was decorated with the highest Somalian order, by the President of Somalia. Among the distinguished personalities I had the honour of meeting were Mr. Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya; Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, Governor of Here the President of the UN General Assembly, Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, meets with the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy (1917 to 1963), in the Oval Office of the White House on 21 November 1962.