Israel’s Foreign Minister Golda Meir is arriving here tomorrow for a two-day visit as the guest of the Canadian Government. She will be honored personally by Prime Minister Diefenbaker and top-ranking members of the Canadian Cabinet. Special receptions will also be accorded Mrs. Meir by Ottawa civic officials and leading members of the Canadian Jewish community following her arrival here tomorrow.
Upon her landing, she will be greeted at the airport in Ottawa by Howard Green, Minister of External Affairs; the dean of the Canadian diplomatic corps; and other diplomatic and Canadian diginitaries. She will then be taken to her hotel. Chateau Laurier by an official motorcade.
A dinner will be tendered in her honor by External Affairs Minister Green to which 30 couples have been invited including leading Canadian officials and Jewish leaders from across Canada. On Thursday morning she is scheduled to spend three hours with the Prime Minister when they will discuss matters of mutual interest to the two nations. Later she will pay an official call on the Speaker of the Senate who will honor her with lunch in his chambers.
In the afternoon, she will attend a session of the House of Commons where she will be welcomed by Mr. Green and leaders of the opposition parties. Mrs. Meir will have tea with Governor General Georges Vanier and Mine. Vanier at their official residence. Later she will give a press conference and will appear on a television interview. During the evening, a reception will be tendered in her honor by Ambassador and Mrs. Herzog to be followed by a dinner given by Mrs. Meir at the Israel Embassy in honor of Mr. Green.
On Friday morning Mrs. Meir will breakfast with Canadian labor leaders and Mr. Thomas Douglas, leader of the New Democratic Party (Socialist) and his associates. She will then visit the Ottawa Jewish Community Center to meet classes at the Hebrew parochial school. Mrs. Meir will later call upon Mayor Charlotte Whitton at City Hall for a civic reception and will meet with members of the City Council. Her final official visit will be with top members of the Department of External Affairs and heads of all divisions for discussions of mutual problems.
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