Editing Hubert Humphrey (section)

=== Foreign trips ===
December 1965 saw the beginning of Humphrey's tour of eastern countries, saying he hoped to have "cordial and frank discussions" ahead of the trip beginning when asked about the content of the talks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1965/12/28/page/3/article/humphrey-begins-asian-trip|title=Humphrey Begins Asian Trip|date=December 28, 1965|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 15, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814015822/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1965/12/28/page/3/article/humphrey-begins-asian-trip/|url-status=dead}}</ref> During a December 29 meeting with [[Prime Minister of Japan]] [[Eisaku Satō]], Humphrey asked the latter for support on achieving peace in the Vietnam War and said it was a showing of strength that the United States wanted a peaceful ending rather than a display of weakness.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1965/12/29/page/3/article/humphrey-asks-japans-aid|title=Humphrey Asks Japan's Aid|date=December 29, 1969|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 15, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814020150/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1965/12/29/page/3/article/humphrey-asks-japans-aid/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Humphrey began a European tour in late-March 1967 to mend frazzled relations and indicated that he was "ready to explain and ready to listen."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/03/27/page/11/article/humphrey-begins-europe-tour|title=Humphrey Begins Europe Tour|date=March 27, 1967|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 7, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814054714/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/03/27/page/11/article/humphrey-begins-europe-tour/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On April 2, 1967, Vice President Humphrey met with [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] [[Harold Wilson]]. Ahead of the meeting, Humphrey said they would discuss multiple topics including the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, European events, Atlantic alliance strengthening, and "the situation in the Far East".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/04/03/page/25/article/hubert-and-wilson-begin-world-talks|title=Hubert and Wilson Begin World Talks|date=April 3, 1967|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 7, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814054845/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/04/03/page/25/article/hubert-and-wilson-begin-world-talks/|url-status=dead}}</ref> White House Press Secretary [[George Christian (journalist)|George Christian]] said five days later that he had received reports from Vice President Humphrey indicating his tour of the European countries was "very constructive" and said President Johnson was interested in the report as well.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/04/08/page/2/article/huberts-tour-described-as-constructive|title=Hubert's Tour Described as Constructive|date=April 8, 1967|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 7, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814020018/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/04/08/page/2/article/huberts-tour-described-as-constructive/|url-status=dead}}</ref> While Humphrey was in [[Florence]], Italy on April 1, 1967, 23-year-old Giulio Stocchi threw eggs at the Vice President and missed. He was seized by American bodyguards who turned him in to Italian officers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/04/02/page/1/article/set-hearing-on-student-transfer|title=2 Eggs Tossed at Humphrey; Just Miss Him|date=April 2, 1967|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 7, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814015820/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/04/02/page/1/article/set-hearing-on-student-transfer/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In [[Brussels, Belgium]] on April 9, demonstrators led by communists threw rotten eggs and fruits at Vice President Humphrey's car, also hitting several of his bodyguards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/04/10/page/1/article/brussels-gang-throws-eggs-at-hubert-misses|title=Brussels Gang Throws Eggs at Hubert, Misses|date=April 10, 1967|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 7, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814015650/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/04/10/page/1/article/brussels-gang-throws-eggs-at-hubert-misses/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In late-December 1967, Vice President Humphrey began touring Africa.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/12/30/page/12/article/hubert-lands-in-africa-amid-beat-of-drums|title=Hubert Lands in Africa Amid Beat of Drums|date=December 30, 1967|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 8, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814015643/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/12/30/page/12/article/hubert-lands-in-africa-amid-beat-of-drums/|url-status=dead}}</ref>