John and Yoko meet Pierre Trudeau, Dec 23, 1969

[Minstrel Boy]

"If all politicians were like Pierre Trudeau, there would be world peace." - John Lennon



Headline on the front page of the Ottawa Citizen, Dec 23, 1969:

PM -- 'a beautiful person'

Prime Minister Trudeau, according to the Beatles' disciple of peace John Lennon, is "a beautiful person."

Lennon emerged from a 50-minute interview with the PM today and declared that if more world leaders were like Mr. Trudeau it wouldn't be necessary to worry about peace. Lennon, accompanied by his wife Yoko Ono, called on Mr. Trudeau in his Centre Block office at 11 a.m. It was intended to be a 10 or 15 minute interview -- it lasted 50 minutes.

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The prime minister put his arm around Yoko for the cameramen and then John and Yoko embraced. They arrived at the main door of the Centre Block hand-in-hand and remained that way most of the time.

Lennon said Mr. Trudeau was the first political leader he had met for such a talk. A meeting with Harold Wilson was only to pose for photographs.

[Canuckistanian]

1. I think they were driven there by Allan Rock, future Liberal MP

He was driving some of the Beatles around in his VW convertible, showing them the sights, if I recall.

[Wilms]

2. Great read, Minstrel. Thanks. nt