Ambassador to Viet-Nam, Maxwell Taylor, arrived at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii Sunday evening, April 18, on a U.S. Air Force KC-135 (KAY-CEE ONE-THIRTY-FIVE) Stratotanker. He flew in with General Hunter Harris, commander in chief of Pacific Air Forces, who was returning to his Hickam headquarters from an inspection visit to Southeast Asia.

Ambassador Taylor was met at Hickam AFB by General Earle Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp, commander in chief of the Pacific Command, Lieutenant General Thomas S. Moorman, vice commander in chief of Pacific Air Forces; and by other top military and civilian officials.