Video: 'John & Yoko December 1969' (Dec. 23, 1969, at 22:47-22:51/41:07-43:24)

(Monday, December 23, 1969, approximately 10:55 a.m.-noon EST) — John Lennon of The Beatles and his wife, Yoko Ono, met with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau this morning in the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

“We spent about 50 minutes together, which was longer than he had spent with any head of state,” Lennon told reporters after the meeting. “If all politicians were like Mr. Trudeau there would be world peace.”

Video: 'John Lennon - Yoko Ono con Pierre Trudeau 1969'

It was the only time Lennon and Ono were able to take their peace campaign directly to a world leader.

The couple also met health minister John Munro for almost two hours before flying back to Toronto, and from there to London, later that day.