While the White House was taken off guard by this seemingly impromptu diplomatic mission, Mikoyan was invited to speak to numerous elite American organizations such as the Council on Foreign Relations and the Detroit Club in which he professed his hopes for the USSR to have a more peaceful relationship with the US.
Mens det Hvide Hus i USA var uforberedt på denne øjensynligt improviserede diplomatiske mission, blev Mikojan inviteret til at tale for en række fremtrædende amerikanske organisationer som Council on Foreign Relations og Detroit Club, hos hvilken han fremsatte sine forhåbninger om at USSR fremover skulle have et mere fredeligt forhold til USA.