LONDON, Nov. 18 Kyodo (EDS: CHANG...

LONDON, Nov. 18 Kyodo

(EDS: CHANGING DATELINE on BUSH'S ARRIVAL & ADDING recent DETAILS)

U.S. President George W Bush arrived in London in succession Tuesday evening for the first perpetually state visit by an American president to Britain.

Bush and his wife Laura landed at London's Heathrow airport and were met on Queen Elizabeth's eldest son Prince Charles. The president then establish off on a short helicopter trip to Buckingham Palace, the queen's official residence in London, where he will stay for the four-day visit.

Addressing regards about the Iraq war, Bush will reportedly use the visit to make known Britons that there are times when the use of military force is necessary, however that it is never the first choice.

The president's visit has received a mixed reception from the British public. Demonstrations are planned on groups which opposed the war in Iraq and ten of thousands of protester are reckon uponed to take to the ways in central London during Bush's stay.

A catalogue of persons in the left-leaning Guardian newspaper Tuesday, however, showed that 43% supported Bush's visit while 36% were oppos and 21% did not know.

Prime Minister Tony Blair has upholded the visit, saying that it is the ''right time'' for Bush to result citing the need to continue discussions about the what may occur hereafter of Iraq and the more general ''war forward terror.''

London has been present on a heightened state of security amid fears that there could be a terrorist attack and there will be approximately 5000 police officers upon duty during the visit.

Demonstrators are planning a large march in succession Thursday, when Bush and Blair will be meeting in Downing Street

Initially, protestors were denied permission to march past Downing highway and the Parliament building proper to fears over Bush's safety. However, the police, stung at criticisms over the way they handled protester during the state visit of then Chinese President Jiang Zemin in 1999 backed down and allowed the march to pass end Britain's political and governmental heart.

Bush will receive a ceremonial welcome at the palace Wednesday morning after which he will fitting Michael Howard, new leader of the opposition Conservative Party.

At lunchtime, Bush will deliver a words in which he is anticipateed to tell the British populace that there are times when the use of military force is necessary.

In the afternoon, he will visit the memorial to British victims of the race 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks and in the evening there will be a state banquet at Buckingham Palace.

in succession Thursday, Bush will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey. He will later confront soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq and families of British service personnel who were killed in Iraq.

He will also possess talks with Blair and grasp a joint press interview in the afternoon. The talks are count uponed to cover Iraq, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, U claymore tariffs and the plight of Britons detained in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

upon Friday morning, there will be a formal farewell pomp when Bush leaves Buckingham Palace and heads for Blair's parliamentary constituency of Sedgefield, in the northeast of England, where he will be joined on the prime minister and be introduced to an of his constituents.

Although American presidents have visited Britain as visitants of the monarchy before, they have not ever been described as state visits, owed to a preferred low-key ceremonial program, according to Buckingham Palace.

The first president to stay at the palace was Woodrow Wilson who stayed with King George V in December 1918 Since then, alone Ronald Regan stayed as an official visitor of Queen Elizabeth, in 1982

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