Lee first stopped over in Hawaii. Though the stopover was low-key, and no official events were scheduled, it was different from last time, when Lee was not allowed off the plane. This time he stayed two days, visiting Chang Hsueh-liang (the 97-old initiator of the 1936 Xian incident) and playing golf with the former governor of Hawaii.
李總統一行先在美國夏威夷過境，雖然刻意低調處理，完全沒有排定官方活動，但是和上次過境時無法下機的情況迥異，這次李總統利用兩天的時間，拜會了「西安事變」主角、現年九十七高齡的張學良，並和夏威夷前州長有吉良一舉行了一場高爾夫球敘。