List of international trips made by Willy Brandt

This is a list of international trips made by Willy Brandt, the 4th Chancellor of Germany, during his tenure from 21 October 1969 to 7 May 1974.[1]

The United States Marine Band performing during a State Arrival Ceremony for Chancellor Brandt on the South Lawn of the White House, 1970.
Willy Brandt (left) and Willi Stoph in Erfurt 1970, the first encounter of a Federal Chancellor with his East German counterpart.
Brant inspecting a Dutch Armed Forces guard of honour at Ypenburg Airport in December 1969.

Summary of international trips

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1969

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Country Areas visited Date(s) Details
  Netherlands The Hague 1 December March

1970

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Country Areas visited Date(s) Details
  Tunisia Tunis 8–9 January
  France Paris 30–31 January
  Denmark Copenhagen 14 February
  United Kingdom London 2–4 March
  East Germany Erfurt 19 March Visited the Buchenwald concentration camp
  United States El Paso
Cape Kennedy
4–11 April
  Norway Oslo 23–25 April
  Vatican 12–24 July
  Soviet Union Moscow 11–13 August [2]
  Italy Rome 23–25 November
  Poland Warsaw 6–8 December Visit became known for the Kniefall von Warschau and the signing of an agreement recognizing the Polish borders[3][4]

1971

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  France Paris 25–26 January
  United Kingdom London 5 May
  Jamaica Kingston 12–13 June
  United States Hartford, Connecticut 13–18 June
  Soviet Union Crimea 16–18 September
  Norway Oslo 9–11 December
  Sweden Stockholm 11–12 December
  United States Key Biscayne, Florida 28–29 December

1972

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  France Versailles 10–11 February
  Iran Teheran
Isfahan
Kharg Island
5–8 March
  United Kingdom London 20–22 April
  Austria Vienna
Eisenstadt
23–25 May
  France Paris 19 October

1973

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  France Paris 22–23 January
  Belgium Brussels 7 February
  Yugoslavia Belgrade
Brijuni
16–19 April
  United States Washington, D.C. 29 April – 3 May
  Israel Lod
Jerusalem
Herzliya
7–11 June
  United States New York City
Chicago
23 September – 1 October
  France Strasbourg 12–13 November
  Czechoslovakia Prague 11–12 December [5][6][7]
  Denmark Copenhagen 14–15 December

1974

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  France Paris 6 April Funeral of Georges Pompidou[8]
  Algeria Algiers 19–21 April [9]
  Egypt Cairo 21–24 April [10]

References

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  1. ^ "Willy Brandt's foreign trips between 1967 and 1974". willy-brandt-biography.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  2. ^ The Federal Republic of Germany's Ostpolitik Archived 2022-12-26 at the Wayback Machine on CVCE website (Centre for European Studies).
  3. ^ Text of the treaty Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (PDF file, (in German))
  4. ^ Cover of German news magazine "Der Spiegel" with image of Brandt in front of the monument Archived 2009-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (photographer: Sven Simon)
  5. ^ United States-Department of State. Documents on Germany 1944–1985. Washington: Department of State, [s.d.], pp. 1256–1258. The Treaty of Prague (11 December 1973) Archived 23 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Brandt's Prague Trip Now Due Dec. 11". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  7. ^ "Brandt Postpones Prague Treaty Trip". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  8. ^ Bulletin des Presse- und Informationsamtes der Bundesregierung 1974, Nr. 46, S. 446
  9. ^ Bulletin des Presse- und Informationsamtes der Bundesregierung 1974, Nr. 50, S. 481ff.
  10. ^ Bulletin des Presse- und Informationsamtes der Bundesregierung 1974, Nr. 50, S. 487ff.