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]
Summary of international trips
edit1969
editCountry | Areas visited | Date(s) | Details |
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Netherlands | The Hague | 1 December | March |
1970
editCountry | Areas visited | Date(s) | Details |
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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
editCountry | Areas visited | Date(s) | Details |
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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
editCountry | Areas visited | Date(s) | Details |
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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
editCountry | Areas visited | Date(s) | Details |
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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
editCountry | Areas visited | Date(s) | Details |
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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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ The Federal Republic of Germany's Ostpolitik Archived 2022-12-26 at the Wayback Machine on CVCE website (Centre for European Studies).
- ^ Text of the treaty Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (PDF file, (in German))
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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
- ^ "Brandt's Prague Trip Now Due Dec. 11". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ^ "Brandt Postpones Prague Treaty Trip". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ^ Bulletin des Presse- und Informationsamtes der Bundesregierung 1974, Nr. 46, S. 446
- ^ Bulletin des Presse- und Informationsamtes der Bundesregierung 1974, Nr. 50, S. 481ff.
- ^ Bulletin des Presse- und Informationsamtes der Bundesregierung 1974, Nr. 50, S. 487ff.