List of international trips made by Willy Brandt

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.

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

Summary of international trips

1969

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

1970

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

Country Areas visited Date(s) Details
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

Country Areas visited Date(s) Details
 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

Country Areas visited Date(s) Details
 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

Country Areas visited Date(s) Details
France Paris 6 April Funeral of Georges Pompidou[8]
Algeria Algiers 19–21 April [9]
Egypt Cairo 21–24 April [10]

References

  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.
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