Trips 1957–1966

Due to holding the office of Governing Mayor of Berlin, which he assumes on 3 October 1957, Willy Brandt becomes a leading German politician. Even outside of Germany the social democrat is in high demand as a partner in discussions as attested by the increasing number of his trips abroad. This is even more the case when Brandt moves into the focal point of international politics during the Berlin Crisis of 1958-1963.

During this time, the Governing Mayor often travels to the USA as well as to Great Britain and France, who guarantee as protective powers the freedom of West Berlin. For the first time he also visits countries in Asia and in Africa. At the same time in the 1960s, as its Chancellor candidate and party chairman, Willy Brandt travels a lot for the SPD. However, his innumerable campaign events in the Federal Republic and frequent trips between Berlin and Bonn are not listed here.


1957

April 1957 Black Forest (Germany)
Treatment at a health resort
Summer 1957 Allgäu (Germany)
Holiday

1958

6–19 February 1958 USA
i. a. talks with President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon and Secretary of State Dulles in Washington D.C., and numerous appearances in New York, Philadelphia and Boston
9–15 March 1958 Great Britain
i. a. meeting with Prime Minister Macmillan and opposition leader Gaitskell as well as lecture at Chatham House in London
14/15 December 1958 Paris (France)
i. a. statement of the Governing Mayor at the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on the Berlin Crisis as well as discussions with the Foreign Ministers, Couve de Murville (France), Brentano (Federal Republic of Germany) and Lange (Norway)

1959

19 January 1959 Strasbourg (France)
Speech in the European Parliament
6 February–
6 March 1959
Political world tour for Berlin
Stopovers: Ottawa (Canada), Washington D.C., New York, Springfield, Los Angeles, Hawaii (USA), Tokyo (Japan), Hong Kong, Singapore, Rangun (Burma), Bangkok (Thailand), Colombo (Ceylon), Karachi (Pakistan), Calcutta and New Delhi (India)
i. a. meetings with US President Eisenhower, UN Secretary General Hammarskjöld, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito and India’s Prime Minister Nehru
13–15 April 1959 Netherlands
i. a. reception by Queen Juliana and talks with the Dutch government in The Hague as well as visits in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht
17–20 April 1959 Stockholm (Schweden)
Party convention of the Social Democratic Worker’s Party of Sweden on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of its founding and discussions with the Prime Ministers of Sweden, Norway and Denmark
20–22 April 1959 London (Great Britain)
i. a. conversations with Prime Minister Macmillan and Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd about the Berlin Crisis
9–11 June 1959 Paris (France)
i. a. discussion with President de Gaulle
12 June 1959 Geneva (Switzerland)
Talks with the Foreign Ministers of the USA, Great Britain, France and the Federal Republic of Germany on the sidelines of the Four-Powers Conference on Germany and Berlin
10 July–15 August 1959 Fischbachau (Germany)
Holiday in Upper Bavaria
in between: 31 July 1959 Geneva (Switzerland)
i. a. conversation with US Secretary of State Herter on the sidelines of the Four-Powers Conference on Germany and Berlin
18-20 October 1959 Zurich (Switzerland)
Rally of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
28–31 October 1959 Brussels (Belgium) / Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
i. a. discussions with the President of the EEC Commission, Hallstein, as well as with the Prime Ministers of Belgium and Luxembourg, Eyskens and Werner
18–21 November 1959 Oslo (Norway)
i. a. reception by King Olav V as well as talks with Prime Minister Gerhardsen and Foreign Minister Lange

1960

6 May 1960 London (Great Britain)
i. a. meeting with the Indian Prime Minister Nehru
13–15 October 1960 Vienna (Austria)
Opening of an exhibit on the occasion of the promotional week “Berlin greets Vienna” as well as discussions with Federal President Schärf, Federal Chancellor Raab, Vice Chancellor Pittermann and Foreign Minister Kreisky
11–14 November 1960 Greece
i. a. meeting with King Paul I and discussion with Prime Minister Karamanlis in Athens
14–17 November 1960 Israel
Participation at an international congress of municipalities in Tel Aviv and, i. a. discussions with Prime Minister Ben Gurion and Foreign Minister Meir
17–19 November 1960 Italy
i. a. conversations with President Gronchi and Prime Minister Fanfani in Rome as well as a private audience with Pope John XXIII at the Vatican

1961

9–11 March 1961 Copenhagen (Denmark)
i. a. discussions with Prime Minister Kampmann and Foreign Minister Krag
11–19 March 1961 USA
i. a. talks with President Kennedy and Secretary of State Rusk in Washington D.C., as well as speeches at Columbia University, in the Goethe House and the Theodor Herzl Institute in New York
5–7 October 1961 New York (USA)
Acceptance of the “Freedom Award” by Freedom House
10/11 November 1961 Brussels (Belgium)
Visit with Belgian social democrats
12–14 December 1961 Paris (France)
i. a. talks with the Foreign Ministers of the USA, Great Britain and France, Rusk, Lord Home and Couve de Murville

1962

10 January–
1 February 1962
Tunisia
Holiday on the island of Djerba and tour in the interior of the country; subsequent meeting with President Bourguiba in Tunis
28 March–2 April 1962 Great Britain
i. a. meeting with the heads of the Labour Party and talks with Foreign Minister Lord Home in London as well as visits to Newcastle, Birmingham and Glasgow
12 July–
12 August 1962
Norway
Holiday
21 September 1962 Cadenabbia (Italy)
Talks with Federal Chancellor Adenauer in his vacation house
28 September–
6 October 1962
USA
i. a. discussions with President Kennedy and Secretary of State Rusk in Washington D.C. and two speeches at Harvard University on the subject of “Co-existence”
31 October–
3 November 1962
London (Great Britain)
i. a. conversations with Foreign Minister Lord Home

1963

24–27 April 1963 France
Visit to the “Berlin Days of Culture“ and lecture on “Berlin et la liberté de l’Europe” at the Mouvement Européen in Paris along with discussions with President de Gaulle in Saint-Dizier
9–16 June 1963 USA
i. a. talks with UN ambassador Stevenson in New York and Secretary of State Rusk in Cambridge as well as a speech in St. Louis
12–15 July 1963 Harpsund (Sweden)
Meeting with Scandinavian and British social democrats/socialists and with politicians and trade unionists from the USA at the invitation of Prime Minister Erlander
16 July–12 August 1963 Alpbachtal (Austria)
Holiday
17–19 October 1963 Brussels (Belgium)
Acceptance of the Paul Henri Spaak Prize
4–22 November 1963 Egypt, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Algeria
i. a. talks with the Presidents Nasser, Obote, Kenyatta, Nyerere, Houphouët-Boigny and Ben Bella and also with Emperor Haile Selassie
24–27 November 1963 Washington D.C. (USA)
Funeral of the murdered President Kennedy

1964

10–12 March 1964 Paris (France)
i. a. speech on the subject “Die Völker wollen Europa” (“The People Want Europe”) at the congress of the International Federation of Free Trade Unions
23–31 March 1964 Norderney (Germany)
Holiday on the North Sea island
11–13 April 1964 London (Great Britain)
Party leaders’ conference of the Socialist International (SI)
2–5 May 1964 Vienna (Austria)
i. a. participation in the festival rally for the 75-year existence of Austrian Social Democracy as well as at a meeting of the Viennese Institute for Development Issues and a reception by Federal President Schärf
13–20 May 1964 USA
i. a. talks with President Johnson and Secretary of State Rusk in Washington D.C. and speech at the “Foreign Policy Association” in New York
6–8 June 1964 Stockholm (Sweden)
Participation at a party congress of the Swedish Social Democrats
29/30 July 1964 Denmark
Visit to Vejle
30/31 July 1964 Norway
Visits to Larvik and to a youth camp near Arendal
31 July–3 August 1964 Harpsund (Sweden)
Meeting with Scandinavian and British social democrats/socialists as well as with politicians and trade unionists from the USA
3–6 August 1964 Sweden
Private stay on Öland and in Trelleborg
2–5 September 1964 Brussels (Belgium)
IXth congress of the Socialist International (SI)
9.–11. November 1964 London (Great Britain)
i. a. talks with Prime Minister Wilson and Foreign Minister Walker and also a speech at the Anglo-German Association

1965

30 January–
24 February 1965
Wildbad Kreuth (Germany)
Treatment at a health resort
5 March 1965 Vienna (Austria)
Attendance at the memorial for Austria’s late Federal President Schärf and discussion with Foreign Minister Kreisky
12–22 April 1965 USA
i. a. talks with President Johnson, Secretary of State Rusk and Secretary of Defence McNamara in Washington D.C., acceptance of an honorary doctorate by the “New School of Social Research” in New York and visit to Cape Kennedy Air Force Station in Florida
22–25 April 1965 Great Britain
Party leaders’ meeting of the Socialist International (SI) in Chequers and visit to Coventry
1–3 June 1965 Paris (France)
i. a. conversations with President de Gaulle, Prime Minister Pompidou and Foreign Minister Couve de Murville
27–29 June 1965 Rome (Italy)
i. a. talks with leading politicians of the country as well as a speech on the subject of “No Resignation for Europe”
30 July–2. August 1965 Harpsund (Sweden)
Meeting with Scandinavian and British social democrats/socialists as well as with politicians and trade unionists from the USA
5–9 August 1965 Norway
Private stay in a vacation house in Vangsåsen near Hamar and speech at a rally with Prime Minister Gerhardsen in Sandefjord
30 September–
10 October 1965
Sainte-Maxime-sur-Mer (France)
Holiday on the Cote d’Azur

1966

7–11 January 1966 Italy
i. a. participation in a congress of the Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano (PSDI) in Naples and private audience with Pope Paul VI in Rome
21–24 February 1966 New York (USA)
Participation at the granting of the “Freedom Award“ of Freedom House and, i. a. discussion with the laureate, US President Johnson
30 March–12 April 1966 France
Holiday
4–7 May 1966 Stockholm (Sweden)
Xth congress of the Socialist International (SI)
24 July–20 August 1966 Vangsåsen (Norway)
Holiday in vacation house near Hamar
4/5 October 1966 Odense (Denmark)
Participation at the Nordic Day
13–15 December 1966 Paris (France)
i. a. meetings of the NATO Ministerial Council and the assembly of the West European Union (WEU)
27 December 1966–
3 January 1967
Sicily (Italy)
Holiday

 

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