Trips 1967–1974
© Bundesregierung/Ludwig Wegmann
Upon assuming the office of Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany on 1 December 1966, foreign trips become an essential part of work for Willy Brandt. Mostly they involve meetings with his closest allies, the USA, Great Britain and France and also with other partners in the framework of NATO and the European Community. New destinations in South America, Africa and Asia are also included in his travel programme.
During his term as Chancellor from 1969 to 1974, Willy Brandt continues to make frequent trips to Washington, London and Paris. In the course of pursuing his new Ostpolitik, he travels for the first time to the GDR and the Soviet Union. Brandt also pays state visits to Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Israel. He almost always spends his summer holidays with his family in Norway. There are as well the numerous trips which Brandt undertakes as Chancellor or as SPD chairman within the Federal Republic and to West Berlin. However, those are not listed here.
1967
| 3–6 January 1967 | Rome (Italy) Party leaders’ conference of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 13/14 January 1967 | Paris (France) accompanied by Federal Chancellor Kiesinger, government talks with President de Gaulle, Prime Minister Pompidou and Foreign Minister Couve de Murville |
| 23/24 January 1967 | Strasbourg (France) Meeting of the Consulting Assembly of the Council of Europe |
| 7–11 February 1967 | USA i. a. talks with President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey, Secretary of State Rusk and Secretary of Defence McNamara in Washington D.C. and additional appointments in New York and Chicago |
| 2–5 April 1967 | Rome (Italy) Ministerial Council meeting of the Western European Union (WEU) |
| 9/10 April 1967 | Brussels (Belgium) Council of Ministers meeting of the European Economic Community (EEC) |
| 12–14 April 1967 | London (Great Britain) i. a. talks with Foreign Minister Brown |
| 22/23 April 1967 | Copenhagen (Denmark) i. a. discussions with Prime Minister Krag |
| 8–19 May 1967 | Tokyo (Japan) i. a. talks with Emperor Hirohito, Prime Minister Sato and Foreign Minister Miki and also participation in a conference of West German ambassadors |
| 28–31 May 1967 | Rome (Italy) accompanied by Federal Chancellor Kiesinger, participation in a summit conference of the European Economic Community (EEC) |
| 12–14 June 1967 | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) Meeting of NATO’s Ministerial Council |
| 20/21 June 1967 | Helsinki (Finland) i. a. discussion with President Kekkonen |
| 21–23 June 1967 | Stockholm (Sweden) i. a. conversation with Prime Minister Erlander |
| 23–25 June 1967 | Reykjavik (Iceland) i. a. discussion with Prime Minister Benediktsson |
| 25/26 June 1967 | Oslo (Norway) i. a. talks with Prime Minister Borten |
| 26 June 1967 | Brussels (Belgium) Council of Ministers meeting of the European Economic Community (EEC) |
| 3/4 July 1967 | The Hague (Netherlands) Ministerial Council meeting of the Western European Union (WEU) |
| 28–30 July 1967 | Leuven (Belgium) Private stay |
| 3–7 August 1967 | Romania i. a. talks with Foreign Minister Manescu in Bucarest and with head of state and party chief Ceaușescu on the Black Sea |
| 14–17 August 1967 | Washington D.C. (USA) accompanied by Federal Chancellor Kiesinger, i. a. discussions with Secretary of State Rusk, Secretary of Defence McNamara and Treasury Secretary Fowler |
| 19–24 August 1967 | Vangsåsen (Norway) Holiday in vacation house near Hamar |
| 10/11 October 1967 | Zurich (Switzerland) Conference of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 23/24 October 1967 | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) Council of Ministers meeting of the European Community (EC) |
| 19/20 November 1967 | Brussels (Belgium) Council of Ministers meeting of the European Community (EC) |
| 12–15 December 1967 | Brussels (Belgium) Meeting of NATO’s Ministerial Council |
| 18/19 December 1967 | Brussels (Belgium) Council of Ministers meeting of the European Community (EC) |
1968
| 17/18 January 1968 | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) Opening of the exhibit “Exile Literature 1933-45” |
| 29/30 January 1968 | Brussels (Belgium) Ministerial Council meeting of the Western European Union (WEU) |
| 31 January– 2 February 1968 |
Rome (Italy) accompanied by Federal Chancellor Kiesinger, i. a. talks with Italian Prime Minister Moro and Foreign Minister Fanfani |
| 15/16 February 1968 | Paris (France) accompanied by Federal Chancellor Kiesinger, government discussions with, i. a. President de Gaulle, Prime Minister Pompidou and Foreign Minister Couve de Murville |
| 22–26 February 1968 | Morocco i. a. talks with King Hassan II in Rabat |
| 29 February 1968 | Brussels (Belgium) Council of Ministers meeting of the European Community (EC) |
| 9 March 1968 | Brussels (Belgium) Council of Ministers meeting of the European Community (EC) |
| 26 March–3 April 1968 | Ivory Coast / Ghana i. a. participation in a West German ambassador’s conference in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) |
| 3–16 April 1968 | Dakar (Senegal) Talks with President Senghor and Foreign Minister M’Bengue in Dakar, holiday afterwards |
| 25–28 April 1968 | Tunisia accompanied by Federal President Lübke, i. a. discussions with President Bourguiba in Tunis |
| 11/12 May 1968 | Dijon (France) Induction into the vintner fraternity “Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin” |
| 6 June 1968 | The Hague (Netherlands) Dedication of the new residence of the ambassador from the Federal Republic of Germany |
| 10–12 June 1968 | Vienna (Austria) i. a. lecture at the Austrian Society for Foreign Policy on the subject of “Verständigung mit Osteuropa” (“Understanding with Eastern Europe”) |
| 12–14 June 1968 | Yugoslavia i. a. talks with Foreign Minister Nikezić in Belgrade and with President Tito on the Adriatic island of Brioni |
| 20–26 June 1968 | Reykjavik (Iceland) Meeting of NATO’s Ministerial Council |
| 26/27 June 1968 | Edinburgh (Great Britain) Acceptance of an honorary doctorate from St. Andrews University |
| 19–21 July 1968 | Brussels (Belgium) Council of Ministers meeting of the European Community (EC) |
| 2–23 August 1968 | Vangsåsen (Norway) Holiday in vacation house near Hamar |
| 30 August– 5 September 1968 |
Geneva (Switzerland) Participation in the Conference of non-nuclear weapon states |
| 7 September 1968 | Paris (France) i. a. discussions with Foreign Minister Debré |
| 7–10 October 1968 | New York (USA) i. a. Talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko on the fringes of the UN General Assembly |
| 11–20 October 1968 | Chile i. a. participation in a West German ambassadors’ conference in Viña del Mar and discussions with the Chilean government in Santiago de Chile |
| 20–22 October 1968 | Argentina i. a. talks with the government in Buenos Aires |
| 22/23 October 1968 | Uruguay i. a. conversations with the government in Montevideo |
| 23–26 October 1968 | Brasilien i. a. discussions with the government in Rio de Janeiro |
| 5 November 1968 | Brussels (Belgium) Council of Ministers meeting of the European Community (EC) |
| 6 November 1968 | Paris (France) Speech at the UNESCO General Conference |
| 8/9 November 1968 | The Hague (Netherlands) Congress of European Parliamentarians |
| 14–16 November 1968 | Brussels (Belgium) Meeting of NATO’s Ministerial Council |
| 10 December 1968 | Brussels (Belgium) Council of Ministers meeting of the European Community (EC) |
| 27 December 1968– 4 January 1969 |
Sylt (Germany) Holiday on the North Sea island |
1969
| 14 February 1969 | Rome (Italy) Discussions with the Italian Foreign Minister Nenni |
| 14–23 February 1969 | Trip overseas From Naples (Italy) to Halifax (Canada) with stopovers in Malaga (Spain) and Lisbon (Portugal) |
| 23/24 February 1969 | New York (USA) Conferring the “Freedom Award” of the International Rescue Committee on General Clay |
| 10/11 March 1969 | London (Great Britain) Meeting of the Action Committee for the United States of Europe as well as discussions with British Foreign Secretary Stewart |
| 13/14 March 1969 | Paris (France) accompanied by Federal Chancellor Kiesinger government discussions, i. a. with President de Gaulle and Prime Minister Couve de Murville |
| 24/25 March 1969 | Brussels (Belgium) Council of Ministers meeting of the European Community (EC) and talks with Belgian Foreign Minister Harmel |
| 6–8 April 1969 | Ottawa (Canada) Conversations with the Canadian government |
| 9–11 April 1969 | Washington D.C. (USA) Meeting of NATO’s Ministerial Council and talks with Secretary of State Rusk (USA), Foreign Minister Stewart (Great Britain) and Foreign Minister Debré (France) |
| 5/6 May 1969 | London (Great Britain) Meeting of the Ministerial Committee of the Council of Europe on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the organisation’s founding |
| 12 May 1969 | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) Council of Ministers meeting of the European Community (EC) |
| 13 May 1969 | Strasbourg (France) Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe |
| 22–28 May 1969 | Turkey i. a. talks with President Sunay, Prime Minister Demirel and Foreign Minister Çaglayangil in Ankara and Istanbul |
| 5/6 June 1969 | The Hague (Netherlands) Ministerial Council meeting of the Western European Union (WEU) |
| 14–16 June 1969 | Eastbourne (Great Britain) XIth Congress of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 3/4 July 1969 | Paris (France) Discussions with President Pompidou, Prime Minister Chaban-Delmas and Foreign Minister Schumann |
| 5 July 1969 | Copenhagen (Denmark) Talks with Foreign Minister Hartling |
| 6/7 July 1969 | Sweden Conversation with Foreign Minister Nilsson in Stockholm and conference of social democratic/socialist party leaders in Harpsund |
| 8 July 1969 | The Hague (Netherlands) Discussions with Foreign Minister Luns |
| 19 July 1969 | Oslo (Norway) Talks with Foreign Minister Lyng |
| 30 July–7 August 1969 | Vangsåsen (Norway) Holiday in vacation house near Hamar |
| 31 August/ 1 September 1969 |
Rome (Italy) i. a. discussions with Foreign Minister Moro |
| 3 September 1969 | Brussels (Belgium) Talks with Foreign Minister Harmel |
| 15 September 1969 | Brussels (Belgium) Council of Ministers meeting of the European Community (EC) |
| 21/22 September 1969 | New York (USA) Discussions on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, i. a. with the following Foreign Ministers: Rogers (USA), Stewart (Great Britain), Schumann (France), Gromyko (Soviet Union) und Manescu (Romania) |
| 1/2 December 1969 | The Hague (Netherlands) Summit conference of heads of state and government of the European Community (EC) |
| 25 December 1969– 8 January 1970 |
Tunisia Holiday on the island of Djerba as well as discussions in Tunis with Foreign Minister Bouteflika and Prime Minister Ladgham |
1970
| 30/31 January 1970 | Paris (France) accompanied by Foreign Minister Scheel, government discussions with President Pompidou and Prime Minister Chaban-Delmas |
| 13/14 February 1970 | Copenhagen (Denmark) i. a. talks with Prime Minister Krag and Foreign Minister Hartling |
| 2–4 March 1970 | Great Britain Talks with Prime Minister Wilson as well as with additional members of the British cabinet in London and acceptance of an honorary doctorate from Oxford University |
| 19 March 1970 | Erfurt (GDR) First meeting with GDR Prime Minister Stoph |
| 4–11 April 1970 | USA i. a. visits to El Paso (Texas), Mesilla (New Mexico), Camp David (Maryland) and Cape Canaveral (Florida) as well as discussions with President Nixon in Washington D.C. |
| 23–25 April 1970 | Oslo (Norway) Talks with Prime Minister Borten and further government representatives and also a speech to members of the Norwegian parliament (“Storting”) |
| 12–14 July 1970 | Rome (Italy) Discussions with President Saragat and Prime Minister Rumor as well as a private audience with Pope Paul VI in the Vatican |
| 4–8 August 1970 | Vangsåsen (Norway) Holiday in vacation house near Hamar |
| 11–13 August 1970 | Moscow (Soviet Union) together with Foreign Minister Scheel, signing of the German-Soviet Treaty (“Moscow Treaty“) and also talks with Prime Minister Kosygin and CPSU General Secretary Brezhnev |
| 14 August– 2 September 1970 |
Norway / Sweden Holiday in Vangsåsen near Hamar and meeting of four with Sweden’s Prime Minister Palme, Austria’s Federal Chancellor Kreisky and the SPD fraction chairman, Wehner, in Arvika, Sweden |
| 23–25 November 1970 | Rome (Italy) Talks with Prime Minister Colombo and other government representatives as well as with President Saragat |
| 6–8 December 1970 | Warsaw (Poland) accompanied by Foreign Minister Scheel, signing of the German-Polish Border Treaty (“Treaty of Warsaw”), discussions with party chief Gomułka and Prime Minister Cyrankiewicz and the genuflection at the monument to the Ghetto Uprising of 1943 |
| 27 December 1970– 15 January 1971 |
Kenya Holiday; at a stopover in Fort Lamy, today N’Djamena (Chad), discussion with President Tombalbaye and in Nairobi talks with Kenyan Finance Minister Kibaki |
1971
| 25/26 January 1971 | Paris (France) Discussions with President Pompidou and Prime Minister Chaban-Delmas |
| 7–17 April 1971 | Riva (Italy) Holiday |
| 5/6 May 1971 | London (Great Britain) Participation in a festive event on the occasion of the 150-year existence of the newspaper “The Guardian” and discussions with Prime Minister Heath |
| 25–27 May 1971 | Helsinki (Finland) Council meeting of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 12/13 June 1971 | Jamaica i. a. talks with Prime Minister Shearer in Kingston |
| 14–18 June 1971 | USA i. a. discussions with President Nixon and Foreign Minister Rogers in Washington D.C. and also with UN Secretary General U Thant in New York |
| 23 July– 12 August 1971 |
Sylt (Germany) Holiday on the North Sea island |
| 31 July/ 1 August 1971 |
Harpsund (Sweden) Conference of social democratic/socialist party leaders |
| 16–18 September 1971 | Oreanda (Soviet Union) Talks with CPSU General Secretary Brezhnev in the latter’s summer residence on the Crimean Peninsula |
| 3/4 December 1971 | Paris (France) Discussions with President Pompidou |
| 9–11 December 1971 | Oslo (Norway) Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize on 10 December and a speech at the University of Oslo on the subject of “Policies for Peace in our Times” |
| 12 December 1971 | Stockholm (Sweden) Speech in the Stockholm Cathedral |
| 28 December 1971– 13 January 1972 |
USA accompanied by Foreign Minister Scheel, talks with President Nixon and Secretary of State Rogers at the President’s vacation residence in Key Biscayne (Florida) and subsequent holiday in Long Boat Key (Florida) |
1972
| 5/6 February 1972 | Innsbruck (Austria) Regional conference of social democratic and socialist parties of Austria, Italy, Switzerland and the Federal Republic of Germany |
| 10/11 February 1972 | Paris (France) accompanied by the Federal Ministers Scheel and Schiller, government discussions with President Pompidou, Prime Minister Chaban-Delmas and the French ministers Schumann and Giscard d’Estaing |
| 5–8 March 1972 | Teheran (Iran) Talks with Shah Reza Pahlevi and Prime Minister Hoveyda |
| 27 March–7 April 1972 | Sardinia (Italy) Holiday |
| 20–22 April 1972 | London (Great Britain) i. a. reception by Queen Elizabeth II and discussions with Prime Minister Heath |
| 13 May 1972 | Åbenrå (Denmark) Party rally with Danish Prime Minister Krag |
| 23–25 May 1972 | Vienna (Austria) i. a. talks with Federal President Jonas and Federal Chancellor Kreisky |
| 4/5 June 1972 | Boston (USA) Jubilee event at Harvard University on the 25th anniversary of the announcement of the Marshall Plan |
| 26/27 June 1972 | Vienna (Austria) XIIth Congress of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 11 July–6 August 1972 | Vangsåsen (Norway) Holiday in vacation house near Hamar |
| 14/15 September 1972 | Oslo (Norway) Address at a rally in favour of Norway joining the European Community (EC) |
| 30 September 1972 | Interlaken (Switzerland) Participation at the party congress of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland |
| 19/20 October 1972 | Paris (France) Summit conference of the European Community’s (EC) heads of state and government |
| 26 December 1972- 12 January 1973 |
Fuerteventura (Spain) Holiday on the Canary Islands |
1973
| 22/23 January 1973 | Paris (France) Talks with President Pompidou |
| 7/8 February 1973 | Brussels (Belgium) i. a. discussions with Prime Minister Leburton and Foreign Minister van Elslande |
| 16–25 April 1973 | Yugoslavia i. a. talks with President Tito in Belgrade and on the Adriatic island of Brioni; holiday afterwards |
| 29 April–3 May 1973 | Washington D.C. (USA) accompanied by Foreign Minister Scheel and Federal Minister Bahr, i. a. talks with President Nixon, Secretary of State Rogers and National Security Adviser Kissinger in the White House and a speech at the National Press Club |
| 7–11 June 1973 | Israel i. a. conversations with Prime Minister Meir, Foreign Minister Eban and Defence Minister Dayan in Jerusalem, visit to the Shoah Memorial Yad Vashem and stay at the Kibbutz Ginossar on the Sea of Galilee |
| 2–30 July 1973 | Vangsåsen (Norwegen) Holiday in vacation house near Hamar |
| 23–30 September 1973 | USA i. a. speech before the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, lecture at the Council on Foreign Relations in Chicago, acceptance of the “Aspen Award” in Aspen, Colorado, and also talks with President Nixon and Secretary of State Kissinger in Washington D.C. |
| 6/7 October 1973 | Chequers (Great Britain) Talks with Prime Minister Heath at his country estate |
| 27 October– 5 November 1973 |
La Croix-Valmer (France) Private visit with the Harpprechts |
| 11/12 November 1973 | London (Great Britain) Party leaders’ meeting of the Socialist International (SI) and talks with Prime Minister Heath |
| 12/13 November 1973 | Strasbourg (France) Acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Strasbourg and speech to the European Parliament |
| 26/27 November 1973 | Paris (France) accompanied by Foreign Minister Scheel, i. a. discussions with President Pompidou and Prime Minister Messmer |
| 11/12 December 1973 | Prague (Czechoslovakia) together with Foreign Minister Scheel, signing of the German-Czechoslovakian Treaty (“Treaty of Prague”) as well as discussions with CPČ General Secretary Husák and Prime Minister Štrougal |
| 14/15 December 1973 | Copenhagen (Denmark) Summit conference of the European Community’s (EC) heads of state and government |
| 27 December 1973- 12 January 1974 |
Grafenau (Germany) Holiday in the Bavarian Forest |
1974
| 6 April 1974 | Paris (France) Funeral for the deceased President Pompidou; discussions with US President Nixon, British Prime Minister Wilson and Danish Prime Minister Hartling |
| 19–21 April 1974 | Algeria i. a. discussions with President Boumedienne in Algiers |
| 21–24 April 1974 | Egypt i. a. talks with President Sadat in Cairo |
| 16 May–4 June 1974 | Vangsåsen (Norway) Holiday in vacation house near Hamar (interrupted by round-trip flights to Bonn on 24 May and to Hannover on 27/28 May) |
| 3 August– 3 September 1974 |
Vangsåsen (Norway) Holiday in vacation house near Hamar |
| 19–21 October 1974 | Portugal i. a. talks with Foreign Minister Soares in Lisbon as well as participation in Porto in a rally of solidarity with the Carnation Revolution |
| 1/2 November 1974 | The Hague (Netherlands) Meeting of social democratic party leaders in the European Community (EC) |
| 18–20 November 1974 | Paris (France) i. a. speech on “France, Germany and Europe” at an event of the Mouvement Européen and discussions with President Giscard d’Estaing and Prime Minister Chirac |
| 21 November 1974 | Brussels (Belgium) Speech at the ceremony on the occasion of the 25-year existence of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) |
| 11–14 December 1974 | Geneva (Switzerland) Speech at the opening of an international colloquium of the children’s aid association UNICEF |
| 27 December 1974– 8 January 1975 |
Bairbach (Austria) Holiday |