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THE OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES OF HIS EXCELLENCY HELMUT SCHMIDT THE CHANCELLOR OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND MRS. SCHMIDT

PRONUNCIATION, FORM OF ADDRESS AND PLACE CARD INFORMATION

HIS EXCELLENCY HELMUT SCHMIDT Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Pronunciation: shmit Form of Address: Your Excellency, Mr. Chancellor, Sir Place Card: The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany MRS. SCHMIDT Wife of The Chancellor Pronunciation: shmit Form of Address: Mrs. Schmidt Place Card: Mrs. Schmidt

HIS EXCELLENCY HANS DIETRICH GENSCHER Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Pronunciation: GHEN-sher Form of Address: Excellency - Mr. Minister Place Card: The Minister of Foreign Affairs HIS EXCELLENCY BERNDT VON STADEN Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States

Pronunciation: +'ur-'HTA.I-I-rl~n Form of Address: Your Excellency, Mr. Ambassador Place Card: The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States MRS. VON STADEN Wife of Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Pronunciation: fun-SHTAH-den Form of Address: Mrs. von Staden Place Card: Mrs. von Staden

MR. KLAUS BOELLING State Secretary Head of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government Pronunciation: BOHL-ing Form of Address: Mr. Boelling Place Card: Mr. Boelling

Digitized from Box 29 of The Ron Nessen Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library - 2 - THE HONORABLE MARIE SCHLEI Parliamentary State Secretary Pronunciation: shly Form of Address: Mrs. Schlei Place Card: Mrs. Schlei

DR. PETER HERMES State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office Pronunciation: HAIR-mess Form of Address: Dr. Hermes Place Card: Dr. Hermes

. ---- VICE ADMIRAL GUENTER LUTHER C,1 e+' o+' the German ~!ava 1 Staff Pronunciation: LOO-ter Form of Address: Admiral Luther Place Card: Vice Admiral Luther THE HONORABLE DR. h.c. ALEX MOELLER Former Federal Minister for Finance Coordinator for the participation of the Federal Government in the United States Bicentennial Pronunciation: MOH-ler Form of Address: Dr. Moeller Place Card: Dr. Moeller

--- ... HIS EXCELLENCY HEINZ L. KREKELER Ambassador Special Representative of the Federal Government for the Private and Non-Federal Participation in the American Bicentennial Pronunciation: KRAY-kehler Form of Address: Excellency Place Card: H.E. Heinz L, Krekeler OR. KLAUS DIETER LEISTER Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Head of the Office of the Federal Chancellor Federal Chancellery Pronunciation: LYE-ster Form of Address: Or. Leister Place Card: Dr. Leister - 3 - MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

CORRESPONDENCE SALUTATION: Dear Mr. Chancellor:

CORRESPONDENCE COMPLIMENTARY CLOSE: Very truly yours,

ENVELOPE ADDRESS: His Excellency Helmut Schmidt Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Bonn His Excellency The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and Mrs. Schmidt Bonn

IN HONOR OF LINES ON INVITATIONS: In Honor of His Excellency Helmut Schmidt Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany In Honor of His Excellency the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and Mrs. Schmidt MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL GE~~~ PARTY His Excellency Helmut Schmidt Chancellor of the ~ederal Republic of Germany Mrs. Schmidt

His Excellency Hans Dietrich Genscher Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs His Excellency Berndt von Staden Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States Mrs. von Staden Mr. Klaus Boelling State Secretary Head of the Press and Information Of.fice of the Federal Government r.trs. Marie Schlei Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Chancellery Dr. Peter Hermes State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office Vice Admiral Guenter Luther Chief of the German Naval Staff Professor Dr. h.c. Alex .Moeller Special Representative of the Federal Chancellor for the Federal Government's participation in the American Bicentennial

&~assador Heinz L. Krekeler Special Representative of the Federal Government for the Private and ~on ~edercl Participation in the American Bicentennial Delegation -1- OFFICIAL GERMAN PARTY (Cont'd.)

Dr. Klaus-Dieter Leister Deputy Assistant Secretary, Head of the Office of the Federal Chancellor, Federal Chancellery

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Dr. Kurt A. Koerber Industrialist Mr. Eugen Lederer Chairman, German Metal Workers Union (IG Metall) Professor Dr. Reimar Luest President Max-Planck Society for the Advancement of Science· Dr. Hanns Martin Schleyer President, Confederation of Germany Employers' Associations Professor Dr. Kurt Sontheimer Professor of Political Science

~1r. Heinz-Oskar Vetter Chairman, German Trade Union Federation (DGB)

Dr. Dieter Hiss Assistant Secretarv for Economic Affairs, Federal Chancellery

&~assador Franz Joachim Schoeller Chief of Protocol Delegation -2- OFFICIAL GERMAN PARTY (Cont'd.)

Dr. Juergen Ruhfus Deputy Assistant Secretary Head of the Office of Foreign Affairs, Federal Chancellery

Delegation -3- MEMBERS OF THE ACCOMPANYING GERMAN PARTY Mr. Christian Bauer Deputy Assistant Secretary Federal Chancellery Dr. Franz Pfeffer Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs Mr. Detlef Graf Rantzau Country Director North American Affairs, Federal Chancellery Dr. Wolfgang Voelpel Colonel, Physician to the Federal Chancellor Dr. Rudolf Wolff County Director North American Affairs Federal Foreign. Ministry Dr. Martin Schoett Country Director, North American Affairs Press and Information Office of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany Mr. Heinz Weber Counselor, Federal Foreign Ministry Mr. Alfred Jahn Director, Federal Ministry of Labor Dr. Richard Gebhardt fersonal Aide to Parlamentary State Secretary Schlei Commander Dieter Leonhardt Personal Aide to Vice Admiral Luther

Delegation -4- ACCOMPANYING GER11.AN PARTY (Cont 'd.)

Mrs. Gisela Siebourg Counselor, Federal Foreign Ministry

Mr. Theodor Wallau Counselor, Federal Foreign Ministry Dr. Juergen Sudhoff Deputy Director, Press and Information Office, Federal Foreign Ministry Mr. Hans Schliebusch Protocol Officer, Federal Chancellery Mr. Klaus Sommer Protocol Officer, Federal Foreign Ministry Mr. Gerard Finan Translator Dr. Werner Bruns Press Officer Mr. Georg Poles Official Stenographer Miss Karin Blumberger Desk Officer, U.S.A. Federal Foreign Office Mr. Hans-Juergen Weber Protocol Officer, Federal Foreign Ministry Mrs. Liselotte Schmarsow Secretary to the Federal Chancellor Mrs. Helgard Boerner Secretary Delegation -5- ACCOMPANYING GE~~N PARTY (CONT'd.)

Mr. Ludwig Wegmann Official Photographer Mrs. Ute Mehs Secretary to State Secretary Boelling Mr. Klaus Winkler Logistics Officer Mr. Wallau Counselor, Federal Foreign Ministry Mr. Sudhoff Deputy Director of the Press and Information Office, Federal Foreign Ministry

Delegation -6- ACCOMPANYING GERV~ PARTY (Cont'd.)

Security Officers~

Mr. Ulrich Kamp Mr. Harald Schmitt Mr. Guenther Warnholz Mr. Werner Seewald Mr. Waldemar Guttmann Mr. Ernst-Otto Heuer Mr. Guenther Janich Mr. Reinhard Zientz Mr. Hermann Schwenk Mr. Friedrich Burneister Mr. Rainer Holder Mr. Hermann Maxeiner Mr. Alfred Huber

Delegation -7- ~~MBERS OF THE ACCOMPANYING AMERICAN PARTY The Honorable Stuart w. Rockwell Acting Chief of Protocol of the United States Mrs. Rockwell The Honorable Martin J. Hillenbrand American Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany Mrs. Hillenbrand Mr. William R. Codus Assistant Chief of Protocol Mr. James H. Kabler III Protocol Officer Mr. James T. Payne Logistics Officer Mrs. Candy Steeler Protocol Secretary Mr. Joseph Pinto Official Photographer Miss Mary Masserini Protocol Press Officer

Delegation -8- -·-

THE OFFICIAL VISIT

HIS EXCELLENCY

THE FEDERAL CHANCELLOR

OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

AND MRS. SCHMIDT

THE UNITED STATES

JULY 1976 MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL GE~~~ PARTY His Excellency Helmut Schmidt Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Hrs. Schmidt

His Excellency Hans Dietrich Genscher Federal Minister of. Foreign Affairs His Excellency Berndt von Staden Ambassador of the Federal .Republic of Germany to the United States Mrs. von Staden Mr. Klaus Boelling State Secretary Head of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government Hrs. r-1arie Schlei Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Chancellery Dr. Peter Hermes State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office Vice Admiral Guenter Luther Chief of the German Naval Staff Professor Dr. h.c. Alex Moeller Special Representative of the Federal Chancellor for the Federal Government's participation in the American Bicentennial Ambassador Heinz L. Krekeler Special Representative of the Federal Government for the Private and Non Federal Participation in the American Bicentennial

Delegation -1- OFFICIAL GERMAN PARTY (Cont'd.)

Dr. Klaus-Dieter Leister Deputy Assistant Secretary, Head of the Office of the Federal Chancellor, Federal Chancellery

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D~. Kurt A. Koerber Industrialist Mr. Eugen Lederer Chairman, German Metal Workers Union (IG Metall) Professor Dr. Reimar Luest President Max-Planck Society for the Advancement of Science· Dr. Hanns Martin Schleyer President, Confederation of Germany Employers' Associations Professor Dr. Kurt Sontheimer Professor of Political Science Mr. Heinz-Oskar Vetter Chairman, German Trade Union Federation (DGB)

Dr. Dieter Hiss Assistant Secretarv for Economic Affairs, Federal Chancellery Ambassador Franz Joachim Schoeller Chief of Protocol Delegation -2- OFFICIAL GERMAN PARTY (Cont'd.)

Dr. Juergen Ruhfus Deputy Assistant Secretary Head of the Office of Foreign Affairs, Federal Chancellery

Delegation -3- MEMBERS OF THE ACCOMPANYING GERMAN PARTY Mr. Christian Bauer Deputy Assistant Secretary Federal Chancellery Dr. Franz Pfeffer Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs Mr. Detlef Graf Rantzau Country Direqtor North American Affairs, Federal Chancellery Dr. Wolfgang Voelpel · Colonel, Physician to the Federal Chancellor Dr. Rudolf Wolff County Director North American Affairs Federal Foreign Ministry Dr. Martin Schoett' Country Director, North American Affairs Press and Information Office .of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany Mr. Heinz Weber Counselor, Federal Foreign Ministry Mr. Alfred Jahn Director, Federal Ministry of Labor Dr. Richard Gebhardt personal Aide to Parlamentary State Secretary Schlei Commander Dieter Leonhardt Personal Aide to Vice Admiral Luther

Delegation -4- P_CCOMPANYING GEFl!AJ.\f PARTY (Cont 'd.)

Mrs. Gisela Siebourg Counselor, Federal Foreign Ministry

Mr. Ludwig Wegmann Official Photographer

Mrs. Ute Mehs Secretary to State Secretary Boelling

Mr. Klaus Winkler Logistics Officer Mr. Wallau Counselor, Federal Foreign Ministry Mr. Sudhoff Deputy Director of the Press and Information Office, Federal, Foreign Ministry

Delegation -6- ACCOMPANYING GErut.AN PARTY (Cont 'd.) Security Officers:

Delegation -7- ~EMBERS OF THE ACCOMPANYING ~ERICAN PARTY

The Honorable Stuart W. Rockwell Acting Chief of Protocol of the United States

Mrs. Rockwell

The Honorable Martin J. Hille;nbrand American Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany

Mrs. Hillenbrand

Mr. William R. Codus Assistant Chief of Protocol

Mr. James H. Kabler III Protocol Officer

Mr. James T. Payne Logistics Officer

Mrs. Candy Steeler Protocol Secretary

Mr. Joseph Pinto Official Photographer

Miss Mary Masserini Protocol Press Officer

Delegation -8- SU~l.FARY SCFEDULE

V.lEDNESDAY JULY 14, 1976

4:30pm Arrive Patrick Henry International Airport, Newport News, Virginia.

5:00pm Arrive Lightfoot House, Colonial Williamsburg.

5:15pm Horse drawn tour of Colonial Williamsburg.

7:30pm Dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Duncan M. Cocke, Senior Vice President of Colonial Williamsburg, at Carter's Grove Plantation. Dress: Business Suit Overnight: Colonial Williamsburg THURSDlW JULY 15, 1976

10:30am White House Arrival Ceremony. ll:OOam Meeting with President Ford at the White House. ll:OOam Mrs. Schmidt has coffee with Mrs. Ford. 12:30pm Address luncheon meeting at the National Press Club.

2:10pm ~vreath laying ceremony at the statue of Baron von Steuben, Lafayette Park. Summary -1- SUf-1MARY SCHEDULE

THURSDAY JULY 15, 1976

3:00pm Chancellor Schmidt receives Secretary Kissinger at Blair House.

4:30pm Chancellor Schmidt dedicates Einstein Spacearium at the National Air and Space Museum.

6:30pm Vice President Rockefeller calls on Chancellor Schmidt at Blair House.

8:00pm White House Dinner.

Dress: Black Tie

Overnight: Blair House

FRIDAY JULY 16, 1976

8:30am Mrs. Schmidt has breakfast with Mrs. von Staden at the residence of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany.

lO:OOam Mrs. Schmidt visits the Smithsonian Museums and Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden.

9:40am Wreath laying Ceremony at the ToiT~ of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery.

10:30am Chancellor Schmidt meets with President Ford at the White House.

Summary -2- SUMMARY SCHEDULE

FRIDAY JULY 16, 1976

12:00noon Meeting with German Press at Blair House.

1:00pm Luncheon hosted by Secretary and Mrs. Kissinger at the Department of State.

3:15pm Departure for Baltimore, Maryland.

4:00pm Arrival at Johns Hopkins University.

4:15pm Chancellor Schmidt receives Honorary degree at Johns Hopkins University.

6:00 to 9:00pm Reception aboard GORCH FOCK, Harbor of Baltimore.

Dress: Business Suit

Return to Washington, D.C.

Overnight: Blair House

SATURDAY JULY 17, 1976

8:50am Chancellor Schmidt is interviewed on ABC's "Issues and Answers."

9:55am Secretary Kissinger arrives Blair House.

Summary -3- SUJ.1.1..M.ARY SCHEDULE

SATURDAY JULY 17, 1976

10:05am Departure Ceremony at Washington Monument Grounds.

10:25am Depart Andrews Air Force Base via German Air Force Plane.

Flying time: 1 hour

11:30am Arrive Philadelphia International Airport, Triangle Publications Term. 11:35am Depart airfield via motorcade enroute the Liberty Bell Pavillon.

11:50am Arrive Liberty Bell Pavillon.

12:00noon Depart Liberty Bell Pavillon on foot enroute Independence Hall.

12:15pm Depart Independence Hall via motorcade enroute Philadelphia Harbor.

12:20pm Arrive Philadelphia Harbor for visit to German destroyer HESSEN.

12:50pm Depart Philadelphia Harbor via motorcade enroute The Bellevue Stratford Hotel.

1:00pm Luncheon hosted by the Mayor of Philadelphia and Mrs. Rizzo at The Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Burgundy Room.

Summary -4- SUHMARY SCHEDULE SATURDAY JULY 17, 1976

Dress: Business Suit 3:20pm Depart The Bellevue Stratford Hotel via motorcade enroute Philadelphia International Airport. Depart Philadelphia via German Air Force Plane enroute San . Francisco, California. Flying time: 5 hrs. 35 mins. Time change: -3 hrs. 6:00pm Arrive Moffett Field, Naval Air Station, San Francisco. 6:10pm Chancellor and Mrs. Schmidt . depart airfield via motorcade enroute the Shultz residence. Note: Remainder of Official Party will depart via motorcade enroute the St. Francis Hotel. 6:30pm Arrive Shultz residence. Private afternoon and evening. Overnight: Shultz residence

Summary -5- SUMMARY SCHEDULE

SUNDAY JULY 18, 1976

Private day.

Overnight: Shultz residence

MONDAY JULY 19 I 1976

am Meeting with Board and staff of the National Bureau of Economic Research at the Bureau's Headquarters at Stanford.

Following the meeting, depart via motorcade enroute Monterey, California.

Overnight: Villa Cypress, Monterey

TUESDAY JULY 20, 1976

Private day.

Overnight: Villa Cypress, r1onterey

WEDNESDAY JULY 21, 1976

7:30am Depart Villa Cypress via motorcade enroute Monterey Airport.

Summary -6- SUMMARY SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY JULY 21, 1976 7:45am Arrive Monterey Airport and board private aircraft for flight to Moffett Field, Naval Air Station, San Francisco. 8:20am Arrive Moffett Field, and board German Air Force plane. 8:30am Chancellor and Mrs. Schmidt depart the United States via a German Air Force plane enroute Ottawa, Canada.

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