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DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON, D. C.

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF PROTOCOL

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: Place Card:

Your Excellency, Mr. Chancellor, Sir 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: Form of Address: Place Card:

MRS. VON STADEN

+'ur-'HTA.I-I-rl~n Your Excellency, Mr. Ambassador The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to

the United States

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: Form of Address: Place Card:

BOHL-ing Mr. Boelling Mr. Boelling

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THE HONORABLE MARIE SCHLEI Parliamentary State Secretary

Pronunciation: Form of Address: Place Card:

DR. PETER HERMES

shly Mrs. Schlei Mrs. Schlei

State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office

Pronunciation: Form of Address: Place Card:

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HAIR-mess Dr. Hermes 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: Form of Address: Place Card:

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MOH-ler Dr. Moeller 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: Form of Address: Place Card:

KRAY-kehler Excellency 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: Form of Address: Place Card:

LYE-ster Or. Leister Dr. Leister

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CORRESPONDENCE SALUTATION:

CORRESPONDENCE COMPLIMENTARY CLOSE:

ENVELOPE ADDRESS:

IN HONOR OF LINES ON INVITATIONS:

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Chancellor:

Very truly yours,

His Excellency Helmut Schmidt

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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 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-

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THE OFFICIAL VISIT

OF

HIS EXCELLENCY

THE FEDERAL CHANCELLOR

OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

AND MRS. SCHMIDT

TO

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 Non­Federal 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. 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-

ACCOMP.fu'JYING GER!IJ\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 GErut.AN 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-

~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

5:00pm

5:15pm

7:30pm

THURSDlW

Arrive Patrick Henry International Airport, Newport News, Virginia.

Arrive Lightfoot House, Colonial Williamsburg.

Horse drawn tour of Colonial Williamsburg.

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

JULY 15, 1976

10:30am

ll:OOam

12:30pm

2:10pm

White House Arrival Ceremony.

Meeting with President Ford at the White House.

ll:OOam Mrs. Schmidt has coffee with Mrs. Ford.

Address luncheon meeting at the National Press Club.

~vreath laying ceremony at the statue of Baron von Steuben, Lafayette Park.

Summary -1-

SUf-1MARY SCHEDULE

THURSDAY JULY 15, 1976

3:00pm

4:30pm

6:30pm

8:00pm

FRIDAY

Chancellor Schmidt receives Secretary Kissinger at Blair House.

Chancellor Schmidt dedicates Einstein Spacearium at the National Air and Space Museum.

Vice President Rockefeller calls on Chancellor Schmidt at Blair House.

White House Dinner.

Dress: Black Tie

Overnight: Blair House

JULY 16, 1976

9:40am

10:30am

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.

Wreath laying Ceremony at the ToiT~ of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery.

Chancellor Schmidt meets with President Ford at the White House.

Summary -2-

SUMMARY SCHEDULE

FRIDAY JULY 16, 1976

12:00noon

1:00pm

3:15pm

4:00pm

4:15pm

6:00 to 9:00pm

SATURDAY

Meeting with German Press at Blair House.

Luncheon hosted by Secretary and Mrs. Kissinger at the Department of State.

Departure for Baltimore, Maryland.

Arrival at Johns Hopkins University.

Chancellor Schmidt receives Honorary degree at Johns Hopkins University.

Reception aboard GORCH FOCK, Harbor of Baltimore.

Dress: Business Suit

Return to Washington, D.C.

Overnight: Blair House

JULY 17, 1976

8:50am

9:55am

Chancellor Schmidt is interviewed on ABC's "Issues and Answers."

Secretary Kissinger arrives Blair House.

Summary -3-

SUJ.1.1..M.ARY SCHEDULE

SATURDAY JULY 17, 1976

10:05am

10:25am

Departure Ceremony at Washington Monument Grounds.

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

3:20pm

6:00pm

6:10pm

6:30pm

Dress: Business Suit

Depart The Bellevue Stratford Hotel via motorcade enroute Philadelphia International Airport.

Depart Philadelphia via German Air Force Plane enroute San . Francisco, California.

Flying time: Time change:

5 hrs. 35 mins. -3 hrs.

Arrive Moffett Field, Naval Air Station, San Francisco.

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.

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.

TUESDAY

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

Overnight: Villa Cypress, Monterey

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

8:20am

8:30am

Arrive Monterey Airport and board private aircraft for flight to Moffett Field, Naval Air Station, San Francisco.

Arrive Moffett Field, and board German Air Force plane.

Chancellor and Mrs. Schmidt depart the United States via a German Air Force plane enroute Ottawa, Canada.

Summary -7-

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