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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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