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Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

January 22, 1981-July 5, 1982

March 10-11, 1981
Canada
Ottawa
Accompanied President Reagan on a State visit.

April 4-5, 1981
Egypt
Cairo
Reviewed the Middle East peace process with President Sadat and Foreign Minister Ali.

April 5-6, 1981
Israel
Jerusalem
Reviewed the Middle East peace process with Prime Minister Begin and Foreign Minister Shamir.

April 6-7, 1981
Jordan
Amman
Reviewed the Middle East peace process with King Hussein and Prime Minister Rifai.

April 7-8, 1981
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Discussed the Middle East peace process and AWACS sales with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.

April 8, 1981
Italy
Rome
Met with Foreign Minister Colombo.

April 8-9, 1981
Spain
Madrid
Met with King Juan Carlos, Prime Minister Calvo Sotelo, and senior Spanish officials.

April 9-11, 1981
United Kingdom
London
Met with Prime Minister Thatcher and Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington.

April 11, 1981
France
Paris
Met with President Giscard d'Estaing and Foreign Minister Francois-Poncet.

April 12, 1981
Germany, Federal Republic of
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher.

May 2-5, 1981
Italy
Rome
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting.

May 5, 1981
Belgium
Brussels
Stopped en route to U.S. from NATO meeting.

June 12-14, 1981
United Kingdom
Hong Kong
Official visit. Stopped en route to China.

June 14-17, 1981
China, People's Republic of
Beijing
Met with Chairman Hua, Premier Zhao, and senior Chinese officials.

June 17-20, 1981
Philippines
Manila
Attended ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting.

June 21-23, 1981
New Zealand
Wellington
Attended ANZUS Council Meeting.

July 10-11, 1981
Bahamas
Nassau
Attended a meeting with the Canadian, Mexican, and Venezuelan Foreign Ministers on economic cooperation in the Caribbean.

July 19-21, 1981
Canada
Ottawa, Montebello
Accompanied President Reagan to Economic Summit Meeting.

July 31-August 2, 1981
Mexico
Cancun
Attended a Foreign Ministers meeting preliminary to Conference on Cooperation and Development.

September 11-12, 1981
Spain
Marbella
Met with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Fahd.

September 12-13,1981
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Official visit; met with President Kraigher and senior Yugoslav officials.

September 13, 1981
Germany
West Berlin
Addressed the Berlin Press Association.

September 13-14, 1981
Germany, Federal Republic of
Bonn
Met with Foreign Minister Genscher.

October 9-12, 1981
Egypt
Cairo
Attended the funeral of President Sadat.

October 21-24, 1981
Mexico
Cancun
Accompanied President Reagan to the International Meeting on Cooperation and Development.

November 23-24, 1981
Mexico
Mexico, D.F.
Deposited the instrument of ratification of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America.

December 2-4, 1981
St. Lucia
Castries
Attended OAS General Assembly Meeting.

December 9-13, 1981
Belgium
Brussels
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting.

January 10-12, 1982
Belgium
Brussels
Attended a special NATOMinisterial meeting on the situation in Poland.

January 12-14, 1982
Egypt
Cairo
Discussed the Egyptian- Israeli peace process with President Mubarak.

January 14-15, 1982
Israel
Jerusalem
Discussed the Egyptian-Israeli peace process with Prime Minister Begin.

January 24-27, 1982
Switzerland
Geneva
Met with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko.

January 27-28, 1982
Israel
Jerusalem
Discussed prospects for Palestinian autonomy talks with Israeli officials.

January 28-29, 1982
Egypt
Cairo
Discussed prospects for Palestinian autonomy talks with Egyptian officials.

January 29, 1982
United Kingdom
London
Met with Prime Minister Thatcher while returning to U.S.

February 7-10, 1982
Spain
Madrid
Attended CSCE Follow-up Meeting.

February 10-11, 1982
Portugal
Lisbon
Met with Prime Minister Pinto and senior Portuguese officials.

February 11-12, 1982
Morocco
Marrakesh
Met with King Hassan II and senior Moroccan officials.

February 12-13, 1982
Romania
Bucharest
Met with President Ceausescu and Foreign Minister Andrei.

April 8-9, 1982
United Kingdom
London
Attempted to resolve the Falkland/Malvinas Islands crisis.

April 9-11, 1982
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Attempted to resolve the Falkland/Malvinas crisis. Stopped in Dakar, Senegal, April 9 on way from London.

April 12-13, 1982
United Kingdom
London
Attempted to resolve the Falkland/Malvinas crisis.

April 15-19, 1982
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Attempted to resolve the Falkland/Malvinas crisis.

April 19, 1982
Venezuela
Caracas
Discussed the Falkland/ Malvinas crisis with Foreign Minister Zambrano.

May 13-15, 1982
Turkey
Ankara
Official visit. Met with President Evren and senior Turkish officials.

May 15-16, 1982
Greece
Athens
Official visit. Met with President Karamanlis, Prime Minister Papandreou, and senior Greek officials.

May 16-18, 1982
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting.

June 2-7, 1982
France
Paris, Versailles
Accompanied President Reagan on State visit and to Economic Summit Meeting.

June 7, 1982
Italy
Rome
Accompanied President Reagan on a State visit.

June 7, 1982
Vatican City
Accompanied President Reagan.

June 7-9, 1982
United Kingdom
London
Accompanied President Reagan on a State visit.

June 9-11, 1982
Germany, Federal Republic of
Bonn
Accompanied President Reagan on a State visit and to a NATO Summit Meeting.

June 11, 1982
Germany
West Berlin
Accompanied President Reagan.


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