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Great Seal Visits to the U.S. by Foreign Heads of State and Government--1975

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Date Visitor Country Description
January 9, 1975Sultan Qaboos bin SaidOmanPrivate visit. Departed U.S. January 11.
January 29-31, 1975Prime Minister Harold WilsonUnited KingdomOfficial visit. Afterwards visited New York City.
February 4-7, 1975Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali BhuttoPakistanOfficial visit. Afterwards visited New York City. Departed U.S. February 8.
February 21, 1975Prime Minister Eric E. WilliamsTrinidad and TobagoPrivate visit.
March 3, 1975President Ephraim Katzir IsraelPrivate visit.
March 19-21, 1975Prime Minister Dzemal BijedicYugoslaviaOfficial visit. In U.S. March 18-22; visited Williamsburg (Virginia) and New York City.
April 18-21, 1975President Kenneth D. KaundaZambiaPrivate visit. Met with President Ford April 19.
April 29, 1975King HusseinJordanMet with President Ford during a private visit.
May 1-5, 1975Prime Minister Hadi NouiraTunisiaOfficial visit. In U.S. April 29-May 6; visited Williamsburg (Virginia) and Atlanta (Georgia).
May 7, 1975Prime Minister Wallace E. RowlingNew ZealandPrivate visit.
May 7, 1975Prime Minister Edward Gough Whitlam AustraliaPrivate visit
May 7, 1975Prime Minister Harold WilsonUnited KingdomPrivate visit.
May 8, 1975Prime Minister Lee Kuan YewSingaporePrivate visit. In U.S. May 5-11.
May 13-15, 1975Prime Minister Johannes Marten den UylNetherlandsPrivate visit. First visit to the U.S. at invitation of the President.
May 15-18, 1975Shah Mohammad Reza PahlaviIranState visit. In U.S. May 15; visited Williamsburg (Virginia).
May 22, 1975President Leopold-Sedar SenghorSenegalPrivate visit.
June 10-13, 1975Prime Minister Yitzhak RabinIsraelOfficial visit. Afterwards visited New York City.
June 16-18, 1975President Walter ScheelGermany, Federal Republic ofState visit. In U.S. June 15-20; visited Williamsburg (Virginia), Chicago, and New York City.
July 5, 1975President SuhartoIndonesiaPrivate visit at Camp David (Maryland) during a world tour.
August 3-7, 1975Prime Minister Takeo MikiJapanOfficial visit. In U.S. August 2-10; visited Seattle (Washington), New York City, and Los Angeles.
September 25-27, 1975President Alfonso Lopez MichelsonColombiaState visit. In U.S. September 24-30. Private visit to New York City.
September 30, 1975Prime Minister Seewoosagur RamgoolamMauritiusPrivate visit while attending UN General Assembly session.
October 2-4, 1975Emperor HirohitoJapanState visit; first visit to the continental U.S. In U.S. September 30-October 13; visited Williamsburg, Woods Hole (Massachusetts), New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Honolulu (Hawaii).
October 3, 1975Chancellor Helmut SchmidtGermany, Federal Republic ofWorking meeting and luncheon at White House with President Ford during a private visit.
October 10, 1975King Olav VNorwayPrivate visit.
October 27- November 5, 1975President Anwar SadatEgyptState visit; also met with President Ford in Jacksonville, Florida on November 2. Addressed joint session of U.S. Congress November In U.S. October 26; visited Williamsburg (Virginia), New York City, Chicago, and Houston (Texas).
November 12, 1975Premier Gaston ThornLuxembourgPrivate visit to Washington while serving as President of the UN General Assembly.
November 13, 1975Prime Minister Anker JorgensenDenmarkPrivate visit.

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