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Visits to the U.S. by Foreign Heads of State and Government--1976

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Date	Visitor	Country	Description
January 27-30, 1976	Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin	Israel	Official visit. In U.S. January 26-February 5; visited Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), New York City, Detroit (Michigan), Chicago, and Los Angeles. Addressed U.S. Congress January 28.
March 17-19, 1976	Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Official visit; addressed a joint session of U.S. Congress March 17. In the U.S. March 16; visited Williamsburg (Virginia), Philadelphia, Chicago, New York City, and Boston (Massachusetts).
March 29-April 1, 1976	King Hussein	Jordan	State visit. Afterwards visited Chicago.
April 5, 1976	King Carl XVI Gustav	Sweden	Private visit.
May 10-11, 1976	Queen Margrethe II	Denmark	Luncheon at the White House during a private visit.
May 17-20, 1976	President Valery Giscard d'Estaing	France	State visit; addressed joint session of U.S. Congress May 18; visited Yorktown (Virginia), Philadelphia, Houston (Texas), New Orleans (Louisiana), and Pascagoula (Mississippi). Departed U.S. May 22.
June 1-4, 1976	King Juan Carlos I	Spain	State visit; addressed joint session of U.S. Congress June 2. Afterwards visited New York City.
June 9, 1976	President Seretse Khama	Botswana	Private visit.
June 10, 1976	President Jaafar Nimeiri	Sudan	Private visit.
June 16, 1976	Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau	Canada	Private visit.
June 26-28, 1976	President Valery Giscard d'Estaing	France	Attended Economic Summit Meeting in Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico.
June 26-28, 1976	Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau	Canada	Attended Economic Summit Meeting in Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico.
June 26-28, 1976	Chancellor Helmut Schmidt	Germany, Federal Republic of	Attended Economic Summit Meeting in Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico.
June 26-28, 1976	Prime Minister Aldo Moro	Italy	Attended Economic Summit Meeting in Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico.
June 26-28, 1976	Prime Minister Takeo Miki	Japan	Attended Economic Summit Meeting in Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico.
June 26-28, 1976	Prime Minister James Callaghan	United Kingdom	Attended Economic Summit Meeting in Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico.
June 29-30, 1976	Prime Minister Takeo Miki	Japan	Private visit; presented Bicentennial gift.
July 4, 1976	Prince Rainier	Monaco	Unofficial visit to New York City to view the parade of Tall Ships
July 6-9, 1976	Queen Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	State visit during Bicentennial celebrations; visited Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), New York City, Charlottesville (Virginia), Newport and Providence (Rhode Island), and Boston. Departed U.S. June 11.
July 15-17, 1976	Chancellor Helmut Schmidt	Germany, Federal Republic of	Official visit. In U.S. July 14-20; visited Williamsburg (Virginia), Baltimore (Maryland), and Philadelphia; private visit to San Francisco.
July 27-29, 1976	Prime Minister John Malcolm Fraser	Australia	Official visit. Afterwards made a private visit to New York City and Boston (Massachusetts).
August 3-5, 1976	President Uhro K. Kekkonen	Finland	State visit. Private visit to New York City, Hancock (Michigan), and Williamsburg (Virginia) July 30-August 3. Private visit afterwards to Minneapolis (Minnesota) and New York City.
September 21-24, 1976	President William R. Tolbert	Liberia	State visit. In U.S. September 20. Addressed joint session of U.S. Congress September 23; visited Williamsburg (Virginia) and Atlanta (Georgia). After September 27, private visit to Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) and New York City.
September 24, 1976	President-elect Jose Lopez Portillo	Mexico	Official visit.
December 6-7, 1976	Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti	Italy	Official visit. In U.S. December 5-8; visited New York City.

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