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Visits to the U.S. by Foreign Heads of State and Government--1978 |
| Date | Visitor | Country | Description |
| February 3-8, 1978 | President Anwar Sadat | Egypt | Official visit. |
| February 21-23, 1978 | Prime Minister Anker Jorgensen | Denmark | Official visit. Private visit afterwards to Colorado, California, and Washington state. |
| March 6-9, 1978 | President Josip Broz Tito | Yugoslavia | State visit. |
| March 21-23, 1978 | Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Israel | Official visit. |
| March 23, 1978 | Prime Minister James Callaghan | United Kingdom | Private visit. |
| April 11-14, 1978 | President Nicolae Ceausescu | Romania | State visit. Afterwards visited Chattanooga (Tennessee), Dallas and Houston (Texas), New Orleans (Louisiana), and New York City. Departed U.S. April 17. |
| April 30- May 7, 1978 | Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Israel | Private visit. Met with President Carter on May 1 |
| May 1-3, 1978 | Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda | Japan | Official visit. |
| May 17-19, 1978 | President Kenneth D. Kaunda | Zambia | State visit. In U.S. May 16-23; visited Williamsburg (Virginia), Atlanta (Georgia), Houston (Texas), and Los Angeles. Private visit to New York City, May 21-23. |
| May 26-31, 1978 | President Valery Giscard d'Estaing | France | Private visit while attending UN Special Session on Disarmament. Met with President Carter May 26. |
| May 29-June 2, 1978 | Prime Minister James Callaghan | United Kingdom | Attended North Atlantic Alliance Summit conference. |
| May 30-31, 1978 | Prime Minister Leo C. Tindemans | Belgium | Attended North Atlantic Alliance Summit conference. |
| May 30-31, 1978 | Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau | Canada | Attended North Atlantic Alliance Summit conference. |
| May 30-31, 1978 | Prime Minister Anker Jorgensen | Denmark | Attended North Atlantic Alliance Summit conference. |
| May 30-31, 1978 | Chancellor Helmut Schmidt | Germany, Federal Republic of | Attended North Atlantic Alliance Summit conference. |
| May 30-31, 1978 | Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis | Greece | Attended North Atlantic Alliance Summit conference. |
| May 30-31, 1978 | Prime Minister Geir Hallgrimmsson | Iceland | Attended North Atlantic Alliance Summit conference. |
| May 30-31, 1978 | Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti | Italy | Attended North Atlantic Alliance Summit conference. |
| May 30-31, 1978 | Prime Minister Gaston Thorn | Luxembourg | Attended North Atlantic Alliance Summit conference |
| May 30-31, 1978 | Prime Minister Andreas A. M. van Agt | Netherlands | Attended North Atlantic Alliance Summit conference |
| May 30-31, 1978 | Prime Minister Odvar Nordli | Norway | Attended North Atlantic Alliance Summit conference. |
| May 30-31, 1978 | President Antonio dos Santos Ramalho Eanes | Portugal | Attended North Atlantic Alliance Summit conference. |
| May 30-31, 1978 | Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit | Turkey | Attended North Atlantic Alliance Summit conference. |
| June 8, 1978 | President Leopold-Sedar Senghor | Senegal | Private visit. |
| June 12-15, 1978 | Prime Minister Morarji Desai | India | Official visit. In U.S. June 8; visited New York City, San Francisco, and Omaha (Nebraska). |
| June 26, 1978 | Prime Minister James Callaghan | United Kingdom | Private visit. |
| September 3-19, 1978 | Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Israel | Official visit (Camp David, Maryland, summit talks). |
| September 5-19, 1978 | President Anwar Sadat | Egypt | Official visit (Camp David summit talks). |
| September 21, 1978 | President Jaafar Nimieri | Sudan | Private visit. |
| September 22, 1978 | Prime Minister Peter Kenilorea | Solomon Islands | Private visit. |
| September 28, 1978 | Prime Minister Robert D. Muldoon | New Zealand | Private visit. |
| October 3, 1978 | Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew | Singapore | Private visit. |
| October 6, 1978 | President Spyros Kyprianou | Cyprus | Private visit. |
| October 27, 1978 | King Khalid | Saudi Arabia | Private visit. Had luncheon with President Carter. Received medical treatment at the Cleveland Clinic. |
| November 2, 1978 | Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Israel | Informal meeting in New York City. |
| November 13-16, 1978 | King Hassan II | Morocco | State visit. Afterwards visited Chicago. Departed U.S. November 29. |
| November 28-December 1, 1978 | Prime Minister Hadi Nouira | Tunisia | Official visit. Afterwards visited Dallas, Phoenix (Arizona), Fresno (California), and New York City. Departed U.S. December 5. |
| December 1, 1978 | Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil | Egypt | Private visit to discuss progress of peace negotiations between Egypt and Israel. |
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