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Visits to the U.S. by Foreign Heads of State and Government--1973

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Date	Visitor	Country	Description
January 5, 1973	President Zalman Shazar	Israel	Attended memorial services for former President Truman.
January 5, 1973	Prime Minister John M. Lynch	Ireland	Attended memorial services for former President Truman.
January 5, 1973	Prime Minister Chong Pil Kim	Korea	Attended memorial services for former President Truman.
February 1-2, 1973	Prime Minister Edward R. G. Heath	United Kingdom	Official visit.
February 5-7, 1973	King Hussein	Jordan	Private visit. Met with President Nixon February 6.
March 1, 1973	Prime Minister Golda Meir	Israel	Private visit. In U.S. February 26-March 8.
April 2-7, 1973	President Nguyen Van Thieu	Vietnam	Official visit at San Clemente (California), and Washington.
April 10, 1973	Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew	Singapore	Private visit. In U.S. March 25-April 11. Met with President Nixon April 10.
April 17-18, 1973	Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti	Italy	Official visit. In U.S. April 16-22; visited Williamsburg (Virginia), New York City, and Hawaii.
May 1-2, 1973	Chancellor Willy Brandt	Germany, Federal Republic of	Official visit.
May 14-15, 1973	Emperor Haile Selassie	Ethiopia	Official visit.
June 5, 1973	President William R. Tolbert	Liberia	Private visit. In U.S. June 4-8.
June 18-26, 1973	General Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev	U.S.S.R.	Official visit at Washington and San Clemente (California).
July 24-26, 1973	Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	Iran	State visit. In U.S. July 23-27; visited Williamsburg (Virginia).
July 30, 1973	Prime Minister Edward Gough Whitlam	Australia	Private visit en route to Commonwealth meeting in Canada.
July 31- August 1, 1973	Prime Minister Kakui Tanaka	Japan	Official visit. Private visit to Washington July 29-30.Afterwards visited New York City, Chicago, San Francisco. Departed U.S. August 5.
August 2, 1973	President Omar Bongo	Gabon	Private visit. Met with President Nixon at the White House.
September 18-20, 1973	Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto	Pakistan	Official visit. In U.S. September 17-24; visited Williamsburg (Virginia), San Francisco, and New York City.
September 26-29, 1973	Prime Minister Norman E. Kirk	New Zealand	Official visit; fifth to the U.S.; first as Head of Government.
September 29, 1973	Chancellor Willy Brandt	Germany, Federal Republic of	Private visit; met with President Nixon at the White House.
October 8-11, 1973	President Felix Houphouet-Boigny	Ivory Coast	State visit. Afterwards visited Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City (private visit after October 15.). Departed U.S. October 18.
October 10, 1973	President Mobutu Sese Seko	Zaire	Private visit. Met with President Nixon at the White House.
October 15, 1973	President Sangoule Lamizana	Upper Volta	Private visit. Met with President Nixon at the White House to discuss the drought in West Africa.
November 1, 1973	Prime Minister Golda Meir	Israel	Private working visit and discussion of the Middle East crisis.
December 3-6, 1973	President Nicolae Ceausescu	Romania	Official visit. Afterwards visited Wilmington (North Carolina), Cleveland (Ohio), Hartford (Connecticut), and New York City. Departed U.S. December 7.

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