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Event Visit to the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) (1956)

From: 17 July 1956
To: 20 July 1956

Details

Robert Menzies visited West Germany to discuss German migration to Australia and bilateral trade matters, including import quotas of Australian wheat. The German trip followed the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference in London in June. Dr Konrad Adenauer, the German Federal Chancellor, hosted a dinner in honour of Menzies and Dame Pattie. Menzies told reporters that one of the main objects of his visit to Germany was to get to know Adenauer. Both leaders met for an hour and discussed Germany's reconstruction and current European affairs.

Source

Mr Menzies Admires W. German Recovery. Canberra Times, 18 July 1956, p. 4.

Related Books

Germany: The South, the West and the North. A Volume of Photographs of Germany's Countryside, her Cities, her Villages and her People (1950), Wolff, Paul
Germany: The South, the West and the North was presented to Menzies during his visit to Germany.

Related People

Menzies, Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894 - 1978)

Digital Resources

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Date: July 1956
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Date: July 1956
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Date: July 1956
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Date: July 1956
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Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

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Date: July 1956
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Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies drinking from large novelty stein of beer in West Germany.
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Date: July 1956
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Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

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