From 11 to 13 August 1970, German Chancellor, Willy Brandt, and his Foreign Minister, Walter Scheel, go on an official visit to the Soviet Union. Seated around the negotiating table (on the left, from left to right): Alekseï N. Kossyguine, President of the Soviet Council of Ministers, Andreï A. Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister, Semen K. Zarapkin, Soviet ambassador in Bonn, and Valentin Falin, Head of European Affairs at the Soviet Foreign Ministry. On the right., German Chancellor, Willy Brandt.