BESUCHSDIPLOMATIE UND KOALITIONSREIBEREIEN IM KALTEN KRIEG: Der Gorbach-Besuch bei Kennedy im Mai 1962.

The article discusses Austrian foreign policy toward the United States during the government of Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach, focusing on Gorbach's state visit to the United States in May 1962. The author traces preparations for the visit, which began in late 1961, the visit itself, which took place from May 2-5, 1962, and the domestic political context of the visit in Austria, particularly with regard to conflicts among the parties participating in Gorbach's coalition government, the Österreichische Volkspartei (Austrian People's Party, ÖVP) and the Sozialistische Partei Österreichs, SPÖ), about Austrian neutrality and Austrian relations to the European Economic Community (EEC/EWG).