April 30-May 21, 1905
John Hay
Nauheim
Vacation trip for health reasons.
August 3-4, 1924
Charles Evans Hughes
Berlin
Met with President Ebert and Foreign Minister Stresemann. Returned to U.S. August 14.
July 25-27, 1931
Henry Lewis Stimson
Berlin
Met with President von Hindenburg and senior German officials.
July 17-25, 1945
James F. Byrnes
Potsdam
Accompanied President Truman to the Tripartite Conference of Berlin (Potsdam Conference).
March 7-9, 1947
George C. Marshall
West Berlin
Conferred with U.S. military government officials.
April 25, 1947
George C. Marshall
West Berlin
Held a press conference while returning to U.S. Returned April 26.
November 11-14, 1949
Dean G. Acheson
Frankfurt, Bonn, Berlin
Met with President Heuss and Chancellor Adenauer, West Berlin officials, and the commandants of the occupation sectors. Briefly visited East Berlin on November 14.
May 23-26, 1952
Dean G. Acheson
Bonn
Signed Bonn Agreements providing for West German membership in NATO and the European Defense Community.
June 29, 1952
Dean G. Acheson
West Berlin
Spoke at cornerstone laying for the American Memorial Library.
February 5-6, 1953
John F. Dulles
Bonn
Met with President Heuss and Chancellor Adenauer.
January 22-February 18, 1954
John F. Dulles
East Berlin, Bonn
Attended a Big Four Foreign Ministers Meeting. Sessions of February 1-6, 15, and 17 were held in East Berlin. Met with Chancellor Adenauer in Bonn on February 18.
September 16-17, 1954
John F. Dulles
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Adenauer.
May 2-4, 1957
John F. Dulles
Bonn
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting.
May 8, 1958
John F. Dulles
West Berlin
Met with city and U.S. officials.
July 26, 1958
John F. Dulles
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Adenauer on way to meeting of the Baghdad Pact.
February 7-8, 1959
John F. Dulles
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Adenauer and Foreign Minister Von Brentano.
July 25, 1959
Christian A. Herter
West Berlin
Dedicated John Foster Allee.
August 26-27, 1959
Christian A. Herter
Bonn
Accompanied President Eisenhower to a meeting with Chancellor Adenauer.
June 21-23, 1962
Dean Rusk
West Berlin, Bonn
Met with Mayor Brandt and signed West Berlin's Golden Book on June 21. Discussed the Berlin crisis with Chancellor Adenauer and Foreign Minister Schroeder in Bonn.
June 23-26, 1963
Dean Rusk
Bonn, Frankfurt, West Berlin
Accompanied President Kennedy.
August 10-11, 1963
Dean Rusk
Bonn
Discussed the Test Ban Treaty with Chancellor Adenauer and Foreign Minister Schroeder.
October 25-27, 1963
Dean Rusk
Bonn, Frankfurt
Dedicated a memorial to Gen. George C. George C. Marshall in Frankfurt.
June 8-9, 1966
Dean Rusk
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Erhard and senior German officials.
April 23-26, 1967
Dean Rusk
Bonn
Accompanied President Cologne Johnson to the funeral of Chancellor Adenauer.
June 26, 1968
Dean Rusk
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Kiesinger.
February 26-27, 1969
William P. Rogers
West Berlin, Bonn
Accompanied President Nixon.
December 5, 1969
Dean Rusk
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Brandt, Foreign Minister Scheel, and senior German officials.
May 6-7, 1972
William P. Rogers
Bonn
Met with Foreign Minister Scheel.
May 29-31, 1972
William P. Rogers
Bonn
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting.
June 2-3, 1972
William P. Rogers
Bonn, West and East Berlin
Met with senior West German officials. Signed Final Quadripartite Protocol to the Quadripartite Agreement on Berlin. Visited West and East Berlin.
March 3, 1974
Henry A. Kissinger
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Brandt and Foreign Minister Scheel.
March 24, 1974
Henry A. Kissinger
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Brandt and Foreign Minister Scheel.
June 11, 1974
Henry A. Kissinger
Bad Reichenhall
Met with Foreign Minister Genscher.
July 6-8, 1974
Henry A. Kissinger
Dusseldorf,
Munich
Briefed Foreign Minister Genscher on the U.S.-Soviet summit.
February 15-16, 1975
Henry A. Kissinger
Bonn
Met with Foreign Minister Genscher.
May 20-21, 1975
Henry A. Kissinger
Bonn, West Berlin
Met with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher. Met with West Berlin officials. Addressed the Berlin House of Representatives.
July 11-12, 1975
Henry A. Kissinger
Bonn
Met with West German officials and with Israeli Prime Minister Rabin.
July 15, 1978
Cyrus Vance
West Berlin
Accompanied President Carter.
July 26-28, 1975
Henry A. Kissinger
Bonn
Accompanied President Ford.
December 13-15, 1975
Henry A. Kissinger
Fuerth
Received the city's Gold Medal for Distinguished Native Citizens.
May 23, 1976
Henry A. Kissinger
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher.
June 23-24, 1976
Henry A. Kissinger
Bodengrais,
Met with Foreign Minister Genscher and South African Prime Minister Vorster.
September 7, 1976
Henry A. Kissinger
Hamburg
Met with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher.
March 31, 1977
Cyrus Vance
Bonn
Briefed Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher on meetings with Soviet leaders.
July 14-17, 1978
Cyrus Vance
Frankfurt,
Bonn
Accompanied President Carter on a State visit and to the Economic Summit Meeting.
December 11-12, 1979
Cyrus Vance
Bonn
Discussed international responses to the Iranian hostage crisis with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher.
February 19-20, 1980
Cyrus Vance
Bonn
Discussed responses to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister
April 12, 1981
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher.
September 13-14, 1981
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
West Berlin, Bonn
Addressed the Berlin Press Association on September 14. Met with Foreign Minister Genscher.
June 9-11, 1982
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Bonn, West Berlin
Accompanied President Reagan on a State visit and to a NATO Summit Meeting.
December 7-9, 1982
George P. Shultz
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Kohl and Foreign Minister Genscher.
December 6-7, 1983
George P. Shultz
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Kohl and Foreign Minister Genscher.
December 15, 1984
George P. Shultz
Ludwigshafen
Met with Chancellor Kohl.
April 30-May 6, 1985
George P. Shultz
Bonn
Accompanied President Reagan to the Economic Summit Meeting and on a State visit.
December 13-15, 1985
George P. Shultz
Bonn, West Berlin
Met with Chancellor Kohl and Foreign Minister Genscher on December 13-14. Addressed the Berlin Press.
December 15, 1987
George P. Shultz
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Kohl and senior West German officials.
February 12-14, 1989
James A. Baker, III
Bonn
Discussed modernization of short-range NATO nuclear missiles with Foreign Minister Genscher.
May 30-31, 1989
James A. Baker, III
Bonn
Accompanied President Bush.
December 11-12, 1989
James A. Baker, III
West Berlin
Met with West German Chancellor Kohl; delivered a public address.
May 4-6, 1990
James A. Baker, III
Bonn
Attended Two-Plus-Four Ministerial Meeting on German reunification.
September 15, 1990
James A. Baker, III
Bonn,
Met with Chancellor Kohl Ludwigshafen and Foreign Minister Genscher.
January 8, 1991
James A. Baker, III
Bonn
Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with Chancellor Kohl.
June 17-21, 1991
James A. Baker, III
Berlin, Halle
Attended CSCE Foreign Ministers' Meeting and discussed strategic arms reductions with Soviet Foreign Minister Bessmertnykh.
February 9-10, 1992
James A. Baker, III
Frankfurt
Attended ceremonies inaugurating emergency aid to the former Soviet republics.
July 5-8, 1992
James A. Baker, III
Munich
Accompanied President Bush to the Economic Summit Meeting and to meetings with Russian President Yeltsin.
May 6-7, 1993
Warren M. Christopher
Bonn
Discussed the Bosnian crisis with senior German officials.
July 11-12, 1994
Warren M. Christopher
Bonn, Berlin
Accompanied President Clinton to meetings with Chancellor Kohl and EU President Delors.
September 8-9, 1994
Warren M. Christopher
Berlin
Attended farewell ceremony for departing Allied troops.
October 14, 1994
Warren M. Christopher
Frankfurt
Commented to the press on the Middle East peace process and the Iraq-Kuwait crisis.
June 3-4, 1996
Warren M. Christopher
Berlin
Attended meetings of NATO, NACC, and Contact Group Foreign Ministers.
September 6-7, 1996
Warren M. Christopher
Stuttgart, Bonn
Met with Foreign Minister Kinkel and delivered a commemorative address.
February 16-17, 1997
Madeleine K. Albright
Bonn
Met with Chancellor Kohl and Foreign Minister Kinkel.
March 8, 1998
Madeleine K. Albright
Bonn
Discussed the Kosovo crisis with Foreign Minister Kinkel.
March 24-25, 1998
Madeleine K. Albright
Bonn
Attended a Contact Group Ministerial meeting.
August 12-13, 1998
Madeleine K. Albright
Ramstein Air Force Base, Landstuhl
Visited Embassy personnel wounded in bombings in Kenya and Tanzania; accompanied the dead back to the U.S.
May 4-6, 1999
Madeleine K. Albright
Bonn
Attended a G-8 Foreign Ministers meeting on the Kosovo conflict.
June 6-11, 1999
Madeleine K. Albright
Bonn, Cologne
Attended a G-8 Foreign Ministers meeting on the Kosovo conflict and the G-8 and U.S.-EU Ministerial meetings; also met with Kosovar political leaders.
June 20-21, 1999
Madeleine K. Albright
Cologne
Attended G-8 Economic Summit meeting.
December 17, 1999
Madeleine K. Albright
Berlin
Attended G-8 Foreign Ministers meeting; met with President Djukanovic of Montenegro and Servian opposition leaders.
June 1-3, 2000
Madeleine K. Albright
Berlin, Aachen
Accompanied President Clinton.
June 29, 2000
Madeleine K. Albright
Berlin
Delivered an address on democracy in the Balkans.
October 3, 2000
Madeleine K. Albright
Dresden
Attended ceremonies commemorating the 10th anniversary of German reunification.
December 10-22, 2001
Colin L. Powell
Berlin
Met with Chancellor Schroeder and Foreign Minister Fischer.
May 22-23, 2002
Colin L. Powell
Berlin
Accompanied President Bush.
May 15-16, 2003
Colin L. Powell
Berlin
Met with Chancellor Schroeder and Foreign Minister Fischer.
March 31-April 1, 2004
Colin L. Powell
Berlin
Attended International Conference on Afghanistan.
April 28-29, 2004
Colin L. Powell
Berlin
Attended OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism.
February 4-5, 2005
Condoleezza Rice
Berlin
Met with Chancellor Schroeder.
February 23, 2005
Condoleezza Rice
Mainz, Wiesbaden
Accompanied President Bush to meeting with Chancellor Schroeder.
December 5-6, 2005
Condoleezza Rice
Berlin
Met with Chancellor Merkel.
March 29-31, 2006
Condoleezza Rice
Berlin
Met with Chancellor Merkel and with the Foreign Ministers of the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council.
July 12-14, 2006
Condoleezza Rice
Stralsund, Trinwillers-hagen
Accompanied President Bush to meetings with Chancellor Merkel
January 17-18, 2007
Condoleezza Rice
Berlin
Met with Foreign Minister Steinmeir and Chancellor Merkel.
May 30-31, 2007
Condoleezza Rice
Potsdam
Attended a G-8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
January 22-23, 2008
Condoleezza Rice
Berlin
Attended a meeting of the P5 +1 Group on Iran.
last updated: 5/21/2008
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