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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by year: 1963

Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.

Wright, Jerauld (1898-1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1963-1965)
*Wilkins, Fraser (1908-1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1960-1964)
- Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1964-1971)
Williams, Gerhard Mennen (1911-1988)
- Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1961-1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1968-1969)
*Williams, Murat Willis (1914-1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1961-1964)
*Willis, Frances Elizabeth (1899-1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1953-1957)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1957-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1961-1964)
- Career Ambassador (1962)
Wine, James Wilmer (1918-1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1961-1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cote d’Ivoire (1962-1965)
*Withers, Charles Dudley (1916-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Rwanda (1963-1966)
*Woodward, Robert Forbes (1908-2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1954-1958)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1958-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1961)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1961-1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1962-1965)
Akers, Anthony Boyce (1914-1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Zealand (1961-1963)
Anderson, George Whelan (1906-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1963-1966)
Anderson, Helen Eugenie (Moore) (1909-1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1949-1953)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1962-1964)
Attwood, William Hollingsworth (1919-1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1961-1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kenya (1964)
Badeau, John Stothoff (1903-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1961-1964)
*Baldwin, Charles Franklin (1902-1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia (1961-1964)
Ball, George Wildman (1909-1994)
- Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (1961)
- Under Secretary of State (1961-1966)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1968)
*Barbour, Walworth (1908-1982)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1961-1973)
- Career Ambassador (1969)
*Barrows, Leland Judd (1906-1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1960-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon (1960-1966)
*Battle, Lucius Durham (1918-)
- Executive Secretaries (1961-1962)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (1962-1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1964-1967)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1967-1968)
Battle, William Cullen (1920-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Australia (1962-1964)
Bell, David Elliott (1919-2000)
- Administrator of the Agency for International Development (1961-1966)
*Bell, John Oscar (1912-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1916-1965)
- Legal Adviser (2005)
*Berger, Samuel David (1911-1980)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1961-1964)
*Bernbaum, Maurice Marshall (1910-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1960-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1965-1969)
Blair, William McCormick (1916-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1961-1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1964-1967)
*Bohlen, Charles Eustis (1904-1974)
- Counselor (1947-1949)
- Counselor (1951-1953)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1953-1957)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1957-1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1962-1968)
- Career Ambassador (1960)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1967-1969)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1969)
Bowles, Chester Bliss (1901-1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1951-1953)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1951-1953)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1963-1969)
- Under Secretary of State (1961)
- Ambassador at Large (1961-1963)
Chayes, Abram Joseph (1922-2000)
- Legal Adviser (1961-1964)
Cleveland, Harlan (1918-)
- Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1961-1965)
- U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1965-1969)
*Coerr, Wymberley DeRenne (1913-1996)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1962-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1965-1967)
Cole, Charles Woolsey (1906-1978)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1961-1964)
*Brown, Aaron Switzer (1913-1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1961-1967)
Brubeck, William H. (1920-)
- Executive Secretaries (1962-1963)
Bruce, David Kirkpatrick Este (1898-1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1949-1952)
- Under Secretary of State (1952-1953)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1957-1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1961-1969)
- Chief, China (1973-1974)
- U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1974-1976)
*Burns, John Howard (1913-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1961-1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1965-1969)
- Director General of the Foreign Service (1969-1971)
*Burrows, Charles Robert (1910-1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1960-1965)
*Butterworth, William Walton (1903-1975)
- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1949-1950)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1950-1953)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1961-1962)
- Career Ambassador (1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada (1962-1968)
*Byroade, Henry Alfred (1913-1993)
- Director of the Bureau of German Affairs (1950-1952)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1952-1955)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1955-1956)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1956-1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan (1959-1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1963-1968)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1969-1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1973-1977)
*Cabot, John Moors (1901-1981)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Finland (1950-1952)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1952)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1953-1954)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1954-1957)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1957-1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1959-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1962-1965)
*Calhoun, John Archibald (1918-2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1961-1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1969-1972)
Carnahan, Albert Sidney Johnson (1897-1968)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone (1961-1963)
*Crockett, William James (1914-)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Administration (1961-1963)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1963-1967)
Darlington, Charles Francis (1904-1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Gabon (1961-1964)
David, Nelson Binkley (1906-)
- Representative of the U.S.A. on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (Montreal) (1957-1968)
Davis, William True (1919-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1963-1965)
Cook, Mercer (1903-1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Niger (1961-1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1964-1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Gambia, The (1965-1966)
*Cottam, Howard Rex (1910-1984)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1963-1969)
Cotter, Francis P. (1922-)
- Deputy Inspector General of Foreign Assistance (1962-1963)
Doherty, William Charles (1902-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jamaica (1962-1964)
*Deming, Olcott Hawthorne (1910-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uganda (1963)
*Dillery, Carl Edward (1930-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kiribati (1884-1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Fiji (1984-1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tonga (1984-1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tuvalu (1984-1987)
*Elbrick, Charles Burke (1908-1983)
- Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1957-1958)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1958-1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia (1964-1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1969-1970)
- Career Ambassador (1969)
*Estes, Thomas Stuart (1913-2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (1961-1966)
*Everton, John Scott (1908-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1961-1963)
*Dowling, Walter Cecil (1905-1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1956-1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1959-1963)
- Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1959)
- Career Ambassador (1962)
Duke, Angier Biddle (1915-1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1952-1953)
- Chief of Protocol (1961-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1965-1968)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1968-1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1979-1981)
- Chief of Protocol (1968)
*Dumont, Donald Albert (1911-1996)
- Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Mali (1960)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1962-1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1963)
Dutton, Frederick Gary (1923-)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1961-1964)
Farland, Joseph Simpson (1914-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1957-1960)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1960-1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1969-1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iran (1972-1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Samoa (Also nominated to Fiji, New Zealand, and Tonga on Oct 11, 1973; not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Zealand (Also nominated to Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa on Oct 11, 1973; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Fiji (Also nominated to New Zealand, Tonga, and Western Samoa; Oct 11, 1973. Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tonga (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
*Ferguson, Charles Vaughan (1915-1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Madagascar (1962-1966)
Ferguson, John Haven (1915-1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1962-1964)
Finletter, Thomas Knight (1893-?)
- U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1961-1965)
Foster, William Chapman (1897-1984)
- Administrator of the Economic Cooperation Administration (1950-1951)
- Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1961-1968)
*Freeman, Fulton (1915-1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1961-1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1964-1969)
Galbraith, John Kenneth (1908-2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1961-1963)
*Handley, William Jules (1918-1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1961-1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1969-1973)
*Hare, Raymond Arthur (1901-1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1950-1953)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yemen (1950-1953)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1953-1954)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1956)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1958-1959)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yemen (1959)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1960-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1961-1965)
- Career Ambassador (1960)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1965-1966)
Harriman, William Averell (1891-1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1943-1946)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1946)
- Director of the Mutual Security Agency (1951-1953)
- Ambassador at Large (1961)
- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1961-1963)
- Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1963-1965)
- Ambassador at Large (1965-1969)
*Hart, Parker Thompson (1910-1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1958)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yemen (1961-1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1961-1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1961-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1965-1968)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1968-1969)
- Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1969)
*Haselton, Norris S. (1902-1981)
- Deputy Inspector General of Foreign Assistance (1961-1962)
- Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1962-1964)
Haugerud, Howard E. (1924-)
- Deputy Inspector General of Foreign Assistance (1963)
- Deputy Inspector General of Foreign Assistance (1964-1969)
Haussamen, Crane (1907-)
- U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1962-1964)
*Henderson, Douglas (1914-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1963-1968)
Herter, Christian Archibald (1895-1966)
- Under Secretary of State (1957-1959)
- Secretary of State (1959-1961)
- U.S. Trade Representative (1962-1966)
Gordon, Abraham Lincoln (1913-2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1961-1966)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1966-1967)
*Gufler, Bernard Anthony (1903-1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1959-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1961-1963)
*Gullion, Edmund Asbury (1913-1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo, Democratic Republic of the (1961-1964)
Hilsman, Roger (1919-)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1961-1963)
- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1963-1964)
Hughes, Thomas Lowe (1925-)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1963-1969)
*Holmes, Julius Cecil (1899-1968)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Administration (1944-1945)
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General, Morocco (1955-1956)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iran (1961-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iran (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
*Horsey, Outerbridge (1910-1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1962-1966)
Johnson, Gove Griffith (1912-2006)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1962-1965)
*Johnson, Ural Alexis (1908-1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1953-1957)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1958-1961)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1961-1964)
- Deputy Ambassador, Vietnam, South (arrived at Saigon on Jun 28, 1964, as the first of a series of Deputy Ambassadors to Vietnam. The Deputy Ambassadors and their periods of service in Vietnam are: U. Alexis Johnson (Jun 1964-Sep 1965)...)
- Career Ambassador (1964)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1965-1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1966-1969)
- Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1969-1973)
- Ambassador at Large (1973-1977)
*Jones, Howard Palfrey (1899-1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1958-1965)
Kirk, Alan Goodrich (1888-1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1946-1949)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1946-1949)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1949-1951)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1962-1963)
*Knight, Ridgway Brewster (1911-2001)
- Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Syria (1961-1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria (1961-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1965-1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1969-1973)
*Kohler, Foy David (1908-1990)
- Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1959-1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1962-1966)
- Career Ambassador (1964)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1966-1967)
Korry, Edward Malcolm (1922-2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia (1963-1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1967-1971)
Labouisse, Henry Richardson (1904-1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1961-1965)
Kaiser, Philip Mayer (1913-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania (1961-1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1961-1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1977-1980)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1980-1981)
*Kennan, George Frost (1904-2005)
- Director of the Policy Planning (1947-1949)
- Counselor (1949-1951)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1952)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia (1961-1963)
*MacArthur, Douglas (1909-1997)
- Counselor (1953-1956)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1956-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1961-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1967-1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iran (1969-1972)
- Career Ambassador (1964)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1965-1967)
Macomber, William Butts (1921-2003)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1957-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1961-1963)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1967-1969)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1969-1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1973-1977)
Mahoney, William Patrick (1916-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1962-1965)
*Mann, Thomas Clifton (1912-1999)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1955-1957)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1957-1960)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1957-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1961-1963)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1963-1965)
- Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (1965-1966)
Manning, Robert Joseph (1919-)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1962-1964)
Mansfield, John Kenneth (1951-)
- Inspector General of Foreign Assistance (1962-1969)
*Martin, Edwin McCammon (1908-)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1960-1962)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1962-1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1964-1968)
- Career Ambassador (1969)
*Martin, Graham Anderson (1912-1990)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (1960-1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1963-1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1969-1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Vietnam, South (1973-1975)
*McClintock, Robert Mills (1909-1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cambodia (1954-1956)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1957-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1962-1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1970-1975)
McCloskey, Matthew Henry (1893-1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ireland (1962-1964)
*McConaughy, Walter Patrick (1908-2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1957-1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1959-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1962-1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1966-1974)
- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1961)
McGhee, George Crews (1912-)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1949-1951)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1951-1953)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1963-1968)
- Counselor (1961)
- Director of the Policy Planning (1961)
- Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1961-1963)
- Ambassador at Large (1968-1969)
*McIlvaine, Robinson (1913-2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Benin (1961-1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1966-1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kenya (1969-1973)
McKinney, Robert Moody (1910-)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) (1957-1958)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1961-1963)
Leddy, John Marshall (1914-1997)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris) (1962-1965)
- Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1965-1969)
*Lightner, Edwin Allan (1907-1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Libya (1963-1965)
Lodge, Henry Cabot (1902-1985)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1953-1960)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Vietnam, South (1963-1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Vietnam, South (1965-1967)
- Ambassador at Large (1967-1968)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1968-1969)
Loeb, James Isaac (1908-1992)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1963-1965)
*Miner, Robert Graham (1911-1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago (1962-1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone (1967-1971)
*Meyer, Armin Henry (1914-2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1961-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iran (1965-1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1969-1972)
*Morgan, George Allen (1905-)
- Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1962-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cote d’Ivoire (1965-1969)
*Morris, Brewster Hilliard (1909-1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1963-1967)
Morrison, deLesseps Story (1912-1964)
- Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1961-1963)
Morrow, John Howard (1910-2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1959-1961)
- U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1961-1963)
Murrow, Edward R. (1908-1965)
- Director of the U.S. Information Agency (1961-1964)
*Nolting, Frederick Ernest (1911-1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Vietnam, South (1961-1963)
Orrick, William Horsley (1915-)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1962-1963)
*Parsons, James Graham (1907-1991)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (1956-1958)
- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1959-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1961-1967)
*Penfield, James Kedzie (1908-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iceland (1961-1967)
*Porter, Dwight Johnson (1916-2006)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Administration (1963-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1965-1970)
*Porter, William James (1914-1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Algeria (1962-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1967-1971)
- Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1973-1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada (1974-1975)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1975-1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
*Poullada, Leon Baqueiro (1913-1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1961-1964)
Powell, Herbert Butler (1903-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Zealand (1963-1967)
Read, Benjamin Huger (1925-1993)
- Executive Secretaries (1963-1969)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1977-1978)
- Under Secretary of State for Management (1978-1981)
*Reinhardt, George Frederick (1911-1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Vietnam, South (1955)
- Counselor (1957-1960)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yemen (1960-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1960-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1961-1968)
Reischauer, Edwin Oldfather (1910-1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1961-1966)
Rhetts, Charles Edward (1910-1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1962-1964)
Rice, John Stanley (1899-1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1961-1964)
Smyth, Henry DeWolf (1898-)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) (1961-1970)
*Riddleberger, James Williams (1904-1982)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia (1953-1958)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1957)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1958-1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1962-1967)
- Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1956)
- Director of the International Cooperation Administration (1959-1961)
- Director of the Bureau of German Affairs (1952)
- Career Ambassador (1960)
Rivkin, William Robert (1919-1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1962-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Gambia, The (1966-1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1966-1967)
*Ross, Claude George Anthony (1917-2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1963-1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1967-1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1969-1972)
Rostow, Walt Whitman (1916-2003)
- Counselor (1961-1966)
- Director of the Policy Planning (1961-1966)
*Rountree, William Manning (1917-1995)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1956-1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1959-1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sudan (1962-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1965-1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1970-1973)
Rowan, Carl Thomas (1925-2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1963-1964)
- Director of the U.S. Information Agency (1964-1965)
Rusk, David Dean (1909-1994)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State (1949-1950)
- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1949-1951)
- Secretary of State (1961-1969)
*Russell, Francis Henry (1904-1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Zealand (1957-1960)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1960-1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1962-1969)
*Satterthwaite, Joseph Charles (1900-1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1949-1953)
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General, Morocco (1953-1955)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1955-1957)
- Director General of the Foreign Service (1957-1958)
- Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1958-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1961-1965)
Schwartz, Abba Philip (1916-1989)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1962-1966)
Stevenson, Adlai Ewing (1900-1965)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1961-1965)
Stevenson, William Edwards (1900-1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1961-1964)
*Stewart, Charles Allen (1907-1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1962-1964)
*Strong, Robert Campbell (1915-1999)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iraq (1963-1967)
*Snow, William Pennell (1907-1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1959-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1961-1967)
*Sprouse, Philip Dodson (1906-1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cambodia (1962-1964)
*Stebbins, Henry Endicott (1905-1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1959-1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uganda (1966-1969)
*Steeves, John Milton (1905-1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan (1962-1966)
- Director General of the Foreign Service (1966-1969)
*Stephansky, Ben Solomon (1913-1999)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1961-1963)
Talbot, Phillips (1915-2010)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1961-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1965-1969)
*Torbert, Horace Gates (1911-2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1962-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1970-1973)
- Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Hungary (no date on record)
*Tuthill, John Wills (1910-1996)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris) (1961-1962)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1962-1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1966-1969)
*Tyler, William Royall (1910-2003)
- Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1962-1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1965-1969)
*Unger, Leonard Seidman (1917-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (1962-1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1967-1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1974-1979)
Telles, Raymond L. (1915-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1961-1967)
*Thompson, Llewellyn E. (1904-1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1952-1957)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1957-1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1966-1969)
- Career Ambassador (1960)
- Ambassador at Large (1962-1966)
*Thompson, Tyler (1907-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iceland (1960-1961)
- Director General of the Foreign Service (1961-1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1964-1969)
*Timmons, Benson Ellison Lane (1916-1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1963-1967)
*Wharton, Clifton Reginald (1899-1990)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1958-1960)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1961-1964)
Young, Kenneth Todd (1916-1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1961-1963)