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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1970
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- David Manker Abshire (1926–2014)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1970–1973)
- U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1983–1987)
- *Charles Wallace Adair Jr. (1914–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1965–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1969–1972)
- Walter H. Annenberg (1908–2002)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1969–1974)
- *Walworth Barbour (1908–1982)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1961–1973)
- Career Ambassador (1969)
- *Jacob Dyneley Beam (1908–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1957–1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1966–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1969–1973)
- *Taylor Garrison Belcher (1920–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1964–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1969–1974)
- *Robert Orris Blake (1921–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1970–1973)
- *William Garton Bowdler (1924–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1968–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1971–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1975–1978)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1978–1979)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1979–1981)
- *William Dodd Brewer (1922–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius (1970–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sudan (1973–1977)
- *Lewis Dean Brown (1920–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Gambia (1967–1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1967–1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1970–1973)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1973–1975)
- *William Burnside Buffum (1921–2012)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1970–1974)
- Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1973–1975)
- Ellsworth Bunker (1894–1984)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1951–1952)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1952–1953)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1956–1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1956–1959)
- Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1964–1966)
- Ambassador at Large (1966–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Vietnam (1967–1973)
- Ambassador at Large (1973–1978)
- *William Carter Burdett Jr. (1918–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malawi (1970–1974)
- *Findley Burns Jr. (1917–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1966–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1970–1973)
- *John Howard Burns (1913–2017)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1961–1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1965–1969)
- Director General of the Foreign Service (1969–1971)
- Charles Frederick Butler (1933–)
- Representative of the U.S.A. on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (Montreal) (1969–1971)
- *Henry Alfred Byroade (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)
- *John Archibald Calhoun (1918–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1961–1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1969–1972)
- *William Ira Cargo (1917–2005)
- Director of Policy Planning (1969–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1973–1976)
- *Gilbert Edward Clark (1917–1984)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1968–1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Gambia (1970–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1970–1973)
- Ray S. Cline (1918–1996)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1969–1973)
- Michael Collins (1930–)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1969–1971)
- *Andrew Vincent Corry (1904–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone (1964–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1967–1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1967–1970)
- *Kennedy McCampbell Crockett (1920–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1967–1970)
- *Charles Tenney Cross (1922–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Singapore (1969–1971)
- Philip Kingsland Crowe (1908–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1953–1956)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1959–1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1969–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1973–1975)
- *Leo George Cyr (1909–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Rwanda (1966–1971)
- *Nathaniel Davis (1925–2011)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1965–1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1968–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1971–1973)
- Director General of the Foreign Service (1973–1975)
- Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1975)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1975–1977)
- Shelby Cullom Davis (1909–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1969–1975)
- *Samuel De Palma (1918–2002)
- Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1969–1973)
- Vincent William de Roulet (1925–1975)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jamaica (1969–1973)
- *Dwight Dickinson III (1916–1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1970–1974)
- *Eileen Roberta Donovan (1915–1996)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Barbados (1969–1974)
- Guilford Dudley Jr. (1907–2002)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1969–1971)
- *Hermann Frederick Eilts (1922–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1965–1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh (1972)
- Principal Officer, Egypt (1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1974–1979)
- John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower (1922–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1969–1971)
- *Charles Burke Elbrick (1908–1983)
- Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1957–1958)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1958–1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1964–1969)
- Career Ambassador (1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1969–1970)
- *Theodore Lyman Eliot Jr. (1928–)
- Executive Secretary (1969–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan (1973–1978)
- Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1978)
- Robert Fred Ellsworth (1926–2011)
- U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1969–1971)
- Joseph Simpson Farland (1914–2007)
- 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, Fiji (Not commissioned; nomination of October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Zealand (Not commissioned; nomination of October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Samoa (Not commissioned; nomination of October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tonga (Not commissioned; nomination on October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- Anthony Faunce (1916–)
- Deputy Inspector General of Foreign Assistance (1969–1973)
- Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr. (1924–1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uganda (1970–1972)
- Kenneth Franzheim II (1925–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Zealand (1969–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Samoa (1971–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Fiji (1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tonga (1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Samoa (Nomination of December 28, 1970, was not acted upon by the Senate.)
- *Richard Edgar Funkhouser (1917–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Gabon (1969–1970)
- *Francis Joseph Galbraith (1913–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Singapore (1966–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1969–1974)
- Carl Joyce Gilbert (1906–1983)
- U.S. Trade Representative (1969–1971)
- Thomas Keith Glennan (1905–1995)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) (1970–1973)
- *George McMurtrie Godley II (1917–1999)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1964–1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (1969–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1974–1976)
- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- Kingdon Gould Jr. (1924–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1969–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1973–1976)
- *Pierre Robert Graham (1922–1988)
- U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1969–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (1974–1978)
- *Marshall Green (1916–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1965–1969)
- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1969–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Australia (1973–1975)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nauru (1974–1975)
- *Joseph Adolph Greenwald (1918–2000)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris) (1969–1972)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1972–1976)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1976)
- *Fred Latimer Hadsel (1916–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1969–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1971–1974)
- *William O. Hall (1914–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia (1967–1971)
- Director General of the Foreign Service (1971–1973)
- *William Jules Handley (1918–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1961–1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1969–1973)
- John A. Hannah (1902–1991)
- Administrator of the Agency for International Development (1969–1973)
- Scott Heuer Jr. (1925–1982)
- Inspector General of Foreign Assistance (1969–1971)
- Robert Charles Hill (1917–1978)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1953–1954)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1954–1955)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1956–1957)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1957–1960)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1969–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1973–1977)
- *Martin Joseph Anthony Hillenbrand (1915–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1967–1969)
- Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1969–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1972–1976)
- *Roscoe Lewis Hoffacker (1923–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon (1969–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Equatorial Guinea (1969–1972)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Algeria (1969)
- Jerome Heartwell Holland (1916–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1970–1972)
- John Portner Humes (1921–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1969–1975)
- *Arthur William Hummel Jr. (1920–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1968–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia (1975–1976)
- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1976–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1977–1981)
- Career Ambassador (1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1981–1985)
- John Gavin Hurd (1914–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1970–1975)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- John Nichol Irwin II (1913–2000)
- Under Secretary of State (1970–1972)
- Deputy Secretary of State (1972–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1973–1974)
- *Ural Alexis Johnson (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)
- 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)
- *Marshall Paul Jones (1915–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malawi (1965–1970)
- *Joseph John Jova (1916–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1965–1969)
- Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1969–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1973–1977)
- Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900–1975)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1969–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1973–1975)
- *Spencer Mathews King (1917–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana (1969–1974)
- *Ridgway Brewster Knight (1911–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria (1961–1965)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Syria (1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1965–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1969–1973)
- *Clinton Everett Knox (1908–1980)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Benin (1964–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1969–1973)
- Edward Malcolm Korry (1922–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia (1963–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1967–1971)
- *Caroline Clendening Laise (1917–1991)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1966–1973)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1973–1975)
- Director General of the Foreign Service (1975–1977)
- *William Leonhart (1919–1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1962–1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1969–1971)
- *Geoffrey Whitney Lewis (1910–1992)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania (1965–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1967–1970)
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1985)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1953–1960)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Vietnam (1963–1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Vietnam (1965–1967)
- Ambassador at Large (1967–1968)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1968–1969)
- Personal Representative of the President, Holy See (1977)
- John Davis Lodge (1903–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1955–1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1969–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1983–1985)
- *Matthew James Looram Jr. (1921–2004)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Benin (1969–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1972–1973)
- *Jack Wilson Lydman (1914–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia (1969–1973)
- *Douglas MacArthur II (1909–1997)
- Counselor (1953–1956)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1956–1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1961–1965)
- Career Ambassador (1964)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1965–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1967–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iran (1969–1972)
- William Butts Macomber Jr. (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)
- *Melvin Lawrence Manfull (1919–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1970–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1972–1975)
- Anthony Dryden Marshall (1924–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Madagascar (1969–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago (1972–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kenya (1973–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Seychelles (1976–1977)
- *Graham Anderson Martin (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, South Vietnam (1973–1975)
- *Robert Henry McBride (1918–1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1967–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1969–1974)
- *Roswell Dunlop McClelland (1914–1995)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Senegal (1960)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Niger (1970–1973)
- *Robert Mills McClintock (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)
- *Walter Patrick McConaughy Jr. (1908–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1957–1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1959–1961)
- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1962–1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1966–1974)
- *Thomas Watkins McElhiney (1919–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1968–1971)
- Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1971–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia (1974)
- *Robinson McIlvaine (1913–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Benin (1961–1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1966–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kenya (1969–1973)
- *John Alexander McKesson III (1922–2002)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Gabon (1970–1975)
- *John Morgan McSweeney (1916–1979)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1966–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1967–1970)
- Leonard Carpenter Meeker (1916–2014)
- Legal Adviser (1965–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Romania (1969–1973)
- Thomas Patrick Melady (1927–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1969–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uganda (1972–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Holy See (1989–1993)
- *Francis Edward Meloy Jr. (1917–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1969–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1973–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1976)
- *Armin Henry Meyer (1914–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1961–1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iran (1965–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1969–1972)
- Charles Appleton Meyer (1918–1996)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1969–1973)
- Francis Gerald Meyer (1913–1995)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Administration (1969–1971)
- John William Middendorf II (1924–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1969–1973)
- Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1981–1985)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1985–1987)
- *Robert Graham Miner (1911–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago (1962–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone (1967–1971)
- John Denis Joseph Moore (1910–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ireland (1969–1975)
- Emil Mosbacher Jr. (1922–1997)
- Chief of Protocol (1969–1972)
- Robert Gerhard Neumann (1916–1999)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan (1966–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1973–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1981)
- *David Dunlap Newsom (1918–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Libya (1965–1969)
- Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1969–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1973–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1977–1978)
- Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1978–1981)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1981)
- *Joseph Palmer II (1914–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1960–1964)
- Director General of the Foreign Service (1964–1966)
- Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1966–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Libya (1969–1972)
- *Richard Foote Pedersen (1925–)
- Counselor (1969–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1973–1975)
- Frederick Valdemar Erastus Peterson (1903–1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1957–1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1969–1973)
- Walter Christian Ploeser (1907–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1957–1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1970–1972)
- *David Henry Popper (1912–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1969–1973)
- Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1973–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1973–1977)
- *Dwight Johnson Porter (1916–2006)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Administration (1963–1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1965–1970)
- *William James Porter (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.)
- John Charles Pritzlaff Jr. (1925–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malta (1969–1972)
- *Alfred Puhan (1913–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1969–1973)
- Luther Irvin Replogle (1902–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iceland (1969–1972)
- Walter Lyman Rice (1903–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Australia (1969–1973)
- Elliot Lee Richardson (1920–1999)
- Under Secretary of State (1969–1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1975–1976)
- Ambassador at Large (1977–1980)
- John Richardson Jr. (1921–)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (1969–1977)
- *Idar Rimestad (1916–2003)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1967–1969)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (1969–1973)
- *Stuart Wesson Rockwell (1917–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1970–1973)
- William Pierce Rogers (1913–2001)
- Secretary of State (1969–1973)
- *John Frick Root (1918–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1969–1974)
- *Claude George Anthony Ross (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)
- *William Manning Rountree (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)
- Kenneth Rush (1910–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1969–1972)
- Deputy Secretary of State (1973–1974)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1974–1977)
- *Hewson Anthony Ryan (1922–1991)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1969–1973)
- *Leonard John Saccio (1911–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1970–1973)
- Nathaniel Samuels (1908–1999)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (1969–1972)
- *Robert Marion Sayre (1924–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1968–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1969–1974)
- Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1975–1978)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1978–1981)
- Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism (1982–1984)
- John Robert Schaetzel (1917–2003)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1966–1972)
- *William Everett Schaufele Jr. (1923–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (1969–1971)
- Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1975–1977)
- Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1975)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1978–1980)
- Adolph William Schmidt (1904–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada (1969–1974)
- Edson Oliver Sessions (1902–1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1959–1960)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1968–1970)
- Frank J. Shakespeare Jr. (1925–)
- Director of the U.S. Information Agency (1969–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1985–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Holy See (1986–1989)
- *Turner Blair Shelton (1915–1982)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1970–1975)
- *Albert William Sherer Jr. (1916–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1967–1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Equatorial Guinea (1968–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1970–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1972–1975)
- Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (1915–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1968–1970)
- *Ernest Victor Siracusa (1918–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1969–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1973–1977)
- *Joseph John Sisco (1919–2004)
- Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1965–1969)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1969–1974)
- Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1974–1976)
- Gerard Coad Smith (1914–1994)
- Director of Policy Planning (1957–1961)
- Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1969–1973)
- Ambassador at Large (1977–1980)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) (1977–1980)
- Henry DeWolf Smyth (1898–1986)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) (1961–1970)
- *Ronald Ian Spiers (1925–)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1969–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Bahamas (1973–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1977–1980)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1980–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1981–1983)
- Under Secretary of State for Management (1983–1989)
- Career Ambassador (1984)
- *Robert Andrew Stein (1919–)
- Principal Officer, Yemen (1972)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Libya (1974)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Mauritania ()
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Yemen ()
- John Reese Stevenson (1921–1997)
- Legal Adviser (1969–1973)
- *William John Stibravy (1916–2013)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Vienna) (1968–1977)
- *Walter John Stoessel Jr. (1920–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1968–1972)
- Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1972–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1973–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1976–1981)
- Career Ambassador (1981)
- Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1981–1982)
- Deputy Secretary of State (1982)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1982)
- Robert Strausz-Hupé (1903–2002)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1970–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1970–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1972–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1974–1976)
- U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1976–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1981–1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- *Emory Coblentz Swank (1922–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cambodia (1970–1973)
- John Fife Symington Jr. (1910–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago (1969–1971)
- *Harrison Matthews Symmes (1921–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1967–1970)
- *Henry Joseph Tasca (1912–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1965–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1969–1974)
- *Nicholas Gilman Thacher (1919–2002)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1970–1973)
- *Terence Alphonso Todman (1926–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1969–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1972–1975)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1974–1977)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1977–1978)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1978–1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1983–1989)
- Career Ambassador (1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1989–1993)
- *Malcolm Toon (1916–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1969–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1971–1975)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1975–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1976–1979)
- *Horace Gates Torbert Jr. (1911–2008)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Hungary (1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1962–1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1970–1973)
- Philip Harold Trezise (1912–2001)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris) (1965–1969)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1969–1971)
- *Oliver Leonard Troxel Jr. (1919–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zambia (1969–1972)
- *William Clyde Trueheart (1918–1992)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1969–1971)
- *Leonard Seidman Unger (1917–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (1962–1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1967–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1974–1979)
- *Sheldon Baird Vance (1917–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1967–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1969–1974)
- Jack Hood Vaughn (1920–2012)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1964–1965)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1965–1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1969–1970)
- *John Patrick Walsh (1918–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1969–1971)
- Arthur Kittredge Watson (1919–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1970–1972)
- Barbara Mae Watson (1918–1983)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1968–1974)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1977–1980)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia (1980–1981)
- *Samuel Zazachilds Westerfield Jr. (1919–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1969–1972)
- *Fraser Wilkins (1908–1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1960–1964)
- Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1964–1971)
- *John Raymond Ylitalo (1916–1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1969–1972)
- *Charles Woodruff Yost (1907–1981)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Thailand (1946)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Laos (1954–1955)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (1955–1956)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria (1957–1958)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1958–1961)
- Career Ambassador (1964)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1969–1971)