October 18-November 3, 1943
Cordell Hull
Moscow
Attended Moscow Conference with British Foreign Secretary Eden and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. Returned to U.S. November 10.
February 3-14, 1945
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.
Yalta, Moscow
Accompanied President Roosevelt to the Crimea Conference. Met afterward (February 11-14) with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov.
December 14-27, 1945
James F. Byrnes
Moscow
Attended Council of Foreign Ministers meeting. Left U.S. December 12; returned to U.S. December 29.
March 10-April 25, 1947
George C. Marshall
Moscow
Attended Fourth Session of Council of Foreign Ministers.
August 3-10, 1963
Dean Rusk
Moscow, Gagra
Signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
May 22-29, 1972
William P. Rogers
Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev
Accompanied President Nixon on a State visit.
October 20-22, 1973
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Met with General Secretary Brezhnev to discuss the Middle East war.
March 24-28, 1974
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Discussed preparations for the Moscow summit.
June 27-July 3, 1974
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow, Simferopol, Minsk
Accompanied President Nixon on an official visit.
October 23-27, 1974
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Met with General Secretary Brezhnev, Foreign Minister Gromyko, and other Soviet officials.
November 23-24, 1974
Henry A. Kissinger
Vladivostok
Accompanied President Ford to a discussion on strategic arms limitations with General Secretary Brezhnev.
January 21-23, 1976
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Discussed further limitations on strategic arms with General Secretary Brezhnev and Foreign Minister Gromyko.
March 27-30, 1977
Cyrus R. Vance
Moscow
Presented arms reduction proposal to General Secretary Brezhnev and Foreign Minister Gromyko.
April 19-23, 1978
Cyrus R. Vance
Moscow
Met with General Secretary Brezhnev and Foreign Minister Gromyko.
October 21-24, 1978
Cyrus R. Vance
Moscow
Discussed SALT negotiations with President Brezhnev and Foreign Minister Gromyko.
March 12-13, 1985
George P. Shultz
Moscow
Accompanied Vice President Bush to the funeral of Soviet President Chernenko.
November 4-5, 1985
George P. Shultz
Moscow
Discussed preparations for the Geneva Summit Meeting.
April 13-15, 1987
George P. Shultz
Moscow
Discussed limitations of intermediate-range nuclear arms.
October 22-23, 1987
George P. Shultz
Moscow
Discussed INF limitations with Soviet officials.
February 21-23, 1988
George P. Shultz
Moscow
Met with Foreign Minister Shevardnadze and General Secretary Gorbachev.
April 21-24, 1988
George P. Shultz
Moscow, Kiev, Tblisi
Discussed preparations for the U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting.
May 29-June 2, 1988
George P. Shultz
Moscow
Accompanied President Reagan to a Summit Meeting.
May 10-11, 1989
James A. Baker, III
Moscow
Met with President Gorbachev, senior Soviet officials, and human rights activists.
February 7-10, 1990
James A. Baker, III
Moscow
Met with Soviet leaders; addressed the International Affairs Committee of the Supreme Soviet.
May 15-19, 1990
James A. Baker, III
Moscow, Zagorsk, Radonezsh
Attended pre-summit and arms reduction negotiations with senior Soviet officials. Also met with Egyptian President Mubarak and Lithuanian Prime Minister Prunskiene.
July 31-August 2, 1990
James A. Baker, III
Irkutsk
Met with Foreign Minister Shevardnadze.
August 3, 1990
James A. Baker, III
Moscow
Met with Foreign Minister Shevardnadze; issued a joint statement on the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
September 10-13, 1990
James A. Baker, III
Moscow
Met with President Gorbachev and Foreign Minister Shevardnadze. Attended Two-Plus-Four Foreign Ministers Meeting. Signed Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany.
November 7-9, 1990
James A. Baker, III
Moscow
Met with President Gorbachev.
March 14-16, 1991
James A. Baker, III
Moscow
Met with President Gorbachev and Foreign Minister Bessmertnkyh.
April 24-25, 1991
James A. Baker, III
Kislovodsk
Discussed the Middle East peace process and implementation of the CFE Treaty with Foreign Minister Bessmertnykh.
July 29-August 1, 1991
James A. Baker, III
Moscow
Attended U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting.
September 10-16, 1991
James A. Baker, III
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Alma Ata
Met with senior officials of the Soviet Union, the Russian Republic, and Kazakhstan. Attended the CSCE Conference on the Human Dimension.
December 15-17, 1991
James A. Baker, III
Moscow
Met with senior Soviet and Russian officials.
January 27-29, 1992
James A. Baker, III
Moscow
Attended Middle East peace conference.
February 14-15, 1992
James A. Baker, III
Yekaterinburg Chelyabinsk-70
Met with former Soviet nuclear scientists.
February 16-18, 1992
James A. Baker, III
Moscow
Discussed strategic arms reductions with President Yeltsin and Foreign Minister Kozyrev.
May 4-5, 1993
Warren M. Christopher
Moscow
Discussed the Bosnian crisis with senior Russian officials.
October 21-23, 1993
Warren M. Christopher
Moscow
Met with senior Russian officials and addressed the Academy of the National Economy.
January 12-15, 1994
Warren M. Christopher
Moscow
Accompanied President Clinton to meetings with President Yeltsin and senior Russian officials.
March 14, 1994
Warren M. Christopher
Vladivostok
Met with Foreign Minister Kozyrev.
May 9-11, 1995
Warren M. Christopher
Moscow
Accompanied President Clinton to summit meeting.
March 21-23, 1996
Warren M. Christopher
Moscow
Met with President Yeltsin and Foreign Minister Primakov and attended a meeting of Contact Group Foreign Ministers.
February 19-21, 1997
Madeleine K. Albright
Moscow
Met with President Yeltsin, Prime Minister Chernomyrdin, and Foreign Minister Primakov.
May 1-2, 1997
Madeleine K. Albright
Moscow
Met with Foreign Minister Primakov.
July 12-13, 1997
Madeleine K. Albright
St. Petersburg
Met with Foreign Minister Primakov.
August 31-September 3, 1998
Madeleine K. Albright
Moscow
Attended U.S.-Russian Summit meeting.
January 25-27, 1999
Madeleine K. Albright
Moscow
Discussed strategic arms limitations and the Kosovo crisis with Prime Minister Primakov.
January 31-February 2, 2000
Madeleine K. Albright
Moscow
Official visit; led U.S. delegation to Multilaterial Steering Group.
June 3-5, 2000
Madeleine K. Albright
Moscow
Accompanied President Clinto to a Summit meeting.
July 31, 2000
Madeleine K. Albright
Yekaterinberg
Stopped en route to Rome.
December 9-10, 2001
Colin L. Powell
Moscow
Met with President Putin, Foreign Minister Ivanov, and senior officials.
May 23-26, 2002
Colin L. Powell
Moscow, St. Petersburg
Accompanied President Bush to a Summit meeting.
November 22, 2002
Colin L. Powell
St. Petersburg
Accompanied President Bush to a meeting with President Putin.
May 13-15, 2003
Colin L. Powell
Moscow
Met with President Putin and Foreign Minister Ivanov.
May 31-June 1, 2003
Colin L. Powell
St. Petersburg
Accompanied President Bush.
January 25-27, 2004
Colin L. Powell
Moscow
Met with President Putin and Foreign Minister Ivanov.
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