John Foster Dulles
Riyadh, Dhahran
Met with King Ibn Saud and senior Saudi officials.
May 1-2, 1971
William P. Rogers
Riyadh
Met with King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf.
November 8-9, 1973
Henry A. Kissinger
Riyadh
Met with King Faisal and senior Saudi officials.
December 14, 1973
Henry A. Kissinger
Riyadh
Met with King Faisal to discuss the Middle East peace process.
March 2, 1974
Henry A. Kissinger
Riyadh
Briefed King Faisal on the Syrian-Israeli peace process.
May 9, 1974
Henry A. Kissinger
Riyadh
Briefed King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf on the Israeli-Syrian negotiations.
June 14-15, 1974
Henry A. Kissinger
Jidda
Accompanied President Nixon.
October 13, 1974
Henry A. Kissinger
Riyadh
Reviewed the Middle East peace process with King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf.
November 6, 1974
Henry A. Kissinger
Riyadh
Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf.
February 15, 1975
Henry A. Kissinger
Riyadh
Briefed King Faisal on the Middle East peace process.
March 19, 1975
Henry A. Kissinger
Riyadh
Met with King Faisal to review the Middle East peace process and bilateral
September 2, 1975
Henry A. Kissinger
Taif
Briefed King Khalid on the Middle East peace process.
February 19-20, 1977
Cyrus R. Vance
Riyadh
Met with Crown Prince Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud; reviewed the Middle East peace process.
August 7-9, 1977
Cyrus R. Vance
Taif
Reviewed the Middle East peace process with King Khalid and senior Saudi officials.
December 14-15, 1977
Cyrus R. Vance
Riyadh
Reviewed the Middle East peace process.
January 3-4, 1978
Cyrus R. Vance
Riyadh
Accompanied President Carter.
September 21-24, 1978
Cyrus R. Vance
Riyadh
Reviewed the Camp David Accords with King Khalid and Crown Prince Fahd.
April 7-8, 1981
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Riyadh
Discussed the peace process and AWACS sales with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.
May 8, 1983
George P. Shultz
Jidda
Discussed the proposed Israeli-Lebanon agreement with Foreign Minister Prince Saud.
July 4-5, 1983
George P. Shultz
Jidda
Discussed means of withdrawing foreign forces from Lebanon.
October 17, 1987
George P. Shultz
Jeddah
Met with King Fahd.
April 7, 1988
George P. Shultz
Qasim
Met with King Fahd.
September 6-7, 1990
James A. Baker, III
Jeddah, Taif
Met with King Fahd and Emir al-Sabah of Kuwait; discussed financing of the U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf. Visited U.S. military personnel.
November 4, 5-6, 1990
James A. Baker, III
Jeddah, Taif
Met with King Fahd, Foreign Minister Prince Saud, and the Emir of Kuwait. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
November 21-22, 1990
James A. Baker, III
Jeddah
Accompanied President Bush to meetings with King Fahd and the Amir of Kuwait.
January 10-11, 1991
James A. Baker, III
Riyadh
Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.
January 11, 1991
James A. Baker, III
Taif
Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with the Amir of Kuwait. Addressed U.S. military personnel in eastern Saudi Arabia.
March 8-10, 1991
James A. Baker, III
Taif, Riyadh
Met with the Amir of Kuwait and with the Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Syria, and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
April 21-22, 1991
James A. Baker, III
Jeddah
Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.
July 20-21, 1991
James A. Baker, III
Jeddah
Discussed a Middle East peace conference with King Fahd.
July 23-24, 1992
James A. Baker, III
Jeddah
Discussed the Middle East peace process and the Iraq crisis with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.
February 21-22, 1993
Warren M. Christopher
Riyadh
Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd.
April 27, 1994
Warren M. Christopher
Riyadh
Met with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
October 28-29, 1994
Warren M. Christopher
King Khalid Military City, Riyadh
Accompanied President Clinton to a meeting with King Fahd.
March 12, 1995
Warren M. Christopher
Jeddah
Met with the Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers and discussed the situation in Iraq with King Fahd.
June 26, 1996
Warren M. Christopher
Dhahran
Met with Foreign Minister Prince Saud and with U.S. and Saudi military personnel.
September 13-14, 1997
Madeleine K. Albright
Jeddah, Abha, Prince Sultan Air Base
Met with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah, with Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers, and visited U.S. military personnel.
November 16-17, 1997
Madeleine K. Albright
Riyadh
Discussed the Iraq crisis with senior Saudi officials.
February 1-2, 1998
Madeleine K. Albright
Riyadh
Discussed the Iraq crisis with Crown Prince Abdullah.
January 27-28, 1999
Madeleine K. Albright
Riyadh, Prince Sultan Air Base
Discussed the Iraq crisis with King Fahd and senior Saudi officials and addressed U.S. military personnel.
December 6-7, 1999
Madeleine K. Albright
Riyadh
Met with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah.
October 17-18, 2000
Madeleine K. Albright
Riyadh
Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd and senior officials; also met with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
February 26, 2001
Colin L. Powell
Riyadh
Met with senior Saudi officials.
May 13, 2003
Colin L. Powell
Riyadh
Met with Crown Prince Abdullah and visited the Vinnell Compound after a terrorist attack.
March 19, 2004
Colin L. Powell
Riyadh
Met with Crown Prince Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.
July 28-29, 2004
Colin L. Powell
Jeddah
Met with Crown Prince Abdullah, Foreign Minister Prince Saud, and Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi.
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