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| 1776 | Franklin, Benjamin |  |
| 28th May Varennes Meets the French Foreign Minister & begins a 2 1/2 year campaign to win French support |
| 1778 | Adams, John Quincy | |
| 6th Feb Paris An informal alliance between the United States and France during the American Revolution, the treaty of Amity recognizes the United States as an independent country, and promotes trade between the two nations |
| 1785 | Adams, John Quincy | |
| 30th Nov Washington Demands Britain relinquish military posts along Great Lakes & in Ohio, Britain refuses |
| 1795 | Jay, John | |
| Paris America conditionally supports British maritime policies |
| Paris Britain agrees to alter the terms of trade between it & the USA |
| Paris Britain agrees to withdraw from its north west garrisons |
| 1811 | Madison, James | |
| 2nd Feb The USApasses the Non-Intercourse Act against British commerce |
| 1816 | Thompson, David | |
| The USA-Canada border is established by a 10 yr survey by David Thompson |
| 1823 | Monroe, James | |
| Adams persuades Monroe to resist the Holy Alliance's conquest of Spain's colonies |
| 1831 | Jackson, Andrew | |
| 5th April Washington A commercial treaty is concluded with Mexico |
| 1832 | Jackson, Andrew | |
| 16th May Washington A Treaty of trade & peace is signed with Chile |
| 1838 | Buren, Martin van | |
| 21st Oct Washington Issues a second neutrality proclamation directed toward Canada |
| 1853 | Perry, Matthew | |
| Tokyo Bay Sails a flotilla of USAwarships to the mouth of Tokyo Bay & opens Japan to trade |
| 1882 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Congress suspends Cinese immigration for 10 yrs |
| 1894 | Cleveland, Grover | |
| 8th Aug The Republic of Hawaii is officially recognized by the USA |
| 22nd Nov Washington The USA& Japan sign a commercial Treaty in Washington |
| 1895 | Cleveland, Grover | |
| 12th June Washington Calls for citizens not to aid Cuban insurgents who are rising up against Spanish rule |
| 1913 | Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | |
| Aug Washington The USA declares a boycott against Mexico after the expulsion of Americans |
| 3rd Nov Washington Gives President Huerta of Mexico an ultimatum to resign |
| 1914 | Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | |
| Washington The USA will lend Colombia $25million for its recognition of Panamanian independence |
| 1916 | Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | |
| Washington Offers to mediate war aims of the Allies & Central Powers, the Germans fail to answer |
| 1917 | Pershing, John Joseph | |
| 13th June Paris Arrives in Paris to discuss America's involvement in the war |
| 1917 | Sims, William | |
| April Trans ferred to Europe to liaise with the Allied navies |
| 1918 | Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | |
| Washington The Senate refuses to ratify Wilson's guarantee of the French frontiers |
| 1921 | Harding, Warren Gamaliel | |
| 2nd July Washington War with Germany is declared to be at an end by joint resolution of Congress |
| 25th Aug Berlin The USAsigns a peace Treaty with Germany in Berlin |
| 1922 | Harding, Warren Gamaliel | |
| 6th Feb Washington Respects the territory of China, a formal endorsement of the "Open Door" policy |
| 20th Mar Rhineland President Harding orders the US. troops back from the Rhineland |
| 1927 | Kellog, Frank | |
| Paris Aristide Briand proposes to Kellog that France & the USAset an example & oulaw war |
| 1928 | Hoover, Herbert Clerk | |
| The USA announces that it will build the most powerful cruiser fleet in the World |
| 1929 | Hoover, Herbert Clerk | |
| The USA & Great Britain sign an agreement for complete parity in all naval vessels |
| 1933 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| Nov The USSR is recognized by the USA, to counteract Japan's rise in the Far East |
| 1934 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 24th Mar The USApromises the Philippines independence |
| April Japan issues the "Amu-Settlement", a "hands off" China warning to the USA & Britain |
| 1937 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 5th Oct Roosevelt renounces the neutrality policy towards Japan |
| 1937 | Simpson, Wallis | |
| The Duke & Duchess of Windsor begin their visit to Germany & meet Hitler |
| 1938 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 24th Mar The USAasks that all powers help refugees fleeing from the Nazis |
| 27th Mar Washington The USAstops buying Mexican silver in reprisal for the Mexican seizure of American oil companies |
| 10th Nov Washington Criticises the German Government at a press conference |
| 10th Nov Berlin The USAAmbassador is withdrawn from Berlin after "crystal night" |
| 15th Dec Washington sends it's fourth note to Berlin demanding amnesty for Jews |
| 1939 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| Washington The outbreak of war & the Russo-German non-aggression pact change USAattitudes |
| Jan Washington Requests Congress to amend the Neutrality Act to sell arms |
| 4th Nov Washington Signs an amendment to the Neutrality Act |
| 1941 | Chaney, James E | |
| London Discusses co-operation between the USA & Britain |
| 1941 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| Washington Relations break down when Roosevelt demands Japanese withdrawal from China & Indochina |
| The USAapplies sanctions against Japan for closing the "Open Door" policy in Asia |
| The USAfreezes all Japanese assets in the US |
| 1941 | Roosevelt, Theodore | |
| 1st Jan Washington The pact of the "United Nations" is signed in Washington by 26 nations, they commit themselve to not agree to any seperate peace with Germany or Japan |
| 12th Aug USAPresident Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill sign the 'Atlantic Charter' in Argentia Bay (Newfoundland), the charter establishes common wartime principals and emphasised the strength of Anglo-American alliance despite USAneutrality |
| 22nd Dec Arcadia Churchill travels to the USAto discuss Anglo-American strategy and priorities with Roosevelt, the Arcadia conference formally endorses the Allies' 'Germany First' policy |
| 1942 | Roosevelt, Theodore | |
| 26th Jan Belfast The first USAArmy unit to arrive in Britain, elements of the 34th Division, land at Belfast (Northern Ireland) |
| 22nd Feb Daws Hill USAArmy Air Force (USAAF) European HQ is established at Daws Hill, High Wycombe (Bucks) |
| 25th June Washington DC Churchill and Roosevelt meet and agree to attack German forces in North Africa (Operation Torch) before launching invasion of Continental Europe, Torch serves to stall Bolero troop build-up in UK |
| 1943 | Davies, Joseph | |
| Appointed Go-between between Roosevelt & Stalin & preserve the Atlantic Charter |
| 1943 | Harriman, Averell | |
| Persuades Churchill of the wisdom of a meeting between Roosevelt & Stalin |
| 1943 | Hull, Cordell | |
| 25th Oct Announces a plan for the post-war rehabilitation & reconstruction of Russia |
| 1943 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| Washington Invites Russia to attend the Casablanca Conference but Stalin refuses |
| 1st Dec Washington Roosevelt, Churchill & Kai-Shek demand Japan's return to its 1894 boundaries |
| 1st Dec Washington Roosevelt, Churchill & Kai-Shek demand Japan's unconditional surrender |
| 1943 | Roosevelt, Theodore | |
| 14th Jan Casablanca Churchill and Roosevelt discuss next phase of war, a decision is made to attack Sicily and Italy in bid to divert German military resources and make good pledge to Stalin for a 'second front' in Europe |
| 27th May Washington Churchill & Roosevelt meet in Washington where they agree a cross-Channel invasion (Operation Overlord) to be provisionally be launched on 1 May 1944. |
| 17th Aug Quebec Churchill & Roosevelt meet in Quebec, Canada to further discuss Overlord timetable, planning |
| 6th Dec Cairo Churchill & Roosevelt agree Gen Eisenhower will command Allied forces for the planned invasion of Europe, Eisenhower's appointment as Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, publicly announced by Roosevelt |
| 1943 | Stimson, Henry Lewis | |
| Opposes Churchill's efforts to divide Europe into spheres of influence |
| 1944 | Hurley, Patrick | |
| 7th Nov Yenan Discusses a democratic post-war China & to reconcile the Communists & KMT |
| 1944 | Wallace, Henry | |
| Visits China to discuss American military support |
| 1945 | Hurley, Patrick | |
| Peking Reccomends thaty weoons should only be supplied to Chiang Kaishek |
| 1945 | Truman, Harry S | |
| 12th April Truman is convinced by his war Cabinet that Russia is breaking its Yalta pledges |
| 1946 | Byrnes, James Francis | |
| 23rd July Burns protests to Russia about how it has stripped assets from Hungary |
| 1946 | Marshall, George Catlett | |
| "Peace & stability must be achieved by the efforts of the Chinese themselves" |
| Recommends non-intervention in China |
| 1947 | Hillenkoeter, Roscoe | |
| 19th Dec The NSC orders Hillenkoeter to use covert methods against communists in Italy |
| 1950 | Acheson, Dean Gooderham | |
| 9th Mar Advises Truman to allocate $15 million to France for Indochina |
| 1951 | Acheson, Dean Gooderham | |
| 8th Nov Places a disarmament plan before the UN General Assembly, countrered by Russia |
| 1954 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Hanoi The USAconsulate is placed under siege to deprive it of supplies |
| 27th May Geneva The USAdoes not want to recognize Beijing & Hanoi |
| Nov Hanoi The USAcloses its consulate |
| 1960 | Bowles, Chester | |
| Advises Kennedy that sth east Asia & Vietnam should be treated as neutral |
| 1960 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| The USA has given $2billion in aid & stationed 685 non combat advisers in Sth Vietnam |
| 15th May Paris Khruschev demands Eisenhower stop U-2 spying over Russia, he refuses |
| 23rd June The Treaty of Mutual Security & Cooperation with the USA goes into effect |
| 1960 | Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Washington Agrees to a "neutral & independent" Laos at Geneva |
| Geneva At Geneva refuses to accept the neutrality of Sth Vietnam |
| Washington Warned by de Gaulle that Vietnam is a "bottomless military & political swamp" |
| 1960 | Lansdale, Edward | |
| Advises Kennedy that aid to Sth Vietnam's President Diem should be increased |
| 1961 | Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Saigon Visits President Diem in Saigon & offers him America's support |
| 1961 | Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Washington Commits $20 billion to the "sister republics" in aid to Latin America over 10 yrs |
| 23rd Mar "the security of South East Asia will be endagered if Laos loses its independence" |
| 5th June London Elizabeth II entertains President Kennedy |
| 5th June London The Kennedy administration continues covert operations against Cuba, later launching the Cuban Project to "help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime". |
| 1962 | Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 10th Oct Berlin A Congress ional resolution affirms the rights of western nations in Berlin |
| 21st Dec Castro and James Donovan, a U.S. lawyer sign an agreement to exchange the 1,113 prisoners for $53 million USAdollars in food and medicine, the money is raised privately |
| 1962 | Kennedy, Robert Francis | |
| Saigon Visits Siagon & states that America is going to win the War |
| 1963 | Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Punt del Este The USA& 22 Latin American countries sign a charter for "democratic government" |
| 26th June Berlin Kennedy visits West Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) |
| 1965 | Bundy, McGeorge | |
| Jan National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy visits South Vietnam for the 1st time |
| 1968 | Bowles, Chester | |
| Discusses USAaccess to Cambodia if it is invaded by Nth Vietnam with Sihanouk |
| 1968 | Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| 14th April Meets Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin & proposes a negotiating channel with Nth Vietnam |
| 1968 | Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Nov Washington Withdraws from Vietnam without "defeat" by improving relations with China & Russia |
| 1969 | Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Washington The USA begins to relax its embargo of China |
| Feb Paris Meets de Gaulle to agree a pact with China, seen by the State Dept as the main enemy |
| 1st Feb Washington Issues a directive to the National Security Council for a rapproachment with China |
| 1969 | Vance, Cyrus | |
| Claims Russian help in ending the Vietnam War will bring about an arms deal but fails |
| Moscow Sent to Moscow to discuss the control of strategic weapons |
| 1971 | Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Nixon massively increases USAaid for Israel, $634m in 1971, $93m in 1970 in line with the Nixon doctrine proclaimed in July 1969, providing military & economic assistance to local powers to maintain the "regional order" |
| Supports Communist China's admission to the United Nations |
| 10th April A USAtable tennis team arrives in China |
| 14th April The USArelaxes trade & travel with China |
| May Okinawa The USAreturns Okinawa to Japan |
| 15th July Announces a future trip to China |
| 2nd Oct Calls for the seating of People's Republic of China in the UN |
| 12th Oct Announces a visit to Moscow |
| 25th Oct The United States does not use its veto power to block mainland China's UN admission, the change in the USAposition comes about as the result of a gradual thaw in US- Chinese relations |
| 5th Nov Announces sales of $136 million in feed grain to the Soviets |
| 1972 | Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 20th Feb Beijing Meets Mao & Zhou En-Lai bringing the period of USAhostilities toward China to an end |
| 22nd May Washington Arrives in Moscow for talks with Party Secretary Brezhnev |
| 1974 | Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| Beijing Heads a diplomatic mission to Beijing |
| 1975 | Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| Washington Decides to send arms to support the FNLA in Angola |
| Aug Kissinger succeeds in bringing the Israelis & Egyptians to the negotiating table |
| 1978 | Carter, Jimmy | |
| 15th Dec Recognizes the People's Republic of China & severs relations with Taiwan |
| 1979 | Carter, Jimmy | |
| Islamabad Protesters sack the USAembassy in Islamabad, resulting in the death 4 people, sparked by a false report the USAwas involved in a fire at the Grand Mosque in Mecca |
| Washington The Shah receives cancer treatment in the USAat the invitation of President Carter |
| 4th Nov Tehran Iranians want the Shah returned to Iran on charges of torture, murder & robbery |
| 27th Dec After Russia invades Afghanistan the USAaffirms the 1959 Pakistan defense agreement |
| 27th Dec Russia invades Afghanistan & the USAaffirms the 1959 defense agreement with Pakistan |
| 27th Dec The USAaffirms commitment to Pakistan under the 1959 defense agreement |
| 27th Dec Washington The USAaffirms the 1959 defense agreement with Pakistan |
| 1980 | Carter, Jimmy | |
| A US-led boycott reduces the number of participating nations to 80, the lowest number since 1956 |
| 1982 | Haig, Alexander | |
| 28th Mar Falklands British Foreign Secretaty Carrington asks USASecretary of State Alexander Haig to intercede with the Argentine junta in an attempt to avoid military action |
| 8th April London The Haig peace mission arrives in London |
| 10th April Buenos Aires The Haig peace mission arrives in Buenos Aires |
| 12th April London The Haig peace mission arrives in London, 2nd time |
| 14th April Washington Returns to London to brief President Reagan |
| 15th April Buenos Aires The Haig peace mission arrives in Buenos Aires, 2nd time |
| 17th April Buenos Aires Presents the Junta with a 5 point peace plan |
| 19th April Buenos Aires Argentina rejects Haig's 5 point peace plan & London is informed |
| 19th April Falklands Argentina rejects Haig's plan unless Britain agrees to transfer sovereignty by 31 December 1982 and allow Argentine nationals to settle in the Islands |
| 29th April Falklands Argentina rejects Haig proposals |
| 30th April Falklands Reagan terminates Haig's peace mission, declares USAsupport for Britain, imposes economic sanctions on Argentina, and offers Britain materiel and other aid |
| 11th May Buenos Aires Haig sends his deputy General Vernon Walters to Buenos Aires |
| 1982 | Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| 1st April Reagan warns Argentine junta leader General Galtieri not to take military action |
| 5th April Reagan approves Haig peace mission |
| 7th April Washington Reagan approves the Haig peace mission |
| 30th April Reagan terminates Haig's peace mission, declares USAsupport for Britain, imposes economic sanctions on Argentina, and offers Britain materiel and other aid |
| 1982 | Walters, Vernon | |
| 11th May Buenos Aires Haig sends his deputy General Vernon Walters to Buenos Aires |
| 1984 | Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| Reagan declares that the Soviet Union had violated its political commitment to observe the SALT II Treaty |
| 1989 | Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| 4th Jan The USANavy F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean |
| 6th Jan The United States presented photographic evidence to the UN Security Council to justify its shootdown of two Libyan jet fighters as self-defense, evidence the Libyan ambassador said was faked |
| 2nd Feb President Bush meets the Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, after which both leaders sounded upbeat about U.S-Japanese relations |
| 2nd Oct Bush Issues a National Security Directive to resume normal relations with Iraq |
| 1989 | Quayle, Dan | |
| 1st Feb In his first diplomatic mission of the Bush administration, Vice President Dan Quayle begins a trip to Venezuela and El Salvador |
| 1991 | Baker, James Addison | |
| 11th Nov James Bakers begins his trip to Japan, Sth Korea & Africa |
| 1991 | Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| Kiev Appeals to Ukranian nationalists not to gain independence from the Soviet Union |
| 22nd Feb Iraq will withdraw from Kuwait if the coalition suspends operations & sanctions |
| Mar Non essential USAEmbassy staff are withdrawn from Ethiopia |
| 27th April 1st USAaircraft since 1979 lands in Iran with blankets for Kurdish refugees |
| 6th July President Bush sends a personal message to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, urging a stronger effort to conclude arms control talks |
| 10th July President Bush lifts economic sanctions against SouthAfrica, citing its "profound transformation" toward racial equality. |
| 13th July Soviet and American negotiators meeting in Washington wrangle over a treaty to reduce long-range nuclear missiles |
| 19th July Souda Bay President Bush tours the |
