Talk:Myanmar–United States relations

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I placed the POV tag when creating the article because it is pasted from a US government website. Because this comes from a US govt source it may not be neutral, but I don't have the expertise to judge. (Hopefully others that know more will simply remove the tag if they think the article looks okay.) Mangostar (talk) 00:04, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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King Mindon's Letter to President James Buchanan dated February 1857
Myanmar-US Combined Team Conducts Ninth Opium Yield Survey towards Eradication of Narcotic Drugs (5 March 2003)

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10404.htm Note: Embassy Rangoon was established Sep 19, 1947, with Earl L. Packer as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

J. Klahr Huddle (ref: List of Ohioans who served as United States Ambassadors )

State of Residency: Ohio Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: Oct 17, 1947 Presentation of Credentials: Mar 3, 1948 Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Nov 28, 1949 Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 9, 1947.

David McK. Key (ref. identically named relative David M. Key)

State of Residency: Tennessee Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: Mar 17, 1950 Presentation of Credentials: Apr 26, 1950 Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 28, 1951

William J. Sebald (ref. United States Ambassador to Australia)

State of Residency: District of Columbia Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: Apr 25, 1952 Presentation of Credentials: Jul 18, 1952 Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 15, 1954

Joseph C. Satterthwaite (ref. United States Ambassador to South Africa)

State of Residency: Michigan Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: Apr 4, 1955 Presentation of Credentials: May 10, 1955 Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 1, 1957

Walter P. McConaughy

State of Residency: Alabama Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: May 20, 1957 Presentation of Credentials: Aug 20, 1957 Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 2, 1959

William P. Snow (ref. William Snow)

State of Residency: Maine Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: Nov 9, 1959 Presentation of Credentials: Dec 1, 1959 Termination of Mission: Left post, May 4, 1961 Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 21, 1960.

John S. Everton John Scott Everton

State of Residency: New York Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: May 4, 1961 Presentation of Credentials: Jun 10, 1961 Termination of Mission: Left post, May 21, 1963 Note: Commissioned to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma.

Henry A. Byroade (ref. United States Ambassador to Afghanistan)

State of Residency: Indiana Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: Sep 10, 1963 Presentation of Credentials: Oct 7, 1963 Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 11, 1968

Arthur W. Hummel, Jr.

State of Residency: Maryland Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: Sep 26, 1968 Presentation of Credentials: Oct. 1968 Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 22, 1971

Edwin W. Martin

State of Residency: Maryland Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: Aug 10, 1971 Presentation of Credentials: Oct 1, 1971 Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 20, 1973

David L. Osborn

State of Residency: Tennessee Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: Feb 28, 1974 Presentation of Credentials: Mar 22, 1974 Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 25, 1977 Note: Commissioned to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma.

Maurice Darrow Bean

State of Residency: California Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: Sep 19, 1977 Presentation of Credentials: Nov 8, 1977 Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 10, 1979 Note: Commissioned to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma.

Patricia M. Byrne (ref: List of Ohioans who served as United States Ambassadors )

State of Residency: Ohio Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: Nov 27, 1979 Presentation of Credentials: Jan 14, 1980 Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 14, 1983 Note: Commissioned to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma.

Daniel Anthony O'Donohue

State of Residency: Virginia Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: Nov 14, 1983 Presentation of Credentials: Dec 26, 1983 Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 16, 1986 Note: Commissioned to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma.

Burton Levin

State of Residency: Maryland Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointment: Apr 7, 1987 Presentation of Credentials: May 26, 1987 Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 30, 1990 Note: Commissioned to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma.

Note: The following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Franklin P. Huddle, Jr. (Sep 1990-Sep 1994) and Marilyn Meyers (Sep 1994- Oct 1996).

Frederick Vreeland

State of Residency: New York Non-career appointee Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Note: Nomination not acted upon by the Senate.

Parker W. Borg

State of Residency: Minnesota Foreign Service officer Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Note: Nomination of Jul 22, 1991, not acted upon by the Senate.

Note: The following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Kent M. Wiedemann (Oct 1996-May 1999; ref. List of University of Oregon people); Priscilla A. Clapp (Jul 1999- Aug 2002); and Carmen Maria Martinez (Aug 2002-Aug 2005) Sharon E. Villarosa (Aug 2005-present).