Cyrus Roberts Vance

Country Locale Remarks Date
Israel Jerusalem Met with Prime Minister Rabin and Foreign Minister Allon; reviewed the Middle East peace process. February 15–17, 1977
Egypt Cairo Met with President Sadat and Foreign Minister Fahmy; reviewed the Middle East peace process. February 17–18, 1977
Lebanon Beirut Met with President Sarkis and senior Lebanese officials. February 18, 1977
Jordan Amman Met with King Hussein; reviewed the Middle East peace process. February 18–19, 1977
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Met with Crown Prince Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud; reviewed the Middle East peace process. February 19–20, 1977
Syria Damascus Met with President Assad; reviewed the Middle East peace process. February 20–21, 1977
Belgium Brussels Attended a special session of the North Atlantic Council. March 26, 1977
U.S.S.R. Moscow Presented arms reduction proposal to General Secretary Brezhnev and Foreign Minister Gromyko. March 27–30, 1977
Germany, Federal Republic of Bonn Briefed Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher on meetings with Soviet leaders. March 31, 1977
United Kingdom London Briefed Prime Minister Callaghan on meetings with Soviet leaders. April 1, 1977
France Paris Briefed President Giscard d'Estaing and senior French officials on meetings with Soviet leaders. April 1, 1977
United Kingdom London Accompanied President Carter to Economic Summit Meeting. Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting (May 10-11). Met May 11 with Israeli Foreign Minister Allon. May 5–11, 1977
Switzerland Geneva Accompanied President Carter to a meeting with Syrian President Assad. May 9, 1977
Spain Madrid Attended the first regular session of the U.S.-Spanish Council. May 11–12, 1977
Iran Tehran Attended CENTO Ministerial Meeting. May 12–15, 1977
Switzerland Geneva Met with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko. Signed Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques. May 18–21, 1977
France Paris Attended the Conference on International Economic Development. May 28–June 2, 1977
Grenada St. George's Attended OAS General Assembly Meeting. June 14–16, 1977
Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain Met with President Clarke and Prime Minister Williams. June 16–17, 1977
France Paris Attended OECD Ministerial Meeting. June 22–24, 1977
Egypt Alexandria Met with President Sadat; discussed the Middle East peace process. Revisited. August 1–3, 1977
Lebanon Beirut Met with President Sarkis and senior Lebanese officials; reviewed the Middle East peace process. August 3, 1977
Syria Damascus Reviewed the Middle East peace process with President Assad. Revisited Syria August 11. August 3–5, 1977
Jordan Amman Reviewed the Middle East peace process with King Hussein. Revisited Jordan August 11. August 5–7, 1977
Saudi Arabia Taif Reviewed the Middle East peace process with King Khalid and senior Saudi officials. August 7–9, 1977
Israel Jerusalem Reviewed the Middle East peace process with Prime Minister Begin and Foreign Minister Dayan. August 9–11, 1977
United Kingdom London Discussed Rhodesia with Foreign Secretary Owen. August 11–13, 1977
China Peking Met with Chairman Hua, Foreign Minister Huang, and senior Chinese officials. August 20–26, 1977
Japan Tokyo Met with Prime Minister Fukuda and Foreign Minister Hatoyama. August 26–27, 1977
Argentina Buenos Aires Met with President Videla and senior Argentinian officials. November 20–22, 1977
Brazil Brasilia Met with President Geisel and senior Brazilian officials. November 22–23, 1977
Venezuela Caracas Met with President Perez and senior Venezuelan officials. November 23, 1977
Belgium Brussels Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. December 8–9, 1977
Egypt Cairo Reviewed the Middle East peace process. December 9–10, 1977
Israel Jerusalem Reviewed the Middle East peace process. December 10–12, 1977
Jordan Amman Reviewed the Middle East peace process. December 12–13, 1977
Lebanon Beirut Reviewed the Middle East peace process. December 13, 1977
Syria Damascus Reviewed the Middle Eastpeace process. December 13–14, 1977
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Reviewed the Middle East peace process. December 14–15, 1977
Poland Warsaw Accompanied President Carter on an official visit. December 29–31, 1977
Iran Tehran Accompanied President Carter on an official visit. December 31, 1977–January 1, 1978
India New Delhi Accompanied President Carter. January 1–3, 1978
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Accompanied President Carter. January 3–4, 1978
Egypt Aswan Accompanied President Carter. January 4, 1978
France Paris Accompanied President Carter. January 4–6, 1978
Hungary Budapest Returned the Crown of St. Stephen to Hungary. January 5–7, 1978
Ireland Shannon Met with Foreign Minister O'Kennedy while returning to U.S. January 7, 1978
Israel Jerusalem Attended the opening session of the Egyptian- Israeli Political Committee. January 16–20, 1978
Egypt Cairo Met with President Sadat regarding the peace process. January 20, 1978
Turkey Ankara Met with Prime Minister Ecevit and senior Turkish officials. January 20–21, 1978
Greece Athens Met with Prime Minister Karamanlis and senior Greek officials. January 21–22, 1978
Venezuela Caracas Accompanied President Carter. March 28–29, 1978
Brazil Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro Accompanied President Carter on an official visit. March 29–31, 1978
Nigeria Lagos Accompanied President Carter on a State visit. March 31–April 3, 1978
Liberia Monrovia Accompanied President Carter. April 3, 1978
Sudan Khartoum Met with Foreign Minister al-Tahir. April 13, 1978
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Discussed the Rhodesian question with British Foreign Secretary Owen and leaders of Zimbabwe's Patriotic Front. April 13–16, 1978
South Africa Pretoria Discussed Rhodesia and Namibia with Foreign Minister Botha and British Foreign Secretary Owen. April 16–17, 1978
Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) Salisbury Discussed the Rhodesian question with members of the Transitional Government and British Foreign Secretary Owen. April 17, 1978
United Kingdom London Attended CENTO Ministerial Meeting. April 18–19, 1978
U.S.S.R. Moscow Met with General Secretary Brezhnev and Foreign Minister Gromyko. April 19–23, 1978
Mexico Mexico, D.F., Puerto Vallarta Official visit. Met with President Lopez Portillo and Foreign Relations Secretary Roel. May 3–5, 1978
France Paris Attended OECD Ministerial Meeting. June 13–15, 1978
United Kingdom London Attended a meeting of U.S. Chiefs of Mission. June 16–17, 1978
Switzerland Geneva Met with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko. July 11–13, 1978
Germany, Federal Republic of Frankfurt, Bonn Accompanied President Carter on a State visit and to the Economic Summit Meeting. July 14–17, 1978
Germany West Berlin Accompanied President Carter. July 15, 1978
United Kingdom London, Hollingbourne Discussed the Rhodesia question with Foreign Secretary Owen. Also met with the Egyptian and Israeli Foreign Ministers at Leeds Castle, July 18. July 17–20, 1978
Israel Jerusalem Met with Prime Minister Begin and delivered an invitation to meet with Presidents Carter and Sadat at Camp David. August 5–7, 1978
Egypt Alexandria Met with President Sadat and delivered an invitation to meet with President Carter and Prime Minister Begin at Camp David. August 7–9, 1978
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Attended the inauguration of President Guzman. August 16, 1978
Jordan Amman Reviewed the Camp David Accords with King Hussein. September 20–21, 1978
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Reviewed the Camp David Accords with King Khalid and Crown Prince Fahd. September 21–24, 1978
Syria Damascus Reviewed the Camp David Accords with President Assad. September 24, 1978
South Africa Pretoria Discussed the Namibian question with South African officials. October 14–18, 1978
Switzerland Geneva Met with the U.S. delegation prior to SALT negotiations in Moscow. October 19–21, 1978
U.S.S.R. Moscow Discussed SALT negotiations with President Brezhnev and Foreign Minister Gromyko. October 21–24, 1978
Canada Ottawa Signed the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. November 21–22, 1978
United Kingdom London Addressed the Royal Institute for International Affairs. December 9–10, 1978
Egypt Cairo Discussed the Egyptian- Israeli peace process. Visited Cairo December 10-11, 12-13, and 14-15. December 10–15, 1978
Israel Tel Aviv, Jerusalem Discussed the Egyptian-Israeli peace process and attended the funeral of former Prime Minister Meir. December 11–12, 1978
Israel Tel Aviv Discussed the Egyptian-Israeli peace process. December 13–14, 1978
Switzerland Geneva Held SALT negotiations with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko. December 21–23, 1978
Belgium Brussels Met with the Egyptian and Israeli Foreign Ministers. December 23–24, 1978
Mexico Mexico, D.F. Accompanied President Carter on a State visit. February 14–16, 1979
Egypt Cairo, Alexandria Accompanied President Carter on a State visit. March 7–10, 1979
Israel Jerusalem Accompanied President Carter on a State visit. March 10–13, 1979
Egypt Cairo Accompanied President Carter during final Egyptian-Israeli peace negotiations. March 13, 1979
United Kingdom London Met with Prime Minister Thatcher and Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington. Also met with Israeli Prime Minister Begin May 24. May 20–24, 1979
Egypt Cairo Met with President Sadat. May 24, 1979
Israel Tel Aviv, Beersheva, El Arish Attended opening session of Egyptian-Israeli autonomy talks on the West Bank and Gaza at Beersheva, and the exchange of ratifications of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty. May 25–27, 1979
Italy Rome Met with President Pertini and Prime Minister Andreotti. May 27–29, 1979
Vatican City Audience with Pope John Paul II. May 29, 1979
Netherlands The Hague Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. May 29–31, 1979
Spain Madrid Attended a meeting of the U.S.-Spanish Council. June 1–2, 1979
Austria Vienna Accompanied President Carter to U.S.-Soviet Summit and the signing of the SALT II Treaty. June 14–18, 1979
Portugal Lisbon Signed Lajes Base Agreement. June 19, 1979
Japan Tokyo Accompanied President Carter on a State visit and to the Economic Summit Meeting. June 25–29, 1979
Korea, Republic of Seoul Accompanied President Carter on a State visit. June 30–July 1, 1979
Indonesia Bali Attended meeting of ASEAN Foreign Ministers. July 1–3, 1979
Australia Canberra Attended ANZUS Council Meeting. July 3–5, 1979
Ecuador Quito Attended the inauguration of President Roldos. August 9–12, 1979
Bolivia La Paz Attended OAS General Assembly Meeting. October 20–23, 1979
Korea, Republic of Seoul Attended the funeral of President Park. November 1–4, 1979
United Kingdom London Discussed international responses to the Iranian hostage crisis with Prime Minister Thatcher and Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington. December 10, 1979
France Paris Discussed international responses to the Iranian hostage crisis with President Giscard d'Estaing and Foreign Minister Francois-Poncet. Also met with Japanese Foreign Minister Okita. December 10–11, 1979
Italy Rome Discussed international responses to the Iranian hostage crisis with President Pertini and Prime Minister Cossiga. December 11, 1979
Germany, Federal Republic of Bonn Discussed international responses to the Iranian hostage crisis with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher. December 11–12, 1979
Belgium Brussels Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting and a special meeting of NATO Foreign and Defense Ministers. December 12–14, 1979
Germany, Federal Republic of Bonn Discussed responses to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher. February 19–20, 1980
Italy Rome Discussed responses to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with President Pertini and Foreign Minister Ruffini. February 20–21, 1980
France Paris Discussed responses to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with Foreign Minister Francois-Poncet. February 21, 1980
United Kingdom London Discussed responses to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington. February 21–22, 1980
Canada Ottawa Signed a nuclear cooperation agreement. April 23, 1980