US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

US Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. This list concerns the period from 1933-91; for ambassadors before and after, see US Ambassador to Russia.

13-Dec-1933	16-May-1936	William C. Bullitt
25-Jan-1937	11-Jun-1938	Joseph E. Davies
11-Aug-1939	12-Nov-1941	Laurence A. Steinhardt
14-Apr-1942	19-Sep-1943	William H. Standley
23-Oct-1943	24-Jan-1946	W. Averell Harriman
03-Apr-1946	25-Dec-1948	Walter Bedell Smith
04-Jul-1949	06-Oct-1951	Alan G. Kirk
14-May-1952	19-Sep-1952	George F. Kennan
Nov-1952	Apr-1953	Jacob D. Beam	Interim
20-Apr-1953	18-Apr-1957	Charles E. Bohlen
16-Jul-1957	27-Jul-1962	Llewellyn E. Thompson
27-Sep-1962	14-Nov-1966	Foy D. Kohler
23-Jan-1967	14-Jan-1969	Llewellyn E. Thompson
18-Apr-1969	24-Jan-1973	Jacob D. Beam
Jan-1973	Mar-1974	Adolph Dubs	Interim
04-Mar-1974	13-Sep-1976	Walter Stoessel
18-Jan-1977	16-Oct-1979	Malcolm Toon
29-Oct-1979	15-Jan-1981	Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
Jan-1981	Oct-1981	Jack Matlock	Interim
26-Oct-1981	20-Feb-1987	Arthur A. Hartman
06-Apr-1987	11-Aug-1991	Jack Matlock
11-Aug-1991	24-Aug-1991	James F. Collins	Interim, during the August Coup
24-Aug-1991	19-Nov-1992	Robert S. Strauss

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