POST INFORIVIATION
AND SPECIAL NOTICES

POSTS OPENED - None

POSTS CLOSED - None

POSTS CHANGED IN RANK, STATUS, ETC.

Dacca, Bangladesh (E) officially changed the spell¬
ing of its capital city from Dacca to Dhaka.

BREAKDOWN OF POSTS AS OF
MAY 1, 1983

Embassies (E)............................  136*

Branch Offices of Embassy (BO) ...........      3

Missions (M): USUN (New York), USOAS
(Washington), Berlin, USEC (Brussels),
IAEA (Vienna), ICAO (Montreal), USNATO
(Brussels), FAO (Rome), USOECD (Paris),
UNESCO (Paris), UNIDO (Vienna), and
European  Office of  UN and  Other  10

(Geneva)...............................    12

U.S. Liaison Office (LO) ...................      1

U.S. Interests Sections (USINT)............      2

Consulates General (CG)..................    67

Consulates (C)............................    31

Total...............................252**

Consular Agencies (CA)...................    35
 

*This count reflects only those countries where the United
States has an established physical Mission. An additional 12
countries have U.S. Ambassadors accredited to them but no
physical Mission exists.

**Total post count no longer includes Consular Agencies
(CA).
 

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