From: KEY OFFICERS OF FOREIGN SERVICE POSTS (1995)
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Match 3 DB Rec# - 57,674 Dataset-KEYOFF
Source :U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Source key :ST
Program :KEY OFFICERS OF FOREIGN SERVICE POSTS
Program key :ST KEYOFF
Update sched. :Occasionally
ID number :ST KEYOFF MAILPOST
Title :Mailing, Phoning and Post Information
Data type :TEXT
End year :1995
Date of record:12/14/1995
Text :
POST INFORMATION AND SPECIAL NOTICES
POSTS OPENED--Hanoi, Vietnam (USLO); Dusseldorf, Germany (CG)
POSTS CLOSED--Mogadishu, Somalia (USLO) - "The Somalia Liaison Office"
is now located in Nairobi, Kenya. It is not a separate post.
POSTS CHANGED IN RANK, STATUS, ETC.- Koror, Palau (USLO) to Koror,
Palau (E)
BREAKDOWN OF POSTS AS OF March 30, 1995
Embassies (E)...................................163*
Branch Offices of Embassy (BO)....................3
Missions (M): USUN (New York), USOAS (Washington), USEU (Brussels),
ICAO (Montreal), USNATO (Brussels), FODAG (Rome), USOECD (Paris), UNESCO
(observer Mission-Paris), UNVIE (Vienna), and European Office of UN and
Other IO (Geneva)................................10
U.S. Interests Sections (USINT)...................1
U.S. Offices (USREP)..............................0
Consulates General (CG)..........................67
Consulates (C)...................................17
U.S. Liaison Office (USLO)........................2
Total......................................263**
Consular Agencies (CA) (includes Abuja (BO)).....46
*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.
Operations have been temporarily suspended at the following post:
Baghdad (1/91).
**Total post count does not include Consular Agencies (CA).
TELEPHONING A FOREIGN SERVICE POST
Below is the procedure for telephoning a Foreign Service post. American
Embassy Canberra is used as an example.
Calling From a U.S. Government Agency:
Dial 9 + international access code + country code + city code + local
number
Ex: 9 + 011 + [61] + (6) + 2705000
Others:
Dial international access code + country code + city code + local number
Ex: 011 + [61] + (6) + 2705000
NOTE: Some international calls will require operator assistance because
the country is not an international dial country. The telephone listing
for these countries will not be preceded by a country code and city code
(always shown in brackets and parentheses).
Calls to certain points outside the continental U.S. can be dialed in
the same manner as long distance. Simply dial the area code or country
code and the local number. For these locations, no city code will
appear with the telephone number.
EXAMPLES OF ACCEPTED FORMS FOR ADDRESSING MAIL
It is most important that correspondence to a Foreign Service post be
addressed to a section or position rather than to an officer by name.
This will eliminate delays resulting from the forwarding of official
mail to officers who have transferred. Normally, correspondence
concerning commercial matters should be addressed simply "Commercial
Section" followed by the name and correct mailing address of the post.
Posts with APO/FPO Numbers:
APO/FPO Address*
Name
Organization
PSC or Unit number, Box number
APO AE 09080 or APO AA 34038 or APO AP 96337
International Address**
Name of Person/Section
American Embassy
P.O. Box 26431***
Manama, Bahrain
Posts without APO/FPO Numbers:
Diplomatic Pouch Address*
Name of Person/Section
Name of Post
Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20521-plus four digit add-on (see ZIP Codes below)
International Address**
Name of Person/Section
American Embassy
Jubilaeumstrasse 93***
3005 Bern, Switzerland
NOTE: Do not combine any of the above forms (e.g., international plus
APO/FPO addresses). This will only result in confusion and possible
delays in delivery. Mail sent to the Department for delivery through
its pouch system for posts with APO/FPO addresses cannot be accepted and
will be returned to the sender.
* Use domestic postage.
** Use international postage.
*** Use street address only when P.O. Box is not supplied.
Cite:
Key Officers of Foreign Services Posts IN National Trade Data Bank: The Export Connection (disk 2 of a 2 disk set), February, 1996, United States Department of Commerce (http://www.doc.gov/),Economics and Statistics Administration (http://www.doc.gov/resources/ESA_info.html), SuDoc No: C1.88:996/2/v.2
Contact: R. Muns, Reference Librarian, UM-St. Louis
Updated: March 10, 1996