United States Legation (Morocco)

<p>Organization Name: Department of State. U.S. Legation, Morocco. 1933-6/11/1956</p>
<p>Variant Name(s): American Legation Tangier.</p>
<p>The first U.S. envoy to Morocco presented his credentials on September 29, 1906. On July 1, 1917, the U.S. Legation at Tangier was downgraded to an Agency and Consulate General, and in 1925 the U.S. mission was designated a Diplomatic Agency and Consulate General. The Legation was reinstated in 1933. The U.S. Embassy at Rabat was established on June 11, 1956, and on that same date the Legation at Tangier was redesignated as a Consulate General.</p>

(2) Maxwell Blake served as Charge d'Affaires ad interim, Sept. 1912 - July 1917. On 9 Aug. 1917, Blake informed the Resident General of France in Morocco that from 1 July 1917 the American Legation at Tangier had been converted into an Agency and Consulate General. The status of the mission was changed in 1925 to Diplomatic Agency and Consulate General and in 1933 to Legation again.