Relations between the United States and France are active and cordial. Mutual visits by high-level officials are conducted frequently. Bilateral contact at the cabinet level has traditionally been active. France and the United States share common values and have parallel policies on most political, economic, and security issues. Differences are discussed frankly and have not generally been allowed to impair the pattern of close cooperation that characterizes relations between the two countries.

Ambassador--Howard H. Leach
Deputy Chief of Mission--Alejandro D. Wolff
Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs--Josiah B. Rosenblatt
Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs--Thomas J. White
Minister-Counselor for Commercial Affairs--Robert Connan
Minister-Counselor for Consular Affairs--Donald Wells
Minister-Counselor for Management Affairs--Elizabeth J. Agnew
Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs--Renee Earle
Defense Attache--Col. Ralph R. Steinke--Counselor for Scientific and Technological Affairs--Robert W. Dry

Consuls General
Consulate General, Marseille--Leslie McBee
Consulate General, Strasbourg--Christopher Davis
Consul, APP Lyon-- Angie Bryan
Consul, APP Toulouse--Judy Ebner
Consul, APP Rennes--Gary Clements
Consul, APP Bordeaux--J. Brinton Rowdybush
Consul, APP Lille--Richard Huckaby

The U.S. Embassy in France is located at 2 Avenue Gabriel, Paris 8 (tel. [33] (1) 4312-2222). The United States also is represented in Paris by its mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).