Albert Watson II (January 5, 1909 – March 14, 1993) was a United States Army lieutenant general.

A major diplomatic incident occurred when members of Watson's staff were refused access to East Berlin.

He increased Ryuku autonomy but ultimately spoke against the significant lessening of American administration authority in the Ryukyus.

[1] The Berlin press also noted that he enjoyed horseback riding, bridge, light opera, and mystery novels.

[11] A small diplomatic incident occurred when Watson cancelled an appointment with the Soviet Commandant of East Berlin, Soloviev.

East German border guards, whose authority the United States did not recognize, denied access to his two aides and his interpreter after they did not show papers at the border despite being in an official army car and the American insistence that only Soviet officials could demand that American military show identification; this prompted Watson to turn around and send protest to the Soviets instead of meeting with them.

Ironically, the meeting had in part been called to discuss the barring of an American official's entry into East Berlin less than a week earlier.

[16] In August 1965, Watson received Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Satō, becoming the first Commissioner of the islands to meet with a Japanese head of government.

[19] He expanded autonomy and Japanese involvement to an extent and expressed a more lenient attitude to the residents of the island chain.

[20] Despite a promising start, Watson continued the trend of his predecessor and practiced a tumultuous relationship with United States Ambassador to Japan, Edwin O. Reischauer.