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Frederic M. Sackett, Ambassador February 12, 1930 March 24, 1933 William E. Dodd, Ambassador August 30, 1933 December 29, 1937 Hugh R. Wilson, Ambassador March 3, 1938 November 16, 1938 Alexander C. Kirk, Chargé d'Affaires May 1939 October 1940 Leland B. Morris, Chargé d'Affaires October 1940 December 11, 1941
Martha Eccles Dodd (October 8, 1908 – August 10, 1990) was an American journalist and novelist. The daughter of William Edward Dodd, [5] US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first Ambassador to Germany, Dodd lived in Berlin from 1933–1937 [6] and was a witness to the rise of the Third Reich.
Adolph Dubs [1] (August 4, 1920 – February 14, 1979), also known as Spike Dubs, was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan from May 13, 1978, until his death in 1979. [2] He was killed during a rescue attempt after his kidnapping.
William Edward Dodd (October 21, 1869 – February 9, 1940) [2] was an American historian, author and diplomat.A liberal Democrat, he served as the United States Ambassador to Germany from 1933 to 1937 during the Nazi era.
The ambassador, who had earned his PhD in Leipzig forty years earlier, and who, at the time of his appointment, was head of the History Department at the University of Chicago, initially hoped that Germany's new Nazi government would grow more moderate, including in its persecution of the Jews. [2]
Peter Tomsen served as Special Envoy to Afghanistan (to the Northern Alliance) 1989–1992. The U.S. embassy in Kabul closed in January 1989. The embassy reopened on January 17, 2002. [1] - James F. Dobbins – Career FSO Ambassador (in charge of reestablishing U.S. Embassy) December 17, 2001 January 2, 2002 - Ryan Crocker – Career FSO
South Korean Ambassador to Burma Rangoon Burma: October 9, 1983: North Korean agents as part of an assassination plot against visiting South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan: Khalifa Ahmad Mubarak: Emirati Ambassador to France Paris United Arab Emirates: February 8, 1984: Abu Nidal Organization Salih Mahdi Ammash: Iraqi Ambassador to Finland ...
In 1933, at Roper's suggestion, Roosevelt asked William Sr. to become the United States' Ambassador to Berlin. He accepted, and was quickly confirmed. The entire Dodd family, including William Jr. and his sister, relocated to Berlin. [2] In 1935, William Jr. completed his Ph.D. in History at the University of Berlin.