Diplomats

Portrait of Edward W. Barrett which was used in the 1980 Conference, "The Conduct of Foreign Policy during the Truman Administration." Mr. Barrett was Director of Overseas Operation with the Office of War Information until 1946; Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, 1950-52.

Portrait of U. Alexis Johnson. He was interviewed for an oral history. Mr. Johnson was a United States career Foreign Service officer, from 1935. He later served as Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1953-58; to Thailand, 1958-61; to Japan, 1966-69; and as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1969-73.

Portrait of Elbridge Durbrow, for Oral History no. 251. Mr. Durbrow was U. S. Foreign Service Officer, 1930-68, including service as liaison secretary at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, 1944; chief, Eastern European Division, Department of State, 1944-46; counselor of Embassy, Moscow, U.S.S.R., 1946-48; deputy for Foreign Affairs, National War College, 1948-50; chief, Division of Foreign Service Personnel, Department of State, 1950; and minister counselor, American Embassy, Rome, Italy, 1952-54. Subsequently, served as U. S.

Edwin M. Wright, General staff G-2 Middle East specialist, Washington, 1945-46; Bureau Near East-South Asian-African Affairs Department of State, since 1946, country specialist 1946-47, advisor United Nations affairs, 1947-50, advisor on intelligence 1950-55.

Edwin W. Martin, vice consul, Hamilton, Bermuda, 1941-44, Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, 1944, Peiping, China, 1946-48, Hankow, China, 1948-49; consul, Taipei, Formosa, 1949-50; consul, also second Secretary of Embassy, Rangoon, Burma, 1950-51; with Department of State, Washington, 1952-, deputy director, Office Chinese Affairs, 1953; director, Office Chinese Affairs, 1958-61; and Ambassador to Burma, 1971-73.

John D. Hickerson, Director for European Affairs, U.S. Department of State, 1947-49; Assistant Secretary of State, 1949-53; member Permanent Joint Board on Defense, U.S. and Canada, 1940-46; and alternate representative, U.S. delegation 4th UN General Assembly, 1949. Later Ambassador to Finland, 1955-60, and to the Philippines, 1960-61.

Donald C. Blaisdell, Divisional assistant, assistant division chief, associate division chief, U.S. Department of State, 1941-47; special assistant, Bureau of United Nations Affairs, 1947-51; U.S. representative for International Organization Affairs, Geneva, Switzerland, 1951-53.

E. Allan Lightner, Jr., Assistant Chief, 1945-47, and Associate Chief, 1947-48, of the Central European Affairs Division, Department of State; Deputy Director, Office of Political Affairs, U.S. High Commission, Frankfurt, Germany, 1949-51; and Deputy Chief of Mission and Counselor of the American Embassy, Korea, 1951-53.

Loy W. Henderson, career in the United States Department of State, 1922-60. Among many assignments served as Director, Near Eastern and African Affairs, 1946-48; Ambassador to India, 1948-51; and Ambassador to Iran, 1951-55.

James W. Riddleberger, Chief, Division of Central European Affairs, United States Department of State, 1944-47; counsellor of embassy, and chief, political section, American Military Government, Berlin, Germany, 1947-50; acting political adviser to commander-in-chief, United States Forces, Germany, 1949-50; political adviser to Economic Cooperation Administration, Paris, 1950-52; appointed a career minister, 1950; director, Bureau of German Affairs, U.S.