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April Catherine Glaspie (born April 26, 1942 in Vancouver , British Columbia ) is an American diplomat .
From 1988 to 1990 she was the United States Ambassador to Iraq . In this capacity, shortly before the Iraqi troops marched into Kuwait in 1990, she signaled to Saddam Hussein that the United States had no position on this issue. Your deputy at the US Embassy in Baghdad Joseph C. Wilsonexplicitly defends them against this accusation in his autobiography. He writes: “Your explanation of American policy towards intra-Arab conflicts did not deviate from our usual attitude and instructions in any point. While the United States took no position in such disputes between Arab countries, it strongly insisted that the respective parties settle their dispute diplomatically or through international mediators, and not through military threats or actions. ”Wilson goes on to say that“ the Iraqis ” and in particular the then Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz later publicly assured that he understood the American position perfectly.
She was the first female ambassador to a Middle Eastern country.
She then worked in the diplomatic mission of the United States at the United Nations in New York. Until her retirement in 2002, Glaspie headed the US Consulate General in Cape Town .
Web links
- April Glaspie in nndb (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joseph Wilson: "Politics of Truth", S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 2004, p. 99.
- ↑ US State Department, BUREAU OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: Report for Fiscal Year 2005, Section "Women in Diplomacy"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glaspie, April |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glaspie, April Catherine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vancouver , British Columbia |