Boaz Walton Long
Boaz Walton Long (born September 27, 1876 in Warsaw , Indiana , † July 30, 1962 in Santa Fe , New Mexico ) was an American diplomat .
Life
His parents were Alice Rebecca Walton and Elisha Van Buren Long. Long married Eleanor Lenssen on March 22, 1930. From 1914 to 1915, Long was the head of the State Department's Latin America division . Long was concerned with Haiti and wrote a letter to the President on January 23, 1914 and a memorandum "Revolution in Haiti" on February 9, 1914.
Long shared with National City Bank Deputy President Roger L. Farnham that it was the right time to take control of Haitian Customs, enforce a US base on the Môle Saint-Nicolas , and take control of Haiti to bring the USA. When the Woodrow Wilson government realized that agents of the German Reich were intriguing against the Oreste Zamor government , they recognized his government on March 1, 1914.
When the sending of Long as ambassador to El Salvador was discussed in Parliament, Long submitted as a qualification that he had a good relationship with John Gray, the legal advisor of Minor Cooper Keith .
On July 29, 1914, Long was sent by Woodrow Wilson as ambassador to El Salvador . On October 14, 1914, he handed over his letter of accreditation to the Alfonso Quiñónez Molina government. On November 7, 1917, he left the post of ambassador in San Salvador . On June 30, 1919, Wilson sent him to Cuba as ambassador . On January 8, 1920, he submitted his letter of accreditation to the Mario García Menocal government. On June 17, 1921, he left the post of ambassador in Havana .
Blue eagle
From 1933 to 1934 Long was deputy head of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in Puerto Rico under Governor Benjamin Jason Horton (* 1873). In the Puerto Rican Emergency Relief Administration (PRERA). Long's title was Chief of the Recovery Boards Section of the Blue Eagle Division, National Recovery Administration . A letter from Long dated August 28, 1933 was entitled Blue Eagle Letter No. 4 . In it, Long quoted the head of the NRA from a speech given by General Hugh S. Johnson : Notice that they are patient missionaries, not snoops or cops. Long's missionary attempts met with partial rejection in Puerto Rico.
On January 24, 1936 he was sent by Franklin D. Roosevelt as ambassador to Nicaragua . On March 19, 1936, he submitted his letter of accreditation to the Juan Bautista Sacasa government. On April 1, 1938, he left the post of ambassador in Managua .
On March 22, 1938 he was sent by Franklin D. Roosevelt as ambassador to Ecuador . On April 29, 1938, he handed over his letter of accreditation to the Alberto Enríquez Gallo government. On March 5, 1942, Long was promoted. On May 1, 1943, he left the post of ambassador in Quito .
On March 27, 1943, he was sent by Franklin D. Roosevelt as ambassador to Guatemala . On May 19, 1943, he presented his letter of accreditation to the Jorge Ubico Castañeda government. Under Long, Guatemala received arms deliveries under the Lending and Lease Act . On April 11, 1945, he left the post of ambassador in Guatemala City .
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- ↑ ARTHUR S. LINK, WOODROW WILSON, and the Progressive Era, 1910-1917
- ^ The New York Times , June 18, 1914, BRYAN HECTORED OVER HIS TREATIES . pdf
- ↑ Representing Development: New Perspectives About the New Deal in Puerto Rico 1933-36 ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://216.226.178.196/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/records&CISOPTR=334 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Time , Jan. 8, 1934, TERRITORIES: In Puerto Rico
- ↑ http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/long-boaz-walton
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| William Heimke |
US Ambassador to El Salvador 1914–1917 |
Frank Dundore Arnold |
| William Elliott Gonzales |
US Ambassador to Cuba 1920–1921 |
Enoch Herbert Crowder |
| Arthur Bliss Lane |
US Ambassador to Nicaragua 1936–1938 |
Meredith Nicholson |
| Antonio C. Gonzalez |
US Ambassador to Ecuador 1938–1943 |
Robert McGregor Scotten |
| Fay Allen Des Portes |
US Ambassador to Guatemala 1943–1945 |
Edwin Jackson Kyle |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Long, Boaz Walton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw , Indiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1962 |
| Place of death | Santa Fe , New Mexico |