Charles Woodruff Yost

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Charles Woodruff Yost

Charles Woodruff Yost (born November 6, 1907 in Watertown , Jefferson County , New York , † May 21, 1981 in Washington, DC ) was an American diplomat .

biography

After attending the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville ( Connecticut ), he studied at Princeton University and graduated in 1928 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). After postgraduate studies at the École des Hautes Etudes International in Paris , he entered the diplomatic service .

First, he was from 1932 to 1933 vice-consul in Warsaw and after several years employees of the Department of State ( State Department ). After the Second World War he was US ambassador ad interim to Thailand for a short time in 1946 and became consular secretary in Prague that same year and then in Vienna in 1947 . In 1949 he was special assistant to the special envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then from 1949 to 1950 director of the Office for Eastern European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 1950 he became counselor at the embassy in Athens and was then deputy head of the embassy in Vienna between 1953 and 1954 . From 1954 to 1956 he was first ambassador to Laos before he was Minister Counselor in Paris until 1957 . After a short period as ambassador to Syria , he was ambassador to Morocco from 1958 to 1961 . From 1961 to 1966 he was Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York City .

In 1969 he was appointed Ambassador of the United States to the United Nations by US President Lyndon B. Johnson and held this post until 1971 under Johnson's successor Richard Nixon .

Publications

Yost described his experiences as a diplomat in several books such as:

  • The Age of Triumph and Frustration: Modern Dialogues (1964)
  • The Insecurity of Nations: International Relations in the Twentieth Century (1968)
  • The Conduct and Misconduct of Foreign Affairs (1972)
  • History and Memory (1980)

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personal data
SURNAME Yost, Charles Woodruff
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Watertown , New York
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1981
Place of death Washington, DC