Ernest Victor Siracusa

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Ernest Victor Siracusa (born November 30, 1918 in Coalinga , California , † April 26, 2000 in Austin , Texas ) was an ambassador of the United States .

Life

From 1936 to 1938, Ernest Siracusa attended Fullerton Junior College . From 1938 to 1940 he studied at Stanford University and graduated with a bachelor's degree . On March 20, 1941, he entered the foreign service and was on July 16, 1941 Vice Consul in Mexico City , where he was promoted to Secretary of the Third Class on November 1, 1941. On March 25, 1943 he became vice consul in La Ceiba.

From June 3, 1945 to March 15, 1946 he was employed in the United States Navy . On June 19, 1946, he became Vice Consul in Guatemala . In September 1949 he was seconded to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . From 1952 to 1956 he was employed in Buenos Aires as a political official at the funeral of Eva Perón . He accompanied Milton S. Eisenhower's mission in Latin America. He reported on the excommunication of Juan Perón and a shelling of the US embassy in Buenos Aires. On March 2, 1959, during Hernán Siles Zuazo's second term in office , Time magazine quoted that Bolivia and the headaches it causes would be best divided among neighboring states. Time was able to report on the corresponding protests in La Paz 14 days later in the issue.

From 1960 to 1962 he was employed in Rome . He advised on the storage of weapons and reported that they should be used against him. From 1961 to 1962 he advised Adlai Ewing Stevenson on Latin America. From 1963 to 1969 he was employed in Lima . On November 10, 1969, he was appointed ambassador to La Paz, where he was accredited from December 5, 1969 to July 30, 1973. On July 16, 1973 he was appointed ambassador to Montevideo , where he was accredited from September 25, 1973 to April 22, 1977.

In August 1976, Siracusa refused to submit a demarche against plans to assassinate subversives, politicians and celebrities to those in power in Montevideo and asked for instructions. On August 30, 1976, the Assistant Secretary of State Harry W. Shlaudeman wrote a memorandum on Operation Condor and proposed to negotiate with Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Blanco Estradé and General Julio César Vadora (1974–1978). In a telegram from Lusaka dated September 16, 1976, Henry Kissinger instructed Shlaudeman not to pursue these efforts any further.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The New York Times , May 1, 2000, Paid Notice: Deaths SIRACUSA, ERNEST V.
  2. ^ Time Magazine , March 16, 1959, BOLIVIA: The Fanned Spark
  3. ↑ The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, Ernest V. Siracusa (PDF file; 56 kB)
  4. ^ Office of the Historian: Siracusa, Ernest Victor
  5. ↑ KISSINGER BLOCKED DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL ASSASSINATIONS TO CONDOR STATE
predecessor Office successor
Raul Hector Castro U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia
December 5, 1969 to July 30, 1973 		William Perry Stedman
Charles Wallace Adair U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay
September 25, 1973 to April 22, 1977 		Lawrence Pezzulo
personal data
SURNAME Siracusa, Ernest Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Coalinga , California
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 2000
Place of death Austin , Texas