Fay Allen Des Portes

Fay Allen Des Portes (born June 16, 1890 in Winnsboro , Fairfield County , South Carolina , † 1944 ) was an American diplomat.

Life

His parents were Sarah Wolfe (* 1865) and Ulysse Ganvier Des Portes. His brother was Ulysse Ganvier (Jack).

From 1926 to 1928 Des Portes was a member of the South Carolina Parliament . He served in the South Carolina Senate from 1928 to 1936 .

On August 19, 1933, Des Portes was sent by Franklin D. Roosevelt as ambassador to Bolivia . On November 15, 1933, he presented his letter of accreditation to the government of Daniel Salamanca Urey . His assignment was not initially confirmed by the Senate. The new commission came after the approval by the Senate on 15 January 1934. From 1932 to 1935 Bolivia was the Chaco War involved. On May 1, 1936, he left the post of ambassador in La Paz .

On April 25, 1936, he was sent by Roosevelt as ambassador to Guatemala . On May 22, 1936, he presented his letter of accreditation to the government of Jorge Ubico Castañeda . His line manager at the State Department was John Moors Cabot . De Portes was involved in the extremely eventful history of Transportes Aéreos Centro Americanos (TACA) . At that time, Taca belonged to the US shipping company American Export (Am Ex). Lowell Yerex was the managing director of TACA and had a contract with the government to transport the strategic raw material rubber . Pan Am opened Aerovias de Guatemala in September 1940 . On October 9th, the US Embassy learned that Alfred Denby had received the latex transport contract from the Guatemalan government. On October 11, 1940, Denby acquired 20% of the shares in Aerovias de Guatemala , while Pan Am held 60% of the shares and supplied the equipment. Denby was supposed to push Aerovias de Guatemala , Taca out of business in Guatemala. Des Portes stated that any measures that restrict American Export will be followed with great concern. Ubico told Des Portes that he was tired of the pressure and interference in Guatemalan affairs. Ubico had a US trade agent turned back at the border in mid-November 1940. On May 14, 1943, he left the post of ambassador in Guatemala City .

On March 27, 1943, Des Portes was sent by Roosevelt as ambassador to Costa Rica. On May 20, 1943, he presented his letter of accreditation to the government of Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia . He spoke in public in Costa Rica on confidential subjects. He was careless about classified documents. On August 4, 1943, Des Portes presented President Calderón with a list of 33 people of German and Italian origin whom the embassy deemed dangerous and applied for their deportation to the USA. The deportation of three had been approved by September 13, 1943. The government claimed that the other enemy aliens were not dangerous. The deportation of Herbert Knöhr, who led the 66 members of the NSDAP-AO in Costa Rica with Karl Bayer, and of Ricardo Steinworth, a notorious National Socialist born in Costa Rica, were also rejected. The Costa Rican government has argued that the two are under house arrest and therefore pose no further threat.

Calderón also opposed the deportation of Hans Bansbach and stated that the organ builder was indispensable. An affidavit of the Diocese of San José has been submitted. Instead, Calderón offered five people for deportation, of whom neither his government nor the embassy had any proof of a pro-Nazi attitude. Raymond Ickes, who dealt with appeals from internees, noted that this behavior was exemplary of how the deportation was handled. On October 22, 1943, Guatemalan Foreign Minister Alberto Echandi Montero admitted in talks with Edward Griffin Trueblood that of course he saw no reason to send the Germans out of the country, but that there was great pressure on him to do so. Des Portes complained about Echandi's attitude towards US requirements. The Germans Amrhein, Steinvorths and the brothers Hans, Walter and Willie Niehaus were still in Costa Rica and tried to get their property back from the Junta de Costudia . Officials of the Junta de Costudia now tried by the deportation program to get rid of annoying German. In October 1943, Juntal leader Andrés van der Laat wrote a letter to the US Embassy asking for the deportation list to be expanded so that businessmen Amrhein, Hans and Willie Niehaus and other leading businessmen could enjoy the beauty of Crystal City. Your absence would be good for the country. On September 11, 1944, he left the post of ambassador in San José .

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1. ↑ Margaret L. Coit, Mr. Baruch
2. ^ Time , Nov. 18, 1940, AVIATION: Pan Am v. At the ex
3. ^ ^{A b} Max Paul Friedman, Nazis and good neighbors: the United States campaign against the Germans of Latin America in World War II , 2003 359 p., P. 179
4. ^ Erik Benson, Aviator of fortune: Lowell Yerex and the Anglo-American commercial rivalry, 1931-1946 , 2003 359 pp. 83
5. ↑ http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/des-portes-fay-allen

predecessor	Office	successor
Edward Francis Feely	US Ambassador to Bolivia 1933–1936	Raymond Henry Norweb

predecessor	Office	successor
Matthew Elting Hanna	US Ambassador to Guatemala 1936–1943	Boaz Walton Long

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert McGregor Scotten	US Ambassador to Costa Rica 1943–1944	Hallett Johnson