Harry E. Bergold Junior

Harry E. Bergold Jr. (born November 11, 1931 in Olean , New York , † May 16, 1995 in Paris ) was an American diplomat .

Life

Bergold received a Bachelor of Arts in Yale in 1953 , he was in the US Army, in 1957 he received a Master of Arts and entered the foreign service . He was accredited to the embassies in Tegucigalpa , Mexico City , Madrid and Panama City .

From 1973 to 1977 he worked in the Pentagon's Europe and NATO departments and later in the Legislative Department in a leading position. In the White House he was involved in the legislation that resulted in the United States Department of Energy , in which he later found management employment.

American units had Puerto Sandino on September 13 and October 4, 1983, the port of Corinto on October 10, 1983, the Potosi naval base on January 4 and 5, 1984, and patrol boats in Puerto Sandino on March 28 and 30, 1983 attacked San Juan del Norte on April 9, 1984. President Ronald Reagan appointed Bergold, on the advice of Secretary of State George P. Shultz, as US Ambassador to Nicaragua . On March 31, 1984 Bergold presented his letter of accreditation to the government in Managua . The Nicaraguan politician and writer Tomás Borge visited Bergold often. Bergold's proposal to conduct serious negotiations with the Sandinista government was not approved by the Reagan administration .

Ronald Reagan then named Bergold the United States Ambassador to Morocco. However, the delegation of Bergold did not find a majority in Congress. Senator Jesse Helms accused him of failing to prevent the Iran-Contra affair from being exposed.

Individual evidence

1. ^ The New York Times , May 17, 1995, Harry Bergold, Ex-Envoy to Nicaragua, Dies at 63

predecessor	Office	successor
Philip Mayer Kaiser	U.S. Ambassador to Hungary March 31, 1980 to November 9, 1983	Nicolas M. Salgo
Anthony CE Quainton	U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua May 31, 1984 to July 1, 1987	Richard Huntington Melton