J. Rives Childs

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James Rives Childs
Restif de la Bretonne (1949)

James Rives Childs (born February 6, 1893 in Lynchburg , Virginia ; died July 15, 1987 in Richmond , Virginia) was an American diplomat and literary scholar.

Life

Childs attended Randolph-Macon College and earned a Masters from Harvard University . He was used in World War I and was a member of the military mission in the negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles . From 1919 to 1921 he was a correspondent for the Associated Press . From 1921 to 1923 he was assistant and later overseer of the American Relief Administration in the Kazan District. From 1924 to 1929 he had exequatur as consul in Bucharest . In 1931 he was consul in Cairo .

From February 1941 to June 1945 he was Chargé d'affaires in Tangier , de jure , since the USA was the signatory power of the Algeciras Conference , he formed the government of the international zone of Tangier with the consuls of the other signatory powers . In fact, on June 15, 1940, Luis Orgaz Yoldi occupied Tangier on the orders of Francisco Franco . Rives Childs negotiated with Orgaz, which helped Ángel Sanz Briz in Budapest issue around 1200 transit visas to Spanish Morocco . From Tangier, Rifka Gestetner and the Reichmann family sent large quantities of food parcels to occupied Europe.

On April 27, 1948 he was appointed envoy extraordinary and ministre plénipotentiaire in Jeddah , where he was accredited on June 29, 1946. Based in Jeddah, he was also accredited in Sanaa . On March 2, 1949, the legation was upgraded to an embassy. Rives was accredited as ambassador from March 18, 1949 to July 21, 1950. On May 15, 1947 he was appointed envoy extraordinary and ministre plénipotentiaire in Addis Ababa , where he was accredited from June 29, 1946 to May 21, 1949.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ed. Jamie H. Cockfield, Black Lebeda : The Russian Famine Diary of ARA Kazan District Supervisor J. Rives Childs [1921-1923]
  2. ^ American Foreign Service Association , J. Rives Childs in wartime Tangier
  3. ↑ Office of the Historian , [1] ; Charles G. Palm, Guide to the Hoover Institution Archives
predecessor Office successor
John Campbell White Chargé d'affaires in Tangier
February 1941 to June 1945 		Paul H. Alling
William Alfred Eddy Ambassador to Jeddah
1946 to 1950 		Raymond A. Hare
George R. Merrell Ambassador to Addis Ababa
June 29, 1946 to May 21, 1949 		Joseph Simonson
personal data
SURNAME Childs, J. Rives
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Childs, James Rives (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Lynchburg , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1987
Place of death Richmond , Virginia