Pierre Albert Charpentier

Pierre Albert Charpentier (born September 20, 1904 , † 1968 ) was a French diplomat .

Life

Pierre Albert Charpentier was a son of Léona de Biedermann and Jean-Charles Charpentier, legation secretary and general councilor of the Marne department .

From July 1, 1929, Charpentier was second class embassy secretary in London . From March 1, 1932 he was employed in the "Department of Commerce" in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Quai d'Orsay ). From July to August 1932 he was a member of the French delegation to the Reparations Conference in Lausanne . From September 5 to 20, 1932, he was a member of the French delegation to the Conference on the Stresa Front . From September 26, 1933, he was Secretary of the Embassy in Moscow . From March 12, 1936 he was employed in the "Department of Europe" in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From February 8, 1937 he was legation secretary in Washington, DC From July 24, 1937 he was employed again in the "Department of Europe" in the State Department. From April 25, 1938 he was deputy head of department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On October 2, 1939, he was drafted into the French armed forces. From 1944 to 1948, Pierre Charpentier was Counselor in Moscow. From 1947 he was Georges Catroux's deputy as ambassador in Moscow and at times business agent . On December 19, 1946, Marie Émile Antoine Béthouart informed the Foreign Ministry that at the end of October 1946 around 500 French citizens had been in Odessa . Because of their membership in the Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchévisme , French citizens were taken prisoner of war by the Red Army , whose repatriation was now overseen by Charpentier via Vladivostok and Odessa.

Together with Georges Catroux , Charpentier was the author of a study on Soviet readiness for war, which was considered when NATO was founded.

From 1950 to 1952 he was Ambassador to Bucharest and from 1955 to 1957 Ambassador to Athens . From 1955 to 1957 he was ambassador to Leopoldville and from 1962 to 1966 to Warsaw .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jochen Laufer, GP Kynin, Viktor Knoll, The USSR and the German Question 1941-1948: May 9, 1945 to October 3, 1946, Duncker & Humblot, 2004 - 805 p., P. 762

predecessor	Office	successor
Jean Paul-Boncour	Ambassade de France en Roumanie 1950 to 1952	M. Gaire
Jean Baelen	Ambassade de France en Grèce 1955 to 1957	Guy de Girard de Charbonnières
	Ambassade de France en République démocratique du Congo 1960 to 1962	Ghislain Clauzel
Étienne Burin des Roziers	Ambassade de France en Pologne 1962 to 1966	Arnaud Wapler