Diplomats

Portrait of W. Walton Butterworth which was used in his oral History interview. U.S. Department of State, 1928-68. Foreign Service officer and career Ambassador. Among other posts and appointments as Ambassador served as counselor of Embassy, Madrid, Spain, 1944-46; counselor of Embassy with rank of Minister, Nanking, China, 1946-47; director for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, 1947-49; Assistant Secretary of State, 1949-50; and U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1950-53.

Portrait of Harry N. Rosenfield, which was used in his Oral History interview. Principal attorney and assistant to Federal Security Administrator, 1942-48; Member, United States Delegation to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (Geneva, Switzerland), 1948; Commissioner, United States Displaced Persons Commission, 1948-52; and Executive Director, President's Commission on Immigration and Naturalization, 1952-53.

Portrait of Samuel P. Hayes, used in conjunction with his Oral History interview. He held various positions in the United States government in Washington, Algiers, London, Scandinavia, mainly for the Foreign Economic Administration and the Department of State 1942-45, 1948-51; Chief, Special Technological and Economic Mission, Indonesia, 1951-52; Assistant Director, Mutual Security Agency, Far East, 1952-53.

Portrait of Fraser Wilkins, used in his Oral History. He was a foreign service officer, 1940- in Canada, Iraq, Morocco, Palestine, and India, and Director, Near East Affairs, Department of State, 1955-57. Photo taken in Korea, while Mr. Wilkins worked with the Inspector General's office.

Portrait of Ben Hill Brown, who was the assistant to the legal adviser, Department of State, 1946-1949, and was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations, 1949-1955.

Portrait of Edward W. Barrett which was used in the 1980 Conference, "The Conduct of Foreign Policy during the Truman Administration." Mr. Barrett was Director of Overseas Operation with the Office of War Information until 1946; Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, 1950-52.

Portrait of U. Alexis Johnson. He was interviewed for an oral history. Mr. Johnson was a United States career Foreign Service officer, from 1935. He later served as Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1953-58; to Thailand, 1958-61; to Japan, 1966-69; and as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1969-73.

Portrait of Elbridge Durbrow, for Oral History no. 251. Mr. Durbrow was U. S. Foreign Service Officer, 1930-68, including service as liaison secretary at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, 1944; chief, Eastern European Division, Department of State, 1944-46; counselor of Embassy, Moscow, U.S.S.R., 1946-48; deputy for Foreign Affairs, National War College, 1948-50; chief, Division of Foreign Service Personnel, Department of State, 1950; and minister counselor, American Embassy, Rome, Italy, 1952-54. Subsequently, served as U. S.

Edwin M. Wright, General staff G-2 Middle East specialist, Washington, 1945-46; Bureau Near East-South Asian-African Affairs Department of State, since 1946, country specialist 1946-47, advisor United Nations affairs, 1947-50, advisor on intelligence 1950-55.

Edwin W. Martin, vice consul, Hamilton, Bermuda, 1941-44, Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, 1944, Peiping, China, 1946-48, Hankow, China, 1948-49; consul, Taipei, Formosa, 1949-50; consul, also second Secretary of Embassy, Rangoon, Burma, 1950-51; with Department of State, Washington, 1952-, deputy director, Office Chinese Affairs, 1953; director, Office Chinese Affairs, 1958-61; and Ambassador to Burma, 1971-73.