U.S.A. AMBASSADOR

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3831, 9 November 1936, Page 6

U.S.A. AMBASSADOR

“BILL” BULLITT'S NEW POST. When Mr William Christian Bullitt, the newly appointed American ambassador to France, passed through London last May on his way from Moscow to Washington, 1 said that he was a disillusioned and disappointed man, writes the London diariest of the Evening Standard. It was no more than the truth. “Bill” Bullitt, the man whom President Wilson sent to see Lenin in 1919, was appointed the first American ambassador to Soviet Russia at the end of 1933. The appointment was the result of protracted negotiations for American recognition between M. Litvinoff and tho American Government in Washington and the settlement of Russia’s <iebt to the United States. When Mr Bullitt went to Moscow to get the goods delivered the Russians wriggled out of their promise. A balm has now been applied to the wounds of Mr Bullitt’s self-esteem. Next to London, the Paris embassy is the chief plum of the American diplomatic pie. For his new post “Bill” has many qualities. He knows France well and speaks fluent French. But his chief strength is his close friendship with President Roosevelt. Dur ing the last three months he has been in and out of the White House incessantly. He was with Mr Roosevelt at the Democratic convention at Philadelphia, and helped him to draft his speech. The position which he now holds in the President’s inner circle of advisers may be compared with that of Raymond Morley in 1933.