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| − | }} | + | }}'''Edmund Asbury Gullion''' was an American diplomat. He was dean of the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] (1964–1978) and "one of the country's most accomplished career ambassadors."<ref name="Wolfgang">https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/31/world/edmund-asbury-gullion-85-wide-ranging-career-envoy.html</ref>'<ref name="JFK">https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/EAGPP</ref> |
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| + | Gullion’s last post in the State Department was as the United States Ambassador to the recently independent Congo, described as "a flashpoint of the cold war." A week after he presented his papers for this job the Douglas DC-6 aircraft carrying [[UN Secretary-General]] [[Dag Hammarskjöld]] crashed. A declassified cable to Gullion suggests that [[Jan van Risseghem]] may have piloted a Katangese jet which shot down the DC-6.<ref>[[Document:Dag Hammarskjöld's plane may have been shot down, ambassador warned]]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Education== | ||
| + | He graduated from [[Princeton University]] in 1935 and from the [[National War College]] in 1949.<ref name="Wolfgang" /> | ||
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| + | ==Career== | ||
| + | His first diplomatic mission was in Marseilles as a deputy consul in 1937.<ref name="Wolfgang" /> He was in the Congo from 1961 until 1964. He was also Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to [[Finland]] when the United States severed diplomatic relations with Finland on June 30, 1944,<ref name="OotH">https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/gullion-edmund-asbury </ref> and Deputy Director of the U.S. Disarmament Administration (1960–1961). Gullion was stationed not only in [[Helsinki]] during WWII but also Salonika, Greece “ where he witnessed the entry of German troops into both areas and coordinated the departure of American citizens and diplomatic staff.” When he finished at the National War College, he spent three years as Consul General and Counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Vietnam, during the war in Indochina.<ref name="JFK" /> | ||
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| + | While he was in the Congo, what was termed as the "Congo crisis" was happening when the United Nations attempted to prevent the secession of the Katanga Province. Gullion and his staff were awarded for their work.<ref name="JFK" /> | ||
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| + | Gullion died at his home of a heart attack.<ref name="Wolfgang" /> | ||
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 Gullion (left) meeting with President John F. Kennedy in 1961. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 2, 1913 Lexington, Kentucky, US | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 17, 1998 (Age 85) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alma mater | Princeton University, National War College | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edmund Asbury Gullion was an American diplomat. He was dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (1964–1978) and "one of the country's most accomplished career ambassadors."[1]'[2]
Gullion’s last post in the State Department was as the United States Ambassador to the recently independent Congo, described as "a flashpoint of the cold war." A week after he presented his papers for this job the Douglas DC-6 aircraft carrying UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld crashed. A declassified cable to Gullion suggests that Jan van Risseghem may have piloted a Katangese jet which shot down the DC-6.[3]
Education
He graduated from Princeton University in 1935 and from the National War College in 1949.[1]
Career
His first diplomatic mission was in Marseilles as a deputy consul in 1937.[1] He was in the Congo from 1961 until 1964. He was also Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Finland when the United States severed diplomatic relations with Finland on June 30, 1944,[4] and Deputy Director of the U.S. Disarmament Administration (1960–1961). Gullion was stationed not only in Helsinki during WWII but also Salonika, Greece “ where he witnessed the entry of German troops into both areas and coordinated the departure of American citizens and diplomatic staff.” When he finished at the National War College, he spent three years as Consul General and Counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Vietnam, during the war in Indochina.[2]
While he was in the Congo, what was termed as the "Congo crisis" was happening when the United Nations attempted to prevent the secession of the Katanga Province. Gullion and his staff were awarded for their work.[2]
Gullion died at his home of a heart attack.[1]
References
- ↑ a b c d https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/31/world/edmund-asbury-gullion-85-wide-ranging-career-envoy.html
- ↑ a b c https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/EAGPP
- ↑ Document:Dag Hammarskjöld's plane may have been shot down, ambassador warned
- ↑ https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/gullion-edmund-asbury
