Description
Relates to American pre-World War II foreign trade and tariff policy, Allied military government in Italy during World War
II, and postwar American foreign relations with India, Greece and Iran.
Background
American diplomat; chief, Trade Agreements Division, Department of State, 1934-1936; vice president, Tariff Commission, 1937-1939;
assistant secretary of state, 1939-1941; vice president, Allied Control Commission for Italy, 1943-1944; ambassador to India,
1947-1948, Greece, 1948-1950, and Iran, 1950-1951.