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Ellis Ormsbee Briggs

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Ellis Ormsbee Briggs

Birth
USA
Death
21 Feb 1976 (aged 76)
Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA
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Diplomat, writer. He entered the Foreign Service in 1925, attained the rank of ambassador in 1944, when he headed the United States mission in the Dominion Republic, served as ambassador in six other countries, including Czechslovakia and the South Korean Republic. He was the author of "Farewell To Foggy Bottom" (1964), an outspoken commentary on his experiences in diplomacy.
Diplomat, writer. He entered the Foreign Service in 1925, attained the rank of ambassador in 1944, when he headed the United States mission in the Dominion Republic, served as ambassador in six other countries, including Czechslovakia and the South Korean Republic. He was the author of "Farewell To Foggy Bottom" (1964), an outspoken commentary on his experiences in diplomacy.

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