Bullitt, William C

Bullitt, William C

▪ American diplomat
born Jan. 25, 1891, Philadelphia
died Feb. 15, 1967, Neuilly, Fr.

      U.S. diplomat, first U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union.

      Early in 1919 Bullitt was sent by Pres. Woodrow Wilson to Moscow to investigate the stability of the Bolshevik government, and he returned with a recommendation that the U.S. recognize the Soviet Union. Wilson's rejection of that proposal disaffected Bullitt; he resigned and in subsequent testimony before the U.S. Senate argued strenuously against ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. When in 1933 the U.S. recognized the Soviet Union, Bullitt was recalled from political obscurity by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt to serve (1934–36) as ambassador to that country. In 1936 he was named ambassador to France, remaining until the fall of France to Nazi Germany in 1940. Toward the end of the war, he served in the army of the Free French under Gen. Charles De Gaulle.

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