Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas

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The Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas oversaw the Office of Occupied Areas, which was created by the United States Department of State on April 8, 1946 to coordinate its activities in Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea. The Office was dissolved Mar 4, 1949, when the Department established a new Office of German and Austrian Affairs, and the Office of Far Eastern Affairs assumed responsibility for Japanese and Korean affairs.

Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) is a title used for many executive positions in the United States Department of State, ranking below the Under Secretaries. A set of six Assistant Secretaries reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs manage diplomatic missions within their designated geographic regions, plus one Assistant Secretary dealing with international organizations. Assistant Secretaries usually manage individual bureaus of the Department of State. When the manager of a bureau or another agency holds a title other than Assistant Secretary, such as "Director," it can be said to be of "Assistant Secretary equivalent rank." Assistant Secretaries typically have a set of deputies, referred to as Deputy Assistant Secretaries (DAS).

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Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Position in the United States Department of State

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Gen. John H. Hilldring was Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas from 1946 to 1947, followed by Charles E. Saltzman from 1947 to 1949.

John H. Hilldring American general

Major General John Henry Hilldring was a senior United States Army officer who fought during both World War I and World War II and served as Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas from 1946 to 1947.

Charles E. Saltzman American Under Secretary of State

Charles Eskridge Saltzman was a United States soldier, businessman and State Department official.

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