Richard Noyes Viets

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Richard Noyes Viets (born November 10, 1930) represented the United States as Ambassador to Tanzania in 1979, Jordan in 1981, and nominated to be Ambassador to Portugal in 1987 but the Senate did not act upon his nomination. [1]

While his nomination was being considered by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jesse Helms and Claiborne Pell locked horns. Helms had several issues with Viets including “grievances filed against Mr. Viets by three junior diplomats and allegations that he may not have paid taxes owed in the United States.” [2]

Viets entered the Foreign Service in 1955 and retired in 1987. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Richard Noyes Viets (1930–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Furor Over Envoy Nomine". The New York Times. October 22, 1987. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR RICHARD N. VIETS" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 6 April 1990. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania
1979–1981		Succeeded by
Preceded by U.S. Ambassador to Jordan
1981–1984		Succeeded by


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