William C. Trimble

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William Cattell Trimble (died June 24, 1996 Brooklandville, Maryland) was an American diplomat who began his career as a vice consul in Seville, Spain in 1931 and finished it in 1968 as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. He was the United States Ambassador to Cambodia from 1959 until 1962., [1] [2] [3]

A Baltimore native, Trimble graduated from the Gilman School in 1926 and Princeton University in 1930. [4]

While working at the embassy in Paris in the era of Kristallnacht, he needed to arrange for as many American tourists to return as possible as well as relocate German Jews who had relocated to France. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "William C. Trimble, Ex-Foreign Service Officer, 89". The New York Times. July 1, 1996. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "William Cattell Trimble (1907–1996)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "List of U.S. Ambassadors to Cambodia". US Embassy to Cambodia. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "William C. Trimble, 89, ambassador to CambodiaWilliam..." Baltimore Sun. July 1, 1996. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR BRANDON H. GROVE, JR" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 24 February 1990. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.


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