Warren Austin
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Warren Robinson Austin was an American politician and diplomat who served as United States Senator from Vermont and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Austin in 1931
Austin demonstrates a captured Soviet-made submachine gun to the United Nations Security Council in 1951, to demonstrate Soviet support for North Korea during the Korean War.
Herschel Johnson
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Herschel Vespasian Johnson was a U.S. diplomat from North Carolina. He was the great-grandson of Governor Herschel Vespasian Johnson. He served as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer from 1921 to 1953, and
Warren Austin
…could not assume the post until January, 1947. As a result, Truman appointed Austin Special Representative to the President and advisor to UN Ambassador Herschel Johnson. When he did take office in January, 1947 Austin was the first official U.S. Ambassador to the UN. (Edward Stettinius, Jr. and Johnson had been…
Herschel Johnson