William Christian Bullitt Jr. was an American diplomat, journalist, and novelist. He is known for his special mission to negotiate with Lenin on behalf of the Paris Peace Conference, often recalled as
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Marguerite LeHand
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Marguerite Alice "Missy" LeHand was a private secretary to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt for 21 years. According to LeHand's biographer Kathryn Smith in The Gatekeeper, she eventually functione
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…had been involved in illegal exchange of and trading with Torgsin rubles. During that period, he was briefly engaged to Roosevelt's personal secretary, Missy LeHand. However, she broke off the engagement after a trip to Moscow during which she reportedly discovered him to be having an affair with Olga Lepeshinskaya…
LeHand c. 1935
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933
Despite LeHand's close relationship with Franklin, she and his wife Eleanor (pictured) remained on good terms.