Whiting Willauer

Whiting Willauer (1906 - 1962) was an American ambassador to Costa Rica and Honduras.[1] He is also considered as a key player during the 1954 operation against Arbenz in Guatemala.[2]

Biography

He was born on November 30, 1906 in New York City. Willauer received his graduation from Princeton University and Havard Law School. He practice admiralty law in Boston from 1931 to 1939. He served as an attorney in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice. From 1941 to 1944, he served as executive secretary of China Defense Supplies, Incorporated, and also served as director of the Far East and Special Territories Branch of the Foreign Economic Administration during 1944 to 1945. Along with General Claire L. Chennault, Willauer founded the Civil Air Transport (CAT) company in China in 1946.[3] He was its executive vice president and later he became its president, he remained associated with the company from 1946 until his resignation in 1954, he sold CAT to the Central Intelligence Agency. He served as ambassador to Hondurus from 1954 to 1958 and to Costa Rica from 1958 until his retirement in 1961. He died on August 6, 1962 at Nantucket, Massachusetts.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/willauer-whiting
  2. ↑ Anderson, Jon Lee (20 April 2010). Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life. Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. p. 399. ISBN 978-0-8021-9725-2.
  3. ↑ Prados, John (1 January 2006). Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-56663-574-5.
  4. ↑ Shavit, David (1 January 1990). The United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 528. ISBN 978-0-313-26788-8.
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