William J. Porter

William James Porter ( born September 1, 1914 in Stalybridge, England; † March 15, 1988 in Fall River, Massachusetts ) was an American diplomat of British descent, the ambassador was not only repeatedly, but as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs the third highest post held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States.

Life

The son of a killed in the First World War officer of the Royal Navy studied post-school from 1930 to 1932 on Thibodeau College of Business Administration and earned 1936 U.S. citizenship. He then joined the diplomatic service in 1936 and was for a year as a secretary to the ambassador to Hungary from 1937 to 1941 vice-consul in Baghdad. Then he was only vice-consul in Beirut and then 1943-1946 in Damascus. In 1946 he returned to the U.S. and spent a year as competent speaker for Palestine before to 1950, he worked from 1947 as Consul in Nicosia.

This was followed by a brief activity as a special assistant to the director of the international broadcaster Voice of America as well as in the port from 1951 to 1953 as the responsible officer for Greece in the Foreign Ministry. After use as Consul General in Rabat Porter was 1957-1962 Director of the Office of affairs in North Africa at the State Department.

In 1961 he was even director of Voice of America and then in September 1962 the first U.S. ambassador to Algeria for several months. After three years in Algiers, he joined in September 1965 as the successor of U. Alexis Johnson as vice - ambassador to South Vietnam, and was thus representative of Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge.

In August 1967, he was the successor of Winthrop G. Brown as ambassador to South Korea, and held this office until August 1971. In February 1973 he was appointed Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and thus became the third-highest post in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States. After Porter was between March 1974 and December 1975 as a successor to Adolph W. Schmidt first ambassador to Canada, and most recently as the successor of James E. Akins February 1975 to May 1977 Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.