Charles Eustis Bohlen -
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Charles Eustis Bohlen (1904–1974)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: District of Columbia, Massachusetts
States of Residence: District of Columbia, Massachusetts
- Counselor
Appointed: July 24, 1947
Entry on Duty: August 1, 1947
Termination of Appointment: August 3, 1949 - Counselor
Appointed: March 13, 1951
Entry on Duty: July 12, 1951
Termination of Appointment: March 29, 1953 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russia)
Appointed: March 27, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: April 20, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 18, 1957- Commissioned to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Philippines)
Appointed: May 9, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: June 4, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 15, 1959 - Career Ambassador
Appointed: June 24, 1960
- Was Special Assistant to the Secretary of State at the time.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (France)
Appointed: September 4, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: October 27, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 9, 1968 - Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Appointed: December 15, 1967
Entry on Duty: February 11, 1968
Termination of Appointment: January 22, 1969 - Secretary of State ad interim
Appointed: January 20, 1969
Termination of Appointment: January 22, 1969- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Acting Secretary of State