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Arthur Bliss Lane (1894–1956)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New York
State of Residence: New York
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Nicaragua)
Appointed: July 31, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: December 7, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 14, 1936- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 15, 1934, after confirmation.
- Concurrent Appointments
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Estonia)
Appointed: January 24, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: September 10, 1936
Termination of Mission: Left Riga September 16, 1937- Also accredited to Latvia and Lithuania; resident at Riga.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Latvia)
Appointed: January 24, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: July 2, 1936
Termination of Mission: Left post on September 16, 1937- Also accredited to Estonia and Lithuania; resident at Riga.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Lithuania)
Appointed: January 24, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: June 24, 1936
Termination of Mission: Left Riga September 16, 1937- Also accredited to Estonia and Latvia; resident at Riga.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Estonia)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Yugoslavia)
Appointed: August 9, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: October 23, 1937
Termination of Mission: In anticipation of German occupation, the King left Yugoslavia on April 14, 1941- Commissioned to Yugoslavia. Lane left post on May 17, 1941.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Costa Rica)
Appointed: October 9, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: October 27, 1941
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 17, 1942 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Colombia)
Appointed: March 5, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: April 30, 1942
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 18, 1944 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Poland)
Appointed: September 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: August 4, 1945
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 24, 1947- On July 5, 1945, the Embassy in Warsaw was re-established with Ambassador Lane in charge pending presentation of his letter of credence.