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Ellsworth BunkerUnited States, 1894 - 1984

United States Ambassador to Argentina (1951-1952)

United States Ambassador to Italy (1952-1953)

United States Ambassador to India (1956-1961)

United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States (1964-1966)

United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (1967-1973)

Under the Truman administration, Ellsworth Bunker served as the ambassador to Argentina (1951 -1952) and Italy (1952-1953). Afterwards, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Bunker as ambassador to India (1956-1961), and President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him as ambassador to South Vietnam (1967-1973). Bunker received the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction twice, first from John F. Kennedy in 1963 and again from Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967. Married to Assistant Secretary of State, Carol Laise.

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LBJ Postcard
1970.35.96
1967
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Ellsworth, How Would You Like to Sit down...
1973.1.1826
L. D. Warren
ca. April 1965
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Keep Cool
1973.1.1497
Gene Basset
ca. March 1967
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Velvet Glove
1973.1.1351
Guernsey LePelley
ca. March 1967
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