Charles
(Chip) Bohlen, the son of the banker, Charles Bohlen, was born in
Clayton, New York, on 30th August, 1904. Bohlen grew up in Aiken,
South Carolina and Ipswich, Massachusetts. After graduating with a
history degree from Harvard University
he became a government official. During the Second
World War he worked as a interpreter in negotiations with the
Soviet Union.
Bohlen
moved to Washington where he associated
with George Kennan, Richard
Bissell, Desmond
FitzGerald, Joseph
Alsop, Tracy
Barnes,
Philip Graham,
Katharine Graham,
David
Bruce, Clark
Clifford, Walt Rostow, Eugene
Rostow, Frank Wisner and
Paul Nitze. This group became known as
the Georgetown Crowd.
In
1953 President Dwight Eisenhower appointed
Bohlen as ambassador
to the Soviet
Union.
This was followed by the post as ambassador to the Philippines
(1957-1959). After arriving back in the United States in 1957 he became
special assistant to the secretary of state for Soviet affairs. Bohlen
was also ambassador to France (1962-1968).
Charles
(Chip) Bohlen
died in Washington
on 31st December, 1973.
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