Charles E. Bohlen
| Charles E. Bohlen | |
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| United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union | |
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In office April 20, 1953 – April 18, 1957 |
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| Preceded by | George F. Kennan |
| Succeeded by | Llewellyn E. Thompson |
| United States Ambassador to the Philippines | |
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In office 4 June 1957 – 15 October 1959 |
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| Preceded by | Albert F. Nufer |
| Succeeded by | John D. Hickerson |
| United States Ambassador to France | |
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In office October 27, 1962 – February 9, 1968 |
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| Preceded by | James M. Gavin |
| Succeeded by | Sargent Shriver |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Charles Eustis Bohlen August 30, 1904 Clayton, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 1, 1974 (aged 69) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Avis Howard Thayer Bohlen |
| Children |
Avis T. Charles E., Jr. Celestine E. Bohlen |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
Charles Eustis “Chip” Bohlen (August 30, 1904 – January 1, 1974) was a US diplomat from 1929 to 1969 and an expert on the Soviet Union. He served in Moscow before, during, and after World War II, succeeding George F. Kennan as US Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1953-1957). He then became ambassador to the Philippines (1957-1959) and to France (1962-1968). He was an exemplar of the nonpartisan foreign policy advisers who came to be known colloquially as "The Wise Men."
Bohlen was born in Clayton, New York, on August 30, 1904, to Celestine Eustis Bohlen, the daughter of James B. Eustis, a Senator from Louisiana and ambassador to France under Grover Cleveland and Charles Bohlen, a "gentleman of leisure." The second of three Bohlen children, he acquired an interest in foreign countries by traveling in Europe as a boy. Bohlen graduated from Harvard College in 1927.
Bohlen's great-great-uncle was American Civil War general Henry Bohlen, the first foreign-born (German) Union general in the Civil War and the grandfather of Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, who used the name Krupp after marrying Bertha Krupp, an heiress of the Krupp family of German weapons makers).
He was thus was related to Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Germany's primary weapons maker during World War II. Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was indicted for war crimes at the Nuremberg tribunal, but illness prevented his prosecution until his demise in 1950. Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was found guilty of war crimes but was pardoned after a few years by John J. McCloy.
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