Raymond L. Garthoff

Raymond L. Garthoff
United States Ambassador to Bulgaria
In office July 29, 1977 – October 9, 1979
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Martin F. Herz
Succeeded by	Jack Richard Perry
Personal details
Born	1929 (age 87–88)
Profession	Diplomat, Career Ambassador

Raymond Leonard "Ray" Garthoff (born 1929) is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a specialist on arms control, intelligence, the Cold War, NATO, and the former Soviet Union. He is a former U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria, and has advised the U.S. State Department on treaties.

In 1948, he received his B.A. from Princeton University. In 1949, he received his M.A. from Yale. From 1950 to 1957, he was a Soviet analyst for RAND Corporation. In 1951, he received his PhD from Yale. From 1957 to 1961, he was a CIA Office of National Estimates (ONE) analyst. In the early 1960s, he was a special assistant in the State Department. In the 1970s, he was a senior Foreign Service inspector. From 1980 to 1994, he was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of numerous scholarly papers, books, and has been featured in PBS documentaries.

He is well known for his disagreement with Team B's and Richard Pipes's characterization of Soviet nuclear doctrine.

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