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Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961
Undersecretary of State, diplomat
Benjamin Sumner Welles was an American government official and diplomat in the Foreign Service. He was a major foreign policy adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as Under Secretary of State from 1936 to 1943, during FDR's presidency. (Source: Wikipedia)
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1961
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