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sometimes, but that's something else, that's just par for the course, you can expect that; but certainly not from the White House under either Truman or Eisenhower. I think this is true of Kennedy, too".
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and Kennedy administrations, saying in an interview that he "never had any pressure from the White House that was objectionable in the least. Obviously pressures were brought by
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of South Africa that I'm not sending you out there to point your finger at them, (the South Africans) but that they must realize the problems we have with
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between 1958 and 1961. One of his duties in that role was hosting an African Regional Conference from June 9–11, 1959 in Lourenco Marques (now
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Sattherwaite was born in Tecumseh, Michigan on March 14, 1900. His family had first moved to that state in 1831. He attended the
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Letter from Joseph M Levy recalling Satterthwaite's involvement in "Action on Relief for the Jews in Syria" in 1949
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was taking a renewed look at the country. Satterthwaite later recalled that Kennedy had told him "You can tell
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Account of his time as Ambassador to South Africa, given in oral history interview for the JFK Library
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from April 1955 to April 1957. For a brief period between May 6, 1957, and September 1, 1958, he was
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After South Africa he retired from the Foreign Service, becoming a consultant on foreign affairs.
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He died in Washington, D.C., on November 19, 1990, at the age of 90, due to
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The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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special diplomatic mission, Satterthwaite presented a letter from
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Sattherwaite was reappointed as an ambassador, this time to
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consulate in 1926. From there, appointments followed in
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Middle aged, clean-shaven man with tousled dark hair, round spectacles and a suit
United States Ambassador to South Africa
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Philip K. Crowe
William M. Rountree
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Dwight D. Eisenhower
G. Mennen Williams
United States Consul General to Morocco
John Carter Vincent
Julius C. Holmes
United States Ambassador to Ceylon
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Felix Cole
Maxwell Henry Gluck
Director General of the Foreign Service
Raymond A. Hare
Waldemar J. Gallman
Tecumseh, Michigan
Washington, D.C.
Alma mater
University of Michigan
career diplomat
University of Michigan
US Foreign Service
Stuttgart
Guadalajara
Mexico City

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