WELLES, SUMNER

1892–1961, American diplomat, b. New York City. Welles began his diplomatic career as secretary of the U.S. embassy at Tokyo (1915–17). Attached to the embassy at Buenos Aires (1917–19), he then served as assistant chief (1920–21) and chief (1921–22) of the division of Latin American affairs of the Dept. of State. As commissioner to the Dominican Republic in 1922, he helped prepare for the evacuation of American troops from that country; later he was sent to offer mediation in the Honduras revolution of 1924. He wrote a book on the Dominican Republic, Naboth's Vineyard (1928), and was an influential member of the Dawes financial mission to the Dominican Republic (1929).

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed him assistant secretary of state in 1933 and in the same year sent him as ambassador to Cuba. There he was unable to bring about successful mediation between the opposing groups in the revolution against Gerardo Machado in 1933, and in the midst of political turmoil he was recalled and resumed his duties as assistant secretary of state. He later (1937–42) was undersecretary of state and served as U.S. delegate to several Pan-American conferences. In 1940 he went on a confidential fact-finding mission to Europe, and he took part in the meeting at sea between Roosevelt and Winston Churchill that produced the Atlantic Charter (1941). He resigned from public service in 1943. Some of his speeches were collected in The World of the Four Freedoms (1943); his other writings include The Time of Decision (1944), The Intelligent American's Guide to Peace (1945), Where Are We Heading? (1946), and Seven Decisions That Shaped History (1950).

See biography by his son B. Welles (1997).

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Sumner Welles, Postwar Planning, and the Quest for a New World Order, 1937-1943
Book by Christopher D. O'sullivan; Columbia University Press, 2003
Subjects: Diplomats--United States--Biography, United States--Foreign Relations--1933-1945, Welles, Sumner--1892-, World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic History
...John F. Kennedy to Harriette Welles, September 2S, 1961, box 22, folder 5, Welles papers, FDRL; New York Times...found in a recent hiography of Sumner Nelles written bv his son. See Benjamin Welles, Sumner b1elles: FDIZ:s Global...
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Charles Sumner
Book by Moorfield Storey; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1900
Subjects: Sumner, Charles--1811-1874
...Cabinet was divided, Mr. Welles agreeing with Sumner, while Chase supported Seward. Eventually Sumner prevailed, and no letters...may help to show the value of Sumners service to his country in this...this, on February 28, 1863, Sumner reported a series of resolutions...
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The World of the Four Freedoms
Book by Sumner Welles, Nicholas Murray Butler; Columbia University Press, 1943
Subjects: Reconstruction (1939-1951), World Politics, World War, 1939-1945--Sermons
THE WORLD OF THE FOUR FREEDOMS By SUMNER WELLES With a Foreword by NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS New York Morningside Heights 1943
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The Bighorn of Death Valley
Book by Florence B. Welles; U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1961
Subjects: Mountain Sheep
...area Buechner, 1960; Dixon and Sumner, 1939 . We have found no evidence...that has been made in Death Valley Welles and Welles, 1959 , and in 1960 we made the...of the Death Valley feral burro Welles, 1960 . Out of these surveys one...
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Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama
Book by Gideon Welles, Albert Mordell; Twayne Publishers, 1959
Subjects: Reconstruction, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval Operations, United States--Politics And Government--1861-1865
...with the States in this matter. Mr. Sumner did not controvert, but rather assented...impressed with the belief that Senator Sumner had been advised in regard to what had...subject. In a conversation with Senator Sumner the following December, referring to...
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journal articles on: Welles Sumner  - 45 results

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Asia Askew: U.S. Best-Sellers on Asia, 1931-1980
Journal article by Daniel B. Ramsdell; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 15, 1983
Subjects: Asia, Asia--Intellectual Life, Asia--Politics And Government
...125 164. Wainwright, Jonathan 1 1946 31 165. Waugh, Alec 1 1960 140 166. Wedemeyer, Albert C. 1 1958 75 167. Welles, Sumner 1 1947 6 168. West, Morris L. 1 1965 110 169. Weston, Christine 1 1943 112 170. White, Robin 1 1959 74 171...
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The Genesis of the American Council for Judaism: A Quest for Identity in World War II
Journal article by Monty Noam Penkower; American Jewish History, 1998
Subjects: American Jews, Associations, Jewish nationalism--History, Jews, American
...Messersmith, Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, the financier Max Warburg, and New York...both in Box 3045, Lazaron Manuscripts; Welles to Lazaron Apr. 17, 1942, Box 80, Sumner Welles MSS., Franklin D. Roosevelt Library...
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The End of U.S. Intervention in Mexico: Franklin Roosevelt and the Expropriation of American-Owned Agricultural Property
Journal article by John J. Dwyer; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, 1998
Subjects: Boundary disputes--History, Mexico--Relations with the United States, Roosevelt, Franklin D.--Foreign relations, United States--Relations with Mexico
...encouraged Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles, who was less antagonistic...allowed him, Daniels, and Welles to get around the anti-New...November 8, 1940, Papers of Sumner Welles (hereafter Welles Papers), Box 59, Folder 6...
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The Institute of Inter-American Affairs and Its Health Policies in Brazil during World War II
Journal article by Andre Luiz Vieira De Campos; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, 1998
Subjects: Latin America--Relations with the United States, Public health--International aspects, Roosevelt, Franklin D.--Political activity, World War, 1939-1945--Environmental aspects
...security, Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles suggested to the American ambassador...On March 14, 1942, Secretary Sumner Welles and the Brazilian minister...A. Berle Jr., p. 5. (12.) Sumner Welles to Jefferson Caffery, May...
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"Capital of the Caribbean": The African American-West Indian "Harlem Nexus" and the Transnational Drive for Black Freedom, 1940-1948
Journal article by Jason Parker; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 89, 2004
Subjects: African Americans--History, Black history--Analysis, Civil rights--History, Civil rights--United States
...Taussig wrote Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles that he had not suggested that Roosevelt...the notice of neither Taussig nor Welles. As Taussig noted, "Even a casual...93; in New York City." (49) Welles spelled out the domestic ramifications...
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Framework for World Government: From the Moment State Department Planners in the Roosevelt Administration Began Crafting Plans for the United Nations, Their Goal Was Always the Same: World Government
Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 21, July 11, 2005
Subjects: International organization--Planning, United Nations--Aims and objectives, United Nations--Evaluation, United Nations--History, United States. Department of State--Political activity
...carried out by key Roosevelt adviser Sumner Welles. A devotee of former President...UN. Even before Pearl Harbor, Sumner Welles had been asking Roosevelt to authorize...world government initiated by Sumner Welles and other internationalists during...
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G8 & Africa
Magazine article by Baffour Ankomah, Cameron Duodu, Tom Okello, Stuart Price; New African, July 2005
Subjects: Africa--Economic aspects, Africa--International economic relations, Africa--Political aspects, External debts--Forecasts and trends, Group of 8--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Group of 8--Economic policy, Group of 8--Evaluation, Poverty--International aspects, Poverty--Political aspects
...forgotten under-secretary of state, Benjamin Sumner Welles, a favourite of Roosevelts. A great strategist, Welles (born 14 Oct 1892, died 24 Sept 1961...planner, Harley Notter, who suggested to Welles in November 1939 that Washington should...
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The Cultural Prerequisites of Freedom and Prosperity
Magazine article by Lawrence E. Harrison; The American Spectator, Vol. 39, December 2006
Subjects: Adult literacy, Capitalism, Civil liberties, Cultural change, Cultural values, Democracy, Economic trends, Economists, Fiscal policy, Politics, Prosperity, Religion, Society, Trade liberalization
...FDRs Latin America expert SLimner Welles would subsequently describe as...republics of the American hemisphere." Welles would go on to conclude...Senate hearings during 1921-22," Sumner Welles wrote. The Marines left Haiti in...
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In Pursuit of Cuba Libre
Magazine article by Marifeli Pérez-Stable; NACLA Report on the Americas, Vol. 24, 1990
Subjects: Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States
...designated Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles ambassador to Cuba with instructions...install an acceptable government. Welles mediated, Machado left, but the...contributed to its short tenure. Amb. Welles remained in Havana throughout the...
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An Educated Guess: Who Knew That Mixing the Intelligent and the Idiosyncratic Would Yield a Long Life for a Certain Small Quarterly?
Magazine article by Ted Widmer; American Scholar, Vol. 76, Winter 2007
...Krupa, Walt Disney, Bette Davis, Jimmy Cagney, Orson Welles, S.J. Perelman, the Marx Brothers, Nathanael West...warriors were suddenly in the magazines midst, including Sumner Welles, who served on the board of editors and penned a lead...
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Iraq as a Spoiler Issue
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 20, 2006
...keeping the most important decisions in his own hands, left day-to-day conduct of foreign policy to experts, like Sumner Welles, in and out of the State Department. He assigned responsibility for ensuring Congress including key Republicans were...
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Huang-Hubbell Meeting Examined: Lippo Connections, Whitewater Probe Kindle Questions
Newspaper article by Jerry Seper; The Washington Times, November 13, 1996
Subjects: Huang, John, Hubbell, Webster L., Lippo Group, Starr, Kenneth W.
...than 1,500 persons attended the party, scheduled 17 days before Mr. Clintons actual birth date and held at the Sumner Welles Estate in Fort Washington. Guests paid from $500 to $50,000 for tickets to the event. Mr. McCurry also said...
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The U.N. Plan; Will It Resolve the Iraq Crisis?
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 26, 2003
Subjects: Roosevelt, Franklin D., United Nations
...period of time," writes historian Robert A. Divine in "Roosevelt and World War II." Heeding advice from aides Sumner Welles and Harry Hopkins (later identified by former KGB agent Oleg Gordievsky as a Soviet agent), FDR modified his vision...
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Uncovering a Charming Place to Work and Live
Newspaper article by Annemarie Roketenetz; The Washington Times, January 7, 2000
...C): Oxon Hill Manor is one of several mansions that Prince Georges County has restored. It was built in 1929 for Sumner Welles, undersecretary of state in the Roosevelt administration. The home has beautiful gardens and overlooks the Potomac...
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Tuesday
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 7, 2011
...lively remake of the 1930s creature feature. Jack Black (above with John Sumner) is the frustrated movie director - who bears an uncanny resemblance to one Orson Welles - setting obar with his crew for Skull Island, and an encounter with Andy...
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Welles, Sumner
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WELLES, SUMNER 1892 1961, American diplomat, b. New York City. Welles began his diplomatic career as secretary of the U...Shaped History (1950). See biography by his son B. Welles (1997...
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Cuba
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...army chief of staff. With Franklin Delano Roosevelts administration a new era in U.S. relations with Cuba began: Sumner Welles was sent as ambassador, the Platt Amendment was abandoned in 1934, the sugar quota was revised, and tariff rulings...
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Machado, Gerardo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...campaign. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt , concerned with the political instability in Cuba, sent an envoy Sumner Welles to resolve the crisis. Machado refused to resign, but a general strike which sparked an army rebellion soon forced...
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Civil War , in U.S. History
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...only sectional spokesmen, such as W. H. Seward , Charles Sumner , and Salmon P. Chase in the North and Jefferson Davis and...superior sea power built up by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles , the Union established a blockade of the Southern coast, which...


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