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William Healy Sullivan (October 12, 1922 – October 11, 2013) was an American Foreign Service career officer who served as ambassador to Laos from 1964 to 1969, the Philippines from 1973 to 1977, and Iran from 1977 to 1979.[1]

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  1. 90 relations: Ambassadors of the United States, Điện Biên Phủ, Bangkok, Battle of Okinawa, Brown University, Bruce Laingen, Chargé d'affaires, Columbia University, Cranston, Rhode Island, Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuernavaca, David D. Newsom, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Embassy of the United States, Saigon, Embassy of the United States, Tehran, Fall of Saigon, Ferdinand Marcos, Firearm, Fletcher School at Tufts University, Foreign relations of Iran, Foreign relations of Laos, Foreign relations of the Philippines, G. McMurtrie Godley, G.I. Bill, Gerald Ford, Harvard University, Henry A. Byroade, Ho Chi Minh trail, India, International Center, Dallas, Iran, Iran hostage crisis, Islamic republic, Italy, Japan, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy, John J. Sullivan (diplomat), Ken Follett, Kolkata, Laos, Leonard S. Unger, Lima Site 85, Lincoln Center, List of ambassadors of the United States to Iran, List of ambassadors of the United States to Laos, List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia, List of ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines, List of monarchs of Persia, Lyndon B. Johnson, ... Expand index (40 more) »

  2. Ambassadors of the United States to Iran
  3. Ambassadors of the United States to Laos
  4. Ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines
  5. American expatriates in Vietnam
  6. People of the Laotian Civil War

Ambassadors of the United States

Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the United States' diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large.

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Điện Biên Phủ

Điện Biên Phủ (is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Điện Biên Province. The city is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, which occurred during the First Indochina War of independence against France. The region is a center of ethnic Thai culture.

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Bangkok

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.

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Battle of Okinawa

The, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Bruce Laingen

Lowell Bruce Laingen (August 6, 1922 – July 15, 2019) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Malta from 1977 to 1979. William H. Sullivan and Bruce Laingen are 20th-century American diplomats, ambassadors of the United States to Iran and United States Foreign Service personnel.

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Chargé d'affaires

A chargé d'affaires, plural chargés d'affaires, often shortened to chargé (French) and sometimes in colloquial English to charge-D, is a diplomat who serves as an embassy's chief of mission in the absence of the ambassador.

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Columbia University

Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Cranston, Rhode Island

Cranston, formerly known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis, was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in Cuba.

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Cuernavaca

Cuernavaca (Cuauhnāhuac, "near the woods", Otomi) is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico.

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David D. Newsom

David Dunlop Newsom (January 6, 1918 – March 30, 2008) was an American diplomat. William H. Sullivan and David D. Newsom are 20th-century American diplomats, ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines and United States Foreign Service personnel.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Embassy of the United States, Saigon

The United States Embassy in Saigon was first established in June 1952, and moved into a new building in 1967 and eventually closed in 1975.

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Embassy of the United States, Tehran

The Embassy of the United States of America in Tehran was the American diplomatic mission in the Imperial State of Iran.

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Fall of Saigon

The fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975.

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Ferdinand Marcos

--> Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, dictator and kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.

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Firearm

A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and used by an individual.

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Fletcher School at Tufts University

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy is the graduate school of international affairs of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts.

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Foreign relations of Iran

Geography is an important factor in informing Iran's foreign policy.

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Foreign relations of Laos

The foreign relations of Laos, internationally designated by its official name as the Lao People's Democratic Republic, after the takeover by the Pathet Lao in December 1975, were characterized by a hostile posture toward the West, with the government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic aligning itself with the Soviet bloc, maintaining close ties with the Soviet Union and depending heavily on the Soviets for most of its foreign assistance.

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Foreign relations of the Philippines

The Foreign Relations of the Philippines are administered by the President of the Philippines and the Department of Foreign Affairs.

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G. McMurtrie Godley

George McMurtrie Godley (1917–1999) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Laos 1969-1973, at the height of the Vietnam War. William H. Sullivan and G. McMurtrie Godley are ambassadors of the United States to Laos and United States Foreign Service personnel.

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G.I. Bill

The G.I. Bill, formally known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s).

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Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Henry A. Byroade

Henry Alfred Byroade (July 24, 1913 – December 31, 1993) was an American career diplomat. William H. Sullivan and Henry A. Byroade are 20th-century American diplomats, ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines and United States Foreign Service personnel.

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Ho Chi Minh trail

The Ho Chi Minh Trail, also called Annamite Range Trail was a logistical network of roads and trails that ran from North Vietnam to South Vietnam through the kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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International Center, Dallas

International Center is a neighborhood of high-rise office and residential buildings in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas, Texas (USA).

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Iran hostage crisis

The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States.

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Islamic republic

The term Islamic republic has been used in different ways.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. William H. Sullivan and Jimmy Carter are People of the Iranian Revolution.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

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John J. Sullivan (diplomat)

John Joseph Sullivan (born November 20, 1959) is an American attorney and government official who served as the United States Ambassador to Russia from 2020 to 2022, and who previously served as the 19th United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2017 to 2019.

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Ken Follett

Kenneth Martin Follett, (born 5 June 1949) is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 160 million copies of his works.

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Kolkata

Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Laos

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia.

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Leonard S. Unger

Leonard Seidman Unger (December 17, 1917 – June 3, 2010) was a diplomat and United States Ambassador to Laos (1962–64), Thailand (1967–73), and was the last US ambassador to the Republic of China on Taiwan (1974–79). William H. Sullivan and Leonard S. Unger are ambassadors of the United States to Laos.

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Lima Site 85

Lima Site 85 (LS-85 alphanumeric code of the phonetic 1st letter used to conceal this covert operation) was a clandestine military installation in the Royal Kingdom of Laos guarded by the Hmong "Secret Army", the Central Intelligence Agency, and the United States Air Force used for Vietnam War covert operations against communist targets in ostensibly neutral Laos under attack by the Vietnam People's Army.

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Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Iran

Prior to 1944, Iran was not served by a United States ambassador; instead, a diplomatic minister was sent. William H. Sullivan and List of ambassadors of the United States to Iran are ambassadors of the United States to Iran.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Laos

This is a list of United States ambassadors to Laos. William H. Sullivan and list of ambassadors of the United States to Laos are ambassadors of the United States to Laos.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia

The ambassador of the United States of America to the Russian Federation is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Russian Federation.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines

The Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of the Philippines (Sugo ng Estados Unidos ng Amerika sa Republika ng Pilipinas) was established on July 4, 1946, after the Philippines gained its independence from the United States. William H. Sullivan and List of ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines are ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines.

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List of monarchs of Persia

This article lists the monarchs of Iran (Persia) from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

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M16 rifle

The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line

The Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line (دانشجویان مسلمان پیرو خط امامDânešjuyân-e Mosalmân-e peyrov-e Xatt-e Emâm), also called the Muslim Students of the Imam Khomeini Line, was an Iranian student group that occupied the U.S. embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979.

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Naples

Naples (Napoli; Napule) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.

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National Security Advisor (United States)

The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor (NSA),The National Security Advisor and Staff: p. 1.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Nguyễn Cơ Thạch

Nguyễn Cơ Thạch (15 May 1921 – 10 April 1998; born Phạm Văn Cương) was a Vietnamese revolutionary, diplomat, and politician.

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.

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North Vietnam

North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa; chữ Nôm: 越南民主共和), was a socialist state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1945 to 1976, with formal sovereignty being fully recognized in 1954.

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Paris Peace Accords

The Paris Peace Accords, officially the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam, was a peace agreement signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War.

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People's Army of Vietnam

The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), officially the Vietnam People's Army (VPA; of Vietnam), also recognized as the Vietnamese Army (lit) or the People's Army (Quân đội Nhân dân), is the national military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the armed wing of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Presidency of John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy's tenure as the 35th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1961, and ended with his assassination on November 22, 1963.

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Project 404

Project 404 was the code name for a covert United States Air Force advisory mission to Laos during the later years of the Second Indochina War, which would eventually become known in the United States as the Vietnam War.

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Republic of Vietnam Navy

The Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVNN; - HQVNCH; was the naval branch of the South Vietnamese military, the official armed forces of the former Republic of Vietnam (or South Vietnam) from 1955 to 1975. The early fleet consisted of boats from France; after 1955, and the transfer of the armed forces to Vietnamese control, the fleet was supplied from the United States.

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Richard Helms

Richard McGarrah Helms (March 30, 1913 – October 23, 2002) was an American government official and diplomat who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1966 to 1973. William H. Sullivan and Richard Helms are 20th-century American diplomats and People of the Laotian Civil War.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974. William H. Sullivan and Richard Nixon are People of the Laotian Civil War.

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Richard Secord

Major General Richard Vernon Secord, Retired (born July 6, 1932), is a United States Air Force officer with a notable career in covert operations.

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Rome

Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.

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Ruhollah Khomeini

Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 19023 June 1989) was an Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician, and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. William H. Sullivan and Ruhollah Khomeini are People of the Iranian Revolution.

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Shapour Bakhtiar

Shapour Bakhtiar (شاپور بختیار,; 26 June 19146 August 1991) was an Iranian politician who served as the last Prime Minister of Iran under the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. William H. Sullivan and Shapour Bakhtiar are People of the Iranian Revolution.

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Situation Room

The Situation Room is an intelligence management complex on the ground floor of the West Wing of the White House.

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Stewart Alsop

Stewart Johonnot Oliver Alsop (May 17, 1914 – May 26, 1974) was an American newspaper columnist and political analyst.

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Surrender of Japan

The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war.

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The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

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Tufts University

Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton, Massachusetts, and in Talloires.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Army Special Forces

The United States Army Special Forces (SF), colloquially known as the "Green Berets" due to their distinctive service headgear, is the special operations branch of the United States Army.

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United States Deputy Secretary of State

The deputy secretary of state of the United States is the principal deputy to the secretary of state.

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United States Foreign Service

The United States Foreign Service is the primary personnel system used by the diplomatic service of the United States federal government, under the aegis of the United States Department of State.

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USS Hambleton

USS Hambleton (DD-455/DMS-20) was a of the United States Navy, named for Purser Samuel Hambleton (1777–1851).

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Vientiane

Vientiane (ວຽງຈັນ, Viangchan) is the capital and largest city of Laos.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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W. Averell Harriman

William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891July 26, 1986), better known as Averell Harriman, was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. William H. Sullivan and w. Averell Harriman are 20th-century American diplomats.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yokohama

is the second-largest city in Japan by population and by area, and the country's most populous municipality.

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Zbigniew Brzezinski

Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński (March 28, 1928 – May 26, 2017), known as Zbig, was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. William H. Sullivan and Zbigniew Brzezinski are People of the Iranian Revolution.

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See also

Ambassadors of the United States to Iran

Ambassadors of the United States to Laos

Ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines

American expatriates in Vietnam

People of the Laotian Civil War

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Sullivan

Also known as William Healy Sullivan.

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