biography
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Welles, (Benjamin) Sumner
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| lived:
| (1892–1961)
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| biography:
| Diplomat, born in New York City, New York , USA. Independently wealthy, he joined the Foreign Service in 1915. Specializing in Latin America, he supervised American withdrawal from the Dominican Republic (1922–5). In the state department (1933–43), he championed the Good Neighbor Policy, re-negotiating the Panama Canal treaty (1934–6). Resigning after an alleged homosexual incident, he later wrote about foreign affairs. |
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