Willard L. Beaulac
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Willard Leon Beaulac was a United States
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 Diplomat
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. He served as U.S. Ambassador
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 to Paraguay
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, Colombia
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, Cuba
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, Chile
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 and Argentina
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.

Biography

Ambassador Beaulac was born Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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, and was a graduate of Georgetown University
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 (1921).

A career diplomat
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, Willard Beaulac joined the United States Foreign Service
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 in 1921. His overseas postings include:
  • US Ambassador to Argentina (1956-60)
  • US Ambassador to Chile (1953-56)
  • US Ambassador to Cuba (1951-53)
  • US Ambassador to Colombia (1947-51)
  • US Ambassador to Paraguay (1944-47)
  • US State Department Consul General, Madrid (1941-44)
  • US State Department Counsellor, Havana (1940-41)
  • US State Department Assistant Chief, Division of American Republics (1937-40)
  • US State Department Assistant Chief, Division of Latin American Affairs (1934-37)
  • US State Department Second Secretary, San Salvador, El Salvador (1933)
  • US State Department Second Secretary, Managua, Nicaragua (1928-33)
  • US State Department Third Secretary, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1927-28)
  • US State Department Consul, Arica, Chile (1925-27)
  • US State Department Vice Consul, Puerto Castilla, Honduras (1923-25)
  • US State Department Vice Consul, Tampico, Mexico (1921-23)

Author

  • Career Ambassador (1951, memoir)
  • Career Diplomat: A Career in the Foreign Service of the United States (1966)
  • A Diplomat Looks at Aid to Latin America (1970)
  • The Fractured Continent (1980)
  • Franco: Silent Ally in World War II (1988)

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