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4 unusual facts about Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs


Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs

Walt Disney and a group of animators had been sent to South America in 1941 by the U.S. State Department as part of its Good Neighbor policy, and guaranteed financing for the resulting movie, Saludos Amigos.

Helen Grace Scott Keenan, Office of U.S. Chief Counsel for Prosecution of Axis War Criminals, Office of Strategic Services

In 1944, William Benton, publisher of the Encyclopædia Britannica, had entered into unsuccessful negotiations with Disney to make six to twelve educational films annually.

Julian Larcombe Schley

Schley was recalled to active wartime duty in 1943 as Director of Transportation, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.


Jule Sugarman

He worked in the Office of Management and Budget from 1957 to 1959, then worked for the United States Department of Justice in the Federal Bureau of Prisons until 1962, when he took a position with the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs at the United States Department of State.

Roy R. Rubottom, Jr.

Upon the resignation of Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Henry F. Holland in September 1956, Rubottom was named Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.


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