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Leland Morris studierte an der University of Pennsylvania. 1910 wurde er als Attaché-Dolmetscher im Osmanischen Reich akkreditiert. Von 1914 bis 1917 war er Vize-Konsul in Smyrna, von 1918 bis 1919 Konsul in Montreal. Im Jahr 1919 war er bei der US High Commission in Konstantinopel.
Leland Burnette Morris (February 7, 1886 – July 2, 1950) was an American diplomat. A native of Fort Clark, Texas, he was the first United States Ambassador to Iran, serving that post from 1944 to 1945. Earlier he was United States Ambassador to Iceland from 1942.
- Embassy History
- Pariser Platz Site
- Mission Germany
- Amerika Haus Berlin
- Former Ambassadors and Significant Embassy Personnel
- Controversies
1797–1930
The U.S. Embassy in Berlin probably began with the 1797 appointment of John Quincy Adams to the then capital of Prussia, Berlin. At the time these missions in Berlin, Prussia were called legations, and there were other American legations in other parts of what would later become a unified German state. There were breaks in these formative years of German-American diplomatic relations where there was no official American diplomatic presence in Berlin. After the late 19th century the term embas...
1930–1941
In 1930 the Blücher Palace, located on Pariser Platz, was purchased as a new and permanent home for the U.S. Embassy in Berlin. There was a fire in the Blücher Palace on April 15, 1931, before it could be fully utilized and converted for embassy use. Money shortages in America, due to the Depression, plus soured relations with the Nazi regime (after 1933) further delayed the refurbishing of the damaged building. In fact Ambassador Dodd asked the State Department not to rebuild or refurbish on...
Mission Berlin
At war's end the U.S. Embassy, now even more severely damaged by months of Allied bombing, was just barely inside East Berlin (Soviet zone), straddling the demarcation between the Soviet and American sectors. The East German government would later demolish the ruins of the embassy building in April 1957. In 1949 Bonn became the capital of West Germany, and a U.S. Embassy was opened there. The Soviet-supported state of East Germany (GDR) was set up at the same time, and despite Allied objectio...
The new 180 million euro Embassy building, conceptualized in 1996 by Moore Ruble Yudell, has its main entrance facing north towards the Pariser Platz. Its eastern side abuts an existing bank building, and the west side of the land faces Ebertstraße. The south side also faces a street, towards the German Holocaust memorial. Pariser Platz has the Bra...
The American Embassy in Berlin oversees all of the American diplomatic functions in Germany, including the American consulates in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig, and Munich. There are also a few additional offices located in Bonn, the former federal capital, but there is no longer a consulate there. The U.S. Department of State refers to t...
From 1946 until 2006, the Amerika Haus Berlin, located near the Zoo station and the Kurfürstendamm, provided an opportunity for German citizens to learn about American culture and politics and engage in discussion about the Transatlantic relationship. For many years a somewhat autonomous operation of the former U.S. Information Agency(USIA), it was...
For historic West Germany and Unified Germany see: 1. United States Ambassador to Germany For East Germany see: 1. United States Ambassador to East Germany Significant personnel: 1. Alexander C. Kirk 2. Leland B. Morris 3. George F. Kennan 4. Edwin Allan Lightner (head of U.S. Mission Berlin, 1959–1963) 5. Harry J. Gilmore(last head of U.S. Mission...
In the context of 2013 mass surveillance disclosures, it became obvious that the top floor of the Berlin embassy had been used for tapping mobile phone calls in the whole Berlin government district, including the mobile phone of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Both the British investigative journalist Duncan Campbell and NSA expert James Bradford recogni...
Neben den beiden Wilson nachfolgenden Geschäftsträgern (Chargé d’Affaires) Alexander Comstock Kirk und Leland B. Morris arbeitete auch der später sehr bedeutende Historiker und Diplomat George F. Kennan als Legationssekretär in der Botschaft.
Leland Burnette Morris (1886–1950) Career Foreign Service Officer. State of Residence: Pennsylvania. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Germany) Began Service: October 1940. Ended Service: Germany declared war on the United States on December 11, 1941. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Iceland)
Leland Burnette Morris (February 7, 1886 – July 2, 1950) was an American diplomat. A native of Fort Clark, Texas, he was the first United States Ambassador to Iran, serving that post from 1944 to 1945. Earlier he was United States Ambassador to Iceland from 1942.
Leland B. Morris: Succeeded by: Richard P. Butrick: 2nd United States Minister to Afghanistan; In office May 19, 1941 – July 2, 1942: President: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Preceded by: William H. Hornibrook: Succeeded by: Cornelius Engert: 10th United States Minister to Iran; In office December 18, 1940 – December 12, 1943: President ...
