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U. Alexis Johnson. Ural Alexis Johnson (* 17. Oktober 1908 in Falun, Saline County, Kansas; † 24. März 1997 in Raleigh, North Carolina) war ein US-amerikanischer Diplomat, auf den während seiner Tätigkeit als stellvertretender Botschafter in Südvietnam am 29. März 1965 ein Attentat mit einer Autobombe fehlgeschlagen ist und der später ...
Ural Alexis Johnson was born in Falun, Kansas, into a family of Swedish descent. His mother named him for the mountain range, of which she learned from a geography book. He had a rural upbringing and schooling until 1923, when the family moved to Glendale, California. He graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles in 1931, majoring in ...
U. Alexis Johnson. Washington, D.C. June 19, 1975 Richard D. McKinzie [1] MCKINZIE: Ambassador Johnson, I think that the postwar period really began for you, did it not, when you were assigned to an Army Civil Affairs Training School in 1944, to participate in the postwar period. I wonder if you recall how you happened to be assigned to go to ...
Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. In this interview, U. Alexis Johnson discusses working with John F. Kennedy [JFK] during the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Laos Crisis and the Cuban Missile Crisis, in addition to his personal experience with JFK’s conduct in official meetings, among other issues.
View PDF. U. Alexis Johnson and the Return to 'Quiet Diplomacy', 1966-68 Fintan Hoey Upon his appointment as ambassador to Japan in 1966 Ural Alexis Johnson mused on the state of U.S.-Japanese relations. Johnson, who had long experience of Japan and with executing America’s Cold War strategy in Asia, noted that ‘ [r]elations between our two ...
Bio: Ural Alexis Johnson (1908-1997) was a longtime Foreign Service officer and diplomat, specializing in Asian relations. He began working as a language officer in Japan in 1935, and worked for the State Department as a Foreign Service officer until 1977. He was Ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1958; Ambassador to Thailand, 1958 to ...
Portrait of U. Alexis Johnson. He was interviewed for an oral history. Mr. Johnson was a United States career Foreign Service officer, from 1935. He later served as Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1953-58; to Thailand, 1958-61; to Japan, 1966-69; and as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1969-73.
