James Rives Childs - People - Department History
James Rives Childs (1893–1987)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Virginia
State of Residence: Virginia
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Morocco)
Began Service: February 1941
Ended Service: June 1945 - Concurrent Appointments
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)
Appointed: April 27, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: June 29, 1946
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 18, 1949- Also accredited to Saudi Arabia and Yemen; resident at Jeddah.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Yemen)
Appointed: August 22, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: September 30, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left Jeddah July 21, 1950- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 13, 1947, after confirmation. Commissioned to the Kingdom of Yemen. Also accredited to Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia; resident at Jeddah.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)
Appointed: March 2, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: March 18, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 21, 1950- Also accredited to Saudi Arabia and Yemen; resident at Jeddah.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Ethiopia)
Appointed: April 19, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: May 14, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left post on January 19, 1953