Clarence Edward Gauss - People - Department History
Clarence Edward Gauss (1886–1960)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Connecticut
State of Residence: Connecticut
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Australia)
Appointed: January 12, 1940
Presentation of Credentials: July 17, 1940
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 5, 1941 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (China)
Appointed: February 11, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: May 26, 1941
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 14, 1944- Commissioned to China.