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Press Release Issued by the Department of State, June 19, 1929

June 19, 1929

The Composition of the American Delegation to the Conference for the Revision of the Geneva Convention of 1906 and for the Framing of a Code for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Which Will Meet at Geneva, Switzerland, on July 1, 1929

Delegates:

  • The Honorable Eliot Wadsworth.
  • The Honorable Hugh R. Wilson, American Minister to Switzerland.
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Technical Advisers:

  • Joseph R. Baker, Solicitor’s Office, Department of State.
  • Frederic R. Dolbeare, formerly a Counselor of Embassy in American Foreign Service.
  • Major Allen W. Gullion, Judge Advocate General’s Office, United States Army.
  • Major John P. Fletcher, Medical Corps, United States Army.
  • Major John B. Anderson, General Staff, United States Army.
  • Captain Frank L. Pleadwell, Medical Corps, United States Navy.

Assistants:

  • Jay Pierrepont Moffat, First Secretary, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Marc Smith, Vice Consul, Geneva, Switzerland.