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Alan Goodrich Kirk (1888-1963)
Non-career appointee
State of Residence: New York
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Belgium)
Appointed: February 1, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: April 1, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left post May 6, 1949
Accredited also to Luxembourg; resident at Brussels.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Luxembourg)
Appointed: February 1, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: April 24, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left Brussels May 6, 1949
Accredited also to Belgium; resident at Brussels.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russia)
Appointed: May 21, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: July 4, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post October 6, 1951
Commissioned to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (China)
Appointed: June 7, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: July 5, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post January 18, 1963
Commissioned to China; resident at Taipei.