Washington, Mar. 16, Mr. John Kenneth Caldwell, US. Consul General at Sydney, has' been Sssigned to the post of Consul Gen~ ral at Tientsin, 10 succeed Mr. Frank P. Lockhart.
Mr. Lockhart has been assigned to the post of Foreign Service Officer at Peping.
Mr. Samuel J, Fletcher, U.S. Consul at Montreal, has been named Consul at Canton, Mr. Richard Ford, who had previously been assigned 10, Canton, has been instructed to suc~ ceed Mr. Fletcher in the Canadian Mr. Caldwell, for many years an American diplomatic officer, comes to China with a brilliant record behind him. His first important assignment was as vice Consul-General at Yokafama in 1909, Alter serving several tours of duty in Japan and in Vladivostok, Mr. Caldwell was appointed in 1921 to a secretarial post in the American Embassy in Tokyo.
Tu 1925, Mr. Caldwell was _appointed assistant chief of Far Bast fern Affairs in the State Department, and later became acting chief. He served as a lecturer on Far Eastern 'A@airs in Georgetown University.
Mr. Caldwell has been Consul-General" at Sydney since 1932—United Press.
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