The Archive · 1941

To Leave in Ten Days

Washington, Feb. 8.

Mr. John Wina: t, new United States Ambassador to Britain, wil! probably leave for England in ten days time, according to an announcement by President Roosevelt—

Reuter, The Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday unanimously approved President Roosevelt's nomina-ions of Mr. John G. Winant as Ambassador to Britain, and Mr. Clarence E. Gauss as Ambassador to China The Committee also unanimously approved Mr, Edwin Wilson as Ambassador to Panama, Mr. William Dawson as Ambassador to Uruguay and Mr. An'hony Drexel Biddle, Jr. as Ambassador to the refugee govern: ments of Poland, Belgium, Norway and the Netherlands at London Also approved were the appointments as Ministers of Mr, Alexander Kirk to Hungary, Mr.

Pierrepont moffat to Louxembourg in Canada, Mr. Bert Fish to Portugal and Mr. Nelson T. Johnson from the Ambassadorship to China to the Ministerhiv to Australia.

The Senate was expected shortly to approve the Committee's recommendations.—United Press.

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