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Tello is a career diplomat, having served eight years as Vice Consul in
Antwerp, and periods as Consul in Geneva, unofficial Mexican repre-
sentative at the League of Nations and ILO, and Director of political
affairs and the diplomatic service. In 1944 he was appointed Under-
Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Tello occupied the latter post until
1948, when he became Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs. He also
represented Mexico in the Inter-American Conference on Problems
of War and Peace and the United Nations Conference on International
Organization in 1945.
Tello has been described as the outstanding type of Mexican career
diplomat, having a broad concept of international problems. Highly
intelligent and completely honest in his personal and official life, he
enjoys an excellent reputation among all classes of Mexicans. He is
believed to have no political aspirations.
TORRES Bodet, Jaime
Place of Birth:
México, D. F.
Date of Birth:
17 April 1902
Education:
Primary School; Normal School; Escuela Nacional Preparatoria; law
studies, National University of Mexico. Honorary degrees, University
of New Mexico and University of Southern California. Speaks fluent
French and fair English.
Occupation:
Director-General, UNESCO
Remarks:
Torres Bodet enjoys high prestige in Mexico as a scholar, poet, novelist,
and successful administrator, and is one of the leading Latin American
statesmen. After his early years (1920-1928) as a professor and of-
ficial in the Ministry of Education, he started a diplomatic career,
which included posts in Madrid, Paris, The Hague, Buenos Aires, Ge-
neva, and Brussels. In 1940 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of
Foreign Affairs and in 1943-46 he was Minister of Education under
Ávila Camacho. In the Alemán cabinet (1946-) he was Minister of
Foreign Affairs, resigning in 1948 to accept the post of Director-Gen-
eral of UNESCO.
Torres Bodet made a distinguished record for himself as Minister
of Education and has enhanced his prestige through his outstanding
participation in postwar international organizations. He has followed
a policy of close cooperation with the US without being subservient to
US interests. Torres Bodet has stressed the need of hemispheric
joint efforts to maintain peace and advance mutual economic and po-
litical interests.
Torres Bodet is not known to have any ambitions in Mexican poli-
tics, but his stature and prestige would carry him far should he be-
come a political figure. His more likely role is that of an international
statesman.
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