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President intends to nominate Edward E. Masters to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh [Position Appointments and Resignations]
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Digitized from Box 30 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 16, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
The President today announced his intention to nominate Edward E. Masters,
of Savannah, Ohio, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
He will succeed Davis Eugene Boster who was recently nominated to be Am-
bassador to Guatemala. Mr. Masters has been Deputy Chief of Mission in
Bangkok since 1971.
Born on June 21, 1924, in Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Masters received his A.B.
degree in 1948 from George Washington University and his M.A. from the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. From 1943 to 1946, he was in the
United States Army.
Mr. Masters entered the Department of State in 1949 as a clerk-typist, and
later became an Intelligence Research Analyst. From 1950 to 1952, he was
Resident Officer and then was Military Liaison Officer in Frankfurt. He was
Political Officer in Karachi during 1953-54. From 1955 to 1958, he was Political
Officer in Madras and served as Intelligence Research Specialist from 1958 to
1960 and from 1960 to 1962 he was Chief of Indonesia-Malaya Branch of the
Office of Intelligence Research Analysis for Asia, prior to becoming an Inter-
national Economist at the State Department. He became Officer in Charge of
Thailand Affairs in 1962, and during 1963-64, attended the National War College.
In 1964, Mr. Masters became Counselor for Political Affairs in Djakarta.
From 1968 to 1970, he was Country Director for Indonesian Affairs and during
1970-71, he was Director of the Office of Regional Affairs in the Bureau of
East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Mr. Masters is married to the former Allene Roche and they have two
children.
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