Arthur Bliss Lane
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United States Ambassador to Poland
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| In office 4 August 1945 – 24 February 1947 |
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| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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| Preceded by | Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Stanton Griffis |
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| Born | June 16, 1894 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | August 12, 1956 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | American |
Arthur Bliss Lane (16 June 1894–12 August 1956) was the United States Ambassador to Poland (1944–1947).
Lane was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He was appointed U.S. Minister to Nicaragua (1933–1936); Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (1936–1937); Kingdom of Yugoslavia, (1937–1941); and Costa Rica (1941–1942). He was then appointed U.S. Ambassador to Colombia (1942–1944), and subsequently to Poland (1944–1947).
While in Poland, Lane was so saddened that he resigned his post (on February 24, 1947)[1] and wrote the book which detailed what he considered to be the failure of the United States and Britain to keep their promise that the Poles would have a free election after the war. In that book he described what he considered betrayal of Poland by the Western Allies, hence the title, I Saw Poland Betrayed.
According to Lane, the U.S. and Britain at the Tehran Conference agreed to dismemberment of the eastern part of Poland. He considered it a breach of the United States Constitution, since Roosevelt never reported his decision to the Senate. The Yalta Conference was the death blow to Poland's hopes for independence and for a democratic form of government, said Lane.
After his death, Lane's papers were kept in Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library.
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- ^ Poland (List of Ambassadors to Poland). United States Department of State (2004). Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
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| Preceded by Matthew E. Hanna |
United States Minister to Nicaragua December 7, 1933–March 14, 1936 |
Succeeded by Boaz Long |
| Preceded by William H. Hornibrook |
United States Minister to Costa Rica October 27, 1941–March 17, 1942 |
Succeeded by Robert M. Scotten |
| Preceded by Spruille Braden |
United States Ambassador to Colombia 30 April 1942–18 October 1944 |
Succeeded by John C. Wiley |
| Preceded by Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. |
United States Ambassador to Poland 4 August 1945–24 February 1947 |
Succeeded by Stanton Griffis |
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