Harry G. Barnes Jr.

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Harry G. Barnes, Jr.
O. Rudolph Aggrey
Personal details
Born(1926-06-05)June 5, 1926
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedAugust 9, 2012(2012-08-09) (aged 86)
Lebanon, New Hampshire, U.S.
SpouseElizabeth Ann Sibley
Children4
Alma materAmherst College (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
National War College
ProfessionDiplomat

Harry George Barnes Jr.

Department of State between December 22, 1977, and February 8, 1981.[2][3] Elliott Abrams, the United States assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs, once called Barnes "a world-class ambassador."[3]

Early life

Harry George Barnes, Jr. was born in

Bombay in 1951, and was head of the consular section in Prague in 1953–55. He was publications procurement officer in Moscow in 1957–59, leaving to become political officer in the Office of Soviet Affairs in the Department of State from 1959–62. He attended the National War College in 1962–63. In 1963–67, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Kathmandu
.

Diplomatic career

Barnes served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Bucharest in 1968–71, during which time he became the first American diplomat to address the Romanian nation on television.

Cyrus R. Vance, leaking only in 1987 during Barnes' tenure in Chile.[3]

Although the American government, in particular

1988 Chilean national plebiscite against extending Pinochet's rule, funding a parallel vote tally and advertising for the anti-Pinochet campaign.[3]

Retirement

Barnes retired from government service in 1988.

Between 1994 and 2000, he served as the director of the Carter Center's Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Programs from 1994–2000. During this time, he traveled to North Korea and worked on Carter Center initiatives in this area.[6] He also taught at several universities.[3]

Barnes died on August 9, 2012, in Lebanon, New Hampshire. The cause of death was an infection.

References

  1. ^ "Barnes, Harry G. (Harry George), 1926-2012 Library of Congress/NACO". Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  2. ^ a b "Harry George Barnes (1926-2012)". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Harry Barnes Jr., a Top U.S. Diplomat, Is Dead at 86". The New York Times. August 17, 2012.
  4. ^ John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA, The American Presidency Project, UCSB, http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=44171#axzz1X6OHa1cp
  5. The National Security Archive
    . February 22, 2013.
  6. ^ National Committee on North Korea, http://www.ncnk.org/member-directory/ambassador-harry-barnes
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
United States Ambassador to Romania

1973–1977 		Succeeded by
O. Rudolph Aggrey
Preceded by
United States Ambassador to India

1981–1985 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
United States Ambassador to Chile

1985–1988 		Succeeded by
Charles A. Gillespie, Jr.
Government offices
Preceded by
Carol Laise
 Director General of the Foreign Service
1977–1981 		Succeeded by
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