Andrew Henry Berding (February 8, 1902 – August 23, 1989) was

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from 1957 to 1961.

Biography

Berding was educated at the

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. He worked as a newspaper correspondent and writer. During

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, he served in the Office of Strategic Services as assistant chief of staff of OSS/X-2 Germany, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He later served in the Bureau of Public Affairs of the

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as Deputy Director of the Office of Information. Berding was an active member of the

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Dwight Eisenhower nominated Berding as

in 1957, and Berding subsequently held this office from March 28, 1957, until March 9, 1961.

Works by Andrew H. Berding

*''Dulles on Diplomacy'' (Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand, 1965) *''The Making of the Foreign Policy'' (Calcutta, India: Academic International, 1967)

References

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