At age 26 he was appointed Minister to the Netherlands, then promoted to the Berlin Legation.

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The American legation was taken from Berlin by special train to the town of Bad Nauheim, where it was interned, incommunicado, under the supervision of the Gestapo.

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Perhaps because the U.S. is a country which places less emphasis on big government and more on business the U.S. legation is a relatively small affair, tucked away on the 4th floor of a non-descript building in Perth.

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