Nicholas Platt

Nicholas Platt (born March 10, 1936 in New York City, United States), is an American diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Pakistan, Philippines, Zambia, and as a high level diplomat in Canada, China, Hong Kong, and Japan. He is the former president of the Asia Society in New York City.

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March 10 - 1936 - New York City - United States - Diplomat - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary - Pakistan - Philippines - Zambia - Canada - China - Hong Kong - Japan - Asia Society

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Mr. Platt entered the Foreign Service of the United States in 1959. Prior to that, he was a research assistant at the Washington Center for Foreign Policy Research. From 1959 to 1961, he served as vice consul in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, where his son, the actor Oliver Platt was born.

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Foreign Service - United States - 1959 - 1961 - Windsor, Ontario - Canada - Oliver Platt

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He studied the Chinese language, 1962 - 1963, at the Foreign Service Institute and in Taichung, Taiwan. In 1964 he was assigned as political officer at the American consulate general in Hong Kong until 1968, when he became China desk officer in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

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Chinese language - Taichung, Taiwan - 1964 - Consulate general - Hong Kong - 1968 - China

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From 1969 to 1971, Mr. Platt was chief of the Asian Communist Areas Division of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. In 1971 - 1973, he served as Deputy Director, and then Director, of the Secretariat Staff in the Department of State.

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1969 - 1971 - 1973 - Department of State

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As a young diplomat, Nicholas Platt accompanied President Richard Nixon on the historic trip to Beijing in 1972 that signaled the resumption of relations between the U.S. and China.

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Richard Nixon - Beijing - 1972

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