[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 16, 1992]
[Page 949]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Charles B. Salmon, Jr., To Be United States Ambassador to 
Laos

June 16, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Charles B. 
Salmon, Jr., of New York, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United States to 
the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
    Since 1989, Mr. Salmon has served as Charge d'Affaires to the Lao 
People's Democratic Republic in Vientiane, Laos. He has served at the 
Department of State as Director of the Office of Philippine Affairs, 
1986-89, and as Director of the Office of Thailand and Burma Affairs, 
1985-86. Mr. Salmon served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American 
Embassy in Rangoon, Burma, 1983-85, and as Deputy Chief of Mission at 
the American Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand, 1980-83.
    Mr. Salmon graduated from Fordham University (A.B., 1959); Columbia 
University (M.A., 1960); and the National War College (1978). He was 
born January 3, 1938, in New York and presently resides in Vientiane, 
Laos.