Max Grässli

14 August 1945 – A historic walk: Max Grässli (left) walks through the United States Department Hall with the Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, after delivering Japan's reply to the Allied Surrender Terms.

Max Grässli (4 March 1902 – 29 June 1985[1]) was a Swiss diplomat.

Early years

Max Grässli was born in Aarau, Switzerland. In 1930, he began working for the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs at the legation in Paris.[2]

World War II

During World War II, Max Grässli was the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of Switzerland, a member of the Swiss legation in Washington DC.[3] In that capacity, he passed official communiques back and forth between the warring governments of the United States and Japan, including the Japanese announcement of 10 August 1945 regarding acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration.[4]

Post-war years

After World War II, Max Grässli served in the Swiss diplomatic missions to Japan, the USSR, Hungary, India, Thailand and Sweden.[2] In 1966, he prepared a report on behalf of the United Nations on the economic significance of the Panama Canal.[5]

References

English Wikisource has original text related to this article:
  1. ^ Max Grässli in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
  2. ^ a b Biography of Max Grässli. Swiss Archive of Contemporary History. Google German-to-English translation.
  3. ^ Digital Librarian - Electronic Texts and Primary Sources Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Grässli to Byrnes, Aug. 10, 1945
  5. ^ Bilateral relations between Switzerland and Panama . Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
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