Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas

The Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas oversaw the Office of Occupied Areas, which was created by the United States Department of State on April 8, 1946, to coordinate its activities in Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea.[1][2]

The Office was dissolved March 4, 1949, when the department established a new Office of German and Austrian Affairs, and the Office of Far Eastern Affairs assumed responsibility for Japanese and Korean affairs.

Gen. John H. Hilldring was Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas from 1946 to 1947,[2] followed by Charles E. Saltzman from 1947 to 1949.[3]

The Assistant Secretary supervised about 53 employees.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Department of State Bulletin, Volume 14. 1946. p. 734. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Haines, Gerald K. (1985). A Reference Guide to United States Department of State Special Files. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 85. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Departments of State, Justice, Commerce and the Judiciary Appropriation Bill for 1949: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 5607, a Bill Making Appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1949, and for Other Purposes, [March 23-26, 30, 31, April 1, 5, 1948]. United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. 1948. pp. 79–82. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
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