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Sensitivity in Fingertips Aids Buffum at UN
William Buffum, now No. 2 in the U.S. mission to the United Nations, is a linguist famed for "sensitivity in the fingertips" about future events. A veteran foreign service officer born in Binghamton, he has served as deputy assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs and as political adviser to the U.S. delegation at four General Assembly sessions. Buffum, fluent in German and French, oversaw a 100 member staff and aided Ambassador Goldberg in shaping U.S. positions at the UN. He predicted Pearl Harbor era events and accurately forecast voting for five parties in Bonn in 1952.
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Charles Storer
United . Nations
N.Y
William Burnside
Buffum
U.S
United Nations
Germany
Washington
General Assembly
Arthur J. Goldberg
James M. Nabrit Jr
Howard University
Ambassador Goldberg
Goldberg
Dr. Scholl
Security Council
Johnson
Binghamton
Oneonta
State Teachers College
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
Oxford
Combat Engineers
Alma FE. Bauman
Pittsburgh
Karen
Florida Presbyterian College
St. Petersburg
Diane
Andrea
Bethesda
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Bonn