Nomination of James D. Rosenthal To Be United States Ambassador to Guinea

The President today announced his intention to nominate James D. Rosenthal, of California, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea. He would succeed Allen Clayton Davis.

Mr. Rosenthal served in the United States Marine Corps in 1953-1955 as a lieutenant. He entered the Foreign Service in 1956 as staff assistant in the Bureau of Administration. In 1958-1960 he was administrative officer in Port of Spain and attended Vietnamese language training at the Foreign Service Institute in 1960-1961. He was political officer in Saigon (1961-1965) and a faculty member at the United States Military Academy (1965-1967). In the Department he was international relations officer for Vietnam affairs in 1967-1970 and a member of the Delegation to the Vietnam Peace Talks in Paris in 1970-1972. He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Bangui in 1972-1974. In 1974-1975 he attended the National War College and was Director of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia affairs in the Department in 1975-1977. In 1977-1979 he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Kuala Lumpur, and in Manila in 1979-1982.

Mr. Rosenthal graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1954). His foreign languages are French, Vietnamese, and Spanish. He was born January 15, 1932, in San Francisco, Calif.