Ellsworth Bunker
Ellsworth Bunker (
May 11,
1894 -
September 30,
1984) was
U.S. ambassador to
South Vietnam,
1967-
73. Bunker forged a reputation as an accomplished statesman prior to his assignment to
South Vietnam. Once in
Saigon, he strongly supported the war efforts of Presidents
Johnson and
Nixon, going so far as to applaud US incursions into
Laos and
Cambodia. Following the conclusion of the
Vietnam War, Bunker headed the US team involved in the drawing up of the
1978 Panama treaty.
