Bruce, David K E (Kirkpatrick Este) (1898–1977)

US statesman and diplomat. Between 1948 and 1949 he administered the Marshall Plan in France. He was ambassador to France 1949–52, to West Germany 1957–59, and to Great Britain 1961–69. He was a representative to the Vietnam Peace Talks in Paris 1970–71 and liaison officer to communist China 1973–74. He was ambassador to NATO 1974–76.

Bruce was born in Baltimore, Maryland, served in the field artillery in World War I, and was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1921. He was with the Foreign Service 1925–27, subsequently turning his attention to business and farming 1928–40. He helped to organize the Office of Strategic Services in 1941.