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Welles, (Benjamin) Sumner (1892–1961)| US diplomat. Independently wealthy, he joined the Foreign Service in 1915. Specializing in Latin America, he supervised US withdrawal from the Dominican Republic (1922–25). In the state department (1933–43), he championed the Good Neighbour Policy, renegotiating the Panama Canal treaty (1934–36). Resigning after an alleged homosexual incident, he later wrote about foreign affairs. Welles was born in New York City. |
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