Bergery, Gaston, 1892-1974

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1892-11-22
Death 1974-02
French,
French,

Biographical notes:

French attorney, diplomat, author, journalist, and politician; secretary-general, Inter-Allied Commission for Reparations, 1918-1924; director of the cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1924-1925; ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1941.

From the description of Gaston Bergery papers, 1909-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870840

Biographical Note

1892, November 22 Born in Paris, France 1912 Received bachelor's degree in law 1914 Enlisted; wounded in 1915 1916 Liaison with the British Army 1917 Decorated with the Military Cross for distinguished services 1918 Attached to the Secretariat of the Versailles Peace Conference 1918 1924 Deputy Secretary-General of the Inter-Allied Commission for Reparations 1920 Married Germaine Malançon 1924 Decorated with the Legion of Honor 1924 Delegate to the London Conference 1924 1925 Director of the Cabinet of Edouard Herriot, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1925 In charge of a mission to the United States 1926 Attorney, Court of Appeals, Paris (specialized in private international law) 1927 Married Lubov Krassin; son Jean-François raised by her in London after she and Bergery divorced in 1928 1928 Founded the daily Mantes Republicain 1928 1934 Deputy of the Seine-et-Oise (radical-socialist party); Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs 1935 1939 Founded and directed the weekly La Flèche 1936 1942 Deputy (frontiste party, which he founded with Jacques Izard) 1934 Married Elisabeth (Bettina) Shaw-Jones 1937 Author, Air-Afrique, Voie Impériale 1938 Author, Notre Plan, Principes de l'Economie Frontiste 1940, November Sent on a mission to Switzerland by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1941, April 1941 June Ambassador to the Soviet Union 1942, June 1944, September Ambassador to Turkey 1945 Returned voluntarily to France; Tried, Court of Justice, Paris - Acquitted in 1949 1947 Resumed legal career 1948 Author, La Vierge et le Sagittaire (under the pseudonym of Gaston François) 1957 1958 Columnist for the daily Paris-Presse l'Intransigeant (Libre Chronique Diplomatique) 1969 Retired 1974 Died

From the guide to the Gaston Bergery Papers, 1909-1973, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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Subjects:

  • Communism
  • Communism
  • Elections
  • Elections
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Diplomats

Places:

  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union. (as recorded)
  • Russia (Federation) (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • France. (as recorded)
  • Europe (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Europe. (as recorded)
  • United States. (as recorded)

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