Bergery, Gaston, 1892-1974
Variant namesFrench 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
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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)
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Jouvenel, Bertrand de, 1903-1987. Bertrand de Jouvenel miscellaneous papers, 1940-1979. | Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library | |
| referencedIn | Bertrand de Jouvenel miscellaneous papers, 1940-1979 | Hoover Institution Archives | |
| creatorOf | Bergery, Gaston, 1892-. Gaston Bergery papers, 1909-1973. | Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library | |
| creatorOf | Gaston Bergery Papers, 1909-1973 | Hoover Institution Archives |
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Birth 1892-11-22
Death 1974-02
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