Elbridge Durbrow | |
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| United States Ambassador to South Vietnam | |
| In office March 14, 1957 – April 16, 1961 | |
| President | Dwight Eisenhower John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | G. Frederick Reinhardt |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Nolting |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 21, 1903 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 16, 1997 (aged 93) Walnut Creek, California, U.S. |
Elbridge Durbrow (September 21, 1903 – May 16, 1997) was a Foreign Service officer and diplomat who served as the Counselor of Embassy and Deputy Chief of Mission in Moscow in the late 1940s and then as the US ambassador to South Vietnam from March 14, 1957, to April 16, 1961. He supported the Diem regime until late 1960, when he reported that the situation was deteriorating and that unless steps were taken to reform the government, Diem would be likely overthrown in a coup, or lose the country to the Viet Cong. Diem and his American supporters worked to get Durbrow transferred, and he was recalled by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, and sent to a diplomatic role with NATO in Europe.