Charles W. Thayer

After graduating from West Point, CHARLES W. THAYER resigned from the Army in order to prepare himself for a post in our Foreign Service. He went to Moscow to learn Russian, and there in 1934 he became one of the assistants of Ambassador Bullitt. In all he spent eight years in Russia; it was a time of more gaiety and less tension than today, as the experiences recounted in his forthcoming memoir, Bears in the Caviar, will show. The book is to be published early in the new year by Lippincott.

After graduating from West Point, CHARLES W. HAYER resigned from the Army in order to prepare himself for a post in our Foreign Service. He went to Moscow to learn Russian, and there in 1934 he became one of the assistants of Ambassador Bullitt, his superiors being George Kennan and Charles Bohlen. In all he spent eight years in Russia; it was a time of more gaiety and less tension than today, as his experiences will show.