FOCUS ON FS REFLECTIONS
RUSS AND I
Pietari Posti
F
BY JASON VORDERSTRASSE
elix Russell Engdahl (better known during his lifetime as Russ) was a Foreign Service officer who
died in Hong Kong in 1942. In researching his case for inclusion on the AFSA Memorial Plaques, along with those of
two other diplomats, I found the following curious letter, reproduced verbatim, in his personnel file:
A CARPOOL CHAT LEADS TO THE ADDITION
OF SEVERAL LONG-DECEASED DIPLOMATS’
NAMES TO THE AFSA MEMORIAL PLAQUES.
