DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-02771R000500480007-5
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 5, 1950
• Content Type: BR

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PERU:
Holguin de Lavalle, Carlos
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DEPL TMENT OF STI.^E
Division of Biographic Information
H LGUIN de Lavalle. Carlos PERU
Personal data: Born February 1, 1892, Lima, Peru, of Spanish lineage;
single.
LangUaZe Fluent English,
Career:
Scribe, Office of Director of Treasury, Ministry of
Finance.
1925-1926
Secretary to Director of Public Instruction,
Official in Presidential Secretariat,
attache, Peruvian Legation, Bogota,
Second Secretary, Legation, Bogota,
Charge d'Affaires, Legation, Bogota.
Secretary to Peruvian delegation to Tacna-Arica
1933-1934
Plebiscite Commission,
First Secretary, Legation, London.
Secretary to Peruvian delegation at fti,.~Teiro
1934-1936
Conference on Leticia conflict,
First Secretary, Legation
London
1936
,
.
Charge d'Affaires, Japan. CIA boll
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1938
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Charge d'Affaires, China, 41'1
tar:atet~ap ktorej th ? of '##I r Alsla iL-A
Minister to the Dominican Rep-.blic,
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1939
inister to Venezuela.
Auibe -ityl HR ._ S
Minister to Bolivia.
1942-1943
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Unassigned.
1942
Reriakaer
Accompanied President Prado on visit to United States
1943
,
with personal rank of Minister.
Minister-Counselgr, Madrid.
1946
Minister to Portugal.
1946
Ambassador in Peruvian delegation to inauguration
1947-date
President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla of Chile,
Director of Permanent Office
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UN
1947
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,
Promoted to rank of Ambassador April 7?
1948
Alternate representative to fifth session of ECOSOC, July;
Delegate to UN General Assembly, second session, September;
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Palestine;
Member, Committee III (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural);
Member, Committee on Procedures and Organization,
Delegate, Second General Assembly, special session on
1949
Palestine, April, Vice President.
Delegate to the UN General Assembly, fourth session
1950
,
New York, September,
Delegate to the UN General -assembly, New York
,
September..
Remarks:
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H LGU N de L va e Carlos (continued) PERU
marj^ :
Holguin, permanent representative bef nre the United Nations, has
been described as an affable, back-slapping man with an agreeable
personality and given. to flattery.. He is efficient, although re-
garded as having only fair,ability.. His long residence in England
is reflected in his speech and mannerisms He is a cousin of Juan
Bautista de Lavalle.,. Peru's Ambassador' to the Organization of ?Anier-
ican States, and on his father's side is related to several prominent
Colombian families. I/
Holguin is a career diplomat who has attained his present position
after some thirty years in the service. Although it is believed that
he does not have any great influence in Peru, he is known to have been
very close to Manuel de Freyre y Santander, Peruvian Ambassador to the
United States for many years under whom he served in the Tacna-Arica
Plebiscite Commission; to ex-President Benevides, under whom he served
when the latter was Minister in London; to ex-President Prado and more
recently to ex-President Bustamante.
Holguin is noted for his cautiousness in expressing himself on in-
ternational questions and for this reason, little is known of his true
views with regard.to countries other than the United States, toward
which he is very friendly; Spain toward which he is probably friendly
in view of his Spanish background, and Chile. He is said to have been
strongly anti-Chilean during the 1920's. 1/
At the General Assembly in New York in 1947 Holguin was exception-
ally cooperative and friendly with U.S. delegates. He seemed to agree
with all U.S. positions and was willing to give any information re-
garding the stand of his own delegation. V
OLI: BI:FASomerf ord: sc
October 5, 1950
Biographic Data Report, Lima, March 18, 1943 (Confidential).
/ Biographic Data Report, Lima, September 3, 1947 (Confidential).
D-3527, Lima, April 29, 1942 (Confidential)e
USUN, US/A/985, November 24, 1947 (Confidential).
Distribution:
Department
MID
(1)
DRA
(1)
IBD
(2)
UNA
(2)
Mission
Lima
(1)
Amer. Del.
USUN
(5)
Other
CIA
(2)
CIA/BR
(2)
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