Poles Greet U.S. Ambassador

Career diplomat John R. Davis presented his credentials today as U.S. ambassador to Poland, ending a five-year period in which Washington had no top-ranked envoy here after the imposition of martial law.

Davis, who had been serving as charge d’affaires in Warsaw, formally became ambassador at a ceremony at the government’s Belvedere Palace, where he was received by Kazimierz Barcikowski, vice president of the Council of State. Reviewing relations with Poland before the ceremony, Davis applauded Polish steps toward economic and political reform and expressed hope for further progress in the area of human rights.