The World - News from March 18, 1988
Career diplomat John R. Davis presented his credentials as U.S. ambassador to Poland, ending a 5-year period after the imposition of martial law in which Washington had no top-ranked envoy in Warsaw. Davis, 60, who had been serving as charge d’affaires in Warsaw, was received by Kazimierz Barcikowski, vice president of the Council of State. Before the ceremony, he applauded Polish steps toward economic and political reform and expressed hope for further progress in human rights.
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