--- title: "4 Hermann Eilts Quotes - Famous Diplomat" description: "American diplomat (1922–2006)... | Hermann Frederick Eilts was a United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat. He served as an American ambassador..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-hermann-eilts-72787.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Hermann Eilts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-hermann-eilts-72787.jpg) # Hermann Eilts (1922–2006) Diplomat **4** quotes in **83** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Hermann Eilts was a diplomat. ## Quick Facts About Hermann Eilts Born March 23, 1922 Died October 12, 2006 Profession Diplomat ## About Hermann Eilts American diplomat (1922–2006)... \| Hermann Frederick Eilts was a United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat. He served as an American ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, assisted Henry Kissinger's Mideast shuttle diplomacy effort, worked with Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat throughout the Camp David Accords, and dodged a ## Quotes by Hermann Eilts > [It was the view of the people in the Department of State that the handling of Yemen affairs from Aden was too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-eilts/it-was-the-view-of-the-people-in-the-department-of-state-that-the/) Hermann Eilts [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/hermann-eilts-72787_additional_it-was-the-view-of-the-people-in-the-dep_450433.jpg) > [I was initially assigned to the American Consulate in Aden, not as Principal Officer but as a supernumerary officer to handle Yemen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-eilts/i-was-initially-assigned-to-the-american-consulate-in-aden-not-as/) Hermann Eilts [Affairs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affairs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/hermann-eilts-72787_affairs_i-was-initially-assigned-to-the-american_1198656.jpg) > [My father had been in the German Diplomatic Service, and although he had been in the United States since World War II…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-eilts/my-father-had-been-in-the-german-diplomatic-service-and-although-he/) Hermann Eilts [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/hermann-eilts-72787_about_my-father-had-been-in-the-german-diploma_1419219.jpg) > [David Bruce, I think, is one of the outstanding persons for whom I've ever worked. He had a sense of balance. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-eilts/david-bruce-i-think-is-one-of-the-outstanding-persons-for-whom-i-ve/) Hermann Eilts [Ambassador](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambassador/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/hermann-eilts-72787_ambassador_david-bruce-i-think-is-one-of-the-outsta_2679578.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-eilts/#itemlist", "name": "Hermann Eilts Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was the view of the people in the Department of State that the handling of Yemen affairs from Aden was too much of a burden on the then Consul, so an additional officer was named to the American Consulate at Aden to handle Yemeni affairs. 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