European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Star a n d Stripe ambassador and vat Peterson leave new York for his Post in on arrival he invited the ships Crew to a Val Peterson ambassador to Denmark world War ii former civil defense is popular with proud of scandinavian parentage by Marty staff writer the ambassador to Denmark who arrived in Copenhagen on proudly announces thai he is a Sedane named Frederick Valdamer iras Tus my father had a penchant for swedish explains the danish swedish but i Call myself my last name should end in in a Truiso my father comes from Jutland in but when he got bin citizen ship porters his name came out and being awed by to just Jet the Peterson a former governor of Peter son himself is not the officious one of his first official nets upon arriving in Denmark was to members of the ship Whit it brought him Over to a parly at his whose office always in open o perhaps surprised Many people by his regular to habit of Pat ing lunch at the basement cafeteria open to Oil embassy he is not the Stripe pants Type of confided one aide an educator for both in Public schools and a the University of denial ambassador to Denmark came up the hard i baggage on the worked on paving Jan nos and was a Peterson recalls of his Early a graduate of the Wayne state teachers Peterson also holds a masters degree from the University of Nebraska As Well As honorary doctor of Laws decrees from Midland full Dickinson College and Stetson uni you cant Best Peterson of but unless you have a practical background to supplement you Are in danger of becoming an educated an air Force Veteran of the China Burr Nandia theater during world War when he won the Bronze Star for distinguished Peterson visited bases around the world in american troops have a tremendous responsibility nays when commenting on Denmark role in Peterson notes that no troops arc stationed in that tiny scandi Navian Denmark has made Avail to nato some very important bases in Denmark says Peter has developed a Good Little air a Good army and n valuable but Small As a former Federal civil defense and the genial ambassador is fully aware of the unbelievable danger and devastation that would come in any future the destructive Power in the Momic Icar warfare is beyond he then he a Complete defense is practically impossible to except in that a Strong military posture constitutes a we Supply military assistance to Den Mark in the form of a military advisory said but the re is no economic assistance program who has travelled throughout Denmark to meet the pointed out that economically Denmark can is and on its but he i Seldom go any where in Denmark where thanks in not expressed for the Marshall plan assistance Given immediately after the War Peterson lives with his at the Amer ican ambassadors residence at Charlotte a suburb of Copenhagen although the embassy provides its with a chauffeur driven Peterson pre fers to travel to work in he 1wo Olds slightly overweight when he arrived in american ambassador quickly made a hit with the bicycling Danes when it was discovered that he had Pur chased a danish in summer weather can iks seen bicycling around his residence and he has been seen bicycling around Copenhagen along with thou Sands of other discussing the subject of Peterson there is no More Beautiful sight on a Summers Day than to see the Lovely danish girls dressed in colourful skirts and blouses bicycling through the the fourth ambassador to be As signed to Peterson to office daily and while his hours officially Are from am to pm his duties never really social meetings and official visits become part of the duty and the Way of life in the Moi in Day of any Denmark and the have enjoyed for Mal diplomatic relations since 1800 when Kinta Christian Vii of Denmark appointed Peeler Illicher Olson resident minister and Consul general in the ten years later on Jan George Irwin became the first american minister to has been an american Consul in Copen Hagen since in february the american and danish legation in Copenhagen and Washington wore raised to the Nta Tui of embassies and the then minister to Den Josith became the ambassador to the southernmost scandi Navian the new three Story beautifully designed by american was opened on May 19m supervising a staff of More than 270 Peterson rats nil agencies with the exception of Maag housed within the embassy build ing located at 24 the Maag Headquarters Are located about five min utes up the same Street a danish army while the embassy faces a wide treeline the rear View Over looks a no longer because of a shortage of space in the it is customary to erect new buildings on the site of old Suid an embassy the tunisian is Sepa rated from the embassy Only by one Corner of the june 1958 the stars and stripes