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Irving Gottlieb Cheslaw (1921–2013) was the American Chargé d’Affaires ad interim to Jamaica beginning in on August 16, 1962 and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Trinidad and Tobago (1979-1981).
Cheslaw graduated from UCLA and earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University.
Bangladesh
According to the Kashmir Observer, Cheslaw was Chargé d’Affaires in Dhaka in 1975.After much turmoil in the region, and concerned about India intervening, Nazrul Islam, acting foreign secretary of Bangladesh, was instructed “to seek U.S. support to discourage New Delhi. He was to request that America convey Bangladeshs feelings regarding the possible Indian move to China and Pakistan so that they could mobilize support from the Muslim countries. Accordingly, Islam asked Irving G. Cheslaw, U.S. Chargé dAffaires in Dhaka, for support to checkmate any Indian invasion.“