COPENHAGEN, Reuter: Black U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Terence Todman told news conference in Copenhagen today that the administration had not yet decided on the appointment of a new ambassador. He declined to say if he had been offered the post.
One of the most critical issues in the world today for the United States is the question of racial {justice and ending of the abominable system of apartheid, Todman, 60, a career diplomat said. U.S. Television Networks reported yesterday that Todman had asked the White House to take him out of the running for the ambassadorship.
Today, he declined to say if he had been offered the post and described as unfair reports that he had turned down the appointment under family pressure.
My family have always been totally supportive and never pressured me, he said.
Todman, Ambassador to Denmark since 1983, was the second black to be widely named as a possible envoy to South Africa.
North Carolina businessman, Robert Brown, withdrew his name from consideration last month after questions arose about his business dealings.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 15, 1986
