The United States recognized the Union of South Africa on November 5, 1929, with President Herbert Hoover accepting the credentials of Eric Louw as diplomat of the Union of South Africa.

[1] On December 21, 1948, the legations of South Africa and the United States were elevated to embassy status.

[1] This took effect on March 3, 1949, when H. T. Andrews presented his credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Africa to President Harry S. Truman, and on March 23, 1949, when North Winship presented his credentials in a similar capacity for the United States to the Government of the Union of South Africa.

[2] Following the Sharpeville massacre, President John F. Kennedy's administration was taking a renewed look at the country.

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