Dhaka, in the name of Archer K. Blood. Present at the ribbon-cutting ceremony were Chargé d'Affaires Judith Chammas, Mrs. Margaret Blood and her children, Shireen Updegraff and Peter Blood. In 2022 the State Department named a conference room at its Foggy Bottom headquarters in Blood's honor. Publications The Cruel Birth of Bangladesh: Memoirs of an American Diplomat. Bangladesh: University Press Limited, 2002. References Further reading Sajit Gandhi The Tilt: The U.S. and the South Asian Crisis of 1971 National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 79 December 16, 2002 contains links to the "Blood telegram" and a number of other U.S. declasified papers of that time. US Department of State on Foreign Relations and South Asia crisis 1969-1976 Joe Galloway: Rest in Peace Archer Blood, American Hero Obituary Washington Post Bass, Gary Jonathan, 2013. The Blood Telegram. A Borzoi book. External links Archer Blood's Bafi Award US Embassy - Dhaka, Bangladesh Documentation about the Bangladesh Liberation War and Archer Blood 1923 births 2004 deaths American diplomats University of Virginia alumni Elliott School of International Affairs alumni American expatriates in Pakistan People from Chicago United States Foreign Service personnel United States Navy personnel of World War II American expatriates in Greece American expatriates in Algeria American expatriates in Germany American expatriates in Afghanistan American expatriates in India 20th-century American diplomats Allegheny College faculty