removal and liquidation of U.S. assets in the Baltic states following the Soviet annexation. He also provided consular service to U.S. nationals, and served as a Russian language interpreter. Reinhardt served as an interpreter during meetings between Joseph Stalin and President Roosevelt's personal representative, Harry Hopkins. He was considered only second, to Charles E. Bohlen, to interpret for Roosevelt at the Tehran Conference. In October 1941, as Moscow came under threat from the German army as a result of Operation Barbarossa, Reinhardt remained in the city under Llewellyn Thompson (the then Second Secretary at the U.S. Embassy to the Soviet Union), while Ambassador Laurence A. Steinhardt and other diplomatic personnel and news correspondents were evacuated to Kuibyshev. In 1943, Reinhardt was then stationed in Algiers, to serve on Robert Murphy's Staff. He served as the U. S. representative for the Allied Control Commission for Italy while Bob Murphy went back to the U. S. on leave. His expertise were in high demand in the Mediterranean, both because of his expertise in Italian and experience with Soviet affairs. Dealing with the Soviets regarding Balkan concerns was a major reason for his involvement. When on 19 November 1951, the NATO Defense College opened its doors to Course 1 in Paris, Reinhardt was the only civilian senior instructor assigned to the course. During the spring of 1953 President Eisenhower asked Reinhardt to participate as a Russian expert as part of a top-secret program, named Project Solarium, examining the advantages and disadvantages of a series of military and political strategies seeking to "roll back" existing areas of Soviet influence and restore the prestige of the west. Reinhardt participated as a member of "Task Force C" delivering their recommendation to Eisenhower, John F. Dulles and other cabinet members on July 16, 1953. Project Solarium's findings produced NSC 162/2, a national strategy directive commonly assessed to have guided U.S. strategy from its publication to the end of the Cold War. Throughout the course of his Foreign Service career, Reinhardt held the following postings with the U.S. Department of State: U.S. Vice Consul, Vienna, Austria (1937–38) U.S. Third Secretary-Vice Consul, Tallinn, Estonia (1939–40) U.S. Third Secretary-Vice Consul, Moscow, USSR (1940–42) Political Advisor, Allied Control Commission for Italy (1943–44) Foreign Service Officer, Staff of Supreme Allied Commander (1944–45) Staff of U.S. Political Adviser on German Affairs, AEF (1945) U.S. Consul, Moscow, USSR (1945–48) Director, Division of Eastern European