selected Porter to replace David K. E. Bruce as head of the U.S. delegation at the Paris Peace Talks. Before those talks were ended, in 1973, Nixon named Porter Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, with Porter holding this office from February 2, 1973, until February 18, 1974. Nixon then named Porter United States Ambassador to Canada, with Porter filling this post from March 13, 1974, until December 16, 1975. President Gerald Ford then selected Porter as United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Porter presented his credentials on February 21, 1976, and left this post on May 27, 1977. Retirement Porter retired to Westport Point, Massachusetts in 1977. He died of cancer at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home in Fall River, Massachusetts on March 15, 1988. References "William Porter, 73, U.S. Delegate At Vietnam Peace Talks, Is Dead", New York Times, March 17, 1988 1914 births 1988 deaths Assistant Secretaries of State for African Affairs English emigrants to the United States People from Stalybridge Ambassadors of the United States to Algeria Ambassadors of the United States to South Korea Ambassadors of the United States to Canada Ambassadors of the United States to Saudi Arabia Under Secretaries of State for Political Affairs United States Foreign Service personnel Recipients of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service 20th-century American diplomats