Earle sought election to the United States Senate in 1938 , but he was defeated by incumbent Republican Senator James J. Davis . Earle was appointed as the Ambassador to Bulgaria in 1940 and served as a special emissary to the Balkans during World War II . He compiled a report blaming the Katyn massacre of Polish nationals on the Soviet Union , but this report was suppressed . After the war , he served as assistant governor of American Samoa . He retired from public office and died in 1974
Katyn massacre
Katyn massacre
George Howard Earle III