In the spring of 1981 , President Ronald Reagan appointed Price to be United States Ambassador to Belgium . He was quickly and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate . In 1983 , President Reagan recalled Price from his post in Belgium and appointed him Ambassador to the United Kingdom . The Senate again confirmed him unanimously , and he held the post until the end of the Reagan Administration in 1989 . As Ambassador to the United Kingdom , he was instrumental in handling the aftermath of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 and was the first U.S. government official on the scene in Lockerbie , Scotland on the night of the bombing . He gave the first indication that it was the worst terrorist attack against the U.S. when he told reporters that 70 % of those on board were Americans
Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103
Charles H. Price II