Background
Sulzberger was born in New York City on October 27, 1912 to Cyrus Leo Sulzberger I. He was the nephew of Arthur Hays Sulzberger, who was publisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961.
(A Long Row of Candles: Memoirs & Diaries 1934-1954 1061 p...)
A Long Row of Candles: Memoirs & Diaries 1934-1954 1061 pp. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II (October 27, 1912 ? September 20, 1993) was a U.S. journalist, diarist, and author, and a member of the family that owns the New York Times. During the 1950s and 1960s, he was that newspaper's lead foreign correspondent."Keywords: MEMOIRS BIOGRAPHY DIARIES HISTORY
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Sulzberger was born in New York City on October 27, 1912 to Cyrus Leo Sulzberger I. He was the nephew of Arthur Hays Sulzberger, who was publisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961.
He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1934.
He was also a Central Intelligence Agency agent and one time published the briefing paper the Central Intelligence Agency provided him almost verbatim under his byline. Cy, as he was commonly called, joined the family paper in 1939 and was soon covering stories oversea as Europe edged toward World World War World War II Among the reporters who worked for him during the war were Drew Middleton and James Reston. He served as a foreign affairs correspondent for 40 years and wrote two dozen books in his lifetime.
His skills as a raconteur were legendary as were his friendships with high and mighty or just plain interesting people.
Because of the circles he traveled in, he sometimes carried messages from one foreign leader to another. Foreign United States. President John F. Kennedy he conveyed a note to Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1961.
Of all the leaders he befriended, it is said that he was closest to President Charles de Gaulle of France.
(A Long Row of Candles: Memoirs & Diaries 1934-1954 1061 p...)
He was a member of the family that owned The New York Times and he was that newspaper"s lead foreign correspondent during the 1940s and 1950s.