Henry Junior Taylor (September 2, 1902 – February 24, 1984) was an American author, economist, radio broadcaster and former United States Ambassador to Switzerland (1957–1961).[1][2]
Taylor was born in Chicago to Henry Noble and Eileen O'Hare Taylor. He graduated from the Lawrenceville School in 1920 and the University of Virginia in 1924.[3] He served as a foreign correspondent for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain in the early years of World War II. After the war, Taylor hosted the General Motors-sponsored radio program Your Land and Mine, on which he was known for his conservative commentary.[4] Taylor was a columnist for the United Feature Syndicate after serving as Ambassador. He authored several nonfiction books, including An American Speaks His Mind and It Must Be a Long War, and a novel, The Big Man.[1]
In 1959 an anonymous source identifying themselves as 'Sniper' wrote a series of letters to Taylor, as American Ambassador to Switzerland.[5] These revealed much useful intelligence and would be regarded as the British Security Service's 'finest post-war investigation'.[6] This included the arrest of Swedish Air Force Colonel Stig Wennerström, as a spy for the Soviet Union.[5] In December 1960, 'Sniper' was revealed as the Polish Military Intelligence officer Michał Goleniewski, who then defected to the US.[7]
