Georgi Zarubin

Georgi Zarubin (alternate spelling Georgy, 1900-1958) was a Russian-born Soviet diplomat. A longtime member of the Communist Party, Zarubin joined the diplomatic service in 1940, becoming the ambassador to Canada in 1944, the ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1946, and then ambassador to the United States in 1952. At the time of this death, he was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union.

Georgi Zarubin in The Hot War
Georgi Zarubin was the Soviet ambassador to the United Kingdom when World War III began in early 1951. After the war ended in July, 1952, he was appointed ambassador to the United States. On 26 October, 1952 the Soviet military overran Warsaw, Poland, despite promises to the restive population that anyone pledging to support the government of the People's Republic of Poland by 31 October would receive an amnesty. When U.S. Secretary of Defense Omar Bradley told President Harry Truman of the preemptive attack on Halloween Day, Truman briefly contemplated complaining to Zarubin. Bradley advised him against it, since Truman had no intention of restarting the war to protect Poland. Truman saw the logic, and agreed with Bradley's advice.

For his part, Truman privately concluded that Zarubin was almost certainly a capable diplomat.