The previous ambassador to Czechoslovakia, Adrian A. Basora, continued as the ambassador to the Czech Republic and Theodore Russell, who served as deputy chief of mission under Ambassador Shirley Temple Black, became  the first U.S. ambassador to Slovakia later that year.
Following his stint in Czechoslovakia, Adrian A. Basora assumed a similar position in the Czech Republic, while Theodore Russell, who had worked under Ambassador Shirley Temple Black as deputy chief of mission, was subsequently appointed as the first U.S. ambassador to Slovakia later that year.