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 tenure in Czechoslovakia, Adrian A. Basora took on a similar role in the Czech Republic, whereas Theodore Russell, previously working under Ambassador Shirley Temple Black as deputy chief of mission, went on to become the United States' first ambassador to Slovakia in the same year.