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'''J. Bruce Amstutz''' (1928-) is an an American Career Foreign Service Officer who served as [[Chargé d'affaires|Chargé d’Affaires]] ad interim to [[Afghanistan]] from February 1979 until February 1980.<ref name="OotH"></ref>
Amstutz was Deputy Chief of Mission when Ambassador [[Adolph Dubs|Adolph “Spike” Dubs]] was kidnapped and murdered.<ref name="Dubs"></ref>, <ref name="Mohr"></ref> Amstutz became Chargé and sought out by the head of the Afghan Communist regime, [[Hafizullah Amin]]. They had met four times for a total of under 20 minutes, mostly for ceremonial events. In October 1979, Amstutz was going on a six weeks leave and had various concerns including telling Washington that the “the Afghan Communists as ‘a bunch of scorpions biting each other to death’” and that Amin had “a semi-psychopathic desire to humiliate and revenge himself against the United States.” So Amstutz recommended a delay by himself and the new Deputy Chief of Mission [[Archer Blood]].<ref name="Savranskaya"></ref><!-- I can use help improving this part -->
==Biography==
Amstutz met his wife, Nan Louise Grindle, when they were both studying at the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]], the first couple to simultaneously receive Ph.D. degrees from The Fletcher School.<ref name="Nan"></ref>
==Publications==
''Afghanistan : the first five years of Soviet occupation'' Washington, DC: NDU Press, 1986<ref name="Heth"></ref>
==References==
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/2RwsJgx editorial note about his time in Kabul]
*[https://ift.tt/2tn0ZmP Soviet Role Alleged in Dubs' Death] Washington Post article
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