Claim: Hans Kroll, criticized in West Germany for acting on his own and not respecting official West German policy of the time, was appointed as Ambassador to the Soviet Union in 1960.
Evidence: Hans Kroll (May 18, 1898 in Deutsch-Piekar, Silesia, Prussia, Germany, modern: Piekary Śląskie, Poland – August 8, 1967 in Starnberg, Bavaria, West Germany) was a German career diplomat and after World War II ambassador in Belgrade, Tokyo and Moscow where he played a prominent role between 1958 and 1962. In 1958, in the midst of the Cold War (1953–1962), Kroll was appointed as a West German ambassador to the Soviet Union. He was criticized in West Germany for acting on his own and not respecting official West German policy of the time.