Cavendish W. Cannon
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Cavendish W. Cannon was a long-time state department employee.
During World War II Cavendish served as the Assistant Chief of the State Department's Division of Southern European Affairs.[1] For a time Cannon's work took him to Syria.[2]
He served as U.S. ambassador to Greece from 1953 to 1956 and U.S. ambassador to Morocco from 1956 to 1958. During the late 1940s Cannon served as United States ambassador to Yugoslavia[3] Among his fellow ambassadors was the Czechoslovak Ambassador Josef Korbel. Cannon was one of the people who spoke in favor of Korbel's pro-democratic leanings when he was trying to gain assylum in the United States.[4]
In 1948 Cannon was the chair of the US delegation to the Danube Conference.
Cannon was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[5]
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Emil Peurifoy |
United States Ambassador to Greece 1953-1956 |
Succeeded by George V. Allen |
| Preceded by William J. Porter |
United States Ambassador to Morocco 1956–1958 |
Succeeded by Charles W. Yost |
| Preceded by James Hugh Keeley, Jr. |
United States ambassador to Syria 1950 – 1952 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary |
Succeeded by James S. Moose, Jr. |
[edit] References
- ^ the Problem of Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina during World War II
- ^ excerpt from journal of Eleanor Roosevelt
- ^ Jones, Howard. "A New Kind of War", America's Global Strategy and the Truman Doctrine. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989) p. 126
- ^ Dobbs, Michael. Madeleine Albright: A Twentieth Century Odyssey. p. 130, 137. see at http://books.google.com/books?id=dhZghL4Rr-EC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=%22cavendish+cannon%22&source=web&ots=KbsJPOWs2F&sig=OBZpWbGnUv-f7fMrO9yikBCuG10#PPA130,M1
- ^ “Church Member Nominated Ambassador to Finland,” Ensign, March, 1975 p. 78
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