Edwin M. Wright
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- This article is about the U.S. foreign policy specialist. For the U.S. Representative from New Jersey, see Edwin R. V. Wright.
Edwin M. Wright is an American foreign policy specialist. Employed by the US State Department from 1945 to 1955 in a number of capacities, he was especially involved in the events leading up to and surrounding the establishment of Israel.
In particular, he served as a Middle East specialist from 1945 to 1946; on the Bureau for Near East, South Asian, and African Affairs from 1946 to 1947; as an advisor on UN affairs from 1947 to 1950, and as an advisor on intelligence from 1950 to 1955.