Cavendish W. Cannon
Cavendish Wells Cannon (February 1, 1895 – October 7, 1962) was a long-time United States
During World War II, Cavendish served as the Assistant Chief of the State Department's Division of Southern European Affairs.[2] For a time Cannon's work took him to Syria.[3]
He served as
ambassador to Yugoslavia[4] Among his fellow ambassadors was the Czechoslovak Ambassador Josef Korbel (father of Madeleine Albright). Cannon spoke in favor of Korbel's pro-democratic leanings when he was trying to gain asylum in the United States.[5] In 1948, he was the chair of the US delegation to the Danube River Conference of 1948.[citation needed
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Cannon was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[6]
References
- ^ "Cavendish Wells Cannon". U. S. Department of State. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ the Problem of Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina during World War II Archived May 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Excerpt from journal of Eleanor Roosevelt, gwu.edu; accessed February 24, 2022.
- ^ Jones, Howard. "A New Kind of War", America's Global Strategy and the Truman Doctrine. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989) pg. 126
- ISBN 978-0-8050-5660-0. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- ^ "Church Member Nominated Ambassador to Finland", Ensign, March 1975 pg. 78.
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