Jacob D. Beam
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| Born | Jacob Dyneley Beam March 24, 1908 Princeton, New Jersey |
| Died | August 16, 1993 (aged 85) Rockville, Maryland |
Jacob Dyneley Beam (March 24, 1908 – August 16, 1993) was an American diplomat.
Life and career
Beam was born in
US Foreign Service
.
His first assignment was in
US embassy from 1934 to 1940. During World War II, he served as second secretary of the embassy in London
. He returned to Germany after the war.
Beam was counselor to the US embassy in Indonesia from 1949 to 1951 and to Yugoslavia from 1951 to 1952. He became the ambassador to Poland from 1957 to 1961. From 1966 to 1969 he served as Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, where he was present at the Prague Spring. He was ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1973.
Beam's support of Senator
HR Haldeman to give Beam three more months in the role as ambassador to Moscow and then fire him. [1]
Beam died in Rockville, Maryland, of a stroke.[2] His son is journalist Alex Beam.
References
External links
- Jacob Dyneley Beam (1908–1993), Office of the Historian
- Jacob D. Beam paper at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University
- Oral History Interview with Jacob D. Beam via Truman Library
- JACOB BEAM: OUR MAN IN MOSCOW by Central Intelligence Agency
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