John M. Allison

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John Moore Allison
Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded byDean Rusk
Succeeded byWalter S. Robertson
Personal details
BornApril 7, 1905
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln (BS)

John Moore Allison (April 7, 1905 – October 28, 1978) was an American diplomat who served as the

University of Hawaii
.

Early life

Allison was born in Holton, Kansas and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska. He graduated from Lincoln High School and earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Nebraska.[1][2]

Declining a scholarship to pursue graduate work at Nebraska, and refusing to go to work for his father, Allison accepted a post as an English teacher Japan in 1927.

Atsugi.[3] In 1929 Allison moved to Shanghai, where he worked as a branch advertising manager for General Motors.[3]

Career in the Foreign Service

In 1931, Allison took and passed the U.S. Foreign Service exam, and was inducted into the Foreign Service in 1932.[3] He quickly rose through the ranks, serving as consul in Dalian (1935–36), Jinan (1936–37), Nanjing (1937–38), Shanghai (1938), and Osaka (1939–41).

On January 26, 1938, during the period of the

Nanjing, was struck in the face by a Japanese soldier.[4][5] This incident is commonly known as the "Allison Incident." Japanese Consul-General Katsuo Okazaki apologized formally on January 30 (after the Americans demanded they do so).[6] This incident, together with the looting of American property in Nanking that took place at the same time, further strained relations between Japan and the United States, which had already been damaged by the USS Panay incident less than two months earlier.[7]

Allison served as a consul in London during World War II. After Japan's surrender, he served in various State Department leadership positions covering Japan and the Far East from 1946 to 1952. Allison participated in the drafting of the Treaty of San Francisco that formally ended the war, serving as John Foster Dulles's aide during the latter's negotiation of the treaty.[8]

Allison was named

Foreign Minister Okazaki, signed the U.S. and Japan Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement on behalf of their respective countries.[10] The agreement secured U.S. military and economic aid to Japan in exchange for a vague promise from the Japanese government to remilitarize.[10]

In 1956, Allison accepted a new post as Ambassador to Indonesia.[11] In 1957, he recommended that the U.S. government support Indonesian claims regarding Western New Guinea.[12][13][14]

In 1958, Allison was transferred to Czechoslovakia, a posting he found unexciting.[14] After his mentor John Foster Dulles died in 1959, Allison decided to retire from the Foreign Service, rather than work under a new boss.[14] In addition, his wife was battling illness and needed better access to medical care.[14]

Later life

In 1960, Allison retired and secured a teaching job at the

University of Hawaii. In 1973, he published his memoir, Ambassador from the Prairie; or, Allison in Wonderland.[15]
Allison died on October 28, 1978, in Honolulu, Hawaii.[14]

References

  1. ^ "John M. Allison | Nebraska Authors". nebraskaauthors.org. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  2. ISBN 978-0313291951
    .
  3. ^ a b c d Nolan 1997, p. 7.
  4. ^ Abend, H. "Diplomat Slapped By Tokyo Soldier". The New York Times 1938 article. Full-length article here. (login required)
  5. MSN Encarta. Full-length article here. Archived
    2009-10-31.
  6. ^ They Were in Nanjing: The Nanjing Massacre Witnessed by American and British, p216
  7. ^ Museum, The Bay (2019-11-15). "THE INTER-WAR PERIOD 1938". The Bay Museum. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  8. ^ "Challener Interview with John M. Allison" (PDF). Princeton Seeley G. Mudd Library. Retrieved 13 August 2018.[permanent dead link]
  9. ISBN 978-0674984424
    .
  10. ^ a b "U.S. and Japan Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement". Archived from the original on 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  11. ^ Nolan 1997, p. 10.
  12. ISBN 0-674-01137-6
    .
  13. ^ "U. S. To Transfer Envoy In Jakarta". The New York Times 1958 article. Full-length article here. (login required)
  14. ^ a b c d e Nolan 1997, p. 11.
  15. ISBN 0-395-17205-5
    .
Government offices
Preceded by
Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs

February 1, 1952 – April 7, 1953 		Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
United States Ambassador to Japan

May 28, 1953 – February 2, 1957 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.
United States Ambassador to Indonesia

March 13, 1957 – January 29, 1958 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia

April 24, 1958 – May 4, 1960 		Succeeded by


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