Patrick Dean (diplomat)
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British Ambassador to the United States from 1965 to 1969. He was also a chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.[2]
Early life and backgroundPatrick Henry Dean was born in Sir William MacCormac .
After education at Cambridge, he was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn, and he attempted to secure a career at the Bar in London, but was unsuccessful, and as a result he joined the Civil Service. He became a legal adviser to the Foreign office. In that capacity, Dean served as a legal adviser at the Yalta Conference in February 1945, dealing with the repatriation of prisoners, and at the Potsdam Conference, in July and August 1945.[3] He also served as an adviser during the postwar Nuremberg trials of German war criminals and to the British Control Commission in occupied Germany.[3] As British ambassador to Washington, Dean was occupied with difficulties over Vietnam and British military commitments East of Suez.[4] He helped to promote greater mutual understanding between the two governments, but faced a president who had a negative attitude to foreign diplomats.[4] References
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