Cavendish Wells Cannon (February 1, 1895 – October 7, 1962) was a long-time United States foreign service officer and diplomat.[1]

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 U.S. ambassador to Greece from 1953 to 1956 and ambassador to Morocco from 1956 to 1958. During the late 1940s Cannon 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]

Cannon was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Cavendish Wells Cannon". U. S. Department of State. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  2. ^ the Problem of Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina during World War II Archived May 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Excerpt from journal of Eleanor Roosevelt, gwu.edu; accessed February 24, 2022.
  4. ^ Jones, Howard. "A New Kind of War", America's Global Strategy and the Truman Doctrine. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989) pg. 126
  5. ^ Dobbs, Michael (March 15, 2000). Madeleine Albright: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey. Henry Holt and Company. pp. 130, 137. ISBN 978-0-8050-5660-0. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  6. ^ "Church Member Nominated Ambassador to Finland", Ensign, March 1975 pg. 78.
Diplomatic posts Preceded byRichard C. Patterson, Jr. United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia 1947–1949 Succeeded byGeorge V. Allen Preceded byJames Hugh Keeley, Jr. U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Syria 1950–1952 Succeeded byJames S. Moose, Jr. Preceded byLincoln MacVeagh United States Ambassador to Portugal 1952–1953 Succeeded byM. Robert Guggenheim Preceded byJohn Emil Peurifoy United States Ambassador to Greece 1953–1956 Succeeded byGeorge V. Allen Preceded byWilliam J. Porter United States Ambassador to Morocco 1956–1958 Succeeded byCharles W. Yost


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