John Chambers Hughes

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John Chambers Hughes
2nd United States Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
In office
June 12, 1953 – April 20, 1955
Preceded byWilliam Henry Draper Jr.
Succeeded byGeorge Walbridge Perkins Jr.
Personal details
Born1891
Died1971 (aged 79–80)
EducationPrinceton University

John Chambers Hughes (1891–1971), was an American diplomat and the United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 12 June 1953 until 20 April 1955.[1] A graduate of Princeton University, he was a close friend of CIA Director Allen Dulles. Hughes, a Wall Street financier, was the head of the New York bureau of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ NNBD US Ambassadors to NATO retrieved on April 5, 2007
  2. ^ Petersen, Neal H. (November 2010). From Hitler's Doorstep: The Wartime Intelligence Reports of Allen Dulles, 1942-1945. ISBN 978-0271044477.
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