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    Cavendish Wells Cannon (1895-1962)

    Foreign Service officer
    State of Residence: Utah

    1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Yugoslavia)
      Appointed: April 10, 1947
      Presentation of Credentials: July 14, 1947
      Termination of Mission: Left post October 19, 1949
      • Commissioned to Yugoslavia.
    2. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Syria)
      Appointed: September 20, 1950
      Presentation of Credentials: October 30, 1950
      Termination of Mission: Left post May 8, 1952
      • Commissioned to the Republic of Syria.
    3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Portugal)
      Appointed: March 13, 1952
      Presentation of Credentials: June 2, 1952
      Termination of Mission: Left post August 1, 1953
    4. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Greece)
      Appointed: July 28, 1953
      Presentation of Credentials: September 2, 1953
      Termination of Mission: Left Greece July 28, 1956
    5. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Morocco)
      Appointed: July 21, 1956
      Presentation of Credentials: October 6, 1956
      Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge July 1, 1958

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