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Hugh Smith Cumming Jr. (1900–1986)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Virginia
State of Residence: Virginia
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Indonesia)
Appointed: September 3, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: October 15, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 3, 1957- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 26, 1954, after confirmation.
- Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
Appointed: October 10, 1957
Termination of Appointment: February 19, 1961