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George Lewis Jones (1907–1971)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: District of Columbia
State of Residence: District of Columbia
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Tunisia)
Appointed: July 27, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: October 4, 1956
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 11, 1959- Presented new credentials on December 9, 1957, when Tunisia became a republic.
- Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Appointed: July 6, 1959
Entry on Duty: July 10, 1959
Termination of Appointment: April 20, 1961