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John Oscar Bell (1912–2000)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Maryland
  1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Guatemala)
    Appointed: November 10, 1961
    Presentation of Credentials: January 30, 1962
    Termination of Mission: Left post on August 26, 1965
    • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 30, 1962, after confirmation.