John Oscar Bell - People - Department History
John Oscar Bell (1912–2000)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Maryland
State of Residence: Maryland
- 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.