Horace Merle Cochran -
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Horace Merle Cochran (1892–1973)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Arizona
State of Residence: Arizona
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Pakistan)
Appointed: March 4, 1949
- Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Indonesia)
Appointed: December 28, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: December 30, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 27, 1953- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on February 2, 1950, after confirmation.