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John Wesley Jones (1907–1998)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Iowa
State of Residence: Iowa
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Libya)
Appointed: February 5, 1958
Presentation of Credentials: March 17, 1958
Termination of Mission: Left Libya December 20, 1962 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Peru)
Appointed: November 29, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: February 6, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 2, 1969- Recommissioned on February 27, 1963, after confirmation.