Mabel Murphy Smythe (1918–2006)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Connecticut

Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cameroon)
  Appointed: May 11, 1977
  Presentation of Credentials: October 1, 1977
  Termination of Mission: Left post on February 24, 1980
  - Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Equatorial Guinea)
  Appointed: December 17, 1979
  Presentation of Credentials: December 19, 1979
  Termination of Mission: Left Yaounde February 24, 1980
  - Also accredited to Cameroon; resident at Yaounde.