Edward Thompson Wailes - People - Department History
Edward Thompson Wailes (1903–1969)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: New York, District of Columbia
States of Residence: New York, District of Columbia
- Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Appointed: May 26, 1953
Entry on Duty: May 29, 1953
Termination of Appointment: June 22, 1954- Designated Assistant Secretary for Personnel and Administration from Mar 26, 1954.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (South Africa)
Appointed: September 15, 1954
Presentation of Credentials: November 29, 1954
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 11, 1956- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 3, 1954, after confirmation. Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Hungary)
Appointed: July 26, 1956
- Took oath of office and proceeded to post, but did not present credentials. Left post on February 27, 1957.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iran)
Appointed: June 18, 1958
Presentation of Credentials: July 19, 1958
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 9, 1961 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Czechoslovakia)
Appointed: July 14, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: July 28, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 22, 1962- Commissioned to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.