Edward Thompson Wailes (1903–1969)

Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: District of Columbia, New York

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iran)
   Appointed: June 18, 1958
   Presentation of Credentials: July 19, 1958
   Termination of Mission: Left post on June 9, 1961
5. 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.