Cavendish W. Cannon Explained

Cavendish Wells Cannon (February 1, 1895 – October 7, 1962) was a long-time United States foreign service officer and diplomat.^[1]

During World War II, Cavendish served as the Assistant Chief of the State Department's Division of Southern European Affairs.^[2] For a time Cannon's work took him to Syria.^[3]

He served as U.S. ambassador to Greece from 1953 to 1956 and ambassador to Morocco from 1956 to 1958. During the late 1940s Cannon served as ambassador to Yugoslavia^[4] Among his fellow ambassadors was the Czechoslovak Ambassador Josef Korbel (father of Madeleine Albright). Cannon spoke in favor of Korbel's pro-democratic leanings when he was trying to gain asylum in the United States.^[5] In 1948, he was the chair of the US delegation to the Danube River Conference of 1948.

Cannon was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[6]

References

1. Web site: Cavendish Wells Cannon . May 28, 2011 . U. S. Department of State.
2. http://files.osa.ceu.hu/holdings/300/8/3/text/53-3-12.shtml the Problem of Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina during World War II
3. http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/myday/displaydoc.cfm?_y=1957&_f=md003761 Excerpt from journal of Eleanor Roosevelt
4. Jones, Howard. "A New Kind of War", America's Global Strategy and the Truman Doctrine. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989) pg. 126
5. Book: Dobbs, Michael. Madeleine Albright: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey. August 4, 2013. March 15, 2000. Henry Holt and Company. 978-0-8050-5660-0. 130, 137.
6. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1975/03/news-of-the-church/church-member-nominated-ambassador-to-finland "Church Member Nominated Ambassador to Finland"