John Moore Allison

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John Moore Allison (born April 7, 1905 in Holton , Kansas , † October 28, 1978 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) was an American diplomat who was Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs between 1952 and 1953 , from 1953 to 1957 Ambassador to Japan , from 1957 to 1958 Ambassador to Indonesia and most recently from 1958 to 1960 Ambassador to the Czechoslovak Republic .

Life

Studies and beginning of the diplomatic career

Allison completed after school attendance at a degree in political science at the University of Nebraska , which he graduated in 1927 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Political Science). He then worked from 1927 to 1929 as an English teacher in Japan and from 1929 to 1930 as an advertising manager for General Motors in Shanghai . He then stayed in Shanghai, where he worked as an office clerk for the US State Department until 1931 . In 1931 he returned to Japan and took over the function of Vice Consul in Kobe and between 1932 and 1934 as a language consultant at the Embassy in Tokyo . He was then vice consul at the embassy in Japan from 1934 to 1935 before going to China in 1935, where he was initially consul in Dalian, which was controlled by the Japanese Empire until 1936 . He then served as consul in Jinan between 1936 and 1937 , as consul in Nanjing from 1937 to 1938 and, most recently, in 1938 as consul in Shanghai for some time.

After Allison worked again in Japan as head of the Consulate General in Osaka from 1939 to 1941 , he took over the post of Deputy Consul General in London from 1942 to 1946 . In 1946 he returned to the United States and between 1946 and 1947 was first deputy head of the Japan Affairs Division and from 1947 to 1948 head of the Northeast Asia Division. After he was Deputy Head of the Department for Far East Affairs from 1949 to 1950, he was Consul General in Singapore between 1950 and 1951 and then in 1951 Counselor at the Embassy in Japan. In this capacity, he advised the Philippine government of President Elpidio Quirino in June 1951 on the conclusion of a peace treaty with Japan, subject to the payment of reparations for damage in the Second World War.

Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs and Ambassador

On February 1, 1952, Allison was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs to succeed Dean Rusk and was thus head of the Far East subdivision in the US State Department. He held this position until April 7, 1953 and was then replaced by Walter S. Robertson . Thereupon he replaced Robert Murphy himself again on May 28, 1953 as ambassador to Japan and remained in this diplomatic post until February 2, 1957. His successor there was on February 25, 1957 Douglas MacArthur II , who was previously counselor in the State Department. Then on March 13, 1957 Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. succeeded as ambassador to Indonesia and held this position until January 29, 1958.

Most recently, Allison took over the post of Ambassador to the Czechoslovak Republic from U. Alexis Johnson on April 24, 1958 . He worked there until May 4, 1960 and then retired.

After retiring from active diplomatic service, Allison held a professorship at the University of Hawaii in the 1960s and 1970s . During this time he also wrote his memoir, which was published in 1973 under the title Ambassador from the Prairie; or, Allison Wonderland released.

publication

  • Ambassador from the Prairie; or, Allison Wonderland , autobiography, 1973

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official Month in Review: June 22, 1951 ( Official Gazette of the Government of the Philippines)
  2. ↑ He was succeeded as Ambassador to Indonesia on March 10, 1958, Howard P. Jones , who previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs and Deputy Head of the Far East Department at the US State Department.
  3. ↑ On September 16, 1960, Christian M. Ravndal , who had been ambassador to Ecuador until then, was his successor as ambassador to the Czechoslovak Republic .
personal data
SURNAME Allison, John Moore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Holton , Kansas
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1978
Place of death Honolulu , Hawaii