Thomas C. Mann
Thomas Clifton Mann (born November 11, 1912 in Laredo , Texas , † January 23, 1999 in Austin , Texas) was an American diplomat who, among other things, served as ambassador to El Salvador and Mexico and as undersecretary of state for economics, business and agricultural affairs ( United States Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs) held one of the highest positions in the US State Department .
Life
Degree, lawyer and diplomat
After attending school, Mann, the son of a lawyer , first completed an undergraduate degree at Baylor University , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He then completed a law degree there in 1934 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). After being admitted to the bar, he initially practiced law in Texas and was later admitted to the US Supreme Court .
During the Second World War he began his career in the foreign service when he became special assistant at the embassy in Uruguay in 1942 . He was then from 1944 to 1945 Assistant to the Head of Unit for World Trade Information and then from 1945 to 1946 Assistant to the Head of Unit for Economic Security Control, before he was from 1946 to 1947 Head of the Unit for Affairs of the Río de la Plata .
After Mann was Second Secretary at the Embassy in Venezuela between 1947 and 1949 , he became Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central America in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and held this position until 1953. He then served as Counselor at the Embassy in Greece and from 1954 to 1955 as Permanent representative of the Ambassador to Guatemala .
Ambassador and promotion to Under Secretary of State
On November 24, 1955, Mann succeeded Robert C. Hill as ambassador to El Salvador and held this position until September 24, 1957. His successor was later Thorsten V. Kalijarvi . He first took up the position as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and then on 28 August 1960 as a successor to Roy Richard Rubottom, Jr. , the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs ( Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs ) . After almost eight months of activity, he succeeded Robert C. Hill as Ambassador to Mexico on May 8, 1961 , while Robert F. Woodward followed him as Assistant Secretary of State. The reason for his release was his criticism of the Bay of Pigs invasion on April 17, 1961, which he held nonsense.
On January 3, 1964, Mann returned to the State Department and took over from Edwin M. Martin again as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, while Fulton Freeman was the new Ambassador to Mexico. His appointment, the first made by US President Lyndon B. Johnson after the assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy , was seen as a sign of a stronger diplomatic focus on Latin America . At the same time he acted as special advisor to the new President Johnson.
In the following years, Mann played an important role in foreign policy in Latin America, for example in 1964 when he supported Eduardo Frei Montalva against the socialist Salvador Allende in the election as President of Chile . Also in 1964 he supported officers after they had overthrown the President of Brazil , João Goulart , whom he considered to be "an inept President, easily influenced by leftist advisers and cronies" ). In 1965, at Mann's insistence, President Johnson dispatched 22,800 soldiers to the Dominican Republic to end one of the US communist threats. This for opposition in the US Congress and ultimately for the release of Mann from his post as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.
Most recently, he became Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs on March 18, 1965, and held one of the highest positions in the State Department until May 31, 1966.
After retiring from the external service, Mann worked as a scholar at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies for one year between 1966 and 1967 , before he was President of the Automobile Manufacturers Association from 1967 to 1971 .
Web links
- Thomas C. Mann in nndb (English)
- TC Mann, 87, a Maker of US Latin Policy . In: The New York Times, January 30, 1999
Individual evidence
- ^ Outspoken diplomat; Thomas Clifton Mann Many Foreign Assignments His Choice in Baseball . In: The New York Times, December 19, 1963
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mann, Thomas C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mann, Thomas Clifton (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laredo , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1999 |
| Place of death | Austin , Texas |