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Cavendish Wells Cannon (February 1, 1895 – October 7, 1962) was a long-time United States foreign service officer and diplomat. During World War II Cavendish served as the Assistant Chief of the State Department's Division of Southern European Affairs.〔(the Problem of Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina during World War II )〕 For a time Cannon's work took him to Syria.〔(excerpt from journal of Eleanor Roosevelt )〕 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〔Jones, Howard. ''"A New Kind of War", America's Global Strategy and the Truman Doctrine''. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989) p. 126〕 Among his fellow ambassadors was the Czechoslovak Ambassador Josef Korbel. Cannon was one of the people who spoke in favor of Korbel's pro-democratic leanings when he was trying to gain assylum in the United States. In 1948 Cannon 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.〔(“Church Member Nominated Ambassador to Finland,” ) ''Ensign'', March 1975 p. 78.〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cavendish W. Cannon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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