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

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, Cavendish served as the Assistant Chief of the State Department's Division of Southern European Affairs. For a time Cannon's work took him to Syria. 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 Among his fellow ambassadors was the Czechoslovak Ambassador Josef Korbel (father of

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). Cannon spoke in favor of Korbel's pro-democratic leanings when he was trying to gain asylum in the United States. In 1948, he was the chair of the US delegation to the

Danube River Conference of 1948 The Danube River Conference of 1948 was held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to develop a new international regime for the development and control of the Danube in the wake of World War II. It was the first postwar conference pitting the victorious All ...

. Cannon was a member of

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."Church Member Nominated Ambassador to Finland"
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'', March 1975 pg. 78.

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1895 births 1962 deaths Ambassadors of the United States to Greece Ambassadors of the United States to Morocco Ambassadors of the United States to Portugal Ambassadors of the United States to Syria Ambassadors of the United States to Yugoslavia 20th-century American diplomats American Latter Day Saints Cannon family American people of Manx descent United States Foreign Service personnel {{US-diplomat-stub