Francis Joseph Galbraith (December 9, 1913 – June 25, 1986) was a

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diplomat and member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He was born on December 9, 1913 in Timber Lake,

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and worked as cowboy and rodeo rider on his father's ranch near the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation until he attended the

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receiving a B.A. in History in 1939 and a B.A. in librarianship from the

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in 1940. He attained the rank of Captain while serving in the

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in the South Pacific from 1941 to 1942, and joined the

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in 1946 serving as U.S. Vice Consul in Hamburg, 1946–48;

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, 1949–50. After serving as U.S. ''chargé d'affaires'' in Indonesia, he was appointed

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, 1966–69 and

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1969–74. After retiring from the State Department he worked for the

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, Freeport Indonesia, Weyerhaeuser Company and Intermaritime Management as a consultant on international affairs. He was survived by his wife Martha Townsley Fisher; a daughter, Susan, of Boston, and a son, Kelly, of Jakarta.

References

External links

1969 Confidential report by Ambassador Galbraith on OPM
and

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