Llewellyn thompson biography
- Llewellyn E. "Tommy" Thompson Jr. (August 24, 1904 – February 6, 1972) was an American diplomat.
- The Kremlinologist revisits some of the twentieth century's greatest conflicts as seen through the eyes of its hardest working diplomat, Llewellyn E Thompson.
- Llewellyn E. "Tommy" Thompson Jr. was an American diplomat.
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Llewellyn Thompson
American diplomat
Llewellyn E. Thompson | |
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| In office January 23, 1967 – January 14, 1969 | |
| President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Foy D. Kohler |
| Succeeded by | Jacob D. Beam |
| In office July 16, 1957 – July 27, 1962 | |
| President | Dwight David Eisenhower John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Charles E. Bohlen |
| Succeeded by | Foy D. Kohler |
| In office September 4, 1952 – July 9, 1957 | |
| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Walter J. Donnelly |
| Succeeded by | H. Freeman Matthews |
| In office October 3, 1962 – December 26, 1966 | |
| President | John F. Kennedy |
| Born | (1904-08-24)August 24, 1904 Las Animas, Colorado |
| Died | February 6, 1972(1972-02-06) (aged 67) Bethesda, Maryland |
| Spouse | Jane Monroe Goelet |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Profession | Artist |
| Awards | President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service (1962) |
Llewellyn E. "Tommy" Thompson Jr. (August 24, 1904 – February 6, 1972) was an American diplomat. He served in Sri Lanka,&# [1] Jenny Thompson and Sherry Thompson, The Kremlinologist: Llewellyn E Thompson, America’s Man in Cold War Moscow (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2. [2] US Department of State, “Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr. (1904–1972),” Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute, https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/thompson-llewellyn-e. [3] Thompson’s relatively early death and laconic personality contributed to his relative obscurity, whereas “Kennan lived to be 101, and during his long life he wrote a large number of books and articles about Russia and the Soviet Union, including two volumes of memoirs,” according to Mark Kramer in the introduction of James Goldgeier, et al., “Cold War Adviser: Llewellyn Thompson and the Making of U.S. Policy toward the Soviet Union,” Journal of Cold War Studies 21, no. 3 (2019): 222. [4] Ibid., 235. [5] Kramer, the editor of the Journal of Cold War Studies (MIT Press), rates this work as a “solid scholarly analysis”—see Ibid., p. 223. Robert Scheer, editor of Truthdig, describes the biography as a “firs Digital Identifier JFKOH-LET-01 Interviewee(s) Thompson, Llewellyn E., 1904-1972 Biographical Note (1904 - 1972) Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1957 - 1962); US Ambassador-at-large (1962 - 1966) Interviewer(s) Access Restriction Status Use Restriction Status Description This interview focuses on communication between John F. Kennedy [JFK] and Chairman Khrushchev, JFK’s capabilities as President, and counsel to JFK regarding the Soviet Union, among other issues. Date(s) of Materials Copyright Status Donated to the United States Series Series 1. John F. Kennedy Oral History Interviews, 1964-2012. Preferred Citation Llewellyn E. Thompson, recorded interview by Elizabeth Donahue, March 25, 1964, (page number), John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Program. Use Restriction Note Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document f
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