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ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED WITH A LETTER TO THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GREECE LINCOLN MACVEAGH BY THE FUTURE AMBASSADOR TO GREECE CAVENDISH W. CANNON - Octavo, 7-1/2 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in light blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed and bumped, the spine faded with a tear to the top of the rear joint. xvii, [i], 301 & [2] pages. Good. 11th printing.A wonderful association copy from the library of the U.S. Ambassador to Greece Lincoln MacVeagh, inscribed to him by the future Ambassador to Greece Cavendish Wells Cannon on the front endpaper: "To Lincoln MacVeagh with affectionate regards, Cavendish W. Cannon, London, October 12, 1945". Additionally stapled to the top of the half-title, is a Typed Letter Signed by Cavendish Cannon on "The Foreign Service of the United States of America" stationery. In his letter dated from Paris on October 18, 1945, Cannon writes that "With all the long hours and worry of the London Conference I found time to get some real pleasure from a little book on mediaeval Latin poetry, which I had come across by accident." Signed "Cavendish" in ink.A long-time U.S. foreign service officer and diplomat, Cavendish Wells Cannon (1895-1962) served as the Assistant Chief of of the State Department's Division of Southern European Affairs during WWII. His work during that period also took him to Syria. Cannon served as Ambassador to Yugoslavia in the late 1940's where he was also in the company of the Czechkoslovakian Ambassador Josef Korbel (father of the future U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright). Cannon spoke in favor of Korbel when the latter sought asylum in the United States. Cannon subsequently served as U.S. Ambassador to Greece from 1953 to 1956 and Morocco from 1956 to 1958.Mounted on the front paste down is Lincoln and his wife Margaret MacVeagh's "Arcades Ambo" bookplate and there are occasional penciled annotations and marks by MacVeagh.Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972), a Renaissance man, graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1913. He went on to study languages at the Sorbonne and became fluent in German, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek and Classical Greek. After World War I he became a director of the Henry Holt and Company publishing firm where he became friendly with the poet Robert Frost. In 1923 he left the firm and founded the Dial Press. His name appears on the imprint of many of their publications. In 1933 President Roosevelt appointed him Minister to Greece. He followed presentation of his credentials with a speech in Classical Greek. While in Greece he conducted excavations beneath the Acropolis and made archeological contributions to the National Museum in Athens. He left Greece in 1941 when the German army over ran the country. From there he was appointed the first US Minister to Iceland where he negotiated agreements for the construction of the Keflavik airfield. In late 1942 he became Minister to the Union of South Africa and coordinated American wartime agencies there. In 1943 he was sent to Cairo as Ambassador so that he could assist the governments in exile of Greece and Yugoslavia. He returned to Athens as Ambassador in 1944. MacVeagh gave secret testimony before Congress concerning the Balkans in 1947, testimony that was an important factor in the formation of the Truman Doctrine. In 1948 as Ambassador to Portugal MacVeagh was influential in admitting her into NATO. In 1952 President Truman named him Ambassador to Spain. President Truman wrote to him on March 9, 1948: "On the occasion of your appointment as Ambassador to Portugal, I would like to make some personal expression of appreciation for the high services you have already rendered your country. During the past fifteen critical years you have served with distinction as Chief of the United states Missions to Iceland, the Union of South Africa, Yugoslavia and Greece. In this last post especially - as Minister from 1933 to 1941 and as Ambassador since 1943 - your scholar. Seller Inventory # 98876
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