John Chambers Hughes
Office2nd United States Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Term startJune 12, 1953
Term endApril 20, 1955
PrecededWilliam Henry Draper Jr.
SucceededGeorge Walbridge Perkins Jr.
Birth date1891
Death date1971 (aged 79–80)
EducationPrinceton University

John Chambers Hughes (1891–1971), was an American diplomat and the United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 12 June 1953 until 20 April 1955.[1] A graduate of Princeton University, he was a close friend of CIA Director Allen Dulles. Hughes, a Wall Street financier, was the head of the New York bureau of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ NNBD US Ambassadors to NATO retrieved on April 5, 2007
  2. ^ Petersen, Neal H. (November 2010). From Hitler's Doorstep: The Wartime Intelligence Reports of Allen Dulles, 1942-1945. ISBN 978-0271044477.