Moffat, Jay Pierrepont 1896-1943
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Moffat was a U.S. diplomat and State Department official. He was private secretary to the U.S. minister to the Netherlands (1917-1919); secretary of the American legation in Poland (1919-1921), Japan (1921-1923), and Turkey (1923-1925); protocol officer at the White House (1925-1927); secretary of the American legation to Switzerland (1927-1931) where he became an expert on disarmament; chief of the Western European Division of the State Dept. (1932-1935); consul general in Sydney, Australia (1935-1937); chief of the new Division of European Affairs at the State Dept. (1937-1940); and U.S. minister to Canada (1940-1943).
From the description of Diplomatic papers, 1917-1943. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122574992
From the guide to the Diplomatic papers, 1917-1943., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)
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Subjects:
- Diplomatic and consular service, American
- Disarmament
- International cooperation
- World War, 1939-1945
Occupations:
- Diplomats
Places:
- Turkey (as recorded)
- Netherlands (as recorded)
- Canada (as recorded)
- Australia (as recorded)
- Poland (as recorded)
- Switzerland (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
