John Kenneth Caldwell

John Kenneth Caldwell (October 16, 1881 – June 27, 1982) was an American diplomat who served as Minister Resident and Consul General to multiple countries.

Early life

John Kenneth Caldwell was born on October 16, 1881, in Piketon, Ohio. During World War I he was tasked with aiding German prisoners of war in Siberia and later wrote a report on the Nikolayevsk incident that occurred during the Japanese intervention in Siberia.

Narcotics control during the Prohibition era Caldwell and his delegation to the League of Nations in Geneva, 1931. Harry J. Anslinger is seated in the foreground. For five years during the Prohibition era, Caldwell served on the advisory committee of the Federal Narcotics Control Board (FNCB), as the representative from the Department of State to facilitate the work of the Board, and the Secretary of State, in implementing tariffs on imported opium. The duties of the board were absorbed by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) in 1930, and the FNCB was dissolved. Around this time, Caldwell served as US delegate to the League of Nations Opium Advisory Committee.

Later life

In 1948, he moved to Robles del Rio, California and later moved to Carmel, California in 1967. In 1971, his wife Grace died. In 1973, he wrote a memoir, but did not publish it. On June 27, 1982, he died.