About John M. McSweeney
Lived 1916 – 1979 (aged 62–63). John M. McSweeney was an American diplomat.
John Morgan McSweeney was the first American ambassador to Bulgaria (1967–1969). At first, he was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary until being promoted to ambassador in 1967.
From 1959 until 1962, McSweeney was the director of the Office of Soviet Union Affairs at the State Department and also served as political advisor to the Allied Forces for Southern Europe in Naples, Italy, and to the Strategic Air Command in Omaha, Nebraska.
Born in Boston in 1916, McSweeney graduated from Brown University. He died of cancer at his home in Sarasota, Florida on December 12, 1979.
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American diplomat
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John M. McSweeney was born on 9 June 1916.
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John M. McSweeney died in 1979.
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John M. McSweeney was American.
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