James S. Moose, Jr.
James Sayle Moose, Jr. (October 3, 1903 – 1989) was an American diplomat and ambassador to several countries.[1][2]
Early life
Moose was born in Morrilton, Arkansas in 1903. After studying at the Kentucky Military Institute, graduating in 1922 from the University of Missouri, and returning to his hometown for a period of five years, he joined the Foreign Service in 1928.[1]
Career
His diplomatic work would span the globe, though focused on the Middle East. Thessaloniki, Greece was given to him as a debut assignment, where he served as vice consul. Soon afterward he went to Paris, where he studied Arabic, Amharic, French, and Turkish at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, but by 1933 he was back in the Middle East with a posting in Baghdad. Four years later he was posted in Tehran, where he had his first son, James S. Moose, III.[1]
In 1942, Moose became the second accredited U.S. representative to Saudi Arabia (following Bert Fish) as chargé d'affaires, but the first to officially reside in Jeddah, where he opened the American legation on May 1, 1942.[3]
In 1958, after Moose sanctioned a CIA coup to overthrow the government in Syria, the Syrians demanded his recall. President Eisenhower replaced him.
References
- 1 2 3 "JAMES S. MOOSE, JR., PAPERS". University of Arkansas Libraries: Special Collections. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ↑ "James Sayle Moose". U. S. Diplomatic History. U. S. Department of State. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ↑ DeNovo, John A. (1963). American Interests and Policies in the Middle East, 1900-1939. University of Minnesota Press. pp. 364–265. ISBN 978-0-8166-0302-2.
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