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| Affiliation | Nonpartisan |
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| Name | Jacob D. Beam |
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, New Jersey , United States |
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March 24, 1908
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| Died | August 16, 1993
(85 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | The son of a German language Professor at Princeton University, Jacob Dyneley Beam began his foreign service career in 1931, serving in Geneva, in Berlin from 1934 to 1940, in London during World War II, and as a political advisor in occupied Germany after the War. From late 1952 to spring 1953, when Ambassador George F. Kennan was declared persona non grata by the Soviet government, Beam was briefly acting head at the Embassy in Moscow, and represented the U.S. at Stalin's funeral, where he was placed last in line. He served as Ambassador to Poland under President Eisenhower, and was Ambassador to Czechoslovakia during the Soviet invasion of that country in August 1968. After retiring from the Foreign Service, Beam worked as director of Radio Free Europe from 1974 to 1977. During his tour in Moscow, despite the Vietnam War, a notable improvement in Russian-American relations took place. In 1972, President Nixon became the first U.S. President in office to visit Moscow. In 1973, Pepsi-Co became the first U.S. company in decades to begin business in Russia.
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