Joseph Marion Jones
Joseph Marion Jones (October 29, 1908 – August 9, 1990)[1] served in the United States Department of State in the late 1940s.
As Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs he was responsible for drafting Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson's speech before the Delta Council on May 8, 1947.[2]
Jones published his memoirs in 1955, entitling them "The Fifteen Weeks: February 21 - June 5 1947". These chronicled his part in the development of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan.
References
[edit]- ^ "Joseph M. Jones, 81, Economist and Author". The New York Times. 11 August 1990. p. 1 31. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ A. Stephanson, 'Liberty or Death: the Cold War as US Ideology' in O. Westad (ed.), Reviewing the Cold war: Approaches, Interpretations, Theory (Tayor & Francis, 2000), p. 81.
External links
[edit]- Jones' personal papers at the Truman library.
- Library of Congress record for "The Fifteen Weeks"
- Google Book Search for O. Westad (ed.), Reviewing the Cold war: Approaches, Interpretations, Theory (Tayor & Francis, 2000)
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