Llewellyn Edward “Tommy” Thompson Jr.

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Llewellyn Edward “Tommy” Thompson Jr.

Birth
Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado, USA
Death
6 Feb 1972 (aged 67)
Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 10, Block 275, Lot 9
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Diplomat. Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr. worked in various Department of State positions from 1929 to 1972. Participated in the SALT negogiations with the Soviet Union. Ambassador to Austria from 1952 to 1957. Ambassador to the U. S. S. R. from 1957 to 1962 and from 1967 to 1969. Member of President Kennedy's Executive Committee of the National Security Council (Ex-Comm) during the October, 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder (BA, 1929).
Diplomat. Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr. worked in various Department of State positions from 1929 to 1972. Participated in the SALT negogiations with the Soviet Union. Ambassador to Austria from 1952 to 1957. Ambassador to the U. S. S. R. from 1957 to 1962 and from 1967 to 1969. Member of President Kennedy's Executive Committee of the National Security Council (Ex-Comm) during the October, 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder (BA, 1929).