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American diplomat (1908–2000)

Walter P. McConaughy
McConaughy in 1953

United States Ambassador to the Republic of China
In office June 28, 1966 – April 4, 1974
President	Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon
Preceded by	Jerauld Wright
Succeeded by	Leonard S. Unger
United States Ambassador to Pakistan
In office March 20, 1962 – May 27, 1966
President	John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	William M. Rountree
Succeeded by	Eugene M. Locke
6th Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
In office April 24, 1961 – December 3, 1961
President	John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	J. Graham Parsons
Succeeded by	W. Averell Harriman
5th United States Ambassador to Korea
In office December 17, 1959 – April 12, 1961
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	Walter C. Dowling
Succeeded by	Samuel D. Berger
United States Ambassador to Burma
In office August 20, 1957 – November 2, 1959
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Joseph C. Satterthwaite
Succeeded by	William P. Snow

Personal details
Born	Walter Patrick McConaughy Jr. (1908-09-11)September 11, 1908 Montevallo, Alabama, U.S.
Died	November 10, 2000(2000-11-10) (aged 92) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Spouse	Dorothy Davis
Children	2
Education	Birmingham–Southern College Duke University
Profession	Diplomat

Walter Patrick McConaughy Jr. (September 11, 1908 – November 10, 2000) was a career American diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to a number of countries.

Education

McConaughy attended Birmingham–Southern College and Duke University, graduating in 1930.

Career

McConaughy joined the US State Department after graduation. He first served in Tampico, Mexico and then in 1933 was posted to Kobe, Japan, where he served for seven years with brief spells in Taiwan and Nagasaki. He was transferred to Beiping in 1941. When the Pacific War commenced he was interned and then repatriated. He then served in La Paz, Bolivia as a commercial attache, and then Rio de Janeiro.

In 1948, was posted to as Consul at the United States Consulate General in Shanghai and was promoted to Consul General in 1949. Following the Communist victory in China, he closed the Shanghai Consulate and moved to Hong Kong. McConaughy's reports from that period show a burning clarity in their analysis of Chinese Communist propaganda and the currents of information available in Hong Kong.

After returning to Washington to serve alongside Edwin M. Martin and O.E. Clubb in the Office of Chinese Affairs, he served as the ambassador to Burma from May 1957 to November 1959. He then accepted an offer to become the ambassador to South Korea, a post he held from 1959 to 1961, later becoming the ambassador to Pakistan from 1962 to 1966 and the ambassador to the Republic of China from 1966 to 1974.

McConaughy died in 2000.

References

"Walter Patrick McConaughy - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". state.gov. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
"Walter McConaughy, 92, Envoy in Asia, Dies". The New York Times. 14 November 2000. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded byJoseph C. Satterthwaite	U.S. Ambassador to Burma 1957–1959	Succeeded byWilliam P. Snow
Preceded byWalter C. Dowling	U.S. Ambassador to South Korea 1959–1961	Succeeded bySamuel D. Berger
Preceded byWilliam M. Rountree	U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan 1962–1966	Succeeded byEugene Murphy Locke
Preceded byJerauld Wright	U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of China 1966–1974	Succeeded byLeonard S. Unger
Government offices
Preceded byJ. Graham Parsons	Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs April 24, 1961 – December 3, 1961	Succeeded byW. Averell Harriman

v t e United States ambassadors to Korea and South Korea
Korea	Foote Parker Dinsmore Heard Sill Allen Morgan
South Korea	Muccio Briggs Lacy Dowling McConaughy Berger Brown Porter Habib Sneider Gleysteen Walker Lilley Gregg Laney Bosworth Hubbard Hill Vershbow Stephens Kim Lippert Harris Goldberg

v t e United States ambassadors to Pakistan
Alling Warren Hildreth Langley Rountree McConaught Locke Oehlert Farland Byroade Hummel Spiers Hinton Raphel Oakley Platt Monjo Simon Milam Chamberlin Powell Crocker Patterson Munter Olson Hale Blome

v t e United States ambassadors to China
Great Qing Empire
Commissioner	Cushing (Envoy) Everett Davis Parker (chargé d’affaires) Marshall McLane Parker
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Reed Ward Burlingame Browne Low Avery Seward Angell Young Denby Conger Rockhill Calhoun
Republic of China (Beijing/Nanjing)
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Calhoun Reinsch Crane Schurman MacMurray Johnson
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Johnson Gauss Hurley Stuart
Republic of China (Taipei)
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Rankin Drumright Kirk Wright McConaughy Unger
People's Republic of China
Chiefs of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing	Bruce Bush Gates Woodcock
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Woodcock Hummel Lord Lilley Roy Sasser Prueher Randt Huntsman Locke Baucus Branstad Burns
See also: American Institute in Taiwan

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