Edwin W. Martin
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Ambassador Martin addresses guests at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball, Rangoon, Burma, November 1972
Edwin Webb Martin (August 31, 1917 – October 5, 1991)[1] was an American diplomat. After his education at Deerfield Academy, Oberlin College, and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, he embarked upon a career in the U.S. Foreign Service. He went on to serve as consul in Hong Kong and U.S. Ambassador to Burma from 1971 to 1973.
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| Preceded by Edward E. Rice |
Consul General of the United States of America Hong Kong and Macau 1967–1970 |
Succeeded by David L. Osborn |
| Preceded by Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. |
U.S. Ambassador to Burma 1971–1973 |
Succeeded by David L. Osborn |
References
External links
- The Edwin W. Martin Papers at Georgetown University
- https://web.archive.org/web/20021117075817/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10404.htm
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