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He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1912 and attended the University of Virginia, where he took a law degree in 1936.<ref name="NYTObit">[http://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/03/obituaries/john-m-maury.html JOHN M. MAURY], ''New York Times'', 3 July 1983.</ref>
 
He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1912 and attended the University of Virginia, where he took a law degree in 1936.<ref name="NYTObit">[http://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/03/obituaries/john-m-maury.html JOHN M. MAURY], ''New York Times'', 3 July 1983.</ref>
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Maury visited the Soviet Union prior to World War Two, during which he served in the Moscow Embassy representing the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref name="Weiner126">Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, 2008, p.126.</ref>
  
 
He served in the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] as an expert in the field of Soviet and East European intelligence.<ref name="NYTObit">[http://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/03/obituaries/john-m-maury.html JOHN M. MAURY], ''New York Times'', 3 July 1983.</ref>
 
He served in the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] as an expert in the field of Soviet and East European intelligence.<ref name="NYTObit">[http://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/03/obituaries/john-m-maury.html JOHN M. MAURY], ''New York Times'', 3 July 1983.</ref>
  
Maury was serving as a CIA Congressional liaison officer when he met with Senator [[Henry Jackson]] in February 1973.<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.317.</ref>
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Maury was serving as a special assistant to [[Allen Dulles]] in the early 1950s, when Dulles asked him to join the clandestine service and train for a mission to Moscow.<ref name="Weiner126">Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, 2008, p.126.</ref>
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Maury was CIA Station chief in Athens during the 1967 Greek coup.<ref>Daniele Ganser, ''NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe'', Frank Cass, 2005, p.221.</ref>
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Maury served as the CIA's Congressional liaison from 1968 to 1974.<ref>L. Britt Snider, [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/agency-and-the-hill/07-The%20Agency%20and%20the%20Hill_PartI-Chapter4.pdf ''The Agency & The Hill: CIA's Relationship with Congress, 1946-2004''], Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, 2008, p.126.</ref>
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In that capacity, he met with Senator [[Henry Jackson]] in February 1973.<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.317.</ref>
  
 
He was later appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs from 1974 to 1976.<ref name="NYTObit">[http://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/03/obituaries/john-m-maury.html JOHN M. MAURY], ''New York Times'', 3 July 1983.</ref>
 
He was later appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs from 1974 to 1976.<ref name="NYTObit">[http://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/03/obituaries/john-m-maury.html JOHN M. MAURY], ''New York Times'', 3 July 1983.</ref>

Latest revision as of 13:19, 11 January 2013

John M. Maury (1912-1983) was an Assistant Secretary of State during the US Presidency of Gerald Ford.[1]

He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1912 and attended the University of Virginia, where he took a law degree in 1936.[1]

Maury visited the Soviet Union prior to World War Two, during which he served in the Moscow Embassy representing the Office of Naval Intelligence.[2]

He served in the Central Intelligence Agency as an expert in the field of Soviet and East European intelligence.[1]

Maury was serving as a special assistant to Allen Dulles in the early 1950s, when Dulles asked him to join the clandestine service and train for a mission to Moscow.[2]

Maury was CIA Station chief in Athens during the 1967 Greek coup.[3]

Maury served as the CIA's Congressional liaison from 1968 to 1974.[4]

In that capacity, he met with Senator Henry Jackson in February 1973.[5]

He was later appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs from 1974 to 1976.[1]

Maury died of Cancer in 1983, at the age of 71.[1]

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Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 JOHN M. MAURY, New York Times, 3 July 1983.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, 2008, p.126.
  3. Daniele Ganser, NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe, Frank Cass, 2005, p.221.
  4. L. Britt Snider, The Agency & The Hill: CIA's Relationship with Congress, 1946-2004, Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, 2008, p.126.
  5. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.317.