CZECHOSLOVAKIA 
The Candidate Jacob D. Beam, FSO-CM 
: 
Mr. Beam is a· skilled and mature diplomat with an 
excellent knowledge of European affairs and varied high-level 
experience in the Department of State. Often described as 
brilliant, he is a hard and thorough worker with keen 
political insight and sound judgment. He is highly able 

,in negotiation, having infinite patience and inner toughness1 and his intellectual curiosity and obje,ctivity make him an astute observer, analyst and reporter. 
Beginning in 19311 with an assignment as vice consul at Geneva, Mr. Beam's Foreign Service career has been devoted mainly to political matters in Europe. Subsequent posts ranged from one end of t~e continent to the other1 including more than four years as Ambassador to Poland1 and he has also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. Since 19611 Mr. Beamiias served as Assistant Director for International Rela ions in the u.s. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He is highly knowledgeable about communism and communist tactics and ts familiar with the views of neutralist nations on most issues. Mr Beam speaks both French and German and has working knowledge of Russian. 
~acob D. Beam, FSO-CM 
Mr. Beam was born March 241 1908, in New Jersey. He 
married and has a son porn in 1953. He received a BA degree from.Princeton in 1929 and attended Cambridge University in England in 1·929-30. He is fluent in German and French and has a working knowledge of Russian. He entered the Foreign Serv~ce .~n 1931. 
Experience 
Deputy Chief of Mission ·at Djakarta1 1949-51; Deputy Chief of Mission.a~ Belgrade, 1~51-52; Deputy Chief of Mission· at Moscow, 1952-54; Director, Office of. Eastern European Affairs, 
1954-55; Deputy Assistant Sec~etary of State for European 
Affairs, 1955-57; 
Ambassador to Poland1 1957-61; 
Assistant Director, Arms Control 

Agency1 1961 to present.