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· THC IECRETARY O' 8TATI 
WASHINGTON 
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M!MORANDUM FOR THE PIU'SIDENT 
Subjects 	Nomination of Jacob D. Beam as 
Ambassador to the Czechoslovak 
Socialist Republic 

There is enclosed for your approval the nomina• .: . tion of Jacob D. Beam, of New Jersey, a Foreign · Service Officer of the Class of Career Minister, to . be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of · ' the United States of America to the Czechoslovak . · ~ .··.': · 
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Socialist Republic. He would succeed Outerbridge Horsey. 
Agreement to Mr. Beam's appointment baa been ·received from the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. '.i 
• JACOB D. BEAM 
FSO-CM 
Assistant Director, United States Arms Control 
and Disarmament Agency, Washington, D.C. 
Office Address: United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency9 . ./
Department of State Building, Washington, D.C. 
Born: March 24, 1908, at Princeton, New Jersey . 
Le~al Residence: New Jersey 
Marital Status: Married November 15, 1952 	· · · 
Family: 	Wife: Margaret (nee Glassford) Beam1 born December 239 1916_ Son: Jacob Alexander, born J~nuary 2S, 19~ 
Home Address: 3129 0 Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 
Education: ·Att~nded Kent School, 1920-1924 
Princeton University, Bachelor or Arts, 1929 
Student, Cambridge University, England, 1929-1930 
Experience a 
Governments · Appointed clerk, American Consulate, Geneva; · ·1931 
Vice Consul, Geneva; appointed Foreign Service· Offdcer, unclassified~ Vice Consul of career, · ·and Secretary in th.e Diplomatic Service :· 
Vice Consul, Geneva; assigned to Depattment of ·
1932 
State; Foreign Service School Vice Consult Geneva
1933 
1934 ·3d Secretary, Berlin 
1939 Appointed FS0-8 . 

1940 Assigned to Denartment; divisional .assistant 
1<Jl+l Vice Consul and Jd Secretary, Londoni a~pointed FS0..7; 2d Secretary, London, in addition to duties as Vice Consul 
Appointed Consul; ·consul, London, in add1 tion to
1<Jl+3 
· du~ies as 2d Secretary; appointed FS0-6 1944 Foreign Service Officer on Staff of United States Political Adviser on German Affairs, SUpreme
Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF), . London 
194-S · . Appointed FS0-4 
1946 Apoointed FS0-3 
Assigned 	to Department1 Chief,._,Division ot Central
19't7 
European 	Attalr11 ottlce ot airopean Attairs1 
Advt1erl United s\atea belega\ton to the Council 
of Pore 1n Mini ter • Loalon, lcwe•ber 1'1+7 • 
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Apno1 nt;ed r•'S0-2 
Acting special ass:l.stant, Office of German and Austrian Affairs; Consul, Batavia; appointed Consul General; Consul General, Batavia {name changed to Djakarta on December 28, 1949)
Counselor of Embassy, Djakarta, in addltion to1950 
duties as Consul General; appointed FS0-1; I Acting United States Representative, United I j. Nat:l.ons Commission for Indonesia 
Counselor of Embassy, Belgrade1951 
FSOl assigned to Department1-Deputy Chi.er or
1952 M ssion and Counselor or timbassy, Moscow, with · 
personal rank of Minister 
Special Representative of the President of the
1953 United States of America, with the rank of Sp~cial Ambassador, to attend funeral services of Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the 
u.s.s.R., J. v. Stalin..t March 9, '1953; assigned 
to Department; Deputy Director, Policy Planning 
Staff 
Member, Board of ~aminers for the Foreign Service1954 
. Director, Office of Eastern European· Affairs;
1955 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
1957 to Poland 
Appointed FSO, Class of Career Minister
1958 
United States Representative, Warsaw Ambassadorial
1958-1961 negotiations with Communist China, September 1958­November 1961 · 
FSO assigned to Department (re•erts to FSO, Class
1962 to 
present or Career Minister)i appointed Assistant Director, .(
United States Arms Control and.. Disarmament Agency : . ;. . 
Memterships and Clubs: 
Publications: Not stated 
Decorations and Awards&