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Deputy Under Secretary of State

Creation of this Position

Title: Deputy Under Secretary of State
Name: Dean Rusk
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: [see note below]
Entry on Duty: May 26, 1949
Termination of Appointment: [Mar 27, 1950]
Note: Commissioned as an Assistant Secretary of State and later designated to serve as Deputy Under Secretary. Designation as Deputy Under Secretary terminated on Mar 27, 1950; reverted to Assistant Secretary. See under Assistant Secretaries of State for Far Eastern Affairs.

Title: Deputy Under Secretary of State
Name: H. Freeman Mathews
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: [see note below]
Entry on Duty: Jul 5, 1950
Termination of Appointment: Oct 11, 1953
Note: Commissioned Jun 29, 1950, as an Assistant Secretary of State and designated to serve as Deputy Under Secretary.

Creation of Position: The Department of State by administrative action established the position of Deputy Under Secretary of State, after Congress authorized ten Assistant Secretary of State positions (two of which could be at the Deputy Under Secretary level) in the Department of State Reorganization Act of 1949 (May 26, 1949; P.L. 81-73; 63 Stat. 111). The position was created as a result of a recommendation made by the Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of Government (Hoover Commission). The Deputy Under Secretary assisted the Secretary and Under Secretary in policy development and oversight of non-administrative activities of the Department. The Department replaced this position with a newly-created Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in Aug 1955.

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