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[[John M. Maury]] (1912-1983) was an Assistant Secretary of State during the US Presidency of [[Gerald Ford]].<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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'''John M. Maury''' was an Assistant Secretary of State during the US Presidency of [[Gerald Ford]].<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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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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==Education==
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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>
  
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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>
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==Career==
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Maury visited the [[Soviet Union]] prior to [[World War Two]]. During the war, he held posts in the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], was an assistant Naval attaché in [[Moscow]], and commanded the U.S. military mission in [[Murmansk]].<ref name="Weiner126">Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, 2008, p.126.</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1983/07/04/john-maury-71-ex-cia-official-dies-of-cancer/b4da6a4a-54f7-4859-b473-1e4d1700952b/</ref>
  
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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>
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He was 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>
  
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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 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 was [[Athens Chief of Station|CIA Station chief in Athens]] from 1962 until 1968<ref>[[Phillip Agee]], [https://ia803408.us.archive.org/0/items/pdfy-9MwmH_nnJ4eOmL66/Philip%20Agee%20%26%20Louis%20Wolf%20-%20Dirty%20Work%20%281978%29.pdf''Dirty Work'', page 151]</ref>including during the [[Greek junta|1967 Greek coup]].<ref>Daniele Ganser, ''NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe'', Frank Cass, 2005, p.221.</ref>
  
 
Maury worked 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>
 
Maury worked 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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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>
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He was twice President of the [[Association of Former Intelligence Officers]].<ref>https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00965R000100130047-9.pdf</ref>
  
 
Maury died of Cancer in 1983, at the age of 71.<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 died of Cancer in 1983, at the age of 71.<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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Person.png John Maury PowerbaseRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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Born1912
Died1983 (Age 70)
NationalityUS
Alma materUniversity of Virginia
CIA clandestine service officer who became the Agency's Congressional liaison.

Employment.png CIA's Congressional liaison

In office
1968 - 1974
EmployerCIA
LocationUS/Congress

John M. Maury was an Assistant Secretary of State during the US Presidency of Gerald Ford.[1]

Education

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

Career

Maury visited the Soviet Union prior to World War Two. During the war, he held posts in the Office of Naval Intelligence, was an assistant Naval attaché in Moscow, and commanded the U.S. military mission in Murmansk.[2][3]

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

Maury was 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 from 1962 until 1968[4]including during the 1967 Greek coup.[5]

Maury worked as the CIA's Congressional liaison from 1968 to 1974.[6]

In that capacity, he met with Senator Henry Jackson in February 1973.[7]

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

He was twice President of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers.[8]

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


 

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Colloquium on Clandestine Collection30 December 198131 December 1981A spooky colloquium in Washington DC
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References

  1. ↑ a b c d e JOHN M. MAURY, New York Times, 3 July 1983.
  2. ↑ a b Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, 2008, p.126.
  3. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1983/07/04/john-maury-71-ex-cia-official-dies-of-cancer/b4da6a4a-54f7-4859-b473-1e4d1700952b/
  4. ↑ Phillip Agee, Dirty Work, page 151
  5. ↑ Daniele Ganser, NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe, Frank Cass, 2005, p.221.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.317.
  8. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00965R000100130047-9.pdf
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