Jack Matlock
 Jack Matlock         ( diplomat) | |
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| Born | Jack Foust Matlock Jr. October 1, 1929 Greensboro, North Carolina, United States |
| Nationality | US |
| Alma mater | • Duke University • Columbia University |
| Spouse | Rebecca Matlock |
| Member of | Eurasia Foundation/Board and Trustees |
Spooky diplomat panelist on Developments in The Soviet Union: Political And Economic Impact On The Alliance at the 1991 Bilderberg.
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Jack F. Matlock Jr was a panelist on Developments in The Soviet Union: Political And Economic Impact On The Alliance at the 1991 Bilderberg.[1]
Education
Born in 1929 in Greensboro, North Carolina, Jack Matlock graduated from Greensboro Senior High School in 1946, married Rebecca Burrum in 1949, graduated from Duke University in 1950, and later received an M.A. from Columbia University in 1952.
Career
He taught Russian language and literature at Dartmouth College from 1953 to 1956.[2]
He joined the Foreign Service in 1956, and served in Vienna, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Moscow, Accra, Zanzibar, and Dar es Salaam.
He was Director of Soviet Affairs in the State Department (1971–74), Diplomat in Residence at Vanderbilt University (1978–79), and deputy director of the Foreign Service Institute (1979–80). He was U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia[3] (1981–83) and as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for European and Soviet affairs[4] on the National Security Council Staff (1983–86). His languages are Czech, French, German, Russian, and Swahili.[3]
Matlock was US president Ronald Reagan's choice for the position of ambassador to the Soviet Union,[5] from 1987 to 1991. His previous tours in Moscow were as vice consul and third secretary (1961–1963), minister counsellor and deputy chief of mission (1974–1978), and chargé d'affaires ad interim (1981).[2]
Later activities
After leaving government offices, Matlock occasionally voiced criticism of US foreign policy with other specialists. On June 26, 1997, he was one of the signatories of an open letter to Bill Clinton criticizing the plans for NATO's eastward expansion.[6]
“In 2008, NATO decided to put Ukraine on a track to membership. A country deeply divided in its interior, right on Russia's doorstep. All these were very stupid moves ofthe West. Today we have the reaction to it.”
Jack Matlock (2014) [7]
On May 16, 2023, he was one of the signatories of the Open Letter from 15 US military officials and security experts entitled "The US Should be a Force for Peace in the World", which appeared as a full-page ad in the 'New York Times. It urges the Biden administration to focus on finding a negotiated solution to the Russia-Ukraine war in order to end it quickly.[8]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1991 | 6 June 1991 | 9 June 1991 | Germany Baden-Baden Steigenberger Hotel Badischer Hof | The 39th Bilderberg, 114 guests |
| Bilderberg/1996 | 30 May 1996 | 2 June 1996 | Canada Toronto | The 44th Bilderberg, held in Canada |
References
- ↑ File:Bilderberg-Conference-Report-1991.pdf
- ↑ Jump up to: a b http://www.worldleaders.columbia.edu/bio_matlock.html
- ↑ Jump up to: a b {https://web.archive.org/web/20110522025403/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=44122
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200809192625/https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=41558
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200809082027/https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=34630
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231723/http://www.armscontrol.org/act/1997_06-07/natolet.asp
- ↑ https://taz.de/Ex-US-Botschafter-ueber-Ukraine-Krise/!5033743/
- ↑ https://eisenhowermedianetwork.org/russia-ukraine-war-peace/
