Joseph Marion Jones

Joseph Marion Jones (October 29, 1908 – August 9, 1990) [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4D71F38F932A2575BC0A966958260 Obituary at the New York Times] ] served in the United States Department of State in the late 1940s.

As Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs he was responsible for drafting Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson's speech before the Delta Council on May 8, 1947. [A. Stephanson, 'Liberty or Death: the Cold War as US Ideology' in O. Westad (ed.), "Reviewing the Cold war: Approaches, Interpretations, Theory" (Tayor & Francis, 2000), p. 81. ]

Jones published his memoirs in 1955, entitling them "The Fifteen Weeks: February 21 - June 5 1947". These chronicled his part in the development of the Marshall Plan.

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* [http://www.trumanlibrary.org/hstpaper/jonesjm.htm Jones' personal papers] at the Truman library.
* [http://lccn.loc.gov/55008923 Library of Congress record for "The Fifteen Weeks"]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=QfgeSqbznVUC Google Book Search] for O. Westad (ed.), "Reviewing the Cold war: Approaches, Interpretations, Theory" (Tayor & Francis, 2000)