Jay Pierrepont Moffat Quotes


… we would move forward in jerks, become scared, and retreat.


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Jay Pierrepont Moffat, 1896-1943, U. S. Disarmament Negotiator, U. S. Ambassador to Canada, Description of Disarmament Negotiations, Quoted in Nancy A. Hooker’s, The Moffat Papers

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Jay Pierrepont Moffat
Jay Pierrepont Moffat
  • Born: January 7, 1896
  • Died: January 26, 1943
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  • Profession: Diplomat

Jay Pierrepont Moffat was an American diplomat, historian and statesman who, between 1917 and 1943, served the State Department in a variety of posts, including that of Ambassador to Canada during the first year of U.S. participation in World War II.