John Gordon Mein

John Gordon Mein ( born September 10, 1913 in Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky; † August 28, 1968 in Guatemala City ) was a United States Ambassador.

Life

In early 1959, the Department initiated My Southwest Pacific in the U.S. State Department. 1964 was my deputy to the U.S. Ambassador Lincoln Gordon in Brazil. Under the motto islands of sanity administration, the U.S. government attempted to isolate the government of João Goulart in Brazil. On one hand, the economic aid the U.S. government was interrupted for the Brazilian Federal Government. On the other hand reported opponents were supported under the governors of the states with up to 100 million dollars. My allowed to sign a military assistance pact with the Secretary General João Augusto de Araujo Castro.

In the tenure of John Gordon was introduced as My measure of asymmetric warfare in Guatemala discarding of suspects from helicopters. In March 1968, Mario Casariego y Acevedo had been kidnapped in a false flag operation. As a result, Julio César Méndez Montenegro appointed three involved high-ranking military ambassadors.

John Gordon My was shot on Avenida Reforma. It is believed that an attempt Fuerzas Armadas of Rebeldes to kidnap him, failed.