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John R. Deane

John Russell Deane
Maj. Gen. John R. Deane, Commanding General, Military Mission to Moscow, arrives at the residence of U. S. Ambassador... - NARA - 199001.jpg
Born (1896-03-18)March 18, 1896
San Francisco, California
Died July 14, 1982(1982-07-14) (aged 86)
Charleston, South Carolina
Allegiance United States United States of America
Service/branch Emblem of the United States Department of the Army.svg United States Army
Years of service 1917–1946
Rank US-O8 insignia.svg Major General
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Relations GEN John R. Deane, Jr. (son)

Major General John Russell Deane (March 18, 1896 – July 14, 1982), United States Army, served as Chief of the United States Military Mission in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow during World War II and was an attendee at the 1943 Moscow Conference.

In December 1944, Deane wrote to George C. Marshall: "We should stop pushing ourselves on them [the Soviet authorities] and make the Soviet authorities come to us. We should be friendly and co-operative when they do so."Gar Alperovitz wrote, "This would increase America's economic leverage," but Robert James Maddox wrote, "This hardly amounts to a recipe for coercion."

Deane authored The Strange Alliance - The Story of Our Efforts at Wartime Cooperation with Russia (The Viking Press, 1947).



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