No. 576 NAI DFA/10/P12/13
Undated draft unsent telegram from Seán Nunan to John Hearne
(Washington DC)
Dublin, May-June 1951
For Ambassador from Secretary. Your 211.1 It is to be hoped that Matthews decides favourably as both Mr. Garrett and Coe2 of State Dept. told me that Mrs. Mesta3 is seeking an Ambassadorship - 'gunning for' such a post was the term used by Coe.
You might anticipate such a suggestion being made by very discreetly letting it be known that we are not desirous of having a woman in the post.
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