Walter Patrick McConaughy Jr. (September 11, 1908 – November 10, 2000) was a career American diplomat who served as U.S.

He then served in La Paz, Bolivia as a commercial attache, and then Rio de Janeiro.

Following the Communist victory in China, he closed the Shanghai Consulate and moved to Hong Kong.

McConaughy's reports from that period show a burning clarity in their analysis of Chinese Communist propaganda and the currents of information available in Hong Kong.

Clubb in the Office of Chinese Affairs, he served as the ambassador to Burma from May 1957 to November 1959.