U.S. Ambassadors in Latin America
As head of the country team, the U.S. ambassador carries the main responsibility for carry ing out U.S. policy in a given country. In making his appointments to these highly sensitive posts in...
...Ambassador to Honduras (1965-69)....member of Roman Catholic Church...
...attended National War College (1948)....Consul of Embassy, Havana, Cuba (1949-51), London (1951-52) and Paris (1952- 53)....European Affairs Section, State Dept...
...Chairman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute (1964?)....early in career, Lodge acted in and made movies in Hollywood and Europe, playing opposite Shirley Temple, Marlene Dietrich and Frances Dee, among others....married act- ress and dancer Francesca Baggiotti...
...served in Mexico, India, Argentina, Brazil and Belgium....member of U.S...
...For more on the Lodge BUENOS AIRES-Ambasdor John Dynasty, see: America's Political Dynasties by Stephen Hess (New York: Doubleday Co., Davis Lodge, right, presnft a Certifi- 1966...
...Senator, unsuccessful Vice-Presidential candi- date, Ambassador to Saigon, and currently Chief U.S...
...Siracusa was awarded the Department of State Meritorious Service Award "for imaginative thinking in combating Soviet propaganda...
...for a study of Nelson Rockefeller's mission to Latin America, see Newsletters for April 1969 and May-June 1969.Ine AmDassaaors...
...Assistant Chief of Division, Eastern European Affairs (1945-48...
...and Yale (M.A...
...fluent in French and Spanish....Lt...
...and the USIA whereby an occasional Information man will be rewarded with an ambassadorial post...
...President of Baltimore County Supply Co., OwinRs Mills, Md...
...State Department Personnel Officer (1959-61)....Deputy Chief of Mission, Chile (1961-65...
...Navy (1946-48)....prior to World War II, numerous positions with Pan American Airways, including supervision of local Argentine staff (1936-37 and Senior Traffic Representative in Europe for Manager of Transatlantic Clipper Service (1939-48...
...Army (1944-46...
...1955)....Trustee and Vice-President of North Shore Hospital, New York (1961)....was Mayor of Village of North Hills, New York.Mexico: ROBERT H. McBRIDE, 51, sworn in June 24, 196S Born in England of American parents...
...and M.A...
...Governor of Connecticut (1950-54)....Ambassador on special Presidential missions to Panama, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico (1953...
...Army (1943-45)....joined State Dept...
...Much of the FSOs' and ambassadors' work falls under the heading of intelligence...
...Director of the USIA's Bi- national Centers in La Paz, Bolivia and San Jose, Costa Rica (1948-52...
...President, Sessions Engineering Co...
...Chief of Political Section, Helsinki, Finland (194650...
...of Chicago (1955-57...
...named Executive Secretary to President Kennedy's Task Force on Latin America, participating in the formulation of the Allianc for Progress....Deputy Director and Director, Office of Mexican Affairs (1961-64...
...Instructor, Michigan State College (1931-35, 1939-43)....U.S...
...Author of the Korry Report on African Development for Pres- ident Johnson...
...Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (1965-66)....Director of the Peace Corps (1966-69).Costa Rica: No ambassador app in:ed - post vacan: Cuba: United States cut off diplomatic relations in January 1961...
...negotiator at the Paris Peace Con- ference...
...Management Consultant, J.0...
...President of E.O...
...Special Assistant for Consular Affairs in Charge of Mexican Affairs, State Dept...
...of Florida (1955-57)...President of Root-Lowell Manufacturing Co...
...Honduras: HEWSON A. RYAN, 47, confirmed October 8, 1969 Yale (B.A...
...Ambassador to Panama (1965-69...
...As pointed out in James Bradshaw's article on "Nixon's Stolid Diplomats" (The New Leader, September 29, 1969), the President prefers FSO's who have spent most of their careers outside the hemisphere -- though all have served in the area -- supposedly to break down the insularity of the Latin American bureau...
...Ryan's appointment is reportedly the result of a "deal" between the State Dept...
...Marine Corps (1943-46...
...Latin American Adviser to President Johnson (1964-65)....Deputy Assistant Secretary in Bureau of Inter-American Affairs (1965-68...
...with the U.S...
...1968...
...Officer-in-Charge of Brazilian Affairs, State Dept...
...Chairman of the Board, Towne-Oller and Associates, Inc...
...Army overseas (1941-46...
...Navy, Lt...
...Advanced Management Program, Harvard....with NBC (1941-43...
...1943-46...
...Universidad de Madrid (Ph.D...
...Special Studies China Industrialization Program, Ntionalist Government (1943...
...Dominican Republic: FRANCIS E. MELOY, JR., 52, sworn in June 9, 1969 American University (B.A...
...For briefs on Charles Appleton Meyer (Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs) and John N. Irwin II (Nixon's envoy to negotiations with Peru), see NACLA Newsletter for March 1969...
...Ambassador to Yugoslavia (1964-69...
...North Texas Agriculture College, University of Texas....various posts in Foreign Service in Mexico, Honduras (1943-55...
...1956-58)....Appointed Director of West Coast Affairs, State Dept...
...member United Church of Christ...
...First Secretary, Caracas, Venezuela (1960-62...
...Ambassador to Spain (1955-61...
...Captain, U.S...
...Instructor, University of Alabama, School of Business (1938-41)....Special Agent, FBI (1941-46...
...1959-61...
...Nixon's appointments include tokens for the Blacks (Knox in Haiti) and for women (Donovan in Barbados...
...Bolivian Desk Officer, State Dept...
...Special Assistant, Bureau of Consular and Security Affairs (1950-53)....Deputy Principal Officer, U.S...
...Chairman of the Chilean Fulbright Comittee...
...In 1958, Mr...
...Political Officer with the U.S...
...Sessions Co...
...Naval Reserve (1944-46)....Assistant in History at Tufts College (1947)....joined Foreign Service (1947...
...Colombia: JACK HOOD VAUGHN, 49, sworn in June 5, 1969 University of Michigan (A.B...
...all of them have intelligence training...
...University of Chicago (1951)....Major in U.S...
...Binational Center grantee, Bogota, Colombia (1951-54...
...Barbados: EILEFN R. DONOVAN, 54, appointed summer 1969 Teachers College, Boston (B.S., Master in Education), Harvard (MPA)....Captain, Women's Army Corps (1943-46)....joined Foreign Service (1948...
...Lecturer in Soviet and Russian History, Howard University (1962...
...Air Force Sgt...
...International Relations Officer, State Dept...
...First Secretary, Guatemala (1958-60...
...Public Relations Officer and Press Censor, Sicilian Campaign, Italy, and Southern France....member of U.S...
...Direcor, .Office of Western European Affairs (1958-61...
...Chief of Political Section, Saigon (1953-5S...
...cote of Commendation to Antonio Guerra, contract gardener for the Embossy resdence for the past 27 years...
...Navy overseas (1942-46)....joined Foreign Service (1947).....served in Iraq, Morocco and Portugal.....Officer-in-Charge, French-Iberian Affairs, State Dept...
...Paraguay: JOHN R. YLITALO, 53, sworn in July 28, 1969 St...
...Brown (M.A...
...in U.S...
...Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A...
...as a Research Analyst (1945)....worked way up to Chief, Division of Research, Western Europe (1946-55...
...As Deputy Director of the USIA for Latin America, Ryan fought to have it act as the sole purveyor of Alliance for Progress information instead of sharing the task with other Latin American countries and Organizations...
...1965-69...
...Delegations to NATO, Economic Commission to Europe, GATT, Colombo Plan and SEATO (1953-59...
...Bolivia: ERNEST V. SIRACUSA, 50, appointed September 1969 Joined Foreign Service (1941), served in Mexico City, Guatemala and Argentina...
...Ambassador to Ethiopia (1963-67...
...and Ph.D...
...Trinidad-Tobago: JOHN FIFE SYMINGTON, 59, sworn in August 14, 1969 Princeton (B.A...
...1953-58), becoming Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs in 1957....appointed Career Minister (1958)....Ambassador to Portugal (1958-64...
...Ambassador to Uruguay (1968-69...
...Director of the Root-Lowell Corporation, Powers Regulator Co., Chicago, and managing director of various industrial firms....Postmaster General of the United States (1957-59)....Ambassador to Finland (1959-60...
...Consul of Embassy, Honduras (1963-64)....Ambassador to Dahomey (1964-69...
...Economic and Commercial Officer, La Paz, Bolivia (1946-48...
...1962-63), Director (1964-65)....Consul to Embassy, Deputy Chief of Mission, Costa Rica (1965-67...
...Deputy Secretary General of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (1961-63)....Deputy Chief of Mission, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1963-65...
...National War College (1957-58)....Deputy Chief of Mission, Quito, Ecuador (1962)....Charg6 d'Affaires, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1962-64)....Deputy Inspector General of Foreign Service Inspector Corps (1964-69...
...Consular General, Tijuana, Mexico (1960-62)....Deputy Director, Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs, State Dept...
...assignments (1949-53...
...American Institute of Banking (1937-38), George Washington University, Princeton (graduate studies)....entered Foreign Service (1940...
...interests in Cuba are represetted by Switzerland Ecuador: EDSON O. SESSIONS, 67, appointed September 1968 Chicago Latin School (B.S), Harvard (1925)....Edson O. Sessons Co., Ltd., Portland, Detroit, New YoTk City (1925-30...
...Consultant, Army Ordinance Dpartkent, New York and Chicago Districts (1942-45...
...Olaf College (A.B...
...Research Assistant, State Department (1950)....in charge of Antartica and International Geophysical Year Affairs (1956)....various posts in the Cuban Embassy (1956-59)....Deputy Coordinator of Cuban Affairs, State Department (1964-65...
...European Editor with Cowles Magazine and Broadcasting (1954-60) and Assistant to President (1960-62...
...various posts in Prague, Florence, Rome, Moscow (1947-56...
...Special Assistant to Peace Corps Director (1962-63), Deputy Assistant Director (1963-65...
...John's brother, Henry Cabot Lodge, was a U.S...
...Executive Liaison Officer, State Department (1965-68...
...specialists in general hardware, building supplies and retail lumber)....active in Maryland politics...
...Jamaica: VINCENT De ROIILET, 44, sworn in October 1, 1969 Claremont Men's College (A.B...
...and M.A...
...Sessions Co...
...Officer-in-Charge of French and Iberian Affairs (1951-54)....Deputy Director, Offic( of Regional European Affairs (1957-58...
...Sayre switched posts with Adair...
...Lawyer....Captain in U.S...
...Information Officer, Santiago, Chile (1956)....Public Affairs Officer, Santiago (1958-60...
...In making his appointments to these highly sensitive posts in Latin America, President Nixon appears to have relied primarily on career Foreign Service Officers (FSO's) and State Department personnel...
...Army (1942-46)....Spanish Institute, Yale (1947-49).....English Instructor, private language schools (1949-50...
...The following are abbreviated biographies on current (as of November 1, 1969) ambassadors in Latin America...
...Chile: EDWARD M. KORRY, 47, appointed 1967 Washington and Lee University (A.B...
...Since 1886, there have been just 12 years in which there was not a Lodge in elective or appointive office...
...Instructor in French and Spanish, University of Pennsylvania (1946-48...
...Political Officer, Paris (NATO Defense College) (1957)....First Secretary, Paris (To NATO and other regional Organizations) (1957-58...
...Commander in Navy intelligence and headed the highly sensitive Saigon political section (1953-55) before going on to political section positions in Paris and at NATO...
...Ambassador to ConRo (Kinshasa) (1967-69...
...Naval Reserve, Lt...
...Appointed to Foreign Service (1941...
...Political Officer, Paris (1955-59...
...is closely identified with the U.S...
...Mission to NATO and European Regional Organizations...
...History (1961...
...and Meloy in the Dominican Republic began his career as a Lt...
...Associated Press foreign correspondent (1944-54...
...Regional Director of the Latin American Programs of the Peace Corps (1961-64...
...Panama: ROBERT M. SAYRE, 45, sworn in October 8, 1969 Willamette University (B.S...
...Mr...
...Army Reserve....entered State Dept...
...1930-32...
...Delegation to 5th Meeting of Ministers of the Americas....worked way up to position of Deputy Director of Policy and Research in the USIA (1961-69...
...Nixon has retained five Johnson appointees (four of them career FSO's) and still has two unfilled posts (Costa Rica and Venezuela...
...of Los Angeles in real estate management....Chairman of Board, Patrina Corporation (1958...
...Consulate, Munich (1954-58)....Consul General, Manila (1960-62...
...fleets...
...1957-59)....Principal Officer, American Consul, Barbados and Wind- ward and Leeward Islands (1962-65...
...1956)....President of E.O...
...The New Leader, September 29, 1969...
...as an economist with Bureau of Economic Affairs and Bureau of Inter-American Affairs....Executive positions, Bureau of Inter-American Security Affairs...
...Haiti: CLINTON E. KNOX, 61, confirmed October 8, 1969 Williams (A.B...
...worked with a Wall Street law firm...
...Director of U.S...
...Mission to the United Nations....Deputy Chief of Mission, Lima, Peru (1963-69...
...single, only U.S...
...Peru: TAYLOR G. BELCHER, 49, sworn in August 21, 1969 Brown (A.B...
...Among the ambassadors in Latin America, there are several who appear to be intelligence specialists: Ylitalo in Paraguay is an ex-FBI special agent and was chief of the political (intelligence) section in Finland (1946-50...
...Guatemala: NATHANIEL DAVIS, 44, appointed November 1968 Phillips Exeter Academy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A...
...1955-57...
...McKinsey & Co., Chicago and New York City (1932-34...
...Stanford (M.A.-Economics...
...various posts in Havana, Algiers, Naples, Rome, Haiti, Rabat, Paris, Madrid (1941-47...
...with R.A...
...Deputy Chief of Mission, Rome (1964-69...
...in Pacific and North Atlantic Theaters (1942-45)....joined Foreign Service (1946...
...Uruguay: CHARLES W. ADAIR, 55, appointed October 8, 1969 University of Wisconsin (A.B...
...El Salvador: WILLIAM G. BOWDLER, 45, appointed November 1968 Born in Argentina, naturalized in 1945...
...various Far East posts (1948-54)....Consul, Milan, Italy (1954-56)....Chief of Southern Europe Branch, Intelligence and Research, Washington, D.C...
...George Washington University (LL.D...
...Elbrick was kidnapped on September 4, 1969 by Brazilian urban guerrillas and held until Sep- tember 8 when Brazilian Military Government released 15S political prisoners and read the guerrillas' demands and manifesto over national TV and radio...
...aid pro- gram, having served as local program director for the AID precursor in Panama (1956), Bolivia (1956-58), Mali and Senegal (1960-61) and in its planning office in Washington, D.C...
...Assistant Director, Office of Caribbean Affairs, State Dept...
...Economic and Financial Adviser, Havana, Cuba (1960-61...
...Lecturer, Centros Venezolano-Americano in U.S...
...Chief of Political Section in Lima (1957-59...
...Army overseas (1942-46...
...House of Representatives (1946-49...
...fluent in French, Spanish and Portuguese....with the Guatemala Division of the United Fruit Company (1938-41)....U.S...
...1958-60...
...Princeton (A.B...
...Chief, Economic and Political Section, Prague (1951-54)....Chief, East Europe Branch, Voice of America (1954-55)....Special Assistant, Bureau of American Republic Affairs (1955-57...
...Chief Industrial Engineer, Bendix Aviation Corp...
...A member of one of America's powerful political dynasties...
...Minister to Bulgaria (196566)....Senior Staff, National Security Council (1966...
...Operations Mission, Bangkok, Thailand (1954-55...
...only three of his 17 appointments could be considered directly political appointments or payoffs to his supporters: Lodge in Argentina, De Roulet in Jamaica and Symington in Trinidad and Tobago...
...Venezuela: No ambassador appointed - post vacant...
...Guyana: SPENCER M. KING, 52, sworn in July 2, 1969 Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico....Yale (A.B...
...Harvard (Ph.D), University of Paris...
...Adviser to U.S...
...Argentina: JOHN DAVIS LODGE, 66, sworn in June 6, 1969 Harvard, Harvard Law School, Ecole de Droit...
...Navy as liaison officer between French and U.S...
...Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, State Dept...
...with specialization in Latin American affairs...
...1934-54...
...Special Assistant to Director, Office of American Republic Affairs (1946-47...
...Ambassador Biography Sources: 1) Foreign Service List, May and September 1969, State Department 2) The Biographical Register, July 1968, State Department 3) Who's Who in America, Marquis, Chicago 4) James Bradshaw, "Nixon's Stolid Latin Diplomats...
...Well over half of Nixon's appointments have upper class backgrounds and have studies at the country's elite universities...
...The Lodge family is also prominent in Boston finance...
...Assistant Chief of Aviation Division, Office of Transportation and Communication (1962-63)....Deputy Director and Director, Office of Visas (1965-68)....Principal Officer, Tijuana, Mexico (1968-69...
...Sayre to Panama, Adair to Uruguay...
...Commander, Intelligence (1942-46...
...Leader of Special Study Group on Economic Problems of Cambodia and Laos for the International Cooperation Administration, State Dept...
...Nicaragua: KENNEDY McCAMPBELL CROCKETT, 49, appointed 1967...
...Siruco Brazil: CHARLES B. ELBRTCK, 61, sworn in June 18, 1969 Williams College, fluent in French, Spanish, German and Portuguese....joined Foreign Service (1931), served in Panama, England, Haiti, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Portugal...
...Rowan Co...
...They include, when available, information on age, date of confirmation or swearing in, education, military service and private and government careers...
...joined Foreign Service (1946)....various State Dept...
...1957-58...
...1948-51...
...University of Richmond (B.A...
...He also prefers career men who do not bear the "taint" of the Alliance for Progress (Ryan in Honduras and Vaughn in Colombia are the exceptions...
...a Colonel in U.S...
...Northwestern University (MBA), University of Minnesota...
...Loyola University and UCLA....U.S...
...served in Mexico City (1946-49), Glasgow (1950-54), Nicosia (1957-60)....United Kingdom Desk Office, Bureau of European Affairs (1954-57).....attended National Defense College (1960-61).....Director of West Coast Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs (1961-64)....Ambassador to Cyprus (1964-69...
...of California (1960-68)....Awarded the Order of White Elephant, Thailand...
...lecturer, Johns Hopkins School of Ad- vanced International Studies...
...Organization of American States (OAS): JOSEPH JOHN JOVA, 53, sworn in July 15, 1969 Miami Military Academy, Newburg Free Academy, Dartmouth (A.B...
...Columbia and Cornell (Russian language and Area studies), Universidad Central de Venezuela....Ensign, U.S...
...1958)....Chief of Mutual Defense Affairs, Rome....Adviser on Political and Security Affairs, U.S...
...Ambassador to Panama (1964-65...
...woman ambassador in Latin America...
Vol. 3 • November 1969 • No. 7
