Abroad for Her Country: Tales of a Pioneer Woman Ambassador in the U.S. Foreign Service

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Index Acosta Bonilla, Manuel, 221 Air Force Academy, visit to, 161 Albright, Madeleine, 322 Alessandri, Jorge, 142 Ambassador’s Seminar (Occidental College), 167–68 ambassadorship. See also Lusaka, Zambia; UN Conference on Science and Technology for Development confirmation hearings, 238–40 presentation of credentials in Lusaka, 246–47 swearing-in ceremony, 240 Angola, 263–65 anti-American demonstrations in Bogotá, 53 in Tegucigalpa, 209–10, 212–15 Appling, Hugh, 160 Armour, Norman, 58 Armstrong, Louis, 94 Asociación Colombiana de los Cafeteros, 51–52 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, 336 Atlantic crossings Ile de France, 99 SS Saturnia, 71–74 aviation, U.S.-Italian negotiations on, 184–85 Baker, Pauline, 292 Ball, George, 155 ballet lessons, 95–96 Barnes, Harry, 319 Barry, William, 12, 13 Barry College (later University) on the board of, 336 teaching at, 12–13 Bartlett, Jimmy and Madeleine, 65–67 Beaulac, Willard, 56, 58 Begin, Menachem, 166 Benson, Lucy Wilson, 301 Bethlehem University, evaluation of, 336–37 Black, Shirley Temple, 165 Bogotá, Colombia, 47–70 diplomatic courier in, 57–58, 60 housing, 48, 50, 63–64 job, 51–52 341 Bogotá, Colombia (continued) lessons learned, 63–64 revolution, 55–63 social life, 50–51, 66–67 Bogotázo, 55–63 bombing at Embassy Rome, 173–74 Bourgin, Simon, 304 Bowdler, William, 226, 227–28 Bradley, Tom, 165 British diplomats, officials in Lusaka, 248 in Trinidad, 36–37 Brown, George E., Jr., 326 Brown, Robert Lyle, 159 Buenos Aires, visit to, 146 Bunker, Ellsworth, 65 Burns, John, 279 Califano, Joseph, 305 calypso singers, 32 Cape Canaveral, 162 Capone, Al, Jr. (Sonny), 6 career, importance of, 100 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 322 cars Bella Yella Studebaker, 84–87 in Chile, 143 Hillman Minx, 113–14, 119–20 Carter, Beverly, 238 Carter, Jimmy, 314 Castro, Fidel admired in Chile, 139 in Colombia, 55 Catholic Church, in China, 311 Catholic students (Sorbonne), 129 Catholic University (Washington), job at, 17 Chargé d’Affaires a.i. See Tegucigalpa, Honduras Chartres, student pilgrimage to, 128–30 Chesterton, G. K., 13 Chevalier, Elizabeth Pickett, 169 Chile. See Santiago, Chile China diplomats in Lusaka, 250–52 and southern Africa, 285 trips to —in preparation for UN Conference, 307–14 —for VITA, 324 and Zambia, 262 Chitepo, Herbert, 269–70 Chobe National Game Park, 269 Chona, Mainza, 272–74 Chona, Mark, 266, 271, 274 at presentation of credentials, 246 and visit of Clark and Moose, 282, 283 Christopher, Warren, 170 Clark, Dick, 282–83 Claxton, Philander Priestly, Jr., 159, 160 Clifford, Bede, 27 Cobb, Jewell Plummer, 331 COCOM, training for, 98, 99 CODELs (Congressional Delegations) in Lusaka, 282–84 in Rome, 192–93 coffee industry, 51 Collins, Winifred Quick, 329 Colombia, assignment to. See Bogotá, Colombia commerce Chilean fruit exports to the U.S., 140 Colombian fresh flower exports, 54 commercial negotiations, 184–86 entrepreneurs in Bogotá, 54–55 export controls in Italy, 87–88 government as sources of trade information, 82 Index 342 Honduran exports to the United States, 207–8 promoting U.S. economic and commercial interest in Italy, 183–84 Santiago job and, 139–41 trade and investment, 80–81 U.S. exports of poultry and oranges to Italy, 184 Commerce, Department of Export Control Division, 98 International Trade Division, European Section, Italian Desk, 96–97 Commercial Counselor. See Rome, Italy Connally, John, 192–93 Console, Il (Menotti), 93–94 Corry, Andrew V., 158, 160 Costa, João Frank da, 307 CPC Best Foods, 327–34 board member of, 330–34 takeover threat, 332–34 Cuba Angola and, 264 Order of Malta’s mission to, 337 and southern Africa, 285 visits to, 14 cultural exchange programs, 94–95 Cunard, Edward, 27 Cutler, Walter L., 290 DACOR (Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired), 321 Foreign Service Cup, 334–35 dating in Bogotá, 64–65, 67–70 in Trinidad, 38 Daughters of Charity convent (Paris), 109 De Beer, Zach and Mona, 296 delegating, learning, 210 Dempsey, Jack, 7 Deputy Chief of Mission. See Tegucigalpa, Honduras Deputy Commercial Attaché. See Paris, France Dillon, Douglas, 152 Dillon Round. See GATT tariff negotiations Dimetrieva, Eva, 102–3 diplomacy, person-to-person contacts and, 144–46 Diplomat in Residence at Occidental College, 164–71 Ambassador’s Seminar, 167–68 speaking invitations, 166 Disneyland, in France, 101 driving in Paris, 114 in Rome, 175 Eagleburger, Lawrence, 295 Easum, Donald, 266, 267 education. See also Foreign Service Institute college, 10–11, 19 grade school, 3...