Robert Rackmales
The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project ROBERT RACKMALES Interviewed by: Charles Stuart Kennedy Initial interview date: May 11, 1995 Copyright 1998 A ST TABLE OF CONTENTS Background Born and raised in Baltimore MD Johns Hopkins University Harvard University Fulbright scholarship in Germany Edgewood Arsenal Harter Commission Report on Foreign Service Entered Foreign Service - 1,-. State Department - Canadian Desk 1,-. State Department - Passport Office N0C 1,-.-1,-1 2agos Nigeria - general duties 1,-1-1,-- Environment Elections Coup d34tat Ambassador Elbert Matthews Biafra Ibo separatism Corruption Soviet influence U.S. interests and programs FSI - Serbo-Croatian language trainee 1,---1,-7 8agreb 0ugoslavia - Consular officer 1,-7-1,-, U.S. policy Duties and operations Nationalism Communism attitude towards Fraud 1 Indiana University - Area Studies 1,-,-1,70 State Department - Albania-Bulgaria Desk Officer 1,70-1,72 U.S. relationship with Albania Communist influence U.S. interests in Bulgaria Mogadishu Somalia - Political officer 1,72-1,7. USSR relationship Contacts Security Trieste Italy - Principal Officer 1,7.-1,7- 2ondon agreement of 1,51 Italy-0ugoslavia dispute U.S. interests Earthquake - U.S. assistance State Department - INR - Eastern Europe 1,7--1,78 Sources of information on German Democratic Republic Sources of information on Romania Ceausescu support Human rights in Romania Soviet relations State Department - OES (Oceans and International Environment And Scientific Affairs) 1,78-1,80 Task Force executive Secretary Tom Pickering Assistant Secretary State Department role Recruitment of Science personnel Budget problems Rome Italy - Political officer 1,80-1,8. Political situation Communist Party U.S.
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