Table of Contents
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO COUNTRY READER TABLE OF CONTENTS Alan W. Lukens 1960-1961 Consul, Brazzaville Shirley Elizabeth Barnes 1961-1964 Ford Foundation Administrative Assistant, Congo Harlan Cleveland 1961-1965 Assistant Secretary for International Organizations, Washington, DC Hendrick Van Oss 1962-1964 Deputy Chief of Mission, Brazzaville Charles E. Rushing 1963-1965 Economics Officer, Brazzaville L. Michael Rives 1963-1966 Deputy Chief of Mission, Brazzaville Roy T. Haverkamp 1964-1965 Political Officer, Brazzaville Henry L. T. Koren 1964-1965 Ambassador William E. Schaufele, Jr. 1964-1965 Congo Desk Officer, Washington, DC Thomas N. Hull III 1977 TDY, Public Affairs Officer, USIS, Brazzaville Jay K. Katzen 1977-1978 Chargé d’Affaires, Brazzaville Constance J. Freeman 1978-1979 Peace Corps Director, Brazzaville Alan W. Lukens 1984-1987 Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV 1986-1988 Deputy Chief of Mission, Brazzaville James D. Phillips 1990-1993 Ambassador Aubrey Hooks 1996-1999 Ambassador ALAN W. LUKENS Consul Brazzaville (1960-1961) 1 Ambassador Alan W. Lukens was born and raised in Philadelphia. He joined the Foreign Service in 1951. His career included positions in Turkey, Martinique, France, Morocco, South Africa, Senegal, and Kenya, and an ambassadorship to the Congo. He was interviewed by Charles Stuart Kennedy in 1989. Q: Then from Paris--from '60 you then go to another assignment. LUKENS: I had always wanted to go to Africa, and requested that every time, particularly French Africa, with Personnel. And it happened that the Consul in Brazzaville, who had opened the post after the war, died of a heart attack at the end of '59. So they called me from Washington and asked if I'd like to go there.
[Show full text]