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Roosevelt graduated from Harvard in 1939 and went to work for the [[New York Herald Tribune]]. He joined the US Army in 1942, serving in North Africa and the Middle East.<ref name="Register4">Michael Spangler, [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2007/ms007104.pdf Archibald Roosevelt:A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress], Library of Congress, 2008, p.4.</ref> | Roosevelt graduated from Harvard in 1939 and went to work for the [[New York Herald Tribune]]. He joined the US Army in 1942, serving in North Africa and the Middle East.<ref name="Register4">Michael Spangler, [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2007/ms007104.pdf Archibald Roosevelt:A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress], Library of Congress, 2008, p.4.</ref> | ||
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Archibald Roosevelt (1918-1990) was a US soldier and intelligence officer.
Roosevelt graduated from Harvard in 1939 and went to work for the New York Herald Tribune. He joined the US Army in 1942, serving in North Africa and the Middle East.[1]
Roosvelt joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1947. From 1947 to 1949,he was an attaché at the American embassy in Beirut. From 1949 to 1951 he was Chief of the Near East Section of Voice of America. From 1951 to 1953 he was posted as Consul to Istanbul, where he was the CIA station chief. From 1953 to 1958 he was officially assigned to the State Department, while in fact working for the CIA in Washington. In 1958, he was special assistant to United States ambassador to Spain, while chief of the CIA station in Madrid. From 1962 to 1966, he was attaché, special assistant, at the American embassy in London, where he was CIA station chief.From 1966 to 1974, he worked for the CIA in Washington, again under State Department cover.[1]
After retiring from government service in 1974, he became vice president, director of international relations, at the Chase Manhattan Bank.[1]
External resources
- NameBase ROOSEVELT ARCHIBALD B
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Michael Spangler, Archibald Roosevelt:A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress, Library of Congress, 2008, p.4.
