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14-00000② DATES OF EMPLOYMENT (month, year)FROM: June 1949 TO: Dec. 1951EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POSITION: AttacheCLASSIFICATION GRADE (if in Federal service): FSS-6SALARY OR EARNINGS: STARTING 6,990PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT (city and State):American Embassy, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaNAME AND ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER (firm, organization, or person, if Federal, name department, bureau of establishment, and division):State Department, Foreign ServiceNUMBER AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES SUPERVISED BY YOU:2 secretoresNAME AND TITLE OF IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:Elsworth Bunker, AmbassadorKIND OF BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION (e.g., wholesale silk, insurance agency, manufacture of locks, etc.)GovernmentREASON FOR LEAVING: enter private businessDESCRIPTION OF YOUR WORK:Attache in political section of Embassy. My basic task was political reporting. Duties included daily perusal of several Spanish language newspapers and other periodicals for purpose detecting editorial and political trends. Establishment of reliable outside contacts among business and professional people and groups; drafting of political reports on general and specific topics assigned to me by the Ambassador. Liaison with other Embassy sections and U.S. agencies for coordination of political reporting activities.③ DATES OF EMPLOYMENT (Month, year)FROM: Mar. 1947 TO: June 1949EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POSITION: AttacheCLASSIFICATION GRADE (if in Federal service): PSS-6SALARY OR EARNINGS: STARTING 5,910PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT (city and State):Guatemala City, GuatemalaNAME AND ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER (firm, organization, or person, if Federal, name department, bureau of establishment, and division):State Department, Foreign ServiceNUMBER AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES SUPERVISED BY YOU:Two secretariesNAME AND TITLE OF IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:Richard C. Patterson, AmbassadorKIND OF BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION (e.g., wholesale silk, insurance agency, manufacture of locks, etc.)GovernmentREASON FOR LEAVING: transfer to Buenos AiresDESCRIPTION OF YOUR WORK:Political reporting officer. Drafting of political reports and dispatches on general and specific political topics assigned to me by the Ambassador. Perusal of all local publications; establishment and maintaining of contacts in business, professional, political and diplomatic circles.4 DATES OF EMPLOYMENT (month, year)FROM: Aug. 1944 TO: Mar. 1947EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POSITION: Vice ConsulCLASSIFICATION GRADE (if in Federal service):SALARY OR EARNINGS: STARTING 4,000PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT (city and State):SPAIN (Bilbao, Madrid and Barcelona)NAME AND ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER (firm, organization, or person, if Federal, name department, Bureau of establishment, and div.won):State Department, Foreign ServiceNUMBER AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES SUPERVISED BY YOU:2 consular clerksNAME AND TITLE OF IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:Richard Ford, Consul GeneralKIND OF BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION(e.g., wholesale silk, insurance agency, manufacture of locks ofr.)GovernmentREASON FOR LEAVING: transfer to Guatemala CityDESCRIPTION OF YOUR WORK:Vice consul engaged in visa and passport work; examination of visa applicants; other activity included political reporting in the absence of the principal officer and Safe Haven activities while assigned to the Embassy in Madrid.16-63904-1