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The Congo Operation : an Interview with Edmund Gullion by Jean Krasno

A career ambassador, Edmund Gullion (United States of America, 1913 – 1998) had been appointed United States Ambassador to the newly recognized Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1961 and had left that post in 1964. He then became dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Abstract
Retired at the time of the interview conducted on 8 May 1990, Mr. Gullion shares his personal experiences as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the political climate during that dramatic period in United Nations history.
Author
Gullion, Edmund - Krasno, Jean E. - Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)
Date
1990-05-08
Subject
UN - UN. Secretary-General (1953-1961 : Hammarskjöld) - UN. Secretary-General (1961-1971 : Thant) - UN Force in the Congo - SECESSION - PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS - CONGO QUESTION - ORAL HISTORY - FOREIGN POLICY - POLICE - TROOP-CONTRIBUTING STATES - ASSASSINATION - Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1905-1961 - Adoula, Cyrille - Tshombe, Moise - Thant, U, 1909-1974 - Linnér, Sture - Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971 - Cleveland, Harlan - Khiary, Mahmoud - Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 - Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961 - Rusk, Dean - Mobutu Sese Seko, 1930-1997 - Close, Bill
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Audiovisual Materials - Speeches & Press Conferences
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