Kirby, Harmon E. (Ambassador)., 01/01/1961-12/31/1995

File — Box: 1, Folder: 186

Identifier: GAMMS2.2.798

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Dates

01/01/1961-12/31/1995

Collection-level Access Restrictions

The Foreign Affairs Oral History Project transcripts and audio tapes have been returned to the Association for Diplomatic Study and Training in Arlington, Virginia.

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Extent

From the Collection: 30 Linear Feet (Hollinger Record Storage boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

1 Tms transcribed oral history interview with Ambassador Harmon E. Kirby, covering his career in the foreign service. Includes his early life, and his experiences in the State Department, in the Consular offices in Geneva, Switzerland, 1961-64; at FSI for Hindi training, 1963-43; as Political officer in Madras, India, 1964-66; as India desk officer, 1966-67; as NEA Personnel Assignment officer, 1967-69; as Political officer in New Delhi, India, 1969-72; with Micronesia Status Negotiations, 1973-74; as Officer in Charge of Turkish Affairs, 1974-76; on US mission to EC, Brussels, Belgium, 1976-79; as DCM, Khartoum, Sudan, 1979-81; assigned to the Senior Seminar, 1981-82; as Country Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, 1982-84; as DCM in Rabat, Morocco, 1984-87; as Director, US Political Affairs, 1987-89; in the Director General's Officer, 1989-90; as Ambassador to Togo in Lomo, 1990-94, and in the Office of the Historian of the State Department, 1994-95.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

KIRBY, HARMON E. (AMBASSADOR) - INTERVIEWED BY KENNEDY, C.S. - 1995: Other Types

SWITZERLAND - GENEVA - 1961-64: Other Types

HINDI LANGUAGE TRAINING - FSI: Other Types

INDIA - MADRAS - 1964-66: Other Types

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS: Other Types

INDIA - PAKISTAN RIVALRY: Other Types

INDIA - UNITY ISSUE: Other Types

INDIA DESK - 1966-67: Other Types

NEA PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT PROCESS: Other Types

INDIA - NEW DELHI - 1969-72: Other Types

INDIA - CHINA RELATIONS: Other Types

BANGLADESH - SPLIT FROM PAKISTAN - 1971: Other Types

VIETNAM ISSUE - RE INDIA: Other Types

USS ENTERPRISE INCIDENT: Other Types

INDO-PAKISTAN WAR - 1977: Other Types

INDO-USSR MILITARY AGREEMENT: Other Types

MICRONESIA STATUS NEGOTIATIONS - 1973: Other Types

TURKEY - TURKISH AFFAIRS - STATE DEPT. - 1974-76: Other Types

GREECE - TURKEY RELATIONS: Other Types

CYPRUS ISSUE: Other Types

BELGIUM - BRUSSELS - US MISSION TO EC - 1976-79: Other Types

EC - US MISSION TO - 1976-79: Other Types

EC - ENLARGEMENT OF: Other Types

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Other Types

SUDAN - KHARTOUM - 1979-81: Other Types

KADDAFI AND SUDAN: Other Types

ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM: Other Types

PAKISTAN - AFGHANISTAN - BANGLADESH (COUNTRY DIRECTOR) - 1982-84: Other Types

AFGHANISTAN - COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR - 1982-84: Other Types

BANGLADESH - COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR - 1982-84: Other Types

PAKISTAN NUCLEAR ISSUE: Other Types

MOROCCO - RABAT - 1984-87: Other Types

MOROCCO - LIBYA MERGER: Other Types

POLISARIO (WESTERN SAHARA) ISSUE: Other Types

US POLITICAL AFFAIRS - 1987-89: Other Types

INTIFADA AND ISRAEL: Other Types

ARAB - ISRAEL ISSUES: Other Types

SOUTH AFRICA ISSUES (CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT): Other Types

GARCIA, DIEGO ISSUE: Other Types

STATE DEPARTMENT - DIRECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE: Other Types

TOGO - LOME - AMBASSADOR - 1990-94: Other Types

PEACE CORPS - TOGO: Other Types

STATE DEPARTMENT - OFFICE OF THE HISTORIAN - 1994-95: Other Types

NASSIF, THOMAS (AMBASSADOR): Other Types