Kux, Dennis (Ambassador)., 01/01/1955-12/31/1992

File — Box: 1, Folder: 187

Identifier: GAMMS2.2.799

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Dates

01/01/1955-12/31/1992

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 Dennis Kux, covering his career in the foreign service. Includes his early life and his experiences in the State Department Economic Bureau, 1955-57; as economic officer in Karachi, Pakistan, 1957-60; as Commercial/Consular officer in Madras, India, 1960-62; at the Nepal and India desk, 1962-64; in Personnel at the State Department, 1964-66; as Political officer in Bonn, Germany, 1966-69; as Political officer in Islamabad, Pakistan, 1969-71; at the Army War College, 1971-72; as Deputy Director for India and Nepal, 1972-77; assigned to the Senior Seminar, 1977-78; as Political counselor, Ankara, Turkey, 1978-80; as Deputy Assistant Secretary, INR, 1980-84; as Deputy Director of Management Operations,, 1984-86; as Ambassador to Abidjam, Ivory Coast, 1986-89; at National Defense University, 1989-91; and as Director of Center for Study of Foreign Affairs, 1991-92.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

KUX, DENNIS (AMBASSADOR) - INTERVIEWED BY STERN, THOMAS - 1995: Other Types

ECONOMIC BUREAU - STATE DEPT. - 1955-57: Other Types

TRADE AGREEMENT COMMITTEE: Other Types

SUEZ CANAL CRISIS - 1956: Other Types

GATT - US DELEGATION TO GENEVA: Other Types

PAKISTAN - KARACHI - 1957-60: Other Types

INDIA - MADRAS - 1960-62: Other Types

NEPAL DESK - 1962-64: Other Types

INDIA DESK - 1962-64: Other Types

GALBRAITH, KENNETH (AMBASSADOR): Other Types

KENNEDY - MACMILLAN BERMUDA MEETING - 1962: Other Types

KASHMIR ISSUE: Other Types

NEHRU - "DUNKIRK" MESSAGE: Other Types

STATE DEPARTMENT - PERSONNEL - 1964-66: Other Types

GERMANY - BONN - 1966-69: Other Types

PAKISTAN - ISLAMABAD - 1969-71: Other Types

BHUTTO, ZULFIKAR ALI: Other Types

KISSINGER - CHINA VISIT: Other Types

ARMY WAR COLLEGE - 1971-72: Other Types

INDIA - NUCLEAR PROGRAM: Other Types

MOYNIHAN, PATRICK (AMBASSADOR): Other Types

LAISE, CAROL (AMBASSADOR) - NEPAL: Other Types

GANDHI, INDIRA - ANTI-US POSITION: Other Types

SENIOR SEMINAR - 1977-78: Other Types

TURKEY - ANKARA - 1978-80: Other Types

CYPRUS ISSUE: Other Types

CENTO AND "LIQUIDATION COMMITTEE": Other Types

SECURITY - RE TURKISH EMBASSY: Other Types

INR - STATE DEPARTMENT - 1980-84: Other Types

CIA AND EMBASSY RELATIONSHIP: Other Types

COVERT ACTION: Other Types

STATE DEPARTMENT - MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS - 1984-86: Other Types

IVORY COAST - ABIDJAN - AMBASSADOR - 1986-89: Other Types

COCOA TRADE - IVORY COAST: Other Types

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM PROBLEM - IVORY COAST: Other Types

AID PROGRAM - IVORY COAST: Other Types

NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY - 1989-91: Other Types

CENTER FOR STUDY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - 1991-92: Other Types

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: Other Types