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August 19, 1970
F:
This is an interview with Mr. John A. McCone in his office in Los Angeles,
California, on August 19, 1970.
The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz.
Mr. McCone, you have served both the Republicans
- of business, then, over and even
W:
Above everything else.
F:
Did you go to Los Angeles?
W:
Yes, sir.
F:
What was your feeling of the climate when you arrived there?
above~~?
I'm not
talking about the weather, lim talking about the political climate
- O'Donnell and Godfrey McHugh were obsessed with the idea
of getting the plane off the ground, because the county medical examiner had told them that the body couldn't be flown out without an
autopsy, and they were determined to get that plane off the ground
- otherwise.
But within the CIA,
was his reputation equally illustrious?
H:
He was well regarded in the CIA, but one must realize that those
who were working side by side with him and examining exactly
what was going on did not think that he was the hot
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was to create some self-examination in the agencies, and to require
the agencies to in a sense start from zero base on their budget and
then come in with their prediction.
The third piece of it was an
effort to try to project not for one year but for five
- .
You didn't start out to be a career
diplomat .
I took the Foreign Service examinations in May
of 1936, and I started my first post at Vancouver at the end of
December of '36 .
F:
Did you have any background in Latin America, or did you just sort
