Roosevelt, Archibald, 1918-1990

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Dates:
Birth 1918-02-18
Death 1990-05-31
English,

Biographical notes:

Intelligence officer with U.S. Army (1942-1946) and Central Intelligence Agency (1947-1974).

From the description of Papers, 1838-1988 (bulk 1942-1947). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28424337

Intelligence officer , diplomat, and consultant. Full name: Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Jr.

From the description of Archibald Roosevelt papers, 1838-2002 (bulk 1942-1990). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983400

Biographical Note

1918, Feb. 18 Born, Boston, Mass. 1936 Graduated, Groton School, Groton, Mass. 1939 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Employed by the New York Herald Tribune 1940 Married Katharine Winthrop Tweed (divorced 1949) 1940 1942 Employed by newspapers in Spokane, Wash., and San Francisco, Calif. 1942 Enlisted in the United States Army and reported to intelligence school, Camp Ritchie, Md. Stationed in Morocco 1943 Stationed in Algeria and Tunisia Office of War Information, Camp Ritchie, Md. 1944 Stationed in Baghdad, Iraq 1946 Stationed in Tehran, Iran Traveled through independent Kurdish republic 1947 Joined the Central Intelligence Agency 1947 1949 Attaché, American embassy, Beirut, Lebanon 1949 1951 Chief, Near East Section, Voice of America, New York, N.Y. 1950 Married Selwa Showker 1951 1953 Consul, Istanbul, Turkey (CIA station chief) 1953 1958 Assigned to State Department (Washington offices, CIA) 1958 Special assistant to United States ambassador to Spain (CIA station chief) 1962 1966 Attaché, special assistant, American embassy, London, England (CIA station chief) 1966 1974 Assigned to State Department (Washington offices, CIA) 1974 Retired from government service Vice president, director of international relations, Chase Manhattan Bank 1988 Published For Lust of Knowing: Memoirs of an Intelligence Officer (Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 500 pp.) 1990, May 31 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Archibald Roosevelt Papers, 1838-2002, (bulk 1942-1990), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Banks and banking, International
  • Cachets (Philately)
  • Covers (Philately)
  • Envelopes (Stationery)
  • Intelligence service
  • Intelligence service
  • Kurds
  • Kurds
  • Kurds
  • Military intelligence
  • Nationalism
  • Nationalism
  • Tribes
  • Tribes
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945 Morocco

Occupations:

  • Army officers
  • Bankers
  • Intelligence officers
  • Intelligence officers
  • Soldiers

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • Palestine (as recorded)
  • Africa, North (as recorded)
  • Morocco (as recorded)
  • Morocco (as recorded)
  • Iran (as recorded)
  • Algeria (as recorded)
  • Iran (as recorded)
  • Tunisia (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Iraq (as recorded)
  • Arab countries (as recorded)
  • Africa (as recorded)
  • Azerbaijan (as recorded)
  • Middle East (as recorded)
  • Arab countries (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Algeria (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Africa (as recorded)
  • Palestine (as recorded)
  • Middle East (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • Africa, North (as recorded)
  • Iran (as recorded)
  • Tunisia (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • Iraq (as recorded)
  • Africa (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • Azerbaijan (as recorded)
  • Africa, North (as recorded)
  • Palestine (as recorded)
  • Iraq (as recorded)
  • Middle East (as recorded)
  • Arab countries (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)