Richard C. Brown

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Richard C. Brown (born November 1, 1939 in Tulsa , Oklahoma , † 2004 ) was an American diplomat and civil servant.

Life

Brown was married with two children and lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland . In 1960 he graduated from George Washington University as a Bachelor , 1961 as a Master .

Brown joined the diplomatic service in 1963. From 1963 to 1964 he did public relations work against the government in Cuba. Brown learned Vietnamese from 1964 to 1965. From 1965 to 1966 he was a provincial officer in the United States Agency for International Development in Vietnam . From 1967 to 1969 he was a political officer at the US consulate in Barcelona with Francisco Franco .

From 1969 to 1972, Brown was an officer in the America Department of the US State Department. From 1972 to 1974 Brown was a political officer at the US consulate in Rio de Janeiro. From 1974 to 1976 Brown was the first officer at the US Consulate in Recife, Brazil. From 1976 to 1978 Brown was Deputy Ambassador to Port Louis, Mauritius.

From 1978 to 1981 Brown was a member of the National Security Council's Committee on Latin American Affairs. From 1981 to 1982 he studied at the National War College . From 1982 to 1983, Brown was the assistant director of the Caribbean division of the US State Department . From 1983 to 1984 he was director of the Grenada Task Force . From 1984 to 1985, Brown was Director of the Office of Caribbean Affairs . In 1985 he held the post of Deputy Head of the US Embassy in Montevideo .

From 1988 to 1990 Brown was Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. As such, he prepared the US invasion of Panama .

Brown has been a special adviser to the United States Department of Defense since 1990 . President George Bush called him ambassador to Uruguay on June 13, 1990.

After the terrorist attacks on the US embassies in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi , Brown was on an Accountability Review Board investigative commission.

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  1. The New York Times , May 19, 1989, http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/19/world/canal-treaty-violated-often-us-says.html
  2. ^ The New York Times , Aug. 10, 1989, Brown said the United States was prepared to use military force. Bush Sends More Troops
  3. June 13, 1990, Nomination of Richard C. Brown To Be United States Ambassador to Uruguay
  4. http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/brown-richard-c
  5. Portrait
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  7. http://fas.org/irp/threat/arb/board_letter.html
predecessor Office successor
Malcolm Richard Wilkey U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay
November 19, 1990 - August 19, 1993
Thomas J. Dodd