- Deputy director of the CIA (1972-1976).
- Was roving ambassador under President Ronald Reagan.
- He was ambassador to the United Nations from 1985 to 1988 and ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from 1989 to 1991.
- Borrowed the private plane of President Georges Pompidou to smuggle Henry A. Kissinger in and out of France for meetings with Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam.
- Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, he was deputy director of the Central Intelligence from 1972 to 1976.
- From 1955 to 1960 he was a staff assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- He joined the Army in 1941 and served in North Africa and Italy in World War II, retiring in 1976 as a lieutenant general.
- He attended Stonyhurst College in England.
- Was ambassador to the United Nations from 1985 to 1988 and ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from 1989 to 1991.
- Spoke seven to eight languages.
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