Foreign service career assignments: 1936 in the Pacific and later in Latin America; effect of Alliance for Progress in Ecuador; effect of Kennedy assassination on the Alliance; assignment as Ambassador to Venezuela; fishing agreement (12 mile limit) with Ecuador; oil exploration in Ecuador; Peace Corps volunteers in Ecuador; Santa Domingo; Punra del Este Conference; Canadian vs. Venezuelan oil; effect of Vietnam War on Alliance for Progress; Inter-American Bank; U.S. business community in Venezuela