Word: harrirnan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sullivan was regarded as a Harrirnan protégé and as an expert on Southeast Asia. During his five-year assignment (1964-69) as Ambassador to Laos, he caught the eye of Henry Kissinger. As Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 1969 to 1973, Sullivan played a major role in the Viet Nam peace negotiations. But he also earned the enmity of antiwar activists, for he had directed the secret U.S. bombing of Pathet Lao targets in Laos. He later admitted withholding the truth about the raids from visiting members of Congress...
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