A:
I think some people in other branches perceived that or thought they did.
OK. I see what you mean.
A:
I don't know all the details. I was a little surprised when the assignment came.
Did you have any preferences as to where you would have liked to have gone, other
than Korea, at that point?
A:
I would have liked to have stayed in Dallas to finish some of the things I had going on
there.
You left early?
A:
A little early. I came in February 1962 and left in July 1964. My reassignment was
essentially eight months early. The assignment, however, was an interesting one. A
major activity other than the ordinary duties was serving as the principal military
member of the team negotiating a Status of Forces agreement with the Korean
government. The senior negotiator and the diplomatic representative was Philip Habib,
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