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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00148R000400810017-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 2, 2007
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: August 19, 1982
• Content Type: FORM

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Externals Affairs
Washington,
Telephone
TO: Committee on Armed Services
United States.Senate
224 Russell Senate Office Building
Attn: Drew Harker
Attached are the biographic reports you
requested. Hope they are helpful.
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(Joseph A.) Raoul SCHOUMAKER
(Phonetic: SHOOmahker)
Ambassador to the United
States (since October
1979)
Addressed as:
Mr. Ambassador
A diplomat for more
than 30 years, Raoul.
Schoumaker has spent much
of his career serving in
Asia. He first became
familiar with that area
during assignments in
Bangkok (1950-52, 1954-
56) and Hong Kong (1952-
54). More recently, he has held ambassadorial as-
signments in Saigon (1965-68) and Beijing (1976- `
77). During his tour in China he was concurrently
accredited to Cambodia. The Ambassador also knows
the United States; he was first secretary in Wash-
ington during 1956-59.
Schoumaker was born into
a
farm family in the
tiny hamlet of Ardennes. 'He
has
degrees in commer-
cial and financial sciences.
He
joined the foreign
service.in 1945. In addition
to
his tours- 'in.Asia
and the United States, he has served at The Hague
(Minister, 1968-72) and has had several assignments
in Brussels, both at the Foreign Ministry and with
the Permanent Delegation to the EC. Just before he
was named to the Washington post, he had been direc-
tor general of political affairs~.at the Foreign min-
istry for. two years.
Married to the former Cecile Alexandre, Schou-
maker has two grown children, one of whom was an
assistant professor of economics at the University
of Illinois as of 1980. The Ambassador speaks
Dutch, German, English, and French. He is 60 years
old.. .
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Jan Hendrik LUBBERS
(Phonetic: LOObers)
Ambassador to the United
States (since August 1980)
Addressed as:
Mr. Ambassador
Jan Hendrik Lubbers
brought to his post in Wash-
ington a background in eco-
nomics and international or-
ganizations. With the excep-
tion of a tour as Ambassador
to Norway during 1973-76, he
.had spent his entire previous
foreign service career with
Dutch missions to various
international organizations. He was Deputy Permanent
Representative to the European Communities during 1969-
73 and Permanent Representative from 1976 until 1980.
. Lubbers joined the. Netherlands Economic Institute'
in 1941, after earning a doctorate in economics from
the University of Rotterdam. From 1949 until 1962 he.'
.was stationed in Paris with the missions to the Orga-
nization for.Economic Cooperation and Development and
NATO. During 1962-69 he was assigned to the Permanent
.Mission to the United'Nations in New York, first as
counselor and later as Minister. While there he con-
centrated on economic and social issues.
Lubbers, 63, speaks English. He enjoys playing
chess. He is married.
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Rinaldo PETRIGNANI
(Phonetic: pehtreenYAHnee)
Ambassador to the United States
(since July 1981)
Addressed as:
Mr. Ambassador
Rinaldo Petrignani is well acquainted with the
United States, having spent over a decade in this
country before assuming his present post. He was
Consul General in New York during 1957-59 and
first secretary in Washington during 1959-68. Most
of Petrignani's other diplomatic assignments have
been with international organizations. Most
recently, he served as head of Italy's Permanent
Mission to the UN European Office in Geneva
during 1976-78 and as Deputy.Secretary General
of NATO from 1978 until mid-1981.
ITALY
A native of Rome, Petrignani received a law degree from the University of Rome in
1948 and entered the foreign service in 1949. He served initially on the staff of the Under
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1949-50) and at the UN European Office in Geneva
(1951-52). In 1953, after a brief assignment as vice consul in Mulhouse, France, Petrignani
joined the Italian Mission at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, where he remained until
he was transferred to New York. Petrignani was promoted to the permanent rank of
ambassador in June 1980.
Petrignani, 54, is married to Anne Merete, a Danish national whom he met in
Washington during the 1960s. She has two children from a previous marriage, and he has a
son (who is a US citizen) from a previous marriage. The Ambassador and his wife both speak
English well; he also speaks fluent French.
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Lucio Alberto GARCIA DEL SOLAR
(Phonetic: garSEEah del soLAR)
Ambassador to the United States
(since September 1982)
Addressed as:.
Mr. Ambassador
ARGENTINA
del Solar is a member of the Radical Civic Union, a moderately liberal party.
Garcia del Solar has a degree in diplomatic studies from the Institute of International
Research and Studies in Paris. He joined the Argentine Foreign Service in 1945. He
subsequently served as chief of cabinet in the Foreign Ministry and then as Deputy
Permanent Representative to the United Nations during 1962-65. He was Ambassador to
the Soviet Union during-1965-66. In 1966 he resigned briefly from the Foreign Ministry to
protest the military overthrow of elected President Arturo Illia. Garcia del Solar has been a
delegate to several UN General Assembly sessions and has served on various UN bodies,
including the Economic and Social Council and the Joint Inspection Unit. From 1973 until
August 1982 he was a delegate to the Advisory Committee'on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions.
A career diplomat, Lucio Garcia del Solar has
considerable experience in international affairs .
gained through many years at the United Nations.
He has long been interested in the Falkland Islands
issue, and during the recent conflict with Great
Britain, he publicly advocated a tough stance; after
Argentina's defeat he recommended in the daily La
Nacibn that Argentina mount an international
diplomatic and propaganda offensive that would
force Great Britain to enter negotiations. Garcia
. Garcia del Solar, 60, enjoys skiing, tennis, and snorkeling. He speaks English and
French. Married and divorced twice, he has four children.
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