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Mason Francis Skiles. 45 years old. Postgrad at Oxford
in Arabic and Mideast studies. He comes here in 1962
on a teaching fellowship. He's recruited Foreign Service in '63
for immediate posting to Cairo. Then Damascus, '65, Tel Aviv '68. 1969, he's reassigned to DC as assistant undersecretary
for Mideast Affairs. He marries. He's published.
He's widely quoted. Kissinger takes a shine to him, throws him a working group
at the Paris peace talks. And in '71 he jumps the line.
He comes back to Beirut, where he was appointed
deputy chief of mission here
in Arabic and Mideast studies. He comes here in 1962
on a teaching fellowship. He's recruited Foreign Service in '63
for immediate posting to Cairo. Then Damascus, '65, Tel Aviv '68. 1969, he's reassigned to DC as assistant undersecretary
for Mideast Affairs. He marries. He's published.
He's widely quoted. Kissinger takes a shine to him, throws him a working group
at the Paris peace talks. And in '71 he jumps the line.
He comes back to Beirut, where he was appointed
deputy chief of mission here
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Mason Francis Skiles.
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45 years old.
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Postgrad at Oxford
in Arabic and Mideast studies.
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He comes here in 1962
on a teaching fellowship.
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He's recruited Foreign Service in '63
for immediate posting to Cairo.
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Then Damascus, '65, Tel Aviv '68.
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1969, he's reassigned to DC
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as assistant undersecretary
for Mideast Affairs.
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He marries. He's published.
He's widely quoted.
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Kissinger takes a shine to him,
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throws him a working group
at the Paris peace talks.
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And in '71 he jumps the line.
He comes back to Beirut,
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where he was appointed
deputy chief of mission here.
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Movie Summary
Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.
