9 May 2021
Author: Chas W Freeman Jr, Brown University. Chas W. Freeman, Jr. In Chinese: 傅立民, is an American retired diplomat and writer. He served in the United States Foreign Service, the State and Defense Departments in many different capacities over the course of thirty years. Most notably, he worked as the main interpreter for Richard Nixon during his 1972 China visit and served as the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 1992, where he dealt with the Persian Gulf War, and the assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. The points he made in the following are highly likely that they can stand the test of time.
This article was published online on April 15, 2021.
The Motel El Encanto in Hermosillo, Mexico, served a lavish breakfast that John and Andra Patterson liked to eat on the tiled deck near their suite. The couple would discuss the day ahead over fresh pineapple and
pan dulces while their 4-year-old daughter, Julia, watched the gray cat that skulked about the motel’s Spanish arches.
On the morning of March 22, 1974, the Pattersons’ breakfast chatter centered on their search for a permanent home. They were nearing their two-month anniversary of living in Hermosillo, where John was a junior diplomat at the American consulate, and the motel was feeling cramped.
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On April 10, 2019, my wife Therese and I travelled to New York from Washington, D.C. where we live for a weekend of museums and theater. After dinner with two friends, we decided to take a shortcut back through a high end shopping mall at Columbus Circle where, at the age of 84, I took a terrible fall and landed face down on the freshly mopped marble floor. Later, I learned that my blood had soaked through my jacket.
I have only a hazy recollection of what happened afterwards. My wife stayed at my side as I lay on the floor while our friends called for an ambulance that took me to St Luke s - Roosevelt Hospital Center s emergency room. I was admitted immediately and did not regain consciousness until the next morning. Even then I was in terrible pain. I had deep bruising below my eyes and areas of abrasion where skin had been torn. I was put through a battery of tests and it was d