Robert M. McClintock

Robert M. McClintock (August 30, 1909 Seattle, Washington–November 1, 1976 Beaune, France) was a Career Foreign Service Officer who served as the American ambassador to Cambodia (1954-1956), Lebanon (1957-1961), Argentina (1962-1964), and Venezuela (1970-1975).[1]

McClintock joined the Foreign Service in 1931 after graduating from Stanford University. Other positions include Advisor to the President of the Naval War College (1964 to 1966) and Deputy Director Special State-Defense Study Group beginning in 1968.

McClintock died of injuries sustained in a car crash.

Venezuela and oil

Venezuela was the largest supplier of oil to the US, in 1974. In 1975, they were taking steps to nationalize the industry. He took his concerns to the American Government, fearful “Venezuela could play one American oil company off against another. ... McClintock reportedly wanted the United States Government to take on a major and direct role in negotiations concerning prices, levels of production and the share that would be channelled through American companies to the United States market.”[2]

gollark: They might be measured a bit differently, or be outdated in some cases, but if someone presents a genuinely more accurate measurement of a constant or something it'll probably be accepted.
gollark: Politics makes all the human tribal instincts flare up, and brings in ideological stuff.
gollark: In those cases people will at least probably agree if you present a good case that your model/argument fits the data better, or something.
gollark: The most you get with that here, generally, is Spirit pointing out that everything you said was completely wrong, but with political stuff people disagree on a lot of things in ways which are hard to reconcile.
gollark: People disagree on politics more than... science things, I guess.

References
  1. "Robert M. McClintock". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  2. Smith, Robert M. (June 30, 1975). "Ambassador Urged U.S. Take Role in Venezuelan Oil Talks". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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