Laurence Gowan person
also: Lauren Gowen, Gowen, Jack
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Byron Engle appointed
Laurence Gowan book_quoted
“Before that, he had directed a crime lab in Pittsburgh. It was this varied background that led Byron Engel to send him to Rio as an advisor and to conduct investigations. Gowen's work took him to the state of Minas Gervais, where he could e…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3 @ 34:20
Laurence Gowan trained
Dan Mitrione book_quoted
“They had long discussions about the job, and Gowen was able to caution Meterone against several pitfalls. Gowen had seen men isolate themselves in U.S. Embassy compounds, spending their off-duty time exclusively with Americans. Such advisor…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3 @ 34:49
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In his appointment as ambassador, President Kennedy had sent his name to the U.S. Senate one day before Cuadros resigned. So he's going to arrive into a hot mess. Lauren Gowen, usually called Jack, appreciated early in his tour of Latin Ame…
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and no one could set out to learn it. You just had to have it. But if a foreigner made an effort to be kind and soft-edged, Latin America broadened their definition of the word simpatico. Before coming to Brazil early in 1960, Gowen had set…
▶ 34:20
Before that, he had directed a crime lab in Pittsburgh. It was this varied background that led Byron Engel to send him to Rio as an advisor and to conduct investigations. Gowen's work took him to the state of Minas Gervais, where he could e…
▶ 34:49
They had long discussions about the job, and Gowen was able to caution Meterone against several pitfalls. Gowen had seen men isolate themselves in U.S. Embassy compounds, spending their off-duty time exclusively with Americans. Such advisor…