INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION John P. Longan, worked for the International Cooperation Administration (a successor agency to the IIAA) from 1957-73, discusses working in Guatemala, Brazil, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and Thailand: responsibilities, political climate, cultures and customs, public safety and law practices, implementing public safety programs, religions, terrorism, and travel. He also recalls early life, marriage, work with the U.S. government, public safety career, retirement, and post-retirement consultation work, specifically the William Niehouse and Richard Starr kidnappings.

2 vols., 58 pp. Interview by James D. Williams, 1984 Donated by the Oral History Research Office, Columbia University, New York RESTRICTED: May be read but not quoted, cited, or reproduced.