A diplomat's diplomat. The quintessential foreign-service officer. A cool professional who never betrays emotions. These are some of the phrases that his colleagues use to describe the man whom President Carter has selected as his special ambassador to the Israeli-Egyptian political talks. Alfred Leroy ("Roy") Atherton Jr., 56, Cyrus Vance's Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, deserves equal praise for sacrificial obedience. After 30 years in the foreign service, 14 of them dealing directly with the ever boiling Middle East cauldron, Atherton would have preferred a more relaxed ambassadorial assignment. As Author Edward R.F. Sheehan said...
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