Judith M. Heimann

Paying Calls in Shangri-La


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      Paying Calls in Shangri-La

      ADST-DACOR DIPLOMATS AND DIPLOMACY SERIES

      Series Editor: MARGERY BOICHEL THOMPSON

      Since 1776, extraordinary men and women have represented the United States abroad under widely varying circumstances. What they did and how and why they did it remain little known to their compatriots. In 1995, the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) and DACOR, an organization of foreign affairs professionals, created the Diplomats and Diplomacy book series to increase public knowledge and appreciation of the professionalism of American diplomats and their involvement in world history. Judith HEIMANN’S portrait of a tandem couple’s diplomatic career is the 60th volume in the series.

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       Paying Calls in Shangri-La

       Scenes from a Woman’s Life in American Diplomacy

      JUDITH M. HEIMANN

      AN ADST-DACOR DIPLOMATS AND DIPLOMACY BOOK

      OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS

      ATHENS

      Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701

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      Copyright © 2016 by Judith M. Heimann

      All rights reserved

      The views and opinions in this book are solely those of the author and not necessarily those of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, DACOR, Inc., or the Government of the United States.

      To obtain permission to quote, reprint, or otherwise reproduce or distribute material from Ohio University Press publications, please contact our rights and permissions department at (740) 5931154 or (740) 593-4536 (fax).

      Except where otherwise noted, all photographs are from the author’s private collection.

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      Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Heimann, Judith M., author.

      Title: Paying calls in Shangri-La : scenes from a woman’s life in American diplomacy / Judith M. Heimann.

      Description: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2016. | Series: An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2016024896| ISBN 9780821422328 (hardcover : acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780821422335 (paperback : acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780821445785 (electronic)

      Subjects: LCSH: Heimann, Judith M. | Women diplomats–United States–Biography. | Diplomats–United States–Biography. | Diplomats’ spouses–United States–Biography. | Diplomacy–Social aspects–History–20th century. | United States. Foreign Service–Officials and employees–Biography. | United States–Foreign relations–1945–1989. | BISAC: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. | POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.

      Classification: LCC E840.8.H436 A3 2016 | DDC 327.730092 [B] –dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016024896

       Dedicated to my late husband, my son, my grandson, my daughter and daughter-in-law, and all daughters finding their way in an ever-new world

      All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.

       —E. B. White

      Contents

       List of Illustrations

       Prologue

       1. Political Apprenticeship in Africa

       2. Paying Calls

       3. Party Magic

       4. Domestic Dramas

       5. Diplomacy at the Dining Table

       6. Learning to Drive a Bargain

       7. Girl Talk

       8. Swifts in the Eaves

       9. Among Ex-Headhunters