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Table of Contents Chapter 1. “Mr. Human Rights” ..........................................................................................1 The Mid-Level Bureaucrat in U.S. Foreign Policymaking......................................3 An Exception to the Rule.........................................................................................5 Chapter 2. Early Career Impact (1941-1961) ......................................................................9 Early Life .................................................................................................................9 First Assignments: 1941-1957 ...............................................................................11 Rome: 1957 - 1961.................................................................................................15 Conclusion .............................................................................................................25 Chapter 3. Mid-Career Impact (1961-1973) ......................................................................29 Impact in the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs....................................................32 Conclusion .............................................................................................................49 Chapter 4. Building a Human Rights Policy......................................................................55 Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy ...................................................................56 Lister and Human Rights .......................................................................................63 Impact on the Institutionalization of Human Rights in the State Department.......70 Impact on Human Rights Movement.....................................................................84 Conclusion .............................................................................................................93 Chapter 5. Human Rights Case Studies ...........................................................................100 Nicaragua .............................................................................................................101 Dominican Republic ............................................................................................106 South Korea .........................................................................................................107 vi
Chile.....................................................................................................................111 Conclusion ...........................................................................................................120 Chapter 6. Conclusion......................................................................................................127 Reasons for Impact ..............................................................................................128 Conclusion ...........................................................................................................134 Bibliography ....................................................................................................................136 Vita...................................................................................................................................151 vii
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Page 19 and 20: as an ideological battle that the U
Page 21 and 22: February 1955, Lister received a le
Page 23 and 24: wanted to bring the entire Socialis
Page 25 and 26: Schlesinger soon began working toge
Page 27 and 28: espects Saragat more than vice-vers
Page 29 and 30: Socialist Party that this office ha
Page 31 and 32: First, his contacts with Italian So
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Page 37 and 38: As he frequently did though, Lister
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Page 45 and 46: Lister’s facility with explaining
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Page 53 and 54: War effort. Besides his propaganda
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win the ideological battle against
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31 Ibid. 32 Memo, George Lister to
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104 Ibid. 105 Ibid. 106 Ibid. 107 C
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ights suddenly became a major U.S.
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international human rights experts
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Rights, Carter reiterated that U.S.
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Reagan’s human rights policy was,
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When, as a result of the hearings,
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Human rights were rhetorically usef
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substantial,” Shlaudeman said.
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a reporter as “Mr. Human Rights.
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encourage improvement. As if to und
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Lister won plaudits from Patricia D
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ut the hearings were the starting p
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moment. The bureau had already been
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democratic opposition leaders. List
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greater attention to human rights v
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occurred. Lister’s own toughness
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ability to update the State Departm
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a wide open society, essentially de
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wing regimes, you had to be against
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convinced that clear, reliable info
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he had reduced mistrust, Lister hel
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49 Telephone interview by Gregory K
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117 Ibid., p. 13. 118 Report, Georg
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Chapter 5. Human Rights Case Studie
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The Carter administration had campa
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the Sandinista government became in
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the Sandinistas, but he did not cha
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of the 1980s. Lister’s relationsh
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opinion of the text. Lister suggest
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Lister wrote to Assistant Secretary
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that the USG is pro-Pinochet, you a
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concern about Chile, the Reagan adm
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violations by the Pinochet governme
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luncheons with the Chilean Congress
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how Lister managed to have such a l
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62 Letter, Kim Dae Jung to George L
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129 Library of Congress, Authoritar
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movement—in particular, by insist
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Lister’s other political base was
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State Department as well as human r
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open a political conversation with
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Archival Documents Bibliography Abr
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Lister, George. Memo to Mr. William
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Lister, George. Memo to ARA Office
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Lister, George. Memo to Elliott Abr
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U.S. State Department. Career Histo
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Library of Congress, Chile: The Con
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Shlaudeman, Harry. Former Assistant
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Memorial Service for George Lister.
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