Roosevelt, Archibald B. Jr (0885630)

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Archibald B. Roosevelt, Jr
Personal details
Birth name	Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Jr.
Born	18 February 1918 Boston
Died	31 May 1990
Nativity	United States
Religion	Protestant
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	0885630
Rank	Colonel
Rank at Ritchie	Second Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 2 (24 August – 17 October 1942)

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Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Jr. (February 18, 1918 – May 31, 1990), a grandson of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, was a soldier, scholar, polyglot, authority on the Middle East, and career CIA officer. He served as chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's stations in Istanbul, Madrid and London. Roosevelt had a speaking or reading knowledge of at least twenty languages.

Biography

Was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 18, 1918, the son of Grace Lockwood and Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt.

He graduated from the Groton School and then went to Harvard University, where he graduated in the class of 1940. He was selected as a Rhodes Scholar as an undergraduate, but he was not able to accept the post due to the outbreak of World War II in Europe.

Troops in their landing in North Africa in 1942 and soon began to form views on the French colonial administration and the beginnings of Arab nationalism. From 1962 to 1966 he held the same job in London. In mid-1962, the Kennedy administration tasked Roosevelt with making preparations for a military coup against Iraqi Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim, whose expropriation of the concessionary holdings of the British- and American-owned Iraq Petroleum Company and threats to invade Kuwait were considered a threat to U.S.

While the CIA had cultivated assets within the Iraqi Ba'ath Party, a former CIA colleague of Roosevelt's has denied any CIA role in the February 1963 Ba'athist coup that saw Qasim assassinated, stating instead that the CIA's efforts against Qasim were still in the planning stages at the time. Roosevelt served as CIA Station Chief in Istanbul, Madrid and London. He joined Central Intelligence Group (later CIA).

Worked as newspaper reporter (local news). Roosevelt was proud of his work with the CIA and proud to keep the oath he took not to reveal facts about the CIA. President Theodore Roosevelt, was a soldier, scholar, polyglot, authority on the Middle East, and career CIA officer.

He served as chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's stations in Istanbul, Madrid and London. Roosevelt first worked for a newspaper in Seattle, Washington. During the war, he became an Army intelligence officer.

He served as a "Ritchie Boy" secret unit specially trained at Fort Ritchie, Maryland. Later in the war he was a military attaché in Iraq and Iran. Roosevelt was involved in coup plots in Syria and Iraq, but he was unable to replicate his cousin Kim's success in Iran.

Once control had been established, Ilyan would inform the civilians he'd selected that they were to form a new government, but in order to avoid leaks none of them would be told until just a week before the coup. Although Secretary of State John Foster Dulles publicly opposed a coup, privately he had consulted with the CIA and recommended the plan to President Eisenhower. The plan was postponed for five days, during which time Israel invaded Egypt.

Ilyan told Eveland he could not succeed in overthrowing the Syrian government during a war of Israeli aggression. He is buried in the Roosevelt family plot at Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, New York.

He finished his CIA career in Washington, D.C., where he retired in 1974. Roosevelt died on May 31, 1990, of congestive heart failure.

Research notes

• Cairo; Silver Star; CIA
• to Capt

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	72
Class_Name	Roosevelt, Archibald B.
match_method	unique_name_no_asn
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 18 February 1918 in Boston (NYC?) grandson of Theodore Roosevelt. Protestant.
• 11 June 1943 — Served with PWB in Tunis.
• 5 October 1943 — Transfer of Roosevelt (and Siblini) to OSS-MO to Cairo approved.
• 23 December 1943 — Graduated Class 13 (MII French). Classified as Interpreter.
• 1947 — Retired as Captain (Lt.Col)?.
• 1947 — Retired as Captain.
• August 1942 — Commissioned Second Lieutenant (ASN: 0885630).

Sources

• Wikipedia: Archibald Roosevelt Jr.
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Archibald B. Jr Roosevelt for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 2 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Roosevelt, Archibald B. Jr for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 2 source files: ARCHIBALD B.ROOSEVELT JR (2021).doc, ARCHIBALD B.ROOSEVELT JR.doc)