G. McMurtrie Godley Dies at 82; 36-Year Foreign Service Officer From: The Washington Post | Date: November 13, 1999| Author: Bart Barnes | Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

G. McMurtrie Godley, 82, a career Foreign Service officer who had served as U.S. ambassador to the Congo, Laos and Lebanon, died Nov. 7 at a hospital in Oneonta, N.Y. He had emphysema and heart ailments.

Mr. Godley, a specialist in political and military affairs, retired from the Foreign Service in 1977 after a 36-year career. But his service in the war-ravaged Indochinese nation of Laos from 1967 to 1973 cost him an appointment as assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs.<...

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