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'''Sally Angela Shelton-Colby''' is an American diplomat who was married to CIA director [[William Colby]].
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'''Sally Angela Shelton-Colby''' is an American diplomat who was married to CIA director [[William Colby]]. She previously briefly married into a a strategic Mexican family. From 1979 until 1981, she was US Ambassador to ten political entities in the [[Caribbean]], including [[Grenada]].
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==Background==
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She studied a year [[SAIS Bologna]] in [[Italy]], and then the second year of the SAIS program in [[Washington DC]], and did an MA in international relations. She then went as a [[Fulbright scholar]] to study at [[Sciences Po]] in [[Paris]] in 1968, which she cut short<ref name=interv>https://www.adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Shelton-Colby,%20Sally.toc.pdf</ref>.
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==First marriage in Mexico==
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After that, she went to live in [[Mexico]] where she lived from 1969 to 197, teaching  at two universities in Mexico: the [[Ibero American University]] and the [[National Autonomous University of Mexico]], a course on [[Vietnam]] at UNAM, and a course on U.S. foreign policy at the Ibero-Americana.<ref name=interv/>
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She married a Mexican politician, whom she had met at SAIS. Her husband was very much involved in politics, and had worked for President [[Adolfo López Mateos|Lopez Mateos]]. His entire family was in politics, "a supernationalistic, anti-American family". His father was a general in the [[Mexican Army]]. The marriage was unsuccessful, but she got a "bird's eye view into the inner workings of the Mexican political system." Coming in and out of her parents-in-law's house were many of the politicians who later took office, as very young people at the time. They constantly had Mexican military officers in and out of the house.<ref name=interv/> 
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==Diplomatic Career==
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After two years in Mexico, she left and came back to the [[United States]], where she got a job, almost sight-unseen, with Senator [[Lloyd Bentsen]], doing foreign policy and a variety of other issues for him from 1971 to 1977,<ref name=interv/>
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She was nominated to become United States Ambassador to [[El Salvador]] in [[1977]], but her nomination was rejected<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/05/17/the-driven-diplomat/83cacab6-8311-426b-9fe0-bbf374b22e15/</ref>, as the [[counterinsurgency]] was heating up and the place needed a more experienced person when she joined the foreign service. Instead [[Cyrus Vance]] and the [[White House]] offered her a job as [[deputy assistant secretary of state for Latin America]].<ref name=interv/> 
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From 1979 to 1981, she was Ambassador of the United States to are ten political entities in the [[Caribbean]]; three independent countries, another four that were called associated states that were on their way to independence, and then three that were still UK Crown Colonies. The islands were [[Barbados]], [[Grenada]] and [[Dominica (Island State)|Dominica]] as well as Minister to [[St Lucia]], and [[Special Representative]] to [[Antigua]], [[St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla]], and [[Saint Vincent (island)|St. Vincent]] .<ref name="The President's Interagency Council on Women">[http://secretary.state.gov/www/picw/colby.html U.S. Department of State, Archives]</ref><ref>[https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10388.htm U.S. Department of State, Barbados]</ref><ref name="ianshapira">Ian Shapira, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130508000515/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-11-19/local/35284196_1_carl-colby-wicomico-river-cia-spymaster-william-colby A film by the son of CIA spymaster William Colby has divided the Colby clan]</ref><ref name="americanuniversity">[http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/sheltonc.cfm American University faculty webpage]</ref>
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The embassy was on [[Barbados]], with a staff of a hundred and fifty-five plus a couple of hundred [[Peace Corps]].<ref name=interv/> 
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Regarding [[Grenada]], which was invaded by the US in 1983, she "ultimately concluded, however, that they did not want good relations with us", "telling their old lies and myths about what we were and were not doing."<ref name=interv/><ref>https://medium.com/@marinaonline/a-lovely-piece-of-real-estate-reagan-and-revolution-in-grenada-f7ba5d0eaa2e</ref>
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==Later career==
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After completing her ambassadorship, she taught at [[Harvard University]].
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She was a Vice President of [[Bankers Trust Co.]] in [[New York City]] where she was responsible for managing the bank's political risk in developing countries during the [[third world debt crisis of the 1980s]].
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In 1984, she married former CIA director [[William Colby]].<ref>https://reportingdc.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/taking-her-diplomatic-skills-into-the-classroom/</ref>
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In the [[Clinton administration]], she was an Assistant Administrator of the [[United States Agency for International Development]].<ref>http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/sheltonc.cfm</ref>
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For her job at [[USAID]], she spent most of her time in [[Russia]] and [[Egypt]], and, to some extent, [[South Africa]]. She dealt with a wide range of issues, including "[[education]] and [[health care]]" in [[India]] and [[China]].<ref name=interv/> and a "transparency" program in Mexico City.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090713234219/http://www.osgoodcenter.org/board.htm</ref>
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In [[2010]] she became a professor at [[American University]], where she taught three undergraduate and graduate classes on U.S. foreign policy.<ref>https://reportingdc.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/taking-her-diplomatic-skills-into-the-classroom/</ref>
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==Career==
 
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She was Ambassador of the United States to [[Barbados]], [[Grenada]] and [[Dominica (Island State)|Dominica]] as well as Minister to [[St Lucia]], and [[Special Representative]] to [[Antigua]], [[St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla]], and [[Saint Vincent (island)|St. Vincent]] from 1979 to 1981, under [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref name="The President's Interagency Council on Women">[http://secretary.state.gov/www/picw/colby.html U.S. Department of State, Archives]</ref><ref>[https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10388.htm U.S. Department of State, Barbados]</ref><ref name="ianshapira">Ian Shapira, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130508000515/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-11-19/local/35284196_1_carl-colby-wicomico-river-cia-spymaster-william-colby A film by the son of CIA spymaster William Colby has divided the Colby clan], ''The Washington Post'', November 19, 2011. "The couple bonded over their backgrounds in foreign policy. And she, too, had been in a tired marriage — to a Mexican ambassador — that fell apart."</ref><ref name="americanuniversity">[http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/sheltonc.cfm American University faculty webpage]</ref>
 
  
 
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Revision as of 12:53, 13 February 2024

Person.png Sally Shelton  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(diplomat)
BornAugust 29, 1944
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
NationalityUS
Alma materUniversity of Missouri, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Sciences Po
Spouse • Eduardo Jimenez
• William Colby
Member ofAtlantic Council, Council on Foreign Relations/Members 3
Interestsarranged marriage
PartyDemocratic
Spooky US diplomat Atlantic Council, USAID, and NED. Married former CIA director William Colby.

Employment.png US/Ambassador/Barbados

In office
June 7, 1979 - February 24, 1981
Includes accreditation to soon-to-be-invaded Grenada.

Sally Angela Shelton-Colby is an American diplomat who was married to CIA director William Colby. She previously briefly married into a a strategic Mexican family. From 1979 until 1981, she was US Ambassador to ten political entities in the Caribbean, including Grenada.

Background

She studied a year SAIS Bologna in Italy, and then the second year of the SAIS program in Washington DC, and did an MA in international relations. She then went as a Fulbright scholar to study at Sciences Po in Paris in 1968, which she cut short[1].

First marriage in Mexico

After that, she went to live in Mexico where she lived from 1969 to 197, teaching at two universities in Mexico: the Ibero American University and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, a course on Vietnam at UNAM, and a course on U.S. foreign policy at the Ibero-Americana.[1]

She married a Mexican politician, whom she had met at SAIS. Her husband was very much involved in politics, and had worked for President Lopez Mateos. His entire family was in politics, "a supernationalistic, anti-American family". His father was a general in the Mexican Army. The marriage was unsuccessful, but she got a "bird's eye view into the inner workings of the Mexican political system." Coming in and out of her parents-in-law's house were many of the politicians who later took office, as very young people at the time. They constantly had Mexican military officers in and out of the house.[1]

Diplomatic Career

After two years in Mexico, she left and came back to the United States, where she got a job, almost sight-unseen, with Senator Lloyd Bentsen, doing foreign policy and a variety of other issues for him from 1971 to 1977,[1]

She was nominated to become United States Ambassador to El Salvador in 1977, but her nomination was rejected[2], as the counterinsurgency was heating up and the place needed a more experienced person when she joined the foreign service. Instead Cyrus Vance and the White House offered her a job as deputy assistant secretary of state for Latin America.[1]

From 1979 to 1981, she was Ambassador of the United States to are ten political entities in the Caribbean; three independent countries, another four that were called associated states that were on their way to independence, and then three that were still UK Crown Colonies. The islands were Barbados, Grenada and Dominica as well as Minister to St Lucia, and Special Representative to Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, and St. Vincent .[3][4][5][6]

The embassy was on Barbados, with a staff of a hundred and fifty-five plus a couple of hundred Peace Corps.[1]

Regarding Grenada, which was invaded by the US in 1983, she "ultimately concluded, however, that they did not want good relations with us", "telling their old lies and myths about what we were and were not doing."[1][7]

Later career

After completing her ambassadorship, she taught at Harvard University.

She was a Vice President of Bankers Trust Co. in New York City where she was responsible for managing the bank's political risk in developing countries during the third world debt crisis of the 1980s.

In 1984, she married former CIA director William Colby.[8]

In the Clinton administration, she was an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.[9]

For her job at USAID, she spent most of her time in Russia and Egypt, and, to some extent, South Africa. She dealt with a wide range of issues, including "education and health care" in India and China.[1] and a "transparency" program in Mexico City.[10]

In 2010 she became a professor at American University, where she taught three undergraduate and graduate classes on U.S. foreign policy.[11]



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References

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h https://www.adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Shelton-Colby,%20Sally.toc.pdf
  2. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/05/17/the-driven-diplomat/83cacab6-8311-426b-9fe0-bbf374b22e15/
  3. ↑ U.S. Department of State, Archives
  4. ↑ U.S. Department of State, Barbados
  5. ↑ Ian Shapira, A film by the son of CIA spymaster William Colby has divided the Colby clan
  6. ↑ American University faculty webpage
  7. ↑ https://medium.com/@marinaonline/a-lovely-piece-of-real-estate-reagan-and-revolution-in-grenada-f7ba5d0eaa2e
  8. ↑ https://reportingdc.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/taking-her-diplomatic-skills-into-the-classroom/
  9. ↑ http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/sheltonc.cfm
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090713234219/http://www.osgoodcenter.org/board.htm
  11. ↑ https://reportingdc.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/taking-her-diplomatic-skills-into-the-classroom/
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