George McGhee, May 9,1990 - McGhee, G. (My University, 2013)
The interview was recorded at the Carlisle Hotel, New York, on may 9, 1990. The Interviewer was James Sutterlin. McGhee was born on March 10, 1912 in Waco, Texas, the son of a Waco banker. He studied at the University of Oklahoma, graduating with a degree in geology in 1933. For a time McGhee worked for Conoco, working on a crew that made the first oil discovery on the Gulf Coast through reflection seismology. He was awarded a Rhodes scholarship, gaining a doctorate in physical sciences from Oxford University in 1937. Back in the United States he became vice president of the National Geophysical Company, where he managed reflection seismology surveys in Cuba.[1] On his return to Texas, McGhee found employment with Everette Lee DeGolyer's oil services company DeGolyer and MacNaughton, scouting oilfields and marrying DeGolyer's daughter Cecilia. McGhee described Cecilia as "the most beautiful and richest girl in Texas."[2] In 1940 McGhee established his own company, the McGhee Production Company, and soon discovered a major oil field at Lake Charles, Louisiana, which made his fortune.
Keywords: US policy on the Congo; Development of "U Thant Plan"; US view of UN efforts; US mission to survey UN military needs; McGhee's relations with Tshombe; Contacts with Mobutu; McGhee's attitude toward Tshombe and Katanga; The position of Ambassador Gullion