Special assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary (1961-1962), Consul General (1962), and Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs (1962-1964), Department of State; Ambassador to the United Arab Republic (1964-1967); chairman, UNESCO General Conference, Paris (1962).
Oral History Interviews (1968): Battle completed three interviews for the John F. Kennedy Library; JFK#1 interview: 7/9/1968; JFK#2 interview: 8/27/1968; JFK#3 interview: 10/31/1968. These interviews comment upon the roles of key administrators in the State Department during the Kennedy Administration; relations between the White House and State Department; fallout from the Bay of Pigs invasion; the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, including the Inter-Agency Youth Committee and Robert F. Kennedy’s involvement in youth affairs; and the U.S. involvement in UNESCO; among other issues.