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playing the piano at private parties, etc. On the other hand, he drank too
much and could be brutally cold with people.

Over the subsequent years, one by one, each of the other depart-
ment heads left Chevron Overseas of their own choice. I stayed as a
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the leadership style any longer. Swede had become increasingly aware
that he was not going to make his sought-after promotion to become a
vice president at corporate headquarters. This frustrated him, since he
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Swede discussed with me whether he should run for Governor of Cali-
fornia. He had no experience whatsoever in any level of government,
but he seriously considered this option. During these years, I wanted
to travel overseas more frequently, but Swede, who traveled overseas
frequently, felt it was unnecessary for me to go overseas regularly.

In 1977, the company adopted a revised foreign service com-
pensation plan that required considerable explanation to employees. For
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Sydney. As coincidence would have it, I saw Aunt Rulah in the airport
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homey city and seemed like a U.S. city in the late 1920s. Next, to Perth,
2,000 miles further east in Western Australia. I spent several days there
and had the opportunity to go to LDS church there. Upon meeting me, a
couple of the fellows recalled meeting my brother Sam when Sam had
been there a few years before representing the Church General Sunday
School Board. I really liked the Australians.
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vo is near the center of Madagascar and struck a visitor as being almost
Oriental. There were ponds everywhere and white ducks by the score.
Our manager in Madagascar was an outstanding individual. In addition
to being a geologist by profession, he was also a pilot, a radio operator,
and had been an Olympic pistol shooter. As an example of his talent, he
had been in charge of oil exploration for the company in Nigeria at the

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