Man Alive

Our Man in El Salvador (1967x12)

Air date: Mar 29, 1967

The Union Jack flies outside his window, from the bonnet of his car, Is imprinted on his loyalties. Geoffrey William Kirk , C.M.G.; born August 9. 1907; educated Mill Hill and London University; salary £4,385 a year; job? - British Ambassador to El Salvador. He's our man there. He has a staff. He is the leader of a small British community in a Central American country so remote that when most people are sent there they ask: ' Where is it? ' and then: ' Why pick on me? ' It is an expatriate community ruled by the Union Jack but dominated by gossip and intrigue. patriotism and jingoism.