And probably the third embassy was filled with them, but lower key.
In the late '80s I was serving in a UN post as a Marine Major and I had to set up a July 4th celebration in Cairo. I had Ambassador Wisner taking part but the UN sent an ambassador-rank Norwegian general too, so I went to the embassy to find out what protocol would be.
I was shuttled from office to office, floor to floor to find the answer and each of these individuals were clearly fruity and took delight in making me chase my tail to get a conclusive answer. Finally, I was getting the runaround from yet another pompous fruit when I heard a voice behind me say "Whatever you set up will be fine with me, (Chainmail)". That froze the guy who was messing with me, since that was Ambassador Frank Wisner himself giving me direction.
I’ve thought for years that we need to completely dismantle Foggy Bottom and do away with doing most of our Foreign Service recruiting from a few Ivies. Many of these people aren’t friendly to America to start with and go native in the role, and end up advocating more for the foreign county they work with than the US.