Wilson later was stationed in Iraq. He recounts that on the eve of Saddam’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait he and Jacqueline dined with “Saddam’s principal arms buyer in Paris...” (Not something I would be talking about...)
Interesting hypothesis or question:
Follow the money?
(Was he independently rich or was Valerie or was he jsut a "frugal" professional FSO, who could afford Rolexes, fancy cars and vacations, his reportedly self-described "hot wife", etc.,
--- or was he a political appointee as Amb.?
(I, for one, don't claim to know.)