Condon worked at the Greek American Chamber of Commerce in New York from 1948 to 1950 before working for the Unemployment Compensation Office as a state civil servant for a year.[2] He was then appointed to the Corps of Engineers in the US Army as a labor relations officer.[3] The Corps were assigned to build secret bases in Morocco amid fears that the Soviet Union would invade Europe during the Korean War.[2] In this position,he worked closely with Mahjoub Ben Seddik from Moroccan Workers' Union. While in Casablanca,Condon married Nancy Fleischman. After leaving Casablanca,Condon worked as an international labor officer with the US Air Force.[3]
Ambassador John Condon and wife Nancy Condon meet Tongan King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
Condon spoke English,Greek,French,German,and Arabic.[2] He learned Arabic in 1966 in preparation for his tour in the Middle East.[5]
Condon served as US Ambassador to Fiji,Tonga,and Tuvalu concurrently.[6] He resided in Suva during his time as ambassador and was the first resident ambassador in Fiji.[2][7] He was also the US representative on the South Pacific Commission during his tenure.[8] Condon's appointment to the ambassador post in Tuvalu came only a year after the United States recognized the independent country of Tuvalu in 1978.[9] The embassy's consular district was the largest in the Foreign Service at the time,covering Fiji,Tonga,Tuvalu,New Hebrides,French Polynesia,Kiribati,and New Caledonia.[10]
Condon was optimistic about interracial and interethnic cooperation upon leaving Fiji,but this proved to be an unstable conclusion as 1987 saw two military coups due to indigenous and Indo-Fijian tension.[2][11]
↑ Suva, U. S. Embassy (2022-01-20). "History of the U.S. and Fiji". U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
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