The Downer details landed with the embassy’s then-chargé d’affaires, Elizabeth Dibble
https://web.archive.org/web/20180601150614/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-curious-case-of-mr-downer-1527809075?shareToken=stf66c22d0606b4f818caf1dc6535ba89d&ref=article_email_share
Dibble named COO of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Jan 2017
https://mfo.org/bio-of-the-director-general
William J. Burns was President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
https://www.carnegie.org/news/articles/william-j-burns-named-president-carnegie-endowment-international-peace/