The State Department was coordinating efforts with 11 other nations affected by the virus.
Back in Corbridge, John Rowland was coordinating the effort to clear up the rugby club.
Mr. Rodríguez-Cubeñas returned on Sunday from Havana, where he was coordinating arrangements for the festival.
On one such occasion Ellen was coordinating the star appearances at an awards ceremony being staged by Q magazine.
"Back then, I was coordinating the protests in Damascus and the rebels were seizing ground in the countryside," he said.
One of his responsibilities was coordinating the World Bank's poverty-relief programs with similar efforts at the I.M.F.
The agency was coordinating cleanup efforts, which included two oil skimmers, chemical dispersants and a mile of containment booms.
The city was coordinating with the Salvation Army, he said, and was a big presence in the Rockaways.
Jason Cone, a spokesman in New York, said much of the confusion involved who was coordinating matters.
A major focus of the meeting, a senior administration official said, was coordinating more robust aid for the Syrian opposition.
In 1980, when Romero was murdered, the major was coordinating closely with the small clique of rightwing generals and colonels struggling to keep the army under their control.
