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1 AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE VOL. 24, NO. 7 IQ JULY, 1947 'raver fifty yams t/ie fi/iedfaft «Acrt/i cy£??iei'ican nnne6 D AT sfMnch* AI* ‘'SaVV' '4''^ 1 QUAUTV 11 1 U0 There’s something about Cresta Blanca when Franciscan Fathers founded the ^*^*^*"^*" " ~ ‘ that sets it apart from any other wine Mission cf San Gabriel Archangel on you have ever tasted. Perhaps it’s the the slopes at the foothills of the Sierra subtle bouquet. Perhaps it’s the deli¬ Nevada range in California. cacy of flavor or the mild smoothness. Or maybe it’s the fineness that grows Today, as for more than 50 years, naturally out of a tradition that’s older Cresta Blanca is adding new luster to than the United States. its heritage. Introduce a new note of For Cresta Blanca is not a newcomer. festivity and pleasure by serving Cresta Its inheritance reaches back to 1771 Blanca wines when you entertain. M0DUC1 CRESTA BLANCA WINE COMPANY, INC. Livermore and Los Angeles, California, U. S. A. CONTENTS JULY 1947 AMERICAN EASTERN IN Cover: View of Ras Tanura Refinery, Saudi Arabia (see lead article) Foreign Service Changes 3 Oil in the Near and Middle East 7 By David A. Robertson Should the Foreign Service Officer Specialize?.... II By Frank Snowden Hopkins Henry J. Heusken, Interpreter to the First Amer¬ OWNS and OPERATES SPECIALIZED CARRIERS ican Consular and Diplomatic Posts in Japan 14 By Richard S. Patterson IN Letters to the Editors 16 An FSO Arrives at His Post—Photos 18-19 Editors’ Column 20 News from the Department 21 By Jane Wilson News from the Field 24 REPRESENTS LEADING AMERICAN MANUFACTUR¬ ERS in 24 COUNTRIES of the NEAR The Most Unforgettable Character I’ve Ever and MIDDLE EAST Met 26 By Elizabeth Lyon The Bookshelf 28 Francis C. de Wolf, Review Editor Our Retired Officers 30 Service Glimpses 31 MAINTAINS a TECHNICAL DIVISION to NEGOTI¬ Births 32 ATE and DEVELOP PROJECTS of ALL KINDS in the NEAR and MIDDLE EAST Marriages 32 Change of Address form 38 AMERICAN EASTERN CORP. 30 Rockefeller Plata 50 Trinity Place In Memoriani 47 New York 20, N. Y. New York 6, N. Y. Circle 6-0333 HAnover 2-4704 Issued monthly by the American Foreign Service Associa¬ BRANCHES or AGENTS in all tion, Department of State, Washington, D. C. Entered as NEAR EASTERN COUNTRIES second-class matter at the Post Office in Washington, D. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. JULY, 1947 1 "DOROTHY LAMOUR IS MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE AND CHESTERFIELD IS MY FAVORITE CIGARETTE" CURRENTLY STARRING IN PARAMOUNT'S ROMANTIC COMEDY MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE rs A ALWAYS MILDER 1 BETTER TASTING m COOLER SMOKINGJ 1 Copyright l«H7. LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO. THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL FOREIGN SERVICE CHANGES June 5, 1947 The Department of State announced today the following JUST OFF transfers and assignments of Foreign Service Officers: HOMER M. BYINGTON, Jr., of Darien, Connecticut, THE PRESS First Secretary and Consul at Rome, Italy, has been as¬ All you need to know signed Counselor of Embassy at Rome. about FOREIGN TRADE Born in Naples, Italy, Mr. Byington attended Phillips Practices, Terms and Academy and later received his B. A. degree from Yale Procedures, in one com¬ University. Commissioned a Foreign Service Officer in pact volume . first 1930, bis foreign posts have included Habana, Naples, Belgrade, Rome and Caserta where he was Deputy United of its kind. States Political Adviser and was awarded the Medal of Freedom in March 1946. He served as Executive. Assistant to the Special Assistant in charge of Press Relations and was later Press Officer for the United States Delegation to United Nations Conference at San Francisco. trade, including. exporting CECIL W. GRAY, of Bristol, Tennessee, recently serv¬ buying importing ing in the Department of State as Chief, Division of For¬ selling customs shipping hanking eign Service Personnel, has been assigned Consul General forwarding collecting at Marseille, France. invoicinginsurance i <, '*■- chartering finance Mr. Gray was born in Emmett, Tennessee and was gradu¬ 8 ated from the Bristol, Tennessee High School. He received commission communications credit f ct- his A. B. degree from Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia. g00 a He was commissioned a Foreign Service Officer in 1928 More than lO.^Troml’oO experts. and served at the following posts: Buenos Aires, Berlin, Never before Vienna, Lima and Montreal. He was secretary to the has so much United States Delegation, Inter-American Conference for information on foreign trade E& ft Maintenance of Peace, Buenos Aires, in 1936; secretary been brought n to the Chairman of the United States Delegation, Eighth together in a ALOT i International Conference of American States, Lima, 1938; single volume, “OF pertaining to ready for in¬ our daily activities^ Brown, assistant to the Secretary of State, 1939; assistant to the foreign trade. company. stant use. Pennsylvania ban United States Delegation, Second Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of American Republics, Habana in 1940; accompanied the Secretary of State to Moscow Conference in 1943; executive assistant to the Secretary of State in 1944; and Counselor of Mission, office of United States DICTIONARY OF Political Adviser on Austrian Affairs, Commanding General United States Army Forces, Mediterranean theater, Decem¬ ber 1944. FOREIGN TRADE CASPAR D. GREEN, of Hiram, Ohio, Second Secre¬ By TRANK HENIUS tary and Vice Constd, Helsinki, Finland, has been assigned 300 FORMS PICTURED has enlisted the aid of to the Department of State. An invaluable feature of over 200 experts. Born in Hiram, Ohio, Mr. Green attended Hiram Public the DICTIONARY is its col¬ COMPLETE lection of 300 forms used Complete, up to date . School, North High School, Columbus, Ohio and Hiram in various branches of the DICTIONARY is the only High School. He received his B. A. degree from Hiram foreign trade. book of its kind ... an invaluable tool for all en¬ College and his M. A. from Ohio State University. He AUTHORITATIVE attended Kent State University during the summer of 1937. gaged in or proposing to The author of the DICTION¬ engage in foreign trade. Mr. Green was commissioned a Foreign Service Officer in ARY has drawn not only on You owe it to yourself to 1941 and later served at the following posts: Habana, Con¬ his 40 plus years of ex¬ become acquainted imme¬ cepcion, Guayaquil, and Helsinki. In 1941, Mr. Green was perience as foreign trader diately with this epochal employed by the War Department, auditing unit, Ravenna and counsellor, but also guidebook. Ordnance Plant. EXAMINE THIS BOOK FREE HERVE J. L’HEUREUX, of Manchester, New Hamp¬ Mail the coupon below; receive a first-press copy of the shire, Consul General at Marseille, France has been as¬ DICTIONARY OF FOREIGN TRADE for 5-day FREE EXAMINA¬ signed to the Department of State. TION. Study it. Make use of it. If you decide to keep it, send money order or check for $12.50 plus 10c postage A native of Manchester, New Hampshire, Mr. L’Heureux and packing. Otherwise return the book and owe nothing. attended the Manchester High School. He is a graduate Mail coupon below. of the Emerson Institute, Washington, D. C. He received CLIP AND MAIL his A. B. degree from George Washington University and Prentice-Hall Inc.. Dept. FS-747 his LL.B. degree from the University of Detroit where he 70 Fifth Avenue, New York II. N. Y. did postgraduate work. Mr. L’Heureux was commissioned Send me the new DICTIONARY OF FOREIGN TRADE for five- day FREE examination. After 5 days. I will send $12.50 plus 10c a Foreign Service Officer in 1927 anti was assigned to postage, or return the book. (If you send payment with order, we Windsor, Ontario, Canada. His subsequent posts have in¬ will pay postage. Same refund guarantee applies?) cluded Stuttgart, Antwerp, Lisbon, Algiers, Marseille. From Name ..._ 1943 to August 1944, Mr. 1,’Hetireux was attached to the Firm Civil Affairs Section, Allied Force Headquarters, Algiers, serving as Administrative and Executive Officer of the Address * Section. He was admitted as Councilor of the Supreme City State (Note: Please remit with order in U.S. funds, if purchasing out¬ Court of the United States in March 1943. side of IT.S.) (Continued on the next page) JULY, 1947 3 LUSCIOUS BAKED HAM • • • It earns a lip-smacking American "um-m-m" -especially with ROYAL SCARLET trimmings! Tasty American dishes, just like home — dividually by our export experts—who anyivhere in the world—that’s the diplo¬ take over full responsibility for quick, matic mission of Royal Scarlet Fine Foods! efficient delivery. 136 years experience in quality foods — We welcome your inquiries, wherever that’s the record of R. C. Williams & Co., you may be. Complete information and Inc., distributors of Royal Scarlet prod¬ product lists on request. ucts. American Embassies, Consulates and “And what to drink, please?” Legations in every country in the world Don’t forget; our menu-wide export ser¬ know our fast and dependable export ser¬ vice includes selected wines and liquors, too. Complete stock of foreign and domes¬ vice. They know that every order for tic brands —for every occasion. [New York State Liquor License No. 1 ] famous Royal Scarlet foods is handled in¬ R. C. WILLIAMS & CO., INC. 25th STREET and 10th AVENUE • Since 1811 • NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. 4 THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL WILLIAM HAROLD SIMS, of Sparta, Tennessee, Con¬ sul at Luanda, Angola, Africa, has been assigned Third Secretary and Consul at Brussels, Belgium. Before being commissioned a Foreign Service Officer in 1945 and as¬ signed to Luanda, Mr. Sims served in Barbados, Bogota, Pernambuco and Natal.
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