The Foreign Service Journal, September 1947
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g/« AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE VOL. 24, NO. 9 JOURNAL SEPTEMBER, 1947 ’ 'Ufa ENJOY THE FINEST-TASTING THREE FEATHERS IN 63 YEARS The American Whiskey Par Excellence ^HEEFEATHERS + s- THREE FEATHERS DISTRIBUTORS, Ine. Empire State Building, New York CONTENTS SEPTEMBER, 1947 Cover Picture: FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS: By writing concise descriptions of your travel experiences and taking pictures Rural scene in Peru. Photo by E. R. Lingeman. that illustrate the beauty, culture, and everyday life in countries you know, you can provide informative pleasure Foreign Service Changes 3 to the millions of readers of the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE. YOU are invited to cooperate in this far-reach¬ The Policy Planning Stall 7 ing educational work. A beginning may be made by send¬ By Ware Adams ing us a brief outline of your proposed article for consid¬ eration. Liberal payment is made for all material accepted. John Hay 9 By Charles R. Tanguy The? National Archives 10 By Maud Macdonald Hutcheson How Does the Department Key Personnel Differ from FSO’s, Ambassadors and Ministers 12 By Franklin Roudybush Births 13 Marriages , 13 The Around-the-World Examining Panel 14 By Joseph C. Green Letters to the Editors 15 Hands Across the Caviar 17 By Virginia H. James Editors' Column 18 In Memoriam—George Atcheson, Jr 19 Press Comment 19 News from the Department 20 By Jane Wilson News from the Field 22 Around-the-World Orals 24 By Ann Hohlt The Bookshelf 26 Francis C. de Wolf, Revieiv Editor Our Retired Officers 28 Service Glimpses 29 Exchange of Correspondence Upon the Resig¬ nation of the Hon. Ellis Briggs as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Foreign In Trinidad, Cuba, as in old Spain.' sefioritas chat with Service Association 30 young men from the barred windows of their homes. National Geographic photograph by Melville Bell Grosvenor. Issued monthly by the American Foreign Service Associa¬ THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE tion, Department of State, Washington, D. C. Entered as Gilbert Grosvenor, Litt.D., LL.D., Editor second-class matter at the Post Office in Washington, D. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. — WASHINGTON 6, D. T. : SEPTEMBER. 1947 1 A Always MilderiIder B Better Tasting' C Cooler Smokingloking Copyright 1947, 2 THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL FOREIGN SERVICE CHANGES July 9, 1947 The following changes recently have taken place in the Foreign Service: EDWIN A. PLITT, of 2310 Connecticut Avenue, Washing¬ ton, D. C„ Counselor of Legation, Bern, Switzerland, has been assigned to Tangier, Morocco, as Diplomatic Agent and Consul General. ELBERT G. MATHEWS, of Troy, N. Y„ Consul at Calcutta, India, has been assigned to the Department of State. EUGENE A. GILMORE, of 917 Eighteenth Street, Wash¬ ington, D. C., recently appointed to the Foreign Service under the Manpower Act, has been assigned to Calcutta, India, as Consul. EDWIN D. CROWLEY, of 2328 N. Washington Blvd., Arlington, Virginia, Vice Consul at Strasbourg, France, has been transferred to Marseille, France, as Vice Consul. R. AUSTIN ACLY, of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Con¬ FEDERAL STORAGE sul at Capetown, Union of South Africa, has been trans¬ ferred to Madras, India, as Consul. H. BARTLETT WELLS, of “Windover,” Valley Road, COMPANY Watchung, Plainfield, New Jersey, Second Secretary and Consul, Habana, Cuba, has been transferred to the De¬ partment of State. Every Modern Facility for the Safe Handling HARVEY R. WELLMAN, of Perry, New York, Third and Care of Household Treasures Secretary of Embassy, Habana, Cuba, has been transferred •» to Mexico City as Second Secretary and Vice Consul. Private Rooms for Furniture A. TEMPLE WANAMAKER, Jr., of 600 Harvard Ave¬ Certified Cold Storage Vaults for Furs nue North, Seattle, Washington, Third Secretary and Vice Rug Cleaning and Storage Consul of Embassy, Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, has been transferred to Manila, The Republic of the Philip Porto-lockers and Chests for Woolens pines, as Vice Consul. Vaults for Silverware Piano and Art Sections July 23, 1947 Fumigation Chambers The following changes recently have taken place in the Home Inspection and Insurance Service Foreign Service : Packing and Forwarding WALTER A. FOOTE, of Abilene, Texas, Counsul Gen¬ Nation-wide Long Distance Moving eral. Batavia, Java, Netherlands Indies, has been trans¬ (Allied Van Lines) ferred to the Department of State. Lift Vans for Foreign Shipments WILLARD QUINCY STANTON, First Secretary of (Bowling Green) Legation, Stockholm, Sweden, has been assigned to Cape¬ Motor Vans for Local Moving town, Union of South Africa as Consul. JOHN H. MADONNE of Whitewright, Texas, First Secretary in Bern, Switzerland, has been assigned to Tunis, 1701 Florida Ave. ADams5600 Tunisia, as Consul General. ROBERT M. SHEEHAN, of Stoneham, Massachusetts, Washington 9, D. C. V ice Consul, at Lyon, France, has been assigned to Port-au- Prince, Haiti, as Second Secretary. Officers Directors ALBERT E. PAPPANO of 817 E. 88th St„ Cleveland, E. K. MORRIS BRUCE BAIRD Ohio, I bird Secretary of Embassy, Mexico City lias been President H. RANDOLPH BARBEE assigned to the Department of State. HAROLD N. MARSH DANIEL L. BORDEN Vice-Pres. and Counsel M. F. CALNAN NORMAN C. STINES, formerly Third Secretary of Em¬ JAMES M. JOHNSTON bassy, Guatemala, Guatemala, has been transferred to Vice-Pres. and Treasurer HENRY P. ERWIN Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, as Vice Consul. H. RANDOLPH BARBEE D. P. GAILLARD Secretary JAMES M. JOHNSTON LESTER F. SUTTON, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, Con¬ P. M. DEMING HAROLD N. MARSH sul at Tabriz, Iran, has been transferred to Canberra, Aus¬ Asst. Vice-Pres. ALLISON N. MILLER tralia. as Second Secretary and Consul. S. WEBSTER ADAMS CARROLL MORGAN Asst. Vice-Pres. E. K. MORRIS CYRIL L. F. THIEL, of 6590 Sheridan Road, Chicago, A. RUSSELL BARBEE DONALD F. ROBERTS Illinois, Consul at Matamoroa, Mexico, has been trans¬ Asst. Secretary FREDERIC N. TOWERS ferred to Seville. Spain, as Consul. RAYMOND O. BABB GRIFFITH WARFIELD Asst. Secretary ROBERT W. WILSON July 28, 1947 CHARLES A. LIVENGOOD, of Dayton, Washington, until recently Counselor for Economic Affairs at Rome, SEPTEMBER, 1947 3 ^^Jostalgic for the rich American mings” to Embassies, Legations and countryside? But you needn’t go Consulates all around the map. A without the products of its harvest, specially trained export staff takes no matter how far-flung your post. responsibility for every detail . Just leave it to R. C. Williams! solves every shipping problem from Africa to Alaska, Madeira to Manila! 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RAY, of Wilsonville, Alabama, until recently Chief, Division of Mexican Affairs, has been transferred to Buenos Aires, Argentine, as Counselor of Embassy. WINFIELD H. SCOTT, of Alexandria, Virginia, Consul at Suva, Fiji Islands, has been transferred to Tahiti,.Soci¬ ety Islands, as Consul. JACOB D. BEAM, of Princeton, New Jersey, Foreign Service Officer, Office of the U. S. Political Adviser on German Affairs, Berlin, has been transferred to Moscow, U.S.S.R. as First Secretary and Consul. DON V. CATLETT, of Birch Tree, Missouri, Vice Consul at Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, has been transferred to Hamburg, Germany, as Vice Consul. HIRAM A. BOUCHER, of Eureka, South Dakota, until OWNS and OPERATES SPECIALIZED CARRIERS recently First Secretary and Consul General at Rio de Janeiro. Brazil, has been transferred to Canton, China, as Consul General. IN The Association and the JOURNAL are now located in new quarters: 1809 G St.. N. 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