The Foreign Service Journal, August 1978
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“Prostitution” in the Foreign Service by Martin F. Herz On Being a Deputy Chief of Mission by Jack Perry Crime Doesn’t (Always) Pay by J. W. Schutz FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AUGUST 1978 75 CENTS A taste children prefer. brands, children preferred Aim by almost 2 to 1. A gel that’s low in abrasion. Because Aim is a gel, it has an un¬ usually fast “dispersal rate.” This r means, when your child brushes with Aim, it spreads the good taste faster in the normal brush¬ Sure, fluoride is important dentists blame so many cavities ing time. in fighting cavities — but so on bad brushing habits. Aim is also low in abrasion. is proper brushing. And Aim’s fluoride All of this makes Aim a true that’s why we made Aim." is stannous fluoride. advance. 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NICHOLSON, AID Representative PETER WOLCOTT, iCA Representative PATRICIA G. ERICKSON 6 JOSEPH N. McBRIDE, KENNETH N. ROGERS, JAMES R. VANDIVIER, State Representatives Memories Are Made of This— EUGENE M. BRADERMAN & ROBERT G. CLEVELAND, Not Memoirs Retired Representatives S. I. NADLER 10 Journal Editorial Board JOEL M. WOLDMAN, Chairman “Prostitution” in JAMES F. O'CONNOR DAVID LEVINTOW HARRIET P. CULLEY MICHAEL A. G. MICHAUD the Foreign Service WESLEY N. PEDERSEN ARNOLD P. SCHIFFERDECKER MARTIN HERZ 12 NEIL A. BOYER On Being a Deputy Staff Chief of Mission ALLEN B. MORELAND. Executive Director WILBUR P. CHASE, Counselor JACK PERRY 16 CATHERINE WAELDER, Counselor CECIL B. SANNER, Membership and Circulation Amoco Cadiz: CHRISTINA MARY LANTZ, Executive Secretary Torrey Canyon 11 Years Later Foreign Service Educational and Counseling Center CHARLES W. KOBURGER, JR. 20 BERNICE MUNSEY, DirectorICounselor Crime Doesn’t (Always) Pay J W. 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Telephone (202) affairs. 338-4045 Membership dues are: Active Members—Dues range from $39 to $65 Second-class postage paid at Washington, D.C. and at additional post annually. Retired Active Members—Dues are $35 annually for members office. have any German clients and did ended in the censure in the Senate LETTERS TO | not represent any provincial gov¬ in December 1954. ernments or private corporations. Mr. Maechling said he had con¬ Another of Maechling’s points, ferred with “two ex-colleagues of F.S. Professionalism Foster’s membership on the US Allen” who “disclosed no dissatis¬ delegation to the Versailles Peace faction with the accuracy. .” The Because of the value I have Conference in his 20s (should be many colleagues and friends with always attached to the Foreign 30s) was not due to “connections” whom I have spoken have chal¬ Service Journal and the profes¬ but the result of his recognized con¬ lenged the statements as to his last sionalism of the Service, 1 would tribution in working for the gov¬ illness and his manner of conduct¬ like to comment on the June, 1978, ernment’s War Trade Board. ing intelligence work. review by Charles Maechling, Jr. Whether he played a “role of any These comments on the review of a recent book by Leonard consequence through World War are designed to indicate to the Mosley—Dulles. II” can best be judged by those Foreign Service officer the impor¬ The difficulty in reviewing the who know that President tance of looking beyond the fiction review is that one cannot distin¬ Roosevelt and Secretary Hull re¬ and sensationalism of the Mosley guish what Maechling is volunteer¬ quested urgently that he participate book for a balanced and accurate ing as his opinion and what Mosley in their work for the UN and peace record of history. has written. The reviewer attri¬ settlements. ELEANOR DULLES butes a credibility to the author As to the statement that Foster which he should have questioned in was cold and nonsupportive of me, Reviewers Comment: The review view of the denial of authenticity it is understandable that Maechling never purported to underwrite the ac¬ expressed by many of the alleged would not know of financial and curacy of Mr. Mosley’s assertions, and indeed took pains to point out that on sources. For some reason, Mosley moral help in times of stress—since many points the hook is riddled with only talked with two of the many these were private matters known errors and misstatements. surviving relatives of the three only to me. Nevertheless, since the book is major subjects of his book—that is The verdict of “callous acquies¬ based on extensive taped interviews, with Father Avery Dulles and me. cence. ” during the McCarthy some (including those with Miss Dul¬ We have both denied in print the era echoes a widely held view but it les) made in person and others drawn validity of many of the statements ignores the sharp confrontation of from the oral history project at Prince¬ attributed to us so one can well Foster with Senator McCarthy at ton, it cannot be lightly dismissed. This wonder about other quotations. the beginning of April 1953. This reviewer also suggests that comments event, a few weeks after the secre¬ and recollections taped soon after an Apparently most of the associates event are not necessarily less accurate of Foster and Allen, as well as tary took office, marked a turning than those revised after due reflection. mine, were not approached in per¬ point and the beginning of the de¬ With respect to apparent conflicts in son. Mosley sent me 37 quotations cline in McCarthy’s six year the testimony of surviving friends and as scattered bits to review. 1 re¬ harassment of the Department. colleagues, I suggest first, that an¬ turned them at once but in 17 in¬ The secretary, using the occasion swers tend to reflect the phrasing of the stances he did not use my correc¬ of McCarthy’s dealings with the question, and second, that no sensitive tions. Avery had a similar experi¬ Greek shipowners, declared firm person would willingly hurl the feelings ence. Most of the other quotations opposition to his interference in the of as gracious a lady as Miss Dulles, were from tapes several years old field of foreign affairs. The secre¬ especially on the subject of her distin¬ and not in the context of Mosley’s tary induced him to sign an agree¬ guished brothers. story. With a few exceptions they ment which, according to the New were not checked with the source York Times of April 2, 1953, A Voice of Reason of the recordings.