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De Luxe Champion Town & Country All- Nylon “500" FIRESTONE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY Akron 17, Ohio, U.S.A. 2 The Foreign Service Journal is the professional journal of the American For¬ eign Service and is published by the American Foreign Service Association, a non¬ profit private organization. Material appearing herein represents the opinions of the writers and is not intended to indicate the official views of the Department of State or of the Foreign Service as a whole. AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION CONTENTS FEBRUARY, 1960 G. FREDERICK REINHARDT, President Volume 27, Number 2 J. GRAHAM PARSONS, Vice President DAVID MCK. KEY, General Manager BARBARA P. CHALMERS, Executive Secretary page BOARD OF DIRECTORS 6 LETTER FROM KHORRAMSHAIIR by Peter P, Lord THOMAS S. ESTES, Chairman WILLIAM L. BLUE, Vice Chairman 19 THE QUIET REVOLUTION IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE STEPHEN WINSHIP, Secretary-Treasurer by James V. Martin, Jr. MELISSA E. FOELSCH, Ass’t. Secretary-Treasurer CHARLES W. ADAIR, JR. WALDEMAR J. GALLMAN 22 THE ART OF RETIRING SAMUEL R. GAMMON by E. B. Hashing. C.M.G., O.B.E. MAX V. KREBS DAVID H. MCCABE 24 SARAH HAMILTON JOHN H. STUTESMAN, JR. by Juan L. Gorrell 38 A COURT PRESENTATION The AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION is an un¬ official and voluntary association of the members, active by Beatrice Russell and retired, of The Foreign Service of the United States and the Department of State. The Association was formed in order to foster an esprit de corps among members of the Foreign Service and to establish a 39 TRAVELLERS IN JEOPARDY center around which might be grouped the united ef¬ by Diana Graves forts of its members for the improvement of the Service. 42 GEORGE WASHINGTON—A BIOGRAPHICAL OPERA by Mary Leute JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD W. T. M. BEALE, JR., Chairman 44 WHITE LADY JOHN H. BURNS by Latheef !\azeer Ahmed CHARLES F. KNOX, JR. HENRY C. RAMSEY 47 AN EMBARRASSMENT JAMES CARSON by V Khin PHILIP H. CHADBOURN, JR. RICHARD T. DAVIES RICHARD FUNKHOUSER H. FREEMAN MATTHEWS, JR. departments JAMES F. O’CONNOR, JR. 4 APPOINTMENTS GWEN BARROWS, Managing Editor BIRTHS, MARRIAGES DAVID MCK. KEY, General Manager 14 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO JANE D. FISHBURNE, Editorial and Adv. Asst. by Janies B. Stuart WINIFRED B. TURNER, Circulation Manager 30 WASHINGTON LETTER by Gwen Barrows 33 THE BOOKSHELF The Editorial Board of the FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL will consider all articles LETTERS TO THE EDITOR submitted. If accepted, the author will be paid 50 one cent a word at time of publication. Photo¬ graphs accompanying articles will, if accepted, be purchased at one dollar each. Five dollars is paid for cover and full page pictures. Nega¬ tives and color transparencies are not accepta¬ ble. Photos should be black and white glossies, COVER PHOTO measuring approximately 7x9 inches, and should be mailed between extra heavy card¬ “Chindowya” by Lewis Rubenslein board. No photos are returned. These Tokyo street musicians, character¬ ized, the artist says, ‘*by high spirits, ami noisy with hells and drums and clarinet.” are from Lewis Rubenstein's original thirty- Copyright, 1960, by the American Foreign Service foot scroll painted in water color and Chi¬ Association. The FOKEIQN SERVICE JOURNAL is issued nese ink on linen canvas. The scroll was monthly at the rate of $4.00 a year, 50 cents a copy, painted while he was a resident Fulbright by the American Foreign Service Association, 1908 artist in Japan last year. G. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Second-class postage paid at Washington, D. C. Printed in U.S.A. by Monumental Printing Com¬ pany, Baltimore. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Appointments Please mention the Foreign Service Journal when writing to AMBASSADORS advertisers. John J. Muccio, to Guatemala Academy Life Insurance Company Ik Alban Towers 40 G. Frederick REINHARDT, to United Arab Republic American Foreign Service Protective Association III Cover Tyler THOMPSON, to Iceland American Motors Corporation Harry R. TURKEL, to be U. S. Representative on the Inter-American American Security and Trust Company 29 Economic and Social Council o) the OAS Arista Trading Company . 47 Arlington Realty Company , 42 Barclay. The 49 MINISTER Bell, W., and Company 42 Edward PACE, Jr., to Bulgaria Bowling Green Storage and Van Company 43 Brewood, Engravers 42 Calvert School, The 44 BIRTHS Chase Manhattan Bank, The 44 CROSWELL. A son, Paul Andrew, born to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Chatel, Millicent—Realtor 49 Croswell, November 27, 1959, at Rome. Chrysler Corporation 5 Circle Florists 46 GERMAN. A daughter, Elizabeth Lynn, born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Container Transport International, Inc _________ 45 Kenneth German, October 5, 1959, at Yokosuka, Japan. DA COR 49 HODGE. A daughter, Damaris, born to Mr. and Mrs. Max Elwyn Diplomatic Appliance Corporation 8 Hodge, March 21, 1959, at Dacca, East Pakistan. Firestone Tire and Rubber Company 2 HOLLY. A daughter, Moira Charlotte, born to Mr. and Mrs. Sean First National City Bank of New York 8 Michael Holly, September 7, 1959, in Panama. Ford International 9 Francis Scott Key Apartment Hotel 48 JOHNSTON. A daughter, Margaret Elena, born to Mr. and Mrs. Don¬ Genera! E’ectronics Incorporated 40 ald A. Johnston, October 22, 1959, in Washington. 14 Grace Line _ MCCLELLAND. Twin daughters, Katherine Ann and Mary Elizabeth, Greenbe’t Pharmacy 49 born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. McClelland, November 21, 1959, Hilltop House, Incorporated 49 at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Intercontinental Hotels Corporation 7 MOORE. A daughter, Nancy Clare, born to Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kellogg, The M. W. Company 11 Moore, November 27, 1959, in Oslo. Marriott Key Bridge Motor Hotel 8 Mayflower Hotel - - 47 THOMPSON. A son, Luke Henry, born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. McLachlen Banking Corporation 48 Thompson, November 11, 1959, in Auckland, New Zealand. Merchants Transfer and Storage Company 16 WALLACE. A daughter, Anne Mercedes, born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Miller, R. William, Jr. - 48 B. Wallace, Jr., October 30, 1959, at Wabash, Indiana. National Capital Storage and Moving Company, Inc. 12 WEAST. A son, Thomas Estes, born to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Park Central Hotel — 49 Paxton Van Lines 6 Weast, December 7, 1959, in Lagos.