The Foreign Service Journal, March 1969
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■HH fj l l ; i ■ 1 ■ ¥fenii i '^irf i !>i I - 1- - - —»- T [■L* I ft , 1 1 ' • PW‘ 1 1 «1 IHUflll mi 1 w * I r/ '1 §f; ,/SK flpSI^SN w t ,i>. h •,*• v ' [JH&ttMMHKfiSsSf F l ' Everybody knows that Foreign Service people are unusually perceptive, literate, multi-talented, amusing and well-informed. In the pages of the FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL all these admirable qualities show up monthly— in colorful covers painted by Foreign Service personnel, and in a wide range of articles brimming with vital information, authoritative analysis, sometimes controversial viewpoints, fascinating historical sidelights, and a generous sprinkling of humor. It’s the professional journal of the American Foreign Service Association. Members may send gift subscriptions to friends and relatives at the special low rate of $5.00 a year. FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL 2101 E Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20037 Please enter a JOURNAL subscription for one year, $6.00, to be sent to: Name - » Street - City and State Zip Please enter a GIFT subscription for one year, $5.00, to be sent to: Name - Street City and State Zip DONOR (must be AFSA member) - Street City and State Zip CONTENTS: March I960, Volume 46, No. 4 19 DR. ARNOLD TOYNBEE TALKS ABOUT . an interview by Dr. Edward D. Myers and William B. King 24 PROFESSIONALISM AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE by Louis J. Halle 26 POLITICAL AMBASSADORS—THEN AND NOW by James K. Penfield 29 A HALF CENTURY IN PERSPECTIVE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION by George V. Allen President, PHILIP HABIB First Vice President, HARRY K. LENNON 32 THE CONSULAR FUNCTION Second Vice President, JOHN E. REINHARDT by Willard L. Beaulac General Manager, GARDNER E. PALMER Executive Secretary, MARGARET S. TURKEL 35 THE COUNTRY DIRECTOR: A SUBJECTIVE APPRAISAL Educational Consultant, CLARKE SLADE by J. W. Spain Personal Purchases, JEAN M. CHISHOLM 46 SALVE REGINA SEMICENTENARIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS by Wendell W. Blanc/ce Chairman, LANNON WALKER Vice Chairman, THEODORE L. ELIOT, JR. 48 WHY NOT GIVE DIPLOMACY BACK TO THE DIPLOMATS? Secretary-Treasurer, ROBERT BLACKBURN by Ellis O. Briggs Asst. Secretary-Treasurer, JODIE LEWINSOHN CHARLES W. BRAY, in 50 UNDERSECRETARY FOR FUNCTIONAL AFFAIRS ROBERT G. HOUDEK by John Keppel JOHN A. MCKESSON CHARLES E. RUSHING 52 A HOME BASE FOR US FOREIGN POLICY EDWARD S. WALKER by William C. Rogers FRANK S. WILE LARRY C. WILLIAMSON 54 REPORTERS AND DIPLOMATS: THE COMPETITIVE SIBLINGS JOSEPH C. SATTERTHWAITE by John P. Leacacos Ambassador, Retired 56 LAST BOAT TO DAKAR by Henry S. Villard JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD Chairman, DAVID T. SCHNEIDER 58 A COMMENT ON STAFFING WASHINGTON JOBS Vice Chairman, ARCHIE BOLSTER by George C. Denney FREDERICK F. SIMMONS CHARLES A. KENNEDY OTHER FEATURES: A Communication from Ambassador Caffery, page HOWARD B. SCHAFFER 6; The First Japanese Embassy to the United States, 1860, page 10; M. VIRGINIA SCHAFER Service Glimpses, 1869-1969, page 38. AMBLER MOSS VICTOR B. OLASON Departments JOURNAL Editor, SHIRLEY R. NEWHALL 2 EDITORIAL: The Challenge of 44 WASHINGTON LETTER Managing Editor, EDYTHE O’N. PAINTER the Next 50 Years by Ted Olson Circulation, MARGARET B. CATON In Memoriam—January 61 THE BOOKSHELF Art Direction, 1969 MCIVER ART & PUBLICATIONS INC. 39 ASSOCIATION NEWS 73 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO SERVICE GLIMPSES 76 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES 43 SASMOR AND GUCK, INC., 295 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017 (212) 532-6230 ALBERT D. SHONK CO., 681 Market St., San Photographs and Illustrations Francisco, Calif. 94105 (415) 392-7144 Robert Sivard, USIA, cover; Consulate General of Japan, photograph, CHARLES B. STEARNS, JR., 166 E. Superior St., Chicago, 111. 60611 (312) 664-8108 page 10; Jack Grover, photograph, page 54; Department of State, JOSHUA B. POWERS, LTD., 5 Winsley Street, Lon¬ photograph, page 59; Marie Skora, woodcut, page 63; S. I. Nadler, don W.l. 01-580 6594/8. International Rep¬ “Life and Love in the Foreign Service,” page 77; Ernest Williams, resentatives. cartoon, page 78. The Foreign Service JOURNAL is the professional journal of the American Foreign Service and is published monthly by the Foreign Service Association, a non-profit organization. Material appearing herein represents the opinions of the writers and is not intended to indicate the official views of the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Agency for International Development or the Foreign Service as a whole. THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION is composed of active and retired personnel who are or have been serving at home or abroad under the authority of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended. It groups together people who have a common responsibility for the implementation of foreign policy. 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Printed by Monumental Printing Co., Baltimore. frustrated and unhappy, particularly in the younger ranks. EDITORIALS The recommendations of the American Foreign Service Association and various of its recent efforts (the Foreign The Challenge of the Next Fifty Years Service Days Conference, the establishment of the Harriman, Rivkin, and Herter awards) stem from a blunt realization that IN this Fiftieth Anniversary issue, articles by a number of the foreign affairs community—with its rules, procedures and distinguished contributors perhaps will impress some traditions—was not sufficiently equipped to perform its re¬ readers as being extensions of that rash of analysis and quired tasks. self-analysis which has been a favorite pastime of the Foreign It is clear that we can not have it both ways. A high quality Service in recent years. If so, that was our aim, for we believe product for the President and the Secretary, and a passive a most useful purpose is served by a running discourse on group of professionals whose ability to say “yes” is its sole where the Foreign Service has been, where it is going and recommendation simply do not go together. There is no such how it will get there. This belief, of course, was not always in thing as a talented, creative, imaginative officer who at some evidence; indeed, an “epic poem” in these pages reminds us time does not have strong dissenting views, and who does not that the JOURNAL was allowed to be born fifty years ago only want on occasion to rock the boat. Obviously dissent in itself on the condition that it exclude “tendentious talk” from its is not the criterion of an idea’s merit or of an officer's worth. contents. Moreover, recalls James Barclay Young, every page An officer with the courage of his convictions, however, is the had to be read and approved by Assistant Secretary of State key to the high quality product we need so urgently. Wilbur Carr. We trust this issue then, like the Association and We, therefore, heartily welcome the challenge issued by the the profession it represents, demonstrates progress away from President and the Secretary for a more creative and imagina¬ these limited beginnings. tive Foreign Service. We hopefully predict, at this mid¬ Some of our contributors offer critical views, in historical century mark, that the pages of the JOURNAL during the perspective, of American diplomacy, its practitioners, and its coming years will contain more “tendentious talk" than in the organization. This anniversary issue, hopefully, will leave the past fifty. Such expressions will be the reflection of a healthy reader with more than hindsight called up in tranquility. but responsible ferment in the foreign affairs community. Historic reminiscence and reflection, while mirroring the past, In Memoriam—January 19G9 also have their lesson for the future. For the Foreign Service, ANUARY was a month of losses for the world community in particular, should look ahead and not behind. Indeed, the J and for the Foreign Service. This one month marked the President and the Secretary of State have issued just such a passing of the greatest intelligence expert, the renowned challenge to the Department and to the Foreign Service, a challenge to play the leading role they should in influencing philanthropist who, with her husband, gave us Dumbarton Oaks and its collections, and a popular retired ambassador, and implementing United States Foreign Policy. How we who was also a Rhodes scholar and a teacher. meet that challenge will also determine whether or not the The passing of Allen Dulles removes a great craftsman from Foriegn Service will attract and hold officers of the quality it the field of modern foreign relations. A true professional, he seeks and deserves. saw intelligence work as an integral part of our foreign rela¬ The challenge was inherent in remarks made by the tions. As Director of the CIA from 1953 to 1961 he took President when, early in his Administration, he visited the credit and blame for a wide range of activities.