The Foreign Service Journal, April 1983
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The Inscrutable Secretary Recognizing the limits of the Claims Act, the government recommends private insurance too. Claims Act AFSA Plan 1. The government will be responsible for only 1. You may purchase as much insurance as $15,000 of proven property loss. you need. 2. Loss recovery limitations exist on most 2. Valuable articles can be scheduled without categories of possessions such as jewelry, limitation on a “valued at” basis. furs, cameras, fine arts, antiques. 3. Claims process requires government 3. Swift claims settlement begins with a simple investigation and documentation. telephone call or letter. 4. Loss must be incident to service. 4. Coverage is worldwide whether on business or pleasure. 5. Comprehensive Personal Liability insurance 5. Comprehensive Personal Liability insurance is not available. is available. 6. Loss evaluation is complicated and includes 6. Loss settlement on unscheduled items is depreciation. based on replacement cost with no depreciation. Settlement on scheduled articles is based on the agreed amount. 7. Theft loss requires proof7. that No duesuch care requirement. was exercised to prevent the occurrence. AFSA Desk, The Hirshorn Company 4a 14 East Highland Avenue Philadelphia, Pa. 19118 (215) CH2-8200.* Send me your free brochure (with built-in application form) that answers my questions about overseas insurance. Name Address These are only a few of the differences. City/State/Zip Please refer to Foreign Affairs Manual (6 FAM 300). *If calling from the Washington, D. C. area: (202) 457-0250 Note: The insurance policies, not this advertisement, will form the contract between the insured and the insurance company. The policies contain limits, exclusions and limitations not listed here. COVER: Mexico . Poland . Argentina. Many countries that owe large amounts to western banks are in severe financial difficulty. With some delaying payments and even threatening default, the fragile house of cards that is the international credit system may be on the brink of collapse. Our article begins on page 26. Art by Edward Miliano. Officers and Members of the Governing Board Carrots & Sticks 16 DENNIS K. HAYS, President Author Carol Brookins argues that restricting trade to pun¬ ANTHEA S. DE ROUVILLE, Vice President ish Soviet behavior rarely has the desired effect. Commercial DOUGLAS P. BROOME, Second Vice President relations between the two superpowers should be based not on IRVING A. WILLIAMSON JR., Secretary myths but common sense. BROOKE HOLMES, Treasurer RALPH E. BARNETT, JUANITA L. NOFFLET, The Inscrutable Secretary 22 AID Representatives In tackling the many foreign policy problems of his short JAROSI.AVJ. VERNER, USIA Representative tenure, George P. Shultz has revealed a penchant for operat¬ ADRIAN A. BASORA, BARBARA HUGHES, THOMAS J. MILLER, ing in the manner of a Japanese politician. By Daniel State Representatives Southerland. L. DOUGLAS HF.CK, SPENCER KING, CHARLES S. WHITEHOUSE, Retired Representatives The Credit Collapse 26 Staff International bankers and development economists have en¬ CECIL B. SANNER, Acting Executive Director!A dministrative Director couraged many financially troubled countries to borrow large SUSAN HOLIK, General Counsel sums of money. The choice may now be between economic SABINE SISK, Members' Interest! Grievance R epresentative collapse and political stability. By Charles Maechling Jr. PAT GUILD, Executive Secretary Congressional Liaison Journal: A Letter for Charley 32 ROBERT M. BEERS The story of a young FSO in postwar Europe and his ill-fated Scholarship Programs DAWN CUTHF.LL love for a beautiful Bulgarian singer. By Fred Godsey. Letters 2 Foreign Service People 30 Book Reviews 6 AFSA Election Section 38 ForeignService Journal Plus Ca Change 14 Association News 42 Editorial 15 STEPHEN R. DUJACK, Editor FRANCES G. 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