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HICKERSON, President 58 NOTICE—AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CHARLES E. BOHLEN, Vice-President BARBARA P. CHALMERS, Executive Secretary board of directors departments TYLER THOMPSON, Chairman V. LANSING COLLINS, JR., Vice-Chairman EDWARD T. WAILES 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITORS STEPHEN WINSHIP FRED W. JANDREY, Secretary-Treasurer 14 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO by James B. Stewart Alternates 17 NEWS FROM THE DEPARTMENT by Lois Perry Jones PHILIP W. BONSAL WILSON C. FLAKE 30 SERVICE GLIMPSES EDWARD S. MANEY THOMAS F. VALENZA 32 EDITORIALS MISS MARGARET P. HAYS, Assistant Sec.-Treas. Suitable and Secure journal editorial board Reduction in Force AVERY F. PETERSON, Chairman J. GRAHAM PARSONS 33 THE BOOKSHELF by Francis Colt deWolf, Review' Editor LOUIS J. HALLE, JR. RAY L. THURSTON Richard M. Scammon Troy L. Perkins CHARLES F. KNOX, JR. George Tesoro Francis L. Spalding EDMUND GULLION RICHARD A. POOLE 36 NEWS FROM THE FIELD LOIS PERRY JONES, Managing Editor GEORGE BUTLER, Business Manager LEE CLARK, Editorial Assistant 60 FOREIGN SERVICE CHANGES EDWIN C. RENDAI.L, Circulation Manager 60 OFFICER RETIREMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS The AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION is an unofficial and voluntary association of the members, 60 BIRTHS active and retired, of The Foreign Service of the United States and the Department of State. The As¬ sociation was formed for the purpose of fostering 60 MARRIAGES esprit de corps among members of the Foreign Service and to establish a center around which might be grouped the united efforts of its members for the 60 IN MEMORIAM improvement of the Service. The FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL is not official and material appearing herein represents only personal opinions, and is not intended in any way to indicate the official views of the Department of State or of the Foreign Service as a whole. The Editors will consider all articles submitted. If accepted, the author will be paid a minimum of one cent a word on publication. Photographs ac¬ companying articles will, if accepted, be purchased COVER PICTURE: Sun-kissed calhedral gate (double, at one dollar each. Five dollars is paid for cover off-set negative) in Arequipa, Peru. It is said the pictures. Reports from the Field, although not paid for. are eligible for each month’s $15 Story-of-the- town was named “Arequipa"’ because once a great Month Contest. tnca monarch, marching at the head of his army, came to this beautiful place, which is by the lovely Copyright, 1953, by the American Foreign Service Association. mountain Misti. He held up his hand and said, Issued monthly at the rate of $4.00 a year, 40 cents a copy, by the American Foreign Service Association, “ah rayKee pah” which, in Quechua, means, “Yes, 1908 G Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Entered as stay here.” Photo by Jack Grover. second-class matter at the Post Office in Washington, D. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Printed in U.S.A. by Monumental Printing Com¬ pany, Baltimore. oJLXXKJS. Pseudonyms may be used only if your letter includes your correct name and address. CHANCELLOR FIGL—THEODORE KACHAN Paris, France May 14, 1953 To the Editors, FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL: May I request that you publish this letter in the issue in which you print my article entitled “A Glass of Beer with the Chancellor.” For I would like to add a brief postscript to my story about Chancellor Leopold Figl of Austria. Figl and the men of his coalition deserve much credit for having stood off the Russians and for having firmly dealt with the Communists in Austria during seven years. Al¬ though he is out of office now, his fight is still continuing today. Our own help, of course, is a major factor in the 57 Overseas Branches picture, but in Eastern Austria the Soviet Union has occu¬ pation troops and if the Austrian government has been able ARGENTINA CUBA MEXICO Buenos Aires Havana Mexico City to maintain its authority there it is in large measure due Bartolomc Mitre 502 402 Presidente Zayas 54 Avenida Isabella CatdlicQ Flores Cuatro Caniinos to the steadfast, courageous and forthright behavior of Galiano Kepublica Plaza Once La Lonja PERU such men as Leopold Figl. Rosario Twenty-third St. Lima Now, in early May of this year, this prominent anti- BRAZIL Caibaricn PHILIPPINES Cardenas Manila Sao Paulo Manzanillo Juan Luna Communist statesman addressed a letter to Senator Hendrick¬ PraQa Antonio Prado 48 Matanzas Port Area son (R., N. J.) testifying to the effective anti-Communist Avenida Ipiranga Santiago Cebu Porto Alegre ENGLAND Clark Field performance in Austria of an American official by the name Recife ( Pernambuco) London PUERTO RICO of Theodore Kaghan. Rio de Janeiro 117 Old Broad St. San Juan 2 Jose de Jesus Salvador (Bahia) West End Kaghan, who in Austria was an employe of the Depart¬ Santos 11 Waterloo PI. Tixol St. Santurce ment of the Army and only later joined the Foreign Service, CANAL ZONE FRANCE Arecibo Bayamon Paris Balboa Caguas has since then resigned after testifying before the Senate Cristobal HONG KONG Mayaguez Permanent Investigating Committee. It is not my purpose Ponce CHILE Hong Kong REP. OF here to go into his case. Certainly in making its decision Santiago INDIA PANAMA Valparaiso Bombay Panama regarding the usefulness of an American official our gov¬ Calcutta SINGAPORE COLOMBIA ernment cannot give very much weight to the opinions of JAPAN Singapore Bogota Tokyo URUGUAY foreign political leaders, however courageously anti-Com¬ Barranquilla Nagoya Montevideo Cali Osaka VENEZUELA munist and pro-American they may be. Medellin Yokohama Caracas But I would just like to record here that it was a very fine thing for Chancellor Figl to have written that letter on behalf of an American official with whom he had been in¬ Head Office: 55 Wall Street, New York directly associated in the common fight against Communism and for the preservation of democracy in Austria. 67 BRANCHES THROUGHOUT GREATER NEW YORK MARTIN J. HERZ RISKS IN LOYAL REPORTING Salisbury, So. Rhodesia, May 8, 1953 To the Editors, FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL: I have pondered over the contents of your strong edi¬ When traveling carry National City Bank torial, “The Meaning of the Ruling in the Vincent Case for Travelers Checks or Letters of Credit. 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