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News stories Photo stories 11 People from State join 30 Post of the Month: Operation Desert Storm Athens 13 Bacquet, Shirley, Wells are picked as African envoys Special 14 Gale Rogers, Kuwait, is 22 A gift for your boss? (and “Consular Officer of the Year’ other ethical conundrums) 15 Richard N. Dertadian wins 40 Precautions against assault Replogle management award in federal buildings 17 Bush seeks more money, personnel slots for State Departments and features 20 New budget system for the 25 “Ask Dr. Goff” 11 News bureaus: a 5-year plan 13 Appointments Highlights 27 Book Review 58 Obituaries 50 Bureau Notes 42 Personnel: Feature stories 50 Diplo-Crostic Civil Service 2 Gas masks: de rigueur in 57 ebp 45 Personnel: the Persian Gulf area 27 Education and Foreign Senrice Training 48 Superior, 23 How to get Uncle Sam (not 14 Honors and Meritorious you) to pay for your travel Awards Honor Awards 27 Book review 57 Look-Alikes 29 Verse Letters to the Editor

‘Monster’ worst sort. It therefore revolted me to see Washington him appear in two photographs with Dear Editor: Ambassador Peter Jon de Vos. It was gratifying to see the hard work, 1 recognize that publishing Prince dedication and self-sacrifice of our col¬ Johnson's photograph is not the same as leagues in Monrovia memorialized in your condoning his actions, and 1 appreciate the February cover story. If anything, the arti¬ journalistic inclination against self¬ cle underplays the hardships they endured censorship. At the same time, it offends and the atrocity of what they witnessed. my sensibilities as a human being to see With respect to the latter, every prin¬ this man presented as though he were cipal in the civil war has engaged in merely part of the Liberian scenery. If it unspeakable acts against his fellows, and it was necessary to include his photo in our would be difficult to say which of them is benign house organ, it should have been the worst. The stories of vile atrocity com¬ accompanied by a brief description of mitted by Prince Johnson and his followers Prince Johnson as monster. The reader are legion, and few could argue with the should know what he or she is seeing. notion that he is a war criminal of the —(Continued on Page 57)

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Department people find themselves in the middle of a war Eyewitness accounts from Dhahran, Riyadh, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem

pound is only half a mile from the airport) crisis began, a large group from the consu¬ DHAHRAN signaling the beginning of the operation that late had been the guests of the emir of Al- would be called Desert Shield. We watched Khafji during a camping weekend. By Adam Namm and Peg Willingham and listened with a mixture of apprehension One evacuee looked familiar to Peg Mr. Namm is a general services officer and relief as the commander-in-chief Willingham, who recognized a Kuwaiti who and Ms. Willingham a consular officer at announced that troops were landing in our had hosted junior officers from around the this consulate general. Other staff members little comer of the world. Gulf at his beach house in southern Kuwait contributed to this report. With those words, we made the transi¬ after a conference last March. Our former IRST, IN JULY, there was the haze of tion from being a little-known town fre¬ host, now a refugee, smiled graciously at a troop build-up along the Iraq/Kuwait quently confused with nearby Bahrain or the halting words of commiseration, and said he border—third- or fourth-tier story on CNN, more distant capital of Iran to “somewhere looked forward to offering us hospitality in in Saudi Arabia,’’ the destination of thou¬ Kuwait again “soon, Insha’allah (God will¬ sands of soldiers and hundreds of journal¬ ing).’’ Consul general Kenneth Stammer- ists. The advent of the media marked a new chapter in public affairs officer Jonathan ‘Our surprise turned to the Rice’s Job, as he became an important point shock of reaiizing we might of contact for reporters from big news be the next target’ bureaus and small towns. In the ensuing weeks, Kuwaiti refugees man and his wife, Patty, recognized and fleeing American citizens told us their Kuwaiti and American friends from their terrible stories as they sought a safe haven 1987-89 tour in Kuwait who passed through from the destmction of their country. Dep¬ the consulate on their way to the United uty principal officer Jim Bell, consul Les States and elsewhere. Mr. Namm Hickman and economic officer Todd The crisis also brought us into contact coming to us via satellite from Atlanta. In Schwartz spent most of August, September with fame—and fine dining. During Sep¬ those waning summer days, full of heat and and October monitoring the situation at the tember and through the fall, many of us humidity, as air-conditioning compressors Saudi border town of Al-Khafji, now well- spent large portions of our lives at the Gulf ground on, we put the story on the back known as the site of the first major ground Palace, a Saudi royal palace put at the dis¬ burner—where it would shortly boil over. battle of the war. Just six months before the posal of many of our visiting dignitaries. August 2 was like a blast of steam, oppres¬ Adam Namm at an airbase in eastern Saudi Through autumn, many of us called the sive and draining. In the coming days, Arabia. To the rear is Army C-5A. Gulf Palace our second home, and some Kuwaitis flooded across the Saudi border to seek refuge from the invaders. Though the end of summer was in sight, somehow it was getting hotter. That initial week was wide open and dangerous. With only a thin brave line of Saudi soldiers to the north, and no U.S. troops to protect us, we had no certainty as to where Saddam’s men would stop. CNN showed a map with arrows—big, red, alarming arrows—pointed toward Dhahran from occupied Kuwait. Our surprise at the invasions of Kuwait turned to the shock of realizing that we might be the next target. Us? In Dhahran, home of the world’s largest proven oil reserves, the biggest risk since the end of the Iran-Iraq War was being hassled by religious police who cau¬ tion women to cover their bare arms or exposed necks. We watched the skies at night that first week, and devoured all the news available. We scurried across the consulate com¬ pound on August 8 to hear President Bush address the nation. U.S. military planes had been arriving at the Dhahran airport for 24 hours, their loud roar (the consulate com¬

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even began to suffer from “buffet burn- ' out,’’ a condition arising from overcon- i. W sumption of shrimp, lobster, veal and steak j at the Gulf Palace’s restaurant. The legions ^ mUr of visitors included many members of Con- - ^ gress, the Secretaries of State, Defense and t - mm Energy, Vice President Quayle and, of course. President Bush. However, we missed seeing such performers as Steve Martin and Bob Hope, who visited the king- '©*8^ r dom to entertain the men and women in ^

Administrative officer Robert Kepler and secretary Jean Kepler arrived in Sep- tember to start their tours here—they were originally headed for Baghdad, but fate 'S’r intervened. Marine security guards Brad Anderson, Alex Bash, Monte Chapman, \ J- Jerry Hoffpauir and Jimmie Jackson, and detachment commanders Michael Logan and Mark Gordon, beefed up security at the HBzSpj# consulate—and let us know when air raid j / sirens sounded but we couldn’t hear them _ -- when we were inside the “crisis center” set up in August and reactivated in January. A host of temporary-duty colleagues Processing departing American citizei launch of a Patriot antimissile missile and joined us as well: Melvin Ang (who helped Dhahran Academy gymnasium, its subsequent destruction (insha’allah!) of evacuate hundreds of Americans from . ■ ■ . . . r an Iraqi Scud. Debris from a few such Kuwait before being declared persona non Jhe crisis had one benefi explosions fell on the consulate compound, grata in Iraq), Tucker Stewart Catherine effect: the creation of a huge nev breaking some windows and providing tro¬ Cavazos, Susie Tucker, David Stewart, Joe ^“PP'y'"^ & phies to hang on the walls of the office Nowell, Charisse Phillips, Jim Seward, building. John Seeger, Mark Chadwell, Paul Church- ^ommercia officer ( The volume of military air traffic, ill, Mike McLaughlin, Alice Wells, D Aloisio and his staff have hand already heavy, has increased since the out¬ Fletcher Burton, Ken O’Gorman, USIA’s 2. break of hostilities, as sleepless residents of Ray Tripp, and Energy’s Ed Smida-to ^ tension m the American co^ the consulate compound can attest. Commu¬ name a few. Luckily for all of us, Patty f nicator Joe Weller claims there are plane Stammerman and cook Sam Bulaon went on ^PP''«''^‘* ‘^e January 5 deadline tire tracks on the roof of his compound a binge and showed up at the office on ‘“e use of force if Iraq failed t« house! In spite of this, we are all glad to many evenings with a scrumptious dinner Security Council resolutic have the troops here and many of us have for 20. We Joked that it was almost worth r^or mill worked overtime, i hosted them in our homes, as have hundreds enduring the crisis if it meant eating so ‘Washington came through of American and Saudis living in the . . ... with assistance and plenty Eastern Province. Several members of the During these tense months, we devel- - mnral cimnnrt’ mission community have had mixed feel¬ oned excellent working relationshios with SUppon ings as they see relatives arrive to serve in residents stocked up on gas masks. Some Desert Storm, however. Secretary and com¬ people maintained that Saddam Hussein municator Barbara Rodgers’ son, for exam¬ would pull out of Kuwait on January 14 ple, is a tanker stationed in northern Saudi but, as the deadline drew closer, hopes for Arabia. We’re all thinking about and pray¬ peace faded. ing for his safe return, and for the return of The phone rang at 0300 on January 17. all other soldiers. “It’s started. Come in,” said Jim Bell. Responding to demand by Americans With those words, five-and-a-half months unable to leave the country because of the of waiting ended. Desert Shield had become airport closure, the consulate arranged Desert Storm. Since the war began, we flights out with the Military Airlift Com¬ have all put in long hours and grown mand. During the first week of Desert accustomed to the loud “boom” that Storm, an average of 200 U.S. citizens per accompanies the sound barrier-shattering day boarded planes bound for military bases

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in Europe. Passengers were provided stand¬ ard soldiers’ fare for the flight: one ready- to-eat meal. Coordination of this effort required a great deal of our staff resources, in addition to several brave volunteers from the American community. At this time, and throughout the crisis, our Foreign Service nationals proved invaluable. The very first day of processing for the flights included some frightening moments. Three flights were scheduled that day to relocate 195 U.S. citizens and their depend¬ ents. After a full day of processing and awaiting notification from the military liai¬ son officer, the first group of 35 U.S. cit¬ izens departed on a late afternoon flight without incident. Another group of 74 U.S. citizens were en route to the airport to board a waiting C-5A aircraft, while the final group of 73 were boarding buses at the con¬ sulate general for the journey to the airport. The sun was beginning to set. After the second group boarded the C-5A and was ready to take off, the consu¬ late staff and military escorts were returning to the consulate general when the air raid sirens began to howl. A few seconds later the distinct thuds of Patriot missile intercep¬ tors were heard as they rushed upwards to meet the incoming Scud missiles. Two explosions lit up the sky and their shock waves nearly shattered the vehicles’ win¬ dows. When the buses reached the entrance barriers to the consulate general, everyone Temporary-duty consular officer Charisse jumped out and ran (approximately 50 Phillips with two soldier friends. She’s from RIYADH yards) to the consulate building while the Visa Office in Washington. explosions continued overhead. When we By David Bame safe haven and to the airport, where another entered the safe haven, the military liaison The author is a political officer at the plane would whisk them to Europe and officer informed us that the 74 passengers U.S. embassy. onward connections. ‘Two explosions ... their shock An uneasy calm lay over Dhahran as At this writing, we’re more than waves nearly shattered the we convoyed to the airport. The last flight two weeks into the Gulf war. The ini¬ vehicles’ windows’ finally took off at 0230, and weary staffers tial adrenaline surge that accompanied the returned to the consulate general to get outbreak of hos¬ already at the airbase were taken off the some rest and start the process over again tilities is fading, and C-5A and escorted to airport bomb shelters. four hours later. our embassy com¬ The 73 passengers still on the consulate At this writing, there have been no munity is trying to grounds were relocated to the consulate Scud attacks on Dhahran for a week. We all return to a slightly general safe haven. hope this trend will continue, and that Des¬ more human sched¬ For the next four hours, many attempts ert Storm will blow over as quickly as pos¬ ule. Scud and Patriot would be made to transport the remaining sible. Then, perhaps. Consulate General missiles (albeit with passengers to the airport, only to send them Dhahran will revert to the backwater post it thankfully less fre¬ back to the humid and overcrowded safe was before the war began, filling an essen¬ quency) still provide haven when Scud alert sirens sounded, fol¬ tial, but hardly glamorous role, with its con¬ excuses to preempt lowed by the inevitable explosions. any evening social sular and reporting duties in this oil- Mr. Bame Although the adults remained calm, a great producing region. Perhaps once again the plans and to stay deal of time was spent comforting approx¬ biggest excitement here will be a trip over awake at night. imately two dozen children. We later the causeway to neighboring Bahrain. And What follows is a daily journal of life learned that the passengers were “off¬ perhaps folks back home will forget where at Embassy Riyadh, between January 15 loaded” from the C-5A on three separate exactly Dhahran is. Perhaps, but doubtful. and 30, compiled from various notes and occasions during Scud attacks that night. Even after the Storm, the landscape isn’t conversations with colleagues and friends. Once we got word that the flight was up, likely to look as it did before. □ A few notes of introduction may be in we decided to get the last group out of the * * order, the most important of which is that the embassy first entered a crisis mode on have to work through yet another weekend January 20: More and more callers August 2 with the invasion of Kuwait and (in Saudi Arabia, Thur^ay and Friday). want to know when the travel advisory will the threat to Saudi Arabia. Our experiences January 17: Jet lag keeps me up until be changed. More and more embassy then served us well in January, but they also 0230. About 0345, I get a phone call that staffers wish they had taken a course in mis¬ contributed to exhaustion among most the attack has begun. Most of the embassy sile technology, since none of us have staffers, not to mention the entire popula¬ community tune into the CNN broadcast on enough technical expertise to sound reassur¬ tion of Riyaoii. Armed Forces Television for the next sev¬ ing on the subject. One American calls to Also, since the Iraqi invasion pre¬ eral hours. report being hit by a potato thrown at him in empted orientation for officers who arrived The embassy is in full swing by the a local supermarket, leading to widespread as part of standard summer turnover, many time I arrive at 0800. The consular section, speculation about the likelihood of future have spent little time in their regular jobs. through use of a fax network, notified Spud attacks. We all felt the especially heavy crunch of Riyadh’s American wardens at about 0305. The economic section is receiving all visitors over that period. In the time Much more surprisingly, the English chan¬ sorts of requests for updates on the between early August and mid-January, we nel of Saudi television is broadcasting CNN petroleum situation. Petroleum officer Paul handled separate visits by the President and live, even including some interviews with Daley seems to be working the phones 18 Vice President; various cabinet members, Israeli officials that would never appear hours a day, alternately playing press including several by Secretary Baker; and a under normal circumstances. The coverage spokesman, university professor and rumor- blur of congressional delegations that keeps phone calls to a minimum, although basher extraordinaire. always seemed to arrive with the least pos¬ many Americans still want to know if we’ll A Scud is intercepted near Dhahran sible advanced notice. In fact, the only help them to leave Riyadh now. The city around 2200, resulting in the usual sirens in group of American visitors more numerous remains fairly calm, although increased Riyadh, sounded before the missile’s final than those from Capitol Hill were those in security is visible everywhere. destination is known. Economics officer January 18: The first Scud attacks on Jerry Gaines, having decided it was safe to First attack ‘since that Israel and the Eastern Province occur over¬ go out that night, emerges from dinner with of King Abdui Aziz night. Riyadh is still thought to be an friends at a local restaurant to hear the all- by camei in 1905’ unlikely target (due to distance), but Ameri¬ clear siren (realizing that he never heard the can callers continue to focus on the travel initial alert while dining). I stay at the uniform (along with their equipment); luck¬ advisory and the ever-requested gas masks. embassy for a few more hours to help with ily, their impressive abilities to get things The later is an increasingly serious problem, phone calls and keep myself up-to-date. I done made complex coordination efforts since other Western embassies (with much return home around midnight for a long- fairly routine. smaller expatriate populations) have already overdue phone call to my parents and reas¬ January IS: I manage to return this distributed masks, and the Saudi govern¬ sure them that Riyadh is too far to be hit. morning at 0545 from R.&R. in Wash¬ ment is beginning to run low. Riyadh’s January 21: Turns out I’m wrong: ington, having spent the previous day in American school, already closed for its reg¬ while I’m still on the phone, the house and London arguing for a seat to Riyadh (and ular winter break, announces it will stay hearing more than a few remarks of dis¬ closed for a few more days. ‘One American canceis his belief from passersby). Everyone at the Things remain fairly quiet at the request to ieave: “We’ii embassy is clearly concerned about today’s embassy. There is definite pride in the suc¬ try vaiium instead” ’ UN deadline, after which the use of force cess of the initial combat missions. Our liai¬ against Iraq is to be authorized. More than a son work with both the Saudi government windows are rattled by Patriot launches, few people on the embassy staff also note and the U.S. Central Command (known as only this time with much more force. These that the Arabian peninsula will be under a Centcom) are running well, reflecting the are followed by multiple explosions in the new moon for the next few nights, making long months spent by all three institutions in air. I tell my folks I’ll call them back after I an early military action all the more likely. developing regular contacts and coordina¬ find out what’s happening. Armed Forces January 16: Another quiet but tense tion. Political-military counselor Bill Pierce Television and Radio (AFRTS) continue to day. The airport remains crowded with and officer Rick Olson make sure the coop¬ broadcast the second of two National Foot¬ expatriates trying to go away for “vaca¬ eration continues during the crisis (they ball League playoff games as scheduled, so tion.” The embassy’s command center, later take on responsibility on alternate I decide to run over to the embassy (only 75 staffed 24 hours a day since yesterday, is nights for Centcom liaison work during yards) to see if more information is avail¬ answering phone calls throughout the day Scud alerts.) able there. Most embassy staffers have sim¬ and night, often to discount rumors of initial January 19: The first working day ilar difficulties in obtaining information, Iraqi, Saudi or American military action. since the fighting began. Foreign Service although a few manage to tune in BBC. Several American friends ask me if the nationals are understandably tense, and Some staffers watch the initial fireworks¬ embassy will change the travel advisory; there are far more people than usual watch¬ like display from their rooftops or rear more and more officers are learning exactly ing CNN in the cafeteria during lunch or walls. A few others go into prepared how sensitive these matters can be, par¬ breaks. Everyone is still fairly happy about “secure rooms” in their homes, recalling ticularly in a city that hasn’t witnessed an the success of the multinational forces thus that a chemical weapons attack on Riyadh attack of any kind since that of the desert far, although we’re still worried about our was generally rated as unlikely as that of forces of King Abdul Aziz by camel in colleagues in Dhahran. In the evening, two any Scud attack here. Still other officers 1905. Speculation continues about the com¬ Patriots in Riyadh are “inadvertently have calmer experiences: later in the night, mencement of hostilities; some people launched”; the resulting noise and window- one asks his wife (who slept through the express joking certainty that it will come rattling send many people to their phones to attack) not to turn on the bedroom this Wednesday or next, so that we will report an Iraqi attack. humidifier—on the ground it would create

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too much noise to hear further explosions. know where the reports started (when for several days by this time.) Despite the The wife dismisses the request, thinking her asked, most callers and contacts say “my current weekend, many Americans hear of husband made up the story as an excuse to friend heard it”). But most are convinced the new opportunity, some through an keep the humidifier off. Iraq has some weapon that neither the Saudi early-morning fax sent to wardens. Almost The embassy control room is flooded nor the American government knows about. 200 sign up that day for the first possible with phone calls asking about the attack, Thus, our usual response designed to con¬ flight. informing us of impact locations (which, if tain such rumors—variations on “we have January 26: Two more incoming all true, would have meant half the city had no information about that”—is rendered Scuds overnight, one of which hits a gov¬ been destroyed), and demanding—again— moot. Other diplomats seem to take the ernment building downtown after being that the travel advisory be changed. Since threat seriously, as we get several reports of intercepted. Phone calls skyrocket, as new Centcom is busy enough, and since AFRTS entire embassy staffs decamping to Jeddah. signups for backhaul coincide with com¬ continues to broadcast the football playoffs, Some, however, choose to tough it out, plaints from potential passengers who can¬ we explain that we have no definitive infor¬ including two ambassadors whose not get exit visas (a complex process in mation and advise callers to remain where residences suffered broken windows or Saudi Arabia under the best of circum¬ dishes during recent Scud attacks. stances). Still, the first flight leaves in the ‘Several children call, Back at the embassy. Foreign Build¬ evening with 28 Americans and 1 British asking whether they ings Office project manager Alfred Leung citizen. There is a loss of water pressure in should stay inside’ continues to man the (XXX)-08(X) shift in our the afternoon, causing rumors throughout 24-hour control room, sometimes assisted the embassy that Saddam’s oil spill has forced water-rationing measures. The they are. Many want to know why Armed during Scud attacks by embassy colleagues American school reopens, with only partial Forces Radio, available locally since Sep¬ who come in to obtain immediate informa¬ attendance of students and teachers. In the tember, doesn’t broadcast civil defense tion. Daytime phone calls are handled by an evening, I visit the building hit early in the information (answer: because AFR is here amazingly dedicated group of dependents morning; one wing has been sheared away, for the U.S. armed forces, not civil who seem much better able to empathize and a medical center across the street lost its defense). with nervous callers than the more jaded windows, but a major highway and residen¬ Several children call, asking whether embassy staffers. Some nationals request a tial buildings nearby are undamaged. In the or not they should stay inside (they usually shorter workday in order to travel with their best of bureaucratic traditions, Saudi claim their parents aren’t home, though we families before nightfall to nearby towns or security forces are carefully extracting files have our doubts). One distressed caller, desert campsites, in an attempt to avoid the buried in the rubble, even though I am told having first heard that we were trying to get Scud threat. all are duplicated on computer records more information, then cheers in the back¬ January 24: Another Scud attack on across town. ground for the New York Giants, wishes Riyadh overnight, with all again intercepted January 27: One more Scud comes in, that “we cared about the Americans in by Patriots. With no major damage, the only to be intercepted again by a Patriot. Riyadh as much as we do about the threat of “Black Thursday” from Saddam Some people are beginning to discount the playoffs.” is now “Black Friday,” General services threat, although reports of injuries from Everyone’s lack of sleep is evident the officer Charlie Heffeman, one of our newer debris continue to point to its seriousness. next day. Another Saudi friend calls to tell officers, concludes his first week of regular Rumors abound that Saddam will attack me he returned from vacation January 16 work since his arrival in early November; at during the Super Bowl early tomorrow and is glad that he “didn’t miss the show.” that time, his duties were almost all related morning. There are reports of fights over After reports throughout the morning about to the ongoing rush of visitors. USIA gas masks throughout Riyadh: one ruckus a small crater in the city, two embassy officer John Kincannon receives a request among bank employees starts when some officers head out to check for damage from American television crews to film who already have the masks begin to flaunt caused by Patriot and/or Scud debris. future Scud attacks from the roof of the January 22: Two more Scud intercepts embassy, since the Saudi government may ‘Saudi forces are carefully over Riyadh, with debris landing south of be planning to remove them from the roof extracting files buried of their hotel. the city. Gas mask requests continue to in the rubble’ increase, but we still have no new informa¬ January 25: Yet another Scud attack tion. (Matters are not helped when political on Riyadh overnight, with all incomings them. Two more backhaul flights go out, counselor Dick Jones, during a meeting again intercepted by Patriots. With no major one with 61 U.S. Government dependents, with a Saudi government official, is offered results of the threat of “Black Thursday” the other with 65 private citizens. a few gas masks from a newly-arrived ship¬ yesterday, some callers are asking about January 28: No Scud attacks over¬ ment.) The road to Jeddah is reportedly “Black Friday.” The big news, though, is a night, and Saddam’s threat finally seems to jammed with traffic, gas lines and security change in the Department’s travel advisory be fading. The water pressure problem of checkpoints, stretching the usual 10-hour that allows us to offer departure flights to two days ago is found to be the result of a drive into 20. Nonetheless, all three embassy dependents and other Americans broken pipe, the first during my one year in nationals in the consular section’s American via military aircraft returning to European Riyadh. Fifty two Americans leave on back¬ Services section ask (and receive) leave, so bases (“backhaul”). The consular section haul in the evening. (Some potential pas¬ that they can take their families to the west¬ manages to get the word out, although con¬ sengers decline passage on the next flight to ern regions. sul general Karla Reed ponders how to do Spain, preferring to wait for a flight to Ger¬ January 23: The first of three days of this with so many of her employees away. many.) A Centcom officer tells Rick Olson widespread rumors that Saddam has threat¬ (Luckily, the consulate in Dhahran has that the one-liners in the situation reports ened to destroy Riyadh. No one seems to some advice for us, having run backhauls are “the best thing the embassy has done

6 State since the fighting began.” We still aren’t sure to what extent this was a backhanded compliment. January 29: One Scud overnight (accompanied by the increasingly routine interception), but only two calls between midnight and 0600. For the first time in several days, the consular section opens for visas: 25 nonimmigrant visas are processed. Another backhaul flight, this time with only 23 passengers, 12 of whom are from other Western countries. A small crisis is averted when a consular officer from one of those countries is allowed (after intensive debate) “My homework got hit by a Scud”

to bring in his gas mask that he “has to take everywhere.” With daytime phone calls down, new community liaison officer Sahar Kincannon gets her first full day of orienta¬ tion away from the citizen phone center (which she helped organize and keep run¬ ning) in the two weeks since she began in job. One American woman sends us a copy of her letter to her employer, asking that she not be evacuated on the grounds that the U.S. Government isn’t evacuating its employees: “If you can’t trust the judgment of the American government, who can you trust.” January 30: No Scuds again. I wonder if any American students have explained tardy assignments by saying: “My home¬ work got hit by a Scud.” Distribution of gas masks to embassy staff (American and Ambassador William A. Brown addresses For¬ are the number of panicked callers. We eign Service nationals regarding the missile foreign) begins, with an instructional lecture assume some were among the total of 200 attacks on Israel. that looks more like a Darth Vader look- who have left on the backhaul flights. alike contest than a response to a military Embassy officers begin to turn to matters threat. Wardens will be coming over the more closely related to our usual work: the next few days to get their masks, along with political section keeps a watchful eye on, By Michael J. Metrinko private Americans too anxious to wait. To among other things, so-called peace initia¬ The author is the consul general at the no one’s surprise, visa applicants are tives that seem to pop up all over the world; U.S. embassy. becoming more war-conscious in their inter¬ the economic section is using all its contacts views. One Filipino explains he wishes to to try to do something about the largest oil The JANUARY 15 deadline for Sad¬ go to the United States to find a military slick in history (now 40 times larger than dam Hussein’s pullout from Kuwait recruiter, since his father had served in the that from the Exxon Valdez), and personnel was writ large on every calendar in Tel U.S. Army during World War II. He was officer Mary Regan maintains her sincere Aviv. And at the embassy, preparations for refused and referred to U.S. military (but challenging) efforts to fit duty hours in what the war would authorities in Riyadh. Demand for backhaul the control room to everyone’s requests. bring began months flights is down enough that we delay the Still, the Scud threat continues to exist, before the first attack next flight for another day. despite two nights of silence. A recent press on Israel. We had January 31: The war is now two release notes that seven children suffered received gas mask weeks old. Fifty five passengers depart, via minor injuries from intercept debris. We are training, and were backhaul, inclujing many non-Americans. all keenly aware that a ground war, if and given masking tape One American cancels his request to leave, when it comes, may change our situation and plastic to seal off saying: “We’ll try valium instead.” Over yet again. Still, as a Saudi friend said: “safe rooms” in our 1,000 gas masks have been distributed yes¬ “What we’re going through is nothing com¬ homes. Reams of terday and today, and a local newspaper pared to life for people in Kuwait. If we get staff notices had reports the distribution was in response to Saddam out, all the long hours and extra Nfr. Afctrinko been distributed to local pressure, not a Department directive. effort will be worth it.” □ cover every possible The Scud threat seems to be much less, as ^ * aspect of the potential physical security

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problems, and the local media provided per¬ times. night, and several have departed Israel on sonal preparation advice on a daily basis. Since it’s difficult to hear the air raid leave for the time being. Even this can have The only topic of conversation throughout sirens, the radio net has given us our first a slightly “humorous” cast, however—as the city for weeks prior to the actual event warning, time after time, to go to our safe one national discovered when she left the was the possibility of war. Best-laid plans havens. Ben Johnson couldn’t beat most of office early to drive to what she thought notwithstanding, the first air raid siren had a us in our sudden dashes up stairways and would be the safer environs of Haifa. There shock-wave effect on the country—and on down corridors, to the hoped-for security of was no raid in Tel Aviv that evening, but the embassy staff and our operations. a sealed room. Every system has its flaws, she made it to Haifa in plenty of time to Life in the Foreign Service provides however. Consular officer David Tyler was experience a rocket attack there. humor in the worst situations, and there was up reading late at night, when his wife Despite the tension and the air raids, no exception to this rule even as we sat, called from the States to say a broadcast the embassy functions almost normally. The gas-masked and huddled in our “safe newsman had just announced that Tel Aviv vast majority of dependents have left, but rooms,” during the first attack. Alan was being bombed. Dave assured her that office work continues nonetheless. The pub¬ Bigler, the regional security officer, had everything was calm and quiet. A few min¬ lic we serve, and the Israeli offices with long since organized a corps of wardens to utes later, she called back to say the news which we deal, give us constant reminders report on neighborhood conditions and staff of the bombing had just been confirmed on that, even in wartime, people and paper welfare immediately after a bombing. One her Chicago news broadcast. As he was tell¬ require attention. eager embassy officer reporting on the radio ing her for the second time that it was a Social life continues as well, although net excitedly described a “large column of quiet evening, he heard the sirens start and it has changed considerably. Videocassette smoke” which he could see from his van¬ the explosions of the missiles. CNN had clubs are doing a landslide business, since tage point. Despite our masks, laughter had it first! there’s so much time to pass at home. Even went up from all the embassy homes when A wise travel agent in Tel Aviv once though air raids come at erratic times, Alan calmly responded that the smoke was told me that, faced with a crisis, 50% of all Israelis continue to give dinners and to pay coming from the smokestack at the city’s Israelis open their refrigerators. The other visits. The main difference is that you might power plant. 50% call up a travel agency just for the psy¬ end up in someone’s bedroom to eat your What is a “safe room”? Well, depend¬ chological comfort of knowing that planes dessert—with a gas mask on. My own plans ing on the person who prepared it, there’s a are still flying. I laughed at his comment for a major party on January 21, the 10th wide range of possibilities. Basically, it has but, on the surface, it certainly seemed true anniversary of my release as a hostage in all the windows heavily sealed with mask¬ in the week after the war broke out, as the Iran, had to be canceled because of the war. ing tape and plastic, extra tape to seal the consular section became deluged with calls Ironically, after having spent many door once it’s slammed shut, and wet from anxious Americans asking for infor¬ months under Iraqi bombs in Tehran during towels soaking in a chlorine solution to mation, airline schedules—and reassurance. that conflict, I found myself in the same Despite the emotion, basic values haven’t situation—although in nicer surroundings— ‘Knowing our lives may been lost by our callers. In the midst of a 10 years later. Plus cd change, plus c’est la depend on it, we carry particularly hectic barrage of calls, one meme chose. □ American citizen telephoned just to ask for gas masks everywhere’ * ♦ :4c news of the Super Bowl. Israelis love to place at the door sill. The location of these talk, and the phone company has done a TEL AVIV rooms varies. During one raid, I ended up booming business because of the raids. The in a colleague’s laundry room, staring at the local newspapers claim that, while the aver¬ By Frank Finver age number of international calls here is washer and dryer. Others use shuttered bed¬ The author is a political officer at the about 3,000 an hour, the first raid saw more rooms or storage rooms with a minimum of U.S. embassy. windows—as long as they have radio recep¬ than ’00,000 calls being made. Reaching tion. A creature of comfort, 1 have a room out and touching someone takes a whole The call came in on January 17, at complete with TV, telephone, books, new meaning here. 0230 local time: “The United States cognac, good Persian carpets and an As of today, January 31, we’ve had 7 and allied forces have initiated military attached bath. After all, you never know missile attacks, and 27 Scuds have landed action against Iraq. Be prepared to move to how many guests will end up sharing the air in Israel. Approximately 4,000 buildings your safe haven. Re¬ raid time with you, or how long they’ll be have been damaged in varying degrees, main at home until there. including the homes of many of our Foreign further notice ...” Knowing our lives may depend on it, Service national colleagues. There’ve been Not an unex¬ we carry gas masks everywhere, and have hundreds of injured but, luckily, relatively pected development, all become radio afficionados. Even the few deaths thus far. So many people from the announcement most blase staff member carries a radio, Tel Aviv have left the city to stay with circulated throughout making each and every one of us privy to friends and relatives in areas considered the mission via the the most mundane of post communications. risk-free, or have gone abroad, that it has cascade/warden sys¬ This can have heart-stopping moments, of sparked a controversy in the Israeli media. tem, and the moni¬ course. Shortly after one attack, an excited The late afternoon rush-hour traffic on the toring and waiting voice broke in on the net to say that there highways leading to outlying towns crawls Mr, Finver began. Most depend¬ was “incoming” at the chancery. It turned at a snail’s pace, in sharp contrast to the ents had left January out there was an official vehicle at the back empty and eerie streets after nightfall. 10 and 11 as the UN Security Council dead¬ gate. Needless to say, that routine bit of Embassy personnel aren’t exempt from line drew near. The ensuing days would radio jargon has been changed to reflect the the basic human drive to be “safe” for the confirm the wisdom of their move, again 8 State and again. symptoms), and he plopped himself down present debate centers on safehaven versus The next day Saddam Hussein, always in the middle of the room and promptly fell bomb shelter. On the one hand, a bomb one to keep his word, launched Scud mis¬ asleep. shelter is cozy when high explosives are siles into Israel at 0259 local time. Contrary The all-clear sounded two hours later falling. On the other hand, Saddam might to expectations, the first attack came with and, after checking the welfare of the ward just be setting us up with the explosives, little advanced warning, in the face of members, we gathered around the “mother hoping he’ll sucker us down to the bomb barely audible sirens and no instructions of all TV news programs,” CNN, to see shelters and the chemical warfare level. from our radios. In any case, it quickly (via Washington, Atlanta and Riyadh) what After all, Saddam is getting more des¬ became clear that the booms were not of the had occurred several miles away. Seven perate by the day. Gas is a likely device of sonic variety, and that it was time to head warheads hit Israel—three in Haifa, three in a desperate despot, and Tel Aviv is the for the safe havens (prepared in advance in Tel Aviv and one in Beersheva. Mirac¬ prime target if he decides to cash in his our residences) and to don gas masks. ulously, no one was seriously hurt and chips. □ Once in the safe haven, we set about damage was light. This would be the last ♦ * * ensuring maximal survivability (whatever time information would be so immediate that meant), in the event of exposure to and exact. CNN is watched with interest in JERUSALEM chemical weapons. First, we pulled the tab Baghdad, as well. BY Philip C. Wilcox Jr. on our Israeli-supplied gas mask filters The first air raid taught us lessons and The author is the U.S. consul general set a standard for the six (as of January 29) in this ancient historic city. ‘Our former host, now a that have followed. The Patriot missiles refugee, smiled graciously have shored up morale considerably, even if JERUSALEM in mid-February still had their flights and intercepts are noisier than been spared Saddam Hussein’s Scud (each person’s own Rubicon, since this was their prey. Besides the terrifying shaking attacks—perhaps because, among other not, not to be done except in the event of an and ensuing blasts accompanying incoming, things, it is the third holiest city of Islam. actual emergency). We screwed the filters at least one intercept over Herzlia (six kilo¬ Nevertheless, with onto our masks and pulled them over our meters north of Tel Aviv, where many our colleagues from heads.The straps were pulled tight, and we embassy employees live) blew out the plas¬ Tel Aviv, who’ve sucked in while covering the filter opening tic covering from the air-conditioning unit been under the gun, to create the all-important seal around our and window in our safe haven. we’ve shared the faces. Then, we taped the door frame, As the alerts become routine, human experience of these placed a pre-soaked towel under the door creativity takes over. The Israeli-issue card¬ almost nightly visita¬ and checked the plastic around the window board gas mask containers have been per¬ tions, since the air and air-conditioner. sonalized and revamped, by those forced to raid alert warnings As yet unindoctrinated in chemical carry them at all times, to match their aes¬ are areawide and warfare emergency procedures, we spent thetic preferences. T-shirt philosophers are have the same effect much of the next two hours perfecting our emerging from hours of meditation in their in sending us scurry¬ Mr. Wilcox idea of maximal survivability. Our attire safe havens, with offerings such as “this ing for the now-noto- included L.L. Bean duck shoes (gas settles Scud’s for you” or “I said Bud Light.” rious “sealed rooms.” low, so feet and ankles are vulnerable, we The defense attache’s office has printed arm In spite of this change of pace, the were told, but ski boots were deemed too patches of the “Tel Aviv Skeet Club,” cumbersome), parkas, Playtex gloves and showing a Patriot closing in on a Scud. Hefty garbage bags, worn unceremoniously about the head and shoulders. These large Patriot missiles: ‘Their bags, someone drily noted, could conven¬ flights are noisier iently double as body bags, if need be. than their prey’ We monitored Kol Yisrael and BBC on our portable radios, and the internal em¬ The impulse to return to normalcy is a bassy traffic on our handheld units. We sur¬ healthy one, when unaccompanied by com¬ veyed the setup: 10 bottles of mineral placency. Nightly farewells are appended water, atropine injections, spare filters, can¬ with: “Well, what time do you think he’ll dles, matches and a copy of “Chemical launch tonight?” Prompting a semi-serious Warfare—A Family Defense Manual.” response, such as: “He hit late last time so One large, potentially obstreperous this time it’ll be early,” or “He’ll hit problem remained, in the form of a playful, around 5:(X) so he can get the glut of com¬ slobbering, black Labrador retriever named muters choking the Tel Aviv exits.” Ziggy, who’d instinctively beelined his way Scuds raining down on Tel Aviv have into the safe haven ahead of everyone else had their impact, so to speak. In an at¬ and was ready for entertainment. Instead, mosphere where a tea kettle, car horn or a he got three masked humans descending on certain musical strain from a radio can give him, in a vain attempt to stuff his 90-pound cause to pause, it’s not surprising that there frame into a protective infant carrier, which remains a palpable sense of apprehension In Jerusalem, a plasticizing mission safe he successfully resisted. Making a virtue of among the populace. Although we’ve per¬ haven. Left to right: general services assistant necessity, we declared him the “canary” fected the retreat to the safe havens and the Itzhak Salman and administrative officer (the first to exhibit chemical warfare attack ward check system through repetition, the Peggy S. Zabriskie.

March 1991 9 —

LIFE IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE )

I

Jerusalem consulate employees brace for American citizen services calls. Left to right: Jamal Abuteir, Vera Hanania, Majed Razek, Mohammad Abu Hilweh, Samir Hallac, Nili Weinfeld, Rana El-Issa, Mousa Uweiss, Ethan Goldrich, Rihab Said, Helen Abu Sharr, Catherine Barry, Leyla Khoury, Donna Sherman.

Round-the-clock communication in Jerusalem draws on the support of, left to right: Harold Spake, James Hartje, Ross Howard, Richard McDonald.

work of the consulate general has con¬ tinued. An Israeli security curfew has closed off the West Bank, but we continue to maintain close contact with our Israeli and Palestinian clientele. Throughout the crisis, we’ve had to devote particular energy to responding to the concerns of the Israeli- American and Palestinian-American com¬ munities, who worry about the effects of the war on their lives. Consular officers and their Foreign Service national staffs have worked long hours, soothing nerves and steering nervous American citizens toward airline offices. In addition, our administra¬ tive section, our communications unit, our regional security office and our Marine security guard contingent have in many cases put in 24-hour shifts to cope with the special demands of the situation. For Jerusalem, the only positive side to the Scud attacks has been the influx of some 30,000 Tel Avivians seeking refuge in Jerusalem’s hotels. The city, bereft of any tourists since Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, is again bustling. ■

STATE News Highlights

State employees who are reservists aid war effort Christina Y. Jones, a secretary in the Bureau for Refugee Programs, received a registered letter at home one Saturday morning last November from the U.S. Army. A military reservist since 1986, she was ordered to report to Fort Meade, Md., for active duty two weeks later in support of Operation Desert Shield. Ms. Jones is one of nearly two dozen State Department employees who’ve been called to active duty in recent months. Back at her job now in the Office of Reception and Placement, she says she’d rather be in the Middle East on active duty “to support the troops.” “I served at Fort Meade for a month doing mostly administrative work,” she says. “We processed troops in, made sure they had direct deposit arrangements for their pay and that they had wills, issued out gas masks to them and new uniforms. Then I went to Fort Bragg in North Carolina for about a week and a half. Most of the troops Christina Y. Jones during basic training, and from Fort Bragg are in the desert now, so at her job in the Department. (Slate Depart¬ we filled in for some of them. We updated ment photo by Shawn Moore) files and took care of troop requests for supplies.” —Xavier L. Beard, Diplomatic Since returning to State in late Decem¬ Security. ber, Ms. Jones has been doing Reserve duty —William G. Beck, creator of on weekends. While she was on active “Supercrat.” duty, her one-year-old daughter stayed with —Eliza Bethune, Office of Recruit¬ her parents. “I gave up my apartment and ment, Examination and Employment. moved in with my parents when I was —Ritche L. Carney, Diplomatic called up,” she says. “I didn’t know how Security (Washington Field Office). long I’d be gone. I make less in military —Michael Corrado, management ana¬ pay than when I work here.” lyst, Office of the Inspector General. Department employees who are called —Charles B. Daye, investigative to active duty normally go on leave- assistant. Diplomatic Security (Washington without-pay status. If they choose, they can Field Office). use 15 days of military leave or use their —Roland De Marcellus, intelligence own annual leave before receiving military and research specialist. Bureau of Intel¬ pay, according to Don Youso, Office of ligence and Research. Employee Relations. He says; “When Civil —Michael Egan, foreign affairs ana¬ Service employees return, they have lysts, Bureau of Intelligence and Research. reemployment rights. We try to give them —Randall T. Elliott, intelligence and the same job back, or at least a comparable research specialist. Bureau of Intelligence and Business Affairs (Office of Food Policy position. But there’s no guarantee that and Research. and Programs). they’ll return to the same jobs. With For¬ —Lee R. Grant, Diplomatic Security, —Matthew Lipka, communicator, eign Service employees, we’re curtailing (Systems Development and Evaluation Paris. their tours. When they come back, they’ll Branch). —Betty Mayes, public affairs special¬ go through the regular open assignments —Carla R. Henson, accountant. Travel ist, Bureau of Public Affairs. process. When they’re leaving an overseas Advance Section. —Richard McGruder, general post for military duty, we put them on —James Hergen, Office of Assistant engineer. Office of Foreign Buildings home-leave transfer status so their families Legal Adviser for Consular Affairs. Operations. can go to their home towns.” —Stephen C. Johnson, Bureau of —Earl R. Miller, security officer. Dip¬ The following State employees have Public Affairs (Office of Public lomatic Security. been called to active duty. The list was Communication). —Raphael Mirabal, general services compiled by STATE from several sources in —Damon La Brie, economic/ officer, Lima. the Department and may not be inclusive. commercial officer. Bureau of Economic —Dr. David Wherry, medical officer.

March 1991 11 NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Office of Medical Services. calling Deborah Guido-O’Grady, PA/PC, at —Deneen Williams, East Asian and Rise in grievance cases 647-8207, or from Cids Message Center at Pacific Affairs (Office of Freely Associated The Department Grievance Staff has (703) 802-5700.” □ States). □ reported that it received 168 cases last year, 14 more than in 1989. □ 15 months for visa fraud Camille Cameron-Reynolds, who was State is providing “State Department offices which a Foreign Service national employee in news eiectronicaiiy release unclassified information to the pub¬ Georgetown, Guyana, has been sentenced A computerized news and information lic are encouraged to join Cids as loaders. to 15 months in federal prison in a visa service for the public was launched this The bureau of Public Affairs Offices of fraud case. Two other individuals arrested month in an innovative action by the State Public Communication and Press Relations with the defendant in Brooklyn, N.Y., also Department. It will provide unclassified will begin loading a variety of information received jail terms, and $68,000 was seized material to subscribers, including that which beginning in February. The system is also from a safe deposit box. The action resulted appears in Dispatch, the Department’s available to other foreign affairs agencies. from a joint investigation by special agents weekly periodical of record. On line will be “Government users of Cids—Depart¬ of the Office of the Inspector General, the speeches and congressional testimony by ment offices, federal, state, and local gov¬ Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the Department principals, transcripts of press ernment agencies, international organi¬ Immigration and Naturalization Service. □ conferences and the daily press briefing at zations with which the United States is State, the full texts of publications of the affiliated, and federal depository libraries— Women’s group sets up Bureau of Public Affairs, such as Gist and would issue a purchase order to receive a Background Notes, and other offerings. discount off the commercial subscription daycare referral unit The new Computer Information Deliv¬ rate. Government rate charges equal the The Association of American Foreign ery Service is geared to serve subscribers number of 80-character lines times .017 Service Women is setting up a daycare around the world. As a federal computer cents, or roughly 88 cents per 50-line page. referral system for Foreign Service families. network, it will “complement traditional Commercial rates are higher. It will refer parents to daycare providers methods of distributing information,’’ “Cids has been approved by the while they receive training at the Foreign according to a Department Notice of Janu¬ Bureau of Diplomatic Security for author¬ Service Institute or are in Washington ary 24. The notice said; ized Department users. State Department awaiting assignment. “The primary objective is to provide offices may only access Cids from un¬ It will also refer Foreign Service accelerated access for news organizations, classified, stand-alone computers that are spouses in Washington who want to become database services and other information only used to process information intended registered daycare providers to training pro¬ multipliers. This new approach marks the for release to the public and are not con¬ grams for providers. For information, con¬ first time the Department has made un¬ nected to any other Department computer tact Rhonda Clore, (703) 352-7308, or classified information available to the public system. Potential users must confirm that Maggie Morse, (202) 647-1743. ■ in electronic form. Accessed by personal their equipment is acceptable for Cids These boys and girls are enrolled in a non¬ computers and modems, Cids [an acronym access by contacting DS/CMI/ISS profit daycare center for children of federal for the new service] is on-line Monday- (653-9857) before subscribing to the employees and others, on the first floor of the Friday: 6 a.m.-4 a.m.; Saturdays: 6 a.m.- system. General Services Administration building, midnight; and Sundays: 7 a.m.-4 a.m. “Information on Cids is available by 18th and F Streets N.W. For information, call Pam Simon, (202) 501-1945.

12 STATE Appointments

Chiefs of mission for 3 Zaire Ms. Wells has been ambassador to African posts are named Mozambique since 1987. She was director President Bush as of mid-February had of the Impact Program, sponsored by the named ambassadors for three more coun¬ UN Development ftogram, Unicef and the tries. All the nominations would require World Health Organization’s Humanitarian Senate confirmation. The posts and the per¬ Program, 1982-86. sons named are: She began her career as a secretary to —Djibouti—Charles Richard Baquet the Bolivian ambassador in Washington in III, consul general in Capetown, to succeed 1958. She joined the Foreign Service later Robert S. Barrett IV. that year as an analyst for the Bureau of —Senegal—Katherine Shirley, associ¬ Intelligence and Research. In 1961 she ate coordinator for counter-terrorism, to became consular and visa officer in Port-of- succeed George E. Moose. Ms. Shirley Ms. Wells Spain. Then she was economic officer at the —Zaire—Melissa Foelsch Wells, U.S. mission to the Organization for ambassador to Mozambique, to succeed embourg and Netherlands, 1974-77. Then Economic Cooperation and Development, William C. Harrop. she was political officer in Rome, 1977-80, in Paris, 1964-^, and the U.S. embassy in Following are biographical sketches of and an analyst in the Office of Management London, 1966-70. the persons named. Operations, 1980-81. She became director Ms. Wells returned to Washington as a * * * of the Secretariat Staff in 1981. She was a personnel officer for the Board of Djibouti visiting fellow at Brown University, Examiners in 1971. She became chief of the Charles Richard Baquet III has been 1983-84. She accompanied her husband, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs’ consul general in Capetown since 1988. John Shirley, to Tanzania, where he was Business Relations Branch the following Mr. Baquet joined the Foreign Service ambassador, 1984-86. year. Next, she was deputy director for in 1968 and became consular officer in Ms. Shirley was born in Chicago on major exports projects at the Department of Paris the following year. He was a general August 18, 1942. She received a bachelor’s Commerce, 1973-75, and commercial coun¬ services officer and administrative officer in from Wellesley and a master’s from Tufts. selor in Brasilia, 1975-76. In 1976 she was the Bureau of Administration, 1971-75. Her foreign languages are French and Ital¬ named ambassador to Guinea-Bissau and After a tour in Hong Kong, he became ian. She holds the Department’s Meritorious Cape Verde. Then she served as U.S. repre¬ administrative counselor in Beirut in 1976. and Superior Honor Awards. sentative to the UN Economic and Social He returned to the Bureau of Administration ♦ * ♦ Council in New York, 1977-79. She was as special assistant to the assistant secretary People at State special representative to the UN secretary and deputy to the deputy assistant secretary general for relief operations in Europe, Amy L. Schwartz has assumed duties for operations, 1978-82. Then he was acting 1979-81. as deputy assistant secretary for policy and deputy assistant secretary, 1982-83. He Ms. Wells was bom in Tallin, Estonia, programs. Bureau of Human Rights and became director of the Regional Admin¬ on November 18, 1932. She received a Humanitarian Affairs ... Carol Lancester istrative Management Center in Paris in bachelor’s from Georgetown in 1956. She Milano is the new director of the Office of 1983. He attended the Senior Seminar at the speaks five foreign languages—German, Public Liaison, and Joan H. Colbert is Foreign Service Institute, 1987-88. Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. now coordinator for intergovernmental Mr. Baquet was born in New Orleans She is married to Alfred Washburn Wells; affairs. Bureau of Public Affairs. □ on December 24, 1941. He received a bach¬ they have two sons. ■ elor’s from the University of Xavier and a master’s from Syracuse. Before his tenure at State, he worked for the Peace Corps and as a Vista program officer at the Office of Economic Opportunity. He holds the Department’s Meritorious Honor Award. He is married to Carolyn Louis Baquet.

+ * * Senegal Katherine Shirley has been associate coordinator for counter-terrorism since 1989. Before that, she served as consul gen¬ eral in Palermo, 1986-89. Ms. Shirley joined the Foreign Service in 1965 and went to New Delhi as vice con¬ sul the following year. She was an analyst for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 1968-70. After a tour as consular officer in Warsaw, she became a staff assistant in the Bureau of European Affairs in 1972. Next, RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Ambassador Chas. Award to deputy chief of mission David J. she was desk officer for Belgium, Lux¬ W. Freeman Jr. presents Superior Honor Dunford, right.

March 1991 13 Honors and Awards

$5,000 consular awards and filled in flight manifests. With remarka¬ bly few exceptions, those who boarded in Consular award nominees go to Rogers, McMurtry Kuwait were allowed to proceed by Iraqi Twenty-five others were nominated for Gale Rogers of Embassy Kuwait and authorities at Baghdad Airport. the consular award: William Barkell, San¬ Penny McMurtry, formerly of Embassy Throughout this operation Ms. Rogers tiago; Catherine Barry, Jerusalem; Rudolph Monrovia, are cowinners of the Consular found the inner reserves to show compas¬ Boone, Belize; James Callahan, Toronto; Service Award for 1990. Each will receive sion for the problems of the beleaguered Alma Engel, Wellington; Robert Fretz, $5,000 and a certificate signed by the Sec¬ community. She paid special attention to Copenhagen; Jose Garriga, Buenos Aires; retary. A selection committee chaired by the citizens with medical problems, providing a Richard Gonzalez, Accra; Kenneth Grasty, assistant secretary for consular affairs, list to Iraqi authorities (which) served as a Guatemala City; Jane Gray, Nassau; Elizabeth Tamposi, named Jean Louis of manifest for Americans permitted to accom¬ Richard Haynes, Calcutta; Richard Her¬ Consulate General Karachi, Charles pany Jesse Jackson back to the United mann, Manila; John M. Jones, Brussels; Robertson of Embassy Abu Dhabi and States. Her planning and foresight paid real Carmen Martinez, Quito; Margaret McGui- Allen Kong of Embassy Kuala Lumpur human dividends.” ness, Montreal; Sandra Mendyk, Sao Paulo; runners-up. Lisa Piascik, Damascus; Roger Pierce, McMurtry: ‘few hours’ notice’ Istanbul; Suella Pipal, Casablanca; Kathleen Rogers: ‘personal risk’ Ms. McMurtry, now in language train¬ Riley, Cairo; Gilbert Sperling, Madras; Ms. Rogers was nominated by Ambas¬ ing for an assignment in Indonesia, was George Summers, Santo Domingo; sador W. Nathaniel Howell for organizing cited by Ambassador Peter J. de Vos for her Holcombe Thomas, Seoul; Marsha Von the evacuation of Americans from Iraqi- service in Liberia during eight months of Duerkheim, Mexico City. □ occupied Kuwait. The invasion occurred civil war. The ambassador said: less than two weeks after her arrival at post. “As the death and destruction spread, ing, she strongly recommended the issuance “When the President asked the em¬ Monrovia went from just another hardship of a travel advisory to advise Americans to bassy to remain open with drastically re¬ post to one of the most difficult in the deter travel to Liberia. For those Americans duced staff. Gale agreed to stay without world, with Ms. McMurtry and her staff in Liberia, she provided strength and hesitation, despite her short time in enduring 80-hour-plus workweeks and resolved difficult problems with compas¬ Kuwait,” Mr. Howell said. “While shortages of food, water and electricity. The sion. Repatriates arriving in the States Kuwaiti defenders were still engaging the demand for visas and the requirements for commented again and again about her invaders, she and her consular colleagues protection of American citizens sky¬ helpfulness.” were on the streets establishing contact with rocketed. The American community, which the community at substantial personal risk. numbered 5,000 and is now down to 200, Louis: ‘managerial skills’ On August 24, Iraqi forces blocked all was in grave danger. As commercial air Ms. Louis was nominated by Joseph access to the embassy and direct contact service became overwhelmed and then was Melrose Jr., consul general in Karachi, for between Ms. Rogers and the community suspended completely, Ms. McMurtry managing what he called “one of the most was severed. She ran a network she worked closely with the administrative understaffed consular sections in the established by phone, using lines jury- counselor to put together charter flight after world.” Mr. Melrose said: “This summer rigged by private citizens. Her leadership charter flight, often on a few hours’ saw crowds (of visa applicants) ranging as enabled her to orchestrate by remote control notice.” high as 3-4,000 seeking walk-in interviews. the evacuation of almost 2,000 American Ms. McMurtry received a second nom¬ The surge disrupted every aspect of consu¬ citizens and their families by air within a ination from Georgia Rogers, deputy direc¬ late operations and created significant two-week period.” tor of the Citizens’ Emergency Center, who security concerns. Jean took the lead in Mr. Howell commended Ms. Rogers said: “Ms. McMurtry’s ability to resolve devising ways to cope with this unprece¬ for mobilizing a team of Americans trapped consular responsibilities during this period dented surge, such as a modified appoint¬ in the compound to assist her in the evacua¬ of turmoil is due in large part to the ground¬ ment system with codes to prevent abuse. tion effort: “Under her tutelage, these aux¬ work she established early in her tour. That her section continues to function with iliaries became a smoothly functioning team When she learned that tensions between no loss of efficiency or sense of humor that manned phone lines around the clock rebels and government troops were escalat- attests to Jean’s managerial skills.”

Ms. Rogers Ms. McMurtry Ms. Louis Mr. Robertson

14 STATE Ms. Louis received an additional The ambassador also commended Mr. Foreign buildings chief wins endorsement from Elizabeth Jones, deputy Robertson for assuming responsibility for management award chief of mission in Islamabad, who said; thousands of visa cases from Iran and “Pakistan has been designated one of the Lebanon, coordinating consular services for top five countries in the world for visa the crew of an oil tanker which exploded fraud. Her coordination with the host gov¬ near Dubai, and taking the lead in plans for ernment law enforcement officials has an American high school. finally started to bear fruit; interdiction is on the rise. The government of Pakistan has Kong: ‘best service’ remarked on several occasions that Ms. Mr. Kong was nominated by Ambas¬ Louis and her staff have been invaluable in sador Paul Cleveland for his management of the efforts to improve detection of visa the growing consular operation in Kuala fraud.” Lumpur. Mr. Cleveland said: “The work of the section has been complicated by signifi¬ Robertson: ‘calming panic’ cant increases in all areas of consular work, Mr. Robertson was cited by Ambas¬ staffing shortages and a physical layout sador Edward Walker Jr. for his efforts in inadequate to accommodate the volume of the United Arab Emirates. Mr. Walker said: clients requiring service. To cope with the “The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait provided a large number of people cramming into his severe challenge for consular management. small waiting room, Allen had to retrain his The section was deluged with inquiries from staff, redesign his office space and revise concerned citizens. Chuck deferred his processing procedures. In spite of the heavy long-planned R. & R. to manage the situa¬ workload and extreme pressures (that) he tion. He was in daily contact with 28 orga¬ and his staff have had to labor over the last nizations to transmit the latest travel 36 months, consular backlogs are minimal. advisories and updates on the Iraqi threat Typical remarks received during a recent and U.S. buildup. He briefed American consular survey on visa issuances included: groups throughout the consular district, ‘This is the best service I have come across. calming panic that was developing from Keep it up.’ ” □ Richard N. Dertadian, deputy assistant misinformation.” secretary for foreign buildings, is the winner of the $5,000 Luther 1. Replogle Award for Management Improvement. He has been credited with expanding the Department’s overseas building program and strengthen¬ ing security at posts worldwide. He will receive a certificate signed by Secretary Baker. An award committee chaired by a dep¬ uty assistant secretary for politico-military affairs, Elizabeth Verville, chose two runners-up—Terrence J. Brown, director of the Office of Development Resources in AID’S Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, and A. Elizabeth Jones, deputy chief of mission in Islamabad. The commit¬ tee recommended that each receive incen¬ tive awards.

Dertadian: ‘shepherded proposal’ Mr. Dertadian was nominated by Arthur W. Fort, assistant secretary for administration, who said: “Mr. Dertadian quickly recognized the need to reorganize the Foreign Buildings Office to handle the new wave of security construction. He shep¬ herded through the Department and Con¬ gress a proposal to hire a major construction management firm for a number of projects. This use of the private sector to meet man power needs in a highly ■specialized field enabled the Department to address in a short time the need to construct buildings

March 1991 15 HONORS AND AWARDS

that met our new security requirements. The Jones: ‘real manager’ firm has managed projects valued at $450 Ms. Jones was nominated by Ambas¬ million, and the Foreign Buildings Office sador Robert Oakley for her efforts as “alter has expanded its building program to over ego and real manager” in Islamabad. Mr. 50 projects.” Oakley said: “Beth’s first challenge came 10 Mr. Dertadian was also commended for days after her arrival as deputy chief of mis¬ overhauling building maintenance overseas. sion, when Ambassador Arnold Raphel and “The average age of our embassies and con¬ President Zia were killed in a plane crash. sulates is 35 years, and the 2,100-plus With a little help from me, she soon had the buildings we own require nearly $1 billion embassy adjusted to a new situation and in work,” Mr. Fort wrote. “Mr. Dertadian hard at work. The entire embassy received a carried out several initiatives to address the Mr. Brown Ms. Jones Superior Honor Award.” backlog (including) the establishment of refusal to approve a $50-million health proj¬ The ambassador continued: “The mis¬ specialized teams available to posts that ect until plans were strengthened (demon¬ sion is unique in that it handles large pro¬ require emergency maintenance. These strates) his commitment to effective use of grams for two countries—Afghanistan as teams have proven extremely useful to the the taxpayer’s dollar,” Mr. Schieck said. well as Pakistan. No U.S. Government offi¬ 20 posts that have utilized their services. In Mr. Brown was also lauded for his cial may travel inside Afghanistan ... All addition, Dick initiated a program that calls “collaborative management style”: “He is (work) must be done essentially by remote for an experienced engineer in each of our an avid believer in feedback ... opposing control. In almost daily secure calls, Beth newly-constructed embassy buildings. This views are encouraged,” Mr. Schieck wrote. serves as the embassy’s liaison with the has improved management by providing He was praised, too, for providing career Department. She is in the lead to develop an posts with the in-house expertise of a man¬ counseling and supporting training pro¬ antinarcotics program in Afghanistan, ager trained in operating the most modem grams. “He is the spirit behind the AID (which is) second only to Burma in produc¬ mechanical and electrical systems.” Managers’ Network, which has as its key ing heroin.” objective continuing education in manage¬ Ms. Jones was also commended for Brown: ‘exacting standards’ ment for all interested AID personnel,” Mr. clearing up a two-year backlog in visa fraud Mr. Brown was nominated by Freder¬ Schieck said. cases and for protecting posts in Pakistan ick Schieck, former acting assistant admin¬ during riots there. Mr. Oakley said: “She istrator at AID, for developing training Replogle nominees directed the closing of the embassy when opportunities and overseeing $6.5 billion in Seven others were nominated for the the American center came under attack in aid to Latin America and the Caribbean. He management award: Bruce W. Clark, Paris; the anti-Rushdie frenzy in February 1989. was praised for his role in a $200-million E. John Eckman, Policy Planning and Over¬ She called for additional police and military project which allows Latin American stu¬ sight, AID; Jill E. Kent, State’s chief finan¬ when the demonstration became a rampag¬ dents to study in the United States and for cial officer; Lee Lohman, Foreign Service ing mob, directed staffing reductions at con¬ bolstering a nutrition and immunization pro¬ Institute; David N. Merrill, AID, Indonesia; stituent posts and alerted the Department gram for children in the region. At the same Edward H. Wilkinson, Seoul; Joseph Wilson, before they heard about it from news time, he was commended for using “exact¬ Baghdad. □ tickers. As a result of her work, there were ing standards” in allocating funds: “His no embassy casualties.” ■

DAMASCUS, Syria—At award ceremony, Ayman Aghawani, Abdusattar Mansur, Nazir istrative officer; Marwan Mashriki, Rashad left to right, front row: Mohammad Kaylani, Rattan, Ali Kassar, Mohammad Dirkishli, Mansur, Thomas F. Burke Jr., Burhan Al- Dina Laham, Hana Al-Ush, Ruwaida Nahas, Adnan Kabbani. Back row: John B. Craig, Assadi, George Kahhaleh, Salah Nakchabandi, Mahmud Adawis, Ambassador Edward P. deputy chief of mission: Carmen Mouacdie, Nash’at Ahman, Basam Iskandarani, Hisham Djerejian, Abdulrazzak Nasli, Elias Jammal, George Diab, Charles R. Allegrone, admin¬ Fahed.

16 STATE The Budget

State outlines a need for more funds and positions in fiscal ’92 The Department’s request is small—but everything’s relative

The department has submitted a budget for the coming fiscal year which the Bush administration regards as necessary “to provide the nation with skilled professional diplomats, operating out of appropriate facilities and supported by an effective infrastructure, including modern telecommunications and information systems.” The document outlines a need by State for $4,880,396,000 in new budget authority for the 12 months beginning next October 1—an increase of nearly $1 billion above the estimate for spending in the current year. While the category known as “con¬ duct of foreign affairs” amounts to less than one-half of 1% of the total Government budget that President Bush submitted to Congress, the budget arrived on Capitol Hill at a time in early February when federal agencies are being forced by the lawmakers to compete with one another in the effort to keep a lid on the deficit. Robert D. Bauerlein, director, Deputy Secre¬ ment’s budget. (State Department photo by To meet new responsibilities that have tary’s Office for Policy and Resources, at a Shawn Moore) been thrust on the Department by legisla¬ February 4 news conference on the Depart- tion, developments around the world and other factors. State is requesting a total of created watershed challenges and oppor¬ ing of our foreign affairs infrastructure at a 469 new positions. The additional slots tunities for the United States abroad ... time when we are being called upon to meet include: Nonetheless, this relatively small budget extraordinary and new challenges.” —17 for the opening of a mission in has come under increasing pressure as our Following are excerpts from the pro¬ Albania. posts abroad protect American citizens and posed budget: —8 for establishment of a new mission facilities, report on changing basic world Albania elsewhere on the continent, in connection realities and do so while coping with high “With the political/economic changes with the Conference on Security and Coop¬ rates of overseas inflation and a significant currently sweeping eastern Europe, the eration in Europe. decline in the value of the dollar.” United States has made a clear commitment —21 for the Nuclear Risk Reduction Appearing before the House Foreign to open essential new posts and, as appro¬ Center. Affairs Committee on February 6, Secretary priate, carefully adjust and expand our dip¬ —232 to help the Department imple¬ Baker said: lomatic presence. For example, in fiscal “The Gulf crisis provides a vivid dem¬ ment the new immigration act. year 1991, the Department reprogrammed onstration of the ‘front line’ role played by —11 for the Beltsville (Md.) Informa¬ funds to open Bratislava, Kiev and Leipzig. the State Department in protecting Ameri- tion Management Center. State is actively pursuing the recent Alba¬ —11 for the strengthening of financial nian overture to reestablish diplomatic rela¬ management centers. Baker: ‘We face a weakening tions and to open missions in our respective —10 for the Office of Inspector of our foreign affairs capitals. Albania is the only European coun¬ General. infrastructure’ try with which the United States does not —159 to help kick off a five-year capi¬ currently have such relations. The initial tal improvement program to be administered can citizens and defending American inter¬ staff of the new embassy would require 7 by the Office of Foreign Building ests abroad. This is an increasingly Americans and 10 Foreign Service Operations. expensive responsibility, exacerbated by the Nationals.” In addition, in the diplomatic security demands on the Department to expand oper¬ area, the Department is asking for a rela¬ ations to meet new political and economic Conference on Security and tively small sum “to improve overseas opportunities around the globe. Fluctuations Cooperation in Europe security activities and expand counterterror¬ in exchange rates, higher rates of overseas “The President has committed the ism research,” although no new positions inflation and the continuing need to enhance Government to establishing a permanent are sought. the security of our posts and personnel representative to the (conference) for the “The dramatic events of the last two abroad further magnify the problem. Today next review meeting to be held in Helsinki years,” the budget document said, “have we face a potential and worrisome weaken¬ in fiscal year 1992. An increase of 8 posi-

March 1991 17 THE BUDGET

tions and $972,000 will be required to staff classified telecommunications equipment, central facility. Also, under this plan, all a permanent mission.” personal computers, word processing, the existing noncurrent and inactive world¬ electronic mail and database management wide immigrant visa cases totalling 2 mil¬ Nuclear Risk Reduction Center systems.” lion files would be centralized at one facility. However, the statutorily-mandated “The dramatic events which began to Immigration adjudication/interviewing of applicants emerge in eastern Europe in 1989 have also “The Immigration Act of 1990 will would be conducted by consular officers at had a positive effect on the entire range of have a severe budgetary and workload all posts. arms control activities. Conditions now impact on the Department. Additional funds “Under this concept, there is the need exist in which we can reasonably expect to and positions will be required to meet our to centralize consular immigrant visa proc¬ take advantage of unprecedented oppor¬ statutory obligation to issue the increased essing facilities to avoid the costly altema- tunities for progress in arms control across number of visas as expeditiously as possi¬ the board. (The center) has already been ble. The legislation will open immigration tasked with handling the communications opportunities to an unprecedented number ‘The number of immigrant visa for other arms control agreements, such as of persons by increasing immigration from cases is expected to increase the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty, current fiscal year 1991 levels of approx¬ by approximately 52%’ conventional forces in Europe treaty, and imately 539,000 admissions to 720,000 in tive of expanding consular sections at the strategic arms reduction treaty. The the first three years. At Foreign Service overseas posts to process burgeoning work¬ increased arms control activity will require posts, the numl^r of immigrant visa cases load; conduct training for consular employ¬ a significant increase in resources to verify (both issuances and refusals) is expected to ees in the significant immigration reform international arms control treaties and increase by approximately 300,0()0 during changes; redesign existing software to proc¬ agreements. As a central component of the fiscal year 1992, a 52% increase over 1990 ess immigrant visas; install automation and verification process, the (center) is planning levels. a major system upgrade to be in place prior “The Department will attempt to meet support systems for the central facility to to enforcement of new arms control the increased workload in the most cost- process and track the increased immigrant agreements. effective manner possible by maximizing visa workload, conduct a lottery, and to “The estimate includes 21 positions economies of scale. Initially, the Depart¬ communicate with overseas posts; and and $650,000 in salaries for additional ment plans to centralize in one location in provide supplies, office equipment, printing watch officers, operations assistants and the continental United States the immigrant and mail transportation required to process computer support personnel to manage the visa processing for all but the most efficient the workload and outfit the increased staff anticipated increase in woikload. In addi¬ and largest posts. This approach would and central facility. In addition, 232 posi¬ tion, $700,000 is required for additional retain most of the internal processing at 16 tions and support costs will be required to computer hardware and software, funding high-efficiency/high-volume posts. The support this facility as well as to handle the for Russian/English translation programs. remaining workload would be shifted to the increased overseas workload.” Financial management FY 1992 Request for Conduct of Foreign Affairs: $4.1 billion “The Department requests additional resources to provide for the major restruc¬ turing of internal controls required to meet ($ million) the requirements of the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, help correct high-risk material weaknesses cited in the Depart¬ ment’s Federal Manager’s Financial Integ¬ State Department rity Act report to the President, and to Salaries and Expenses Foreign Buildings further long-term financial system planning $2,050 (50%) $570 (14%) efforts. “To correct these material weaknesses, the Department is in the process of replac¬ ing multiple, labor-intensive financial and accounting systems with a modem, consoli¬ dated financial management system designed to meet the needs of its domestic and overseas operations, as well as those of other foreign affairs agencies ... This inte¬ gration and consolidation of worldwide financial information will provide managers with the information needed to make pru¬ UN Programs' dent decisions about allocation of scarce $1,327 (32%) resources and produce auditable financial statements.”

Beltsville Information Management Center “The requested level of funding will

18 STATE allow the Department to establish an ADP coprocessing capability which will also 1992 DISTRIBUTION OF SALARIES & EXPENSES provide for back-up of critical applications (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) for the Foreign Affairs Data Processing Center. Funds will be used to purchase a second complex of mainframe equipment to CONSULAR RELATIONS be located within the newly-constructed $250,065 12% DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS information management portion. The com¬ $292,871 14% plex of equipment will include one main¬ DIPLOMATIC SECURITY frame and direct access storage devices, $299,828 16% EXECUTIVE DIRECTION cartridge back-up drives, telecommunica¬ $152,807 8% tions ports and required software. The PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Beltsville procurement is the initial step to $ MEDICAL SERVICES $69,726 3% replace the Department’s aging mainframe equipment base.” INFORMATION ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES* $398,064 19% Inspector general $586,202 29% “This request represents the level of resources needed by the Office of the Inspector General to conduct audits, inves¬ TOTAL $2,049,672 tigations and inspections of State’s world¬ wide operations and programs. The increase in funding will provided for: (1) a com¬ • INCLUOIt DOMltTie ADMINISTRATION, OViRtSAS ADMINISTRATION 1 POST ASSIONMINT TRiWSl pliance follow-up review capability to ver¬ ify compliance with recommendations and to assess the validity and effectiveness of expenditures for maintenance and replace¬ least 10 additional years necessitated by the corrective actions taken; and (2) audits of ment of obsolete facilities would impede continuing inability to obtain a suitable site Department financial statements as required U.S. foreign policy objectives, since the for a new office building in Tel Aviv. Con¬ by the Chief Financial Officers Act of physical condition of embassy facilities sequently, the renovation project requested 1990.” would provide inadequate support for diplo¬ in fiscal year 1989 must be expanded to matic activities. extend the serviceability of this facility. Foreign buildings “The five-year plan details the cost This will require replacement of building “The budget request and fiscal years and timing for the most urgent of these systems which have been extended beyond 1992-96 plan for facilities maintenance, requirements. Such long-range planning is their useful life, improving the post com¬ rehabilitation and replacement is a com¬ essential to a capital program and requires a munication facility and expanding facilities prehensive strategy to address the signifi¬ predictable resource base to fund projects for classified information handling. cant backlog of facility requirements from site acquisition to occupancy, which “The Department is requesting essential to restore the safety, efficiency and can take five to seven years. $5,452,000 for design and construction of a security of our aging overseas buildings “The appropriation request for the inventory. The budget authority required to acquisition and maintenance of buildings Tel Aviv: ‘Operations will be execute this plan is $2.33 billion over five abroad is divided into four major activities: conducted in the current years. The appropriations required for capital program, leaseholds, functional pro¬ facility for 10 more years’ 1992-96 are significant increases over the grams and administration. The capital pro¬ annual amounts enacted since fiscal year gram request provides new budget authority small office building in Bissau. This project 1988 for foreign buildings operations. to begin construction of new embassy facili¬ represents the Department’s implementation These budget increases are, however, ties in Bangkok and Bogota. The of a new cost-saving concept for con¬ unavoidable. The continued deferral of $9,871,000 requested for Bangkok and struction of embassy facilities. The small $10,691,000 for Bogota will be used in office building will be fabricated from pre¬ Posts in the 5-year plan addition to funds appropriated in prior years manufactured steel framed modular units. These units will be manufactured in the Following are the posts included in the for these projects to cover the cost of basic United States to control quality and to five-year capital improvement plan for U.S. construction and project supervision ensure security of building materials. This foreign buildings: expenses. In fiscal years 1993 and 1994, additional funding will be required for these approach will minimize on-site construction Abidjan Caracas Pretoria projects for continuing project supervision time and thus save costs. The concept is Abu Dhabi Djibouti Riyadh expenses, U.S. Government-furnished applicable to embassy facilities up to Abuja Doha San Salvador security equipment and office furniture. 10,000 square feet, which will accommo¬ Algiers Kampala Santiago “The capital program request provides date a staff of 15 officers. Because these Bangkok La Paz Seoul new budget authority of $21,753,000 for a structures cannot meet blast criteria, the Bissau Lima Singapore major renovation of the existing Tel Aviv concept is only applicable for localities with Bogota Ottawa Sofia chancery building. The Department expects a low security threat. Budapest Panama Tel Aviv that diplomatic and consular operations will “Funds for design of a new office Cairo 11 Port Moresby Tunis □ be conducted in the current facility for at building for Abidjan ($3,596,000) and for

March 1991 19 THE BUDGET

site acquisition and design of a pre¬ The Department requests funds to improve related improvements to residential proper¬ engineered office building in Kampala overseas security activities and expand ties. Consistent with these standards, ($2,110,000) are also included in the capital counterterrorism research and development $1,078,000 is required to provide security program request. efforts; upgrades at approximately 800 overseas “The request also includes $7,999,000 “Local guard vehicles, $922,000. This residences located at critical and high-threat of new budget authority for project supervi¬ request will provide for the purchase of 40 posts. sion, furniture and furnishings, and security mobile patrol vehicles (33 replacement “Counterterrorism research and equipment to support capital projects begun vehicles plus an additional 5 vehicles for development, $1,000,000. (This) program in fiscal year 1^1 and earlier in Budapest, responds to international terrorism by fund¬ Cairo, Caracas, Djibouti, La Paz, Pretoria ‘Security upgrades at 800 ing research to detect terrorist weapons and and Santiago. overseas residences’ explosives and to enhance protection of “The request also provides new budget U.S. personnel and facilities from terrorist authority of $3,900,000 for security New Delhi and two for Istanbul). Funding attack. In response to increased threats upgrades and relocation of overseas facili¬ would allow the diplomatic security pro¬ worldwide, this request will fund the ties separately occupied by USIA and gram to replace 1984, 1985 and some 1986 development of more sophisticated explo¬ $1,000,000 for site acquisition for a new model-year vehicles, establishing a routine sive detectors, chemical and biological AID facility in Manila. five-year replacement cycle consistent with agent detectors and countermeasures equip¬ “Facility rehabilitations are planned Department policy. ment. These funds will help the Depart¬ for Ankara, Brazzaville, Bridgetown, “Residential security, $1,078,000. ment, as the lead U.S. agency for Dhahran, Jeddah, Kinshasa, Moscow and Diplomatic Security has developed and responding to international terrorism, coor¬ Paris.” implemented standards and policies for out- dinate and supervise the national counterter¬ of-office security programs in such areas as rorism program and encourage even further Diplomatic security overseas schools, home-to-office transporta¬ cooperation with close allies in international “Diplomatic Security, $3,000,000. tion, security systems, equipment and counterterrorism efforts.” □

Management launches new system for planning ahead on budget Bureaus are being required to draft 5-year plans

By C. Edward Dillery and Mary E. Procter

The authors are members of State’s new Bureau of Finance and Management Policy. The great debate on the budget and the deficit involves every Govern¬ ment agency, including the State Depart¬ ment, which is coping with the most extensive changes in international relation¬ ships since World War II. And in the face of all these changes, last year’s Budget Enforcement Act limits funding for interna¬ tional affairs. Over the next three years. State will be limited to increases that don’t keep up with overseas inflation, much less The authors at a February 12 briefing for system. (State Department photo by Ed cover foreign currency losses. This year’s Department officers on the new budgeting Anderson) funds for the Department were cut back sharply—and there is only modest relief in senior officials throughout the Department has been taking shape for almost two years, the President’s budget request for the next are rethinking the direction of U.S. foreign and is primed to swing into full operation fiscal year, which begins October 1. policy to meet the realities of the postwar this year. Mr. Selin and the Bureau of The budget agreement does, however, era. Finance and Management Policy call the reduce some of the uncertainty surrounding Under these circumstances, says Ivan system “program planning.” They take outyear funding. The three-year limits on Selin, the under secretary for management, pains to distinguish it from the traditional international affairs funding, five-year “it’s clear that the old system of spreading process by which bureaus and offices seek limits on overall Government spending, and available resources evenly—with no activity and obtain resources. Among the sharp restrictions on requests for budget receiving enough to be effective— will no differences: supplemental funds do provide clearer longer work.” —Instead of budgeting ahead a year at benchmarks for the Department’s likely A new system for tackling just this a time, bureaus will begin the process with future resources. This occurs at a time when problem in allocating funds and personnel five-year projections.

20 STATE —The bureaus will include a discus¬ graphic bureaus—each organization will ards we’ve set for ourselves. Something has sion of likely future foreign policy develop¬ identify the major U.S. interests in its got to give. We need to make our missions ments, as well as resource requirements, in region. An interest, for example, might be leaner overall, and at the same time focus their submissions. assured U.S. access to natural resources in them more sharply on our highest-priority —The focus no longer will be on the region. Still another interest might be objectives for U.S. foreign policy in Latin maintaining a base level of activities—that encouraging nations in a region to settle dis¬ America.” is, how much is needed to continue operat¬ putes. At the same time, each bureau will One new feature is to relate planning ing as before. Rather, the focus will be on look ahead five years, projecting political, by overseas missions to the bureau plans. identifying goals and objectives—then pri¬ economic and other developments during Instructions went out to embassies last oritizing them against the backdrop of the that time. For example, will political tur¬ December to replace the old “goals and overall U.S. Government budget problem. bulence continue and accelerate, or will it workplans” with new “mission program —Bureau goals and objectives will be fizzle out? Will the economic situation be plans” that will provide the basis for bureau meshed with Department-wide policy goals, better or worse? Will a regime pump money five-year plans. Ambassadors were asked to which cut across bureau lines. Department¬ into the military or into economic identify their most important priorities in a wide priorities will then be established. development? framework of 11 program categories that There have been efforts to introduce The second element will be the tough match those in bureau planning documents. program planning systems into the Depart¬ one of identifying specific goals and objec¬ To help the chiefs of mission envision ment in the past, but they did not survive to tives for action that realistically relate U.S. an effective mission plan, the instructions become part of the Department’s traditions, interests to available resources. included a sample program plan developed nor were they tied to the budget process. So The third part will require bureaus to during a pilot project at Embassy Lisbon. none of them took hold. In contrast, many say how they would modify their resource Ambassador Everett E. Briggs worked other U.S. Government agencies do have closely with his country team to determine such systems. State is almost alone among ‘If we don’t improve our the responsibilities of his mission that are foreign affairs agencies in being without crucial to U.S. interests, the key objectives some form of program planning. planning, somebody else is to meet them and the resource implications Mr. Selin puts it this way: “We’re in going to plan for us’ for the Department. Commenting on the an era of exceedingly tight budgets. If we planning process. Ambassador Briggs don’t improve our planning, somebody else allocation to add to high-priority programs stresses: “This plan isn’t a business-as- is going to plan for us and allocate our and—perhaps most difficult—to reduce the usual document. Sticking to the vastly resources for us. But we understand our outlays on lower priority programs. improved new format forced us to think vig¬ needs better than outsiders do. Now we’re In the fourth part, bureaus will review orously and specifically about our future going to identify what is more important their work and analyze management work. The plan will prove invaluable as we and what is less important, and we’re going implications for State. For example, if it address our desperate budget situation as to cut the pie that way.” appears that a certain country will be responsibly as we can.” There’s an obvious question about the emerging from commercial isolation, can “Just as the dialogue between field and utility of program planning for the Depart¬ we expect to open consulates there—and, if headquarters is important to focus our ment. In light of the largely unforeseen so, what will this mean for providing build¬ reporting,” adds Robert Kimmitt, under events in eastern Europe, what good would ings, telecommunications and Foreign Serv¬ secretary for political affairs, “it’s equally it have done for the Department to be stuck ice staffing? Where can activities elsewhere vital as we go about seeking to match pri¬ today with a myopic plan for the region that be curtailed to free up staff and support orities, staff needs and available had been drawn up five years ago? resources? How should a region translate a resources.” “I agree that a great deal can’t be fore¬ Department goal of support for U.S. com¬ Program planning will have an imme¬ seen in world events, especially now,” says petitiveness into a need for more Foreign diate impact on the Department’s opera¬ Jill E. Kent, chief financial officer of the Service economic officers—and, if so, can tions, and it will provide a road map for the Department, “but while you can’t predict recruitment and training meet the new future. The first use of mission and bureau everything in the field of diplomacy, you requirements? plans will be as part of the input on final have to recognize that the State Department “We have called the bureaus’ attention allocations of funds for this fiscal year. is like the Queen Elizabeth. It changes explicitly to the long lead times needed for State’s proposed budget for the next year, course very slowly, even when world events some kinds of staffing,” says Edward J. which in part reflects an early phase of the are changing rapidly. Once financial and Perkins, director general of the Foreign program planning process undertaken last personnel resources are allocated, it’s hard Service and director of personnel, “and spring and summer, has already been to reshuffle them. But if much of what the we’ve asked them to lay out their expected reviewed by the U.S. Office of Manage¬ State Department must do is clearly antici¬ needs for officers with hard-language and ment and Budget and was transmitted to pated, we can better direct the resources in other specialized training”. Congress by the President last month. For the first place, and there’ll be that much less Regional bureaus are engaging their fiscal year 1993 and beyond, the process that has to be reshuffled.” deputy assistant secretaries and office direc¬ should come into full operation. Program planning at State started in tors in wrestling with the proper scope and The bottom line is that the Department January, when the Bureau of Finance and balance of activities in the region. As John must find new ways to link resource alloca¬ Management Policy issued to most bureaus Clark, executive director of the Bureau of tion and policy requirements, and this new instructions for bureau program plans. The Inter-American Affairs, puts it: “We don’t program planning system offers a real hope process involves four major pieces; have the resources to support our current of proving to senior officials a tool to First—in the case, say, of the geo¬ number and size of missions at the stand¬ accomplish this end. ■

March 1991 21 Standards of Conduct

est. There is no minimum amount of value from the under secretary for management.) Appearing here is the first in a series or control that constitutes a financial inter¬ Under certain circumstances, you may of excerpts from a pamphlet for employees est. This prohibition also applies if any of be required to sign a statement recusing published recently by the Office of Inspec¬ the following individuals or organizations yourself if your financial interests, or those tor General—“Standards of Conduct: A have a financial interest in the matter. of your spouse, minor child or partner, Guide to Ethical Conduct for Department • Your spouse, minor child or business might be implicated in a matter involving of State Employees in the United States partner; your personal participation as a Government and Abroad.” Additional excerpts will • An organization in which you serve employee. You may obtain advice involving appear in subsequent issues. “The purpose as an officer, director, trustee, partner or such matters from the assistant legal adviser of this pamphlet is to provide guidance that employee; or for ethics and personnel. In cases where will assist you in avoiding problems before • A person or organization with which your interests are too remote or too incon¬ they arise,” the foreword says. you are negotiating for employment. sequential to affect the integrity of your If your are a U.S. citizen Government official duties, you may seek, in advance, a employee traveling or serving abroad, you Gifts to supervisors waiver of divesting requirements from the and your immediate family are prohibited under secretary for management. □ Your office decides to take up a gift from certain activities in your country of collection for your boss, who is being pro¬ assignment, including; moted within the office. Since a continuing • Speculating in currency exchange; Travel reimbursement workplace relationship is involved, is it • Engaging in currency transactions at proper for you to solicit contributions for from private sources exchange rates other than the legal, locally such a gift? available rate; • Selling to unauthorized persons, A private corporation offers to pay No. You may not solicit a contribution either at cost or for profit, currency your travel costs to attend a conference from another employee for a gift to an offi¬ acquired at preferential rates through diplo¬ that it is sponsoring. Can you accept this cial supervisor or as a donation to a super¬ matic or other restricted arrangements; offer? visor. Furthermore, you may not accept a • Engaging in transactions entailing the gift from an employee whose salary is less use, without official sanction, of the diplo¬ The propriety of accepting such an than your own, except in the cases noted matic pouch; offer depends upon the circumstances. Gen¬ below. □ • Engaging in unauthorized private erally, you are not allowed to accept direct Your office decides to take up a gift transactions that violate applicable host reimbursement for travel in the United collection for your boss, who is departing. country laws and regulations; States or abroad from sources other than the Is it proper for you to contribute to such a • Acting as an intermediary in the U.S. Government. Travel reimbursement transfer of private funds from one country may be accepted from an outside source on gift? to another, including the United States; behalf of the U.S. Government only in con¬ • Permitting use of your official title in nection with official duties, and any such Yes. Exceptions to the above restric¬ any private business transaction or in adver¬ acceptance should be approved in advance tions exist for small voluntary gifts (i.e., tisements for business purposes; by the under secretary for management. gifts for which no explicit or implicit pres¬ • Investing in real estate or mortgages Such travel must meet specific guidelines: sure can be applied) in special circum¬ on properties, except for the purchase of a • Any authorized reimbursement from stances such as marriage, illness, death, or house and land for personal occupancy; outside sources should be paid directly to to mark an employee’s transfer or • Selling or disposing for profit of per¬ the Department of State, not to the retirement. □ sonal property, including automobiles employee. imported duty free, to individuals who do • In cases where it would be impracti¬ Financial interests not have duty-free privileges; cal for the Department to pay for your and activities • Transacting, or having an interest in, approved travel (e.g., commercial transpor¬ any business; engaging in any profession for tation is not readily available), provision of profit; or undertaking other gainful em¬ in-kind arrangements may be accepted. A corporation in which you own stock ployment, unless specifically approved by Travel offered to a group of members of the may be affected by a matter in which you the chief of mission or by the under secre¬ diplomatic corps to visit a Government proj¬ participate as a U.S. Government official. tary for management on behalf of the chief ect would be an example of such a case. What should you do? of mission; or • Travel orders must reflect authorization • Investing in bonds, shares or stocks to accept travel gifts from foreign govern¬ You should sell your shares as soon as of commercial concerns headquartered or ments or expenses for travel outside the possible, before your participation affects, conducting a substantial portion of their United States. or can be perceived to affect, the matter in business in the country to which you are • Prior to acceptance, you must inform question (unless you have signed a state¬ assigned. (If such investments were held the Bureau of Public Affairs of all personal ment recusing yourself, or the under secre¬ prior to knowledge of your country of invitations to speak, lecture or participate in tary for management has waived the re¬ assignment, it may be possible for you to a conference on a subject of official concern quirement that you sell the stock [see receive permission to retain them, provided while on official duty in the United States. below]. that they are not sold during the course of The Bureau of Public Affairs may authorize Generally, you cannot personally par¬ your assignment without prior written direct reimbursement of travel or in-kind ticipate as a Government employee in a approval from the chief of mission. Chiefs arrangements. matter in which you have a financial inter¬ of mission should request such approval —(Continued on Page 28)

22 STATE Your Wallet

How not to lose money on official travel Psst! You can start by reading this articie

BY Rowena Cross-Najafi You may protest that this regulation is ized from Burundi to Sioux Falls. No airline unfair—that the Government shouldn’t flies direct from Burundi to Sioux Falls and, The author, a Foreign Service officer, make you pay for someone else’s mistake, if one did, it would be a foreign-flag is assigned to the Transportation Division that employees shouldn’t be expected to carrier—but that’s another issue. Anyone in the Bureau of Administration. know about airfares. Your objections are who has done a tour in Africa knows that YOU, YOUR WIFE (or husband) and understandable. However, the Government the usual route to the United States is two children are on travel for State. won’t pay more than the cost of the least through Europe. So you should be issued a You have home leave and transfer expensive tickets. The person who prepares ticket to Europe at the least-expensive orders—from an African post ... to Wash¬ the tickets can’t be held liable. Unless you economy-class fare which meets the needs ington ... to a home can get the money back from the airlines, of the authorized travel. This may mean full leave point ... to a you’re the one left holding the bag. So the post in the Pacific. way to avoid incurring an enormous obliga¬ ‘Many employees mistakenly The tickets are tion to the Government is to learn as much assume they may count on prepared at the los¬ as you can about the various fares available. the full economy fare ...’ ing post, at a cost of One important term to familiarize over $13,000. When yourself with is “city-pair fare.” This is a economy fare (although in some cases a the certifying officer special low fare offered only to U.S. Gov¬ more restrictive, discounted fare may be at the gaining post ernment travelers on official business, avail¬ available and appropriate). You can get a adjudicates the travel able when the traveler flies between two city-pair fare linking your European hub voucher, over cities for which this special fare is avail¬ with an American hub, whence you can get $5,000 of the ticket able. Travel agents call this fare a YCA another city-pair fare to Sioux Falls. If this Ms. Cross-Najafi costs are disallowed. fare, and that’s the term you’ll see in the combination city-pair fare is cheaper than The reason? “fare basis” block on your ticket. Other, the through-fare available at post, you must It’s that the tickets purchased at the even lower, contract fares are occasionally use it or you’ll pay the difference. losing post were more expensive than they available. These are designated by a “CA” You may be familiar with the term would have been had Government contract suffix: BCA, HCA, MCA, QCA and VCA. “cost-construction,” which refers to the fares been used. If your travel begins and ends in cities practice of determining the value of your For your information, this is only one paired with a YCA fare, you’re required to authorized travel or transportation so you of many instances in which an employee—it use this fare unless one of the other contract can determine your liability for indirect could be you—is held financially liable for travel or transportation. If you want to official travel. Do you know that you could ‘Comparison-shop the way you travel a route other than that authorized, owe the Government the difference between would if you were traveling you’re responsible for paying any costs in the cost of an airline ticket purchased for at personal expense’ excess of the lowest cost of service avail¬ your official travel and the cheapest ticket able for the authorized routing. available—and that this difference could (“CA”) fares is available and cheaper. For Many employees mistakenly assume amount to thousands of dollars for a small example, take Washington to Paris. The they may count on the full economy fare, family? If you don’t know, pay close atten¬ contract carrier at this writing is Pan Am, and they proceed to use the dollar value of tion to this article; it may save you a lot of and the YCA fare is $358, compared with a that fare to buy “supersaver” tickets to money. commercial fare of $1,096. For most travel other destinations. But there are two prob¬ The basis of disallowances like the one originating in Paris or Washington, this fare lems with this practice. First, any fare basis outlined above is at 6 Foreign Affairs Man¬ doesn’t create any problems, as travel for cost-construction must be the lowest- ual 115, which states: “The traveler is agents in those cities understand the terms cost ticket, using contract fares where avail¬ responsible for the correct performance of of the contract and issue tickets able. In addition, if a more restrictive dis¬ official travel and for the payment of any accordingly. counted fare is appropriate for the type of charges incurred through failure to comply Of course. Foreign Service travel isn’t with the governing regulations, regardless restricted to large European capitals and the U.S. capital city. We travel from places like ‘If you pay cash ... you may ‘You may protest that this Burundi and Moroni to places like Sioux find the Government unwilling regulation is unfair... Falls and Natchitoches, and on to places to reimburse you’ like Chiang Mai. How do we make sure that Understandable ... However...’ the tickets we’re issued at post represent the travel, a cost-construction should be based of who may have assisted the traveler in lowest fares available to the Government? on the value of that discounted fare to the making arrangements, and for the value of The answer is simple: Find out what the authorized destination—not on any higher- tickets in traveler's possession purchased available fares are. Comparison-shop the cost combination of full economy and con¬ with Government funds or through the way you would if you were traveling at per¬ tract fares to the authorized destination. exchange of transportation requests” sonal expense. You should also be aware that, if you (emphasis added). Take as another example travel author¬ pay cash for a ticket without getting the per-

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mission of the U.S. General Services ticketing situation involving both city-pair comfort and safety” (6 F.A.M. 115a), you Administration first, you may find the Gov¬ and noncontract fares: You’re given PCS should be provided documentation to that ernment unwilling to reimburse you at all. orders authorizing travel from Washington effect, and issued a ticket at the next-lowest Before obligating any personal cash to pur¬ to Sofia. There are a number of possible available fare. chase tickets, review 4 F.A.M. 472.1c. routings, and each one is priced A good source of information on city- It may be helpful to you to know that differently:* pair fares is the Federal Travel Directory, contract fares must be paid for in their which every post should have. This booklet 1. Washington to Sofia, full econ¬ entirety out of Government funds, and that lists both domestic and international con¬ omy through fare. 1310.00 you may not add personal funds to pay for tract fares, and contains other Government additional services or an alternate 2. Washington to Paris, YCA (city- travel information. If your post doesn’t have pair) fare. 358.00 destination. a subscription, the general services officer Paris to Sofia, full economy should order one, either directly through the Say, for example, you’re flying to fare. 874.21 Paris, using the Washington-Paris contract 1232.21 Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov¬ fare of $358. You prefer to fly through ernment Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 3. Washington to Rome, YCA Brussels, visit friends there, then take the 20402, or through the State Department (city-pair) fare. 375.00 train to Paris. The city-pair fare from Wash¬ Library (IS/OIS/LR/AC). Information on Rome to Sofia, full economy ington to Brussels is $368, so by your cal¬ fare. 567.91 non-Government fares should be available culations you should have to pay only $10 942.91 though your post’s usual airline ticketing plus train fare for the indirect routing. channels. 4. Washington to Frankfurt, YCA Wrong. Because you may not add per¬ (city-pair) fare. 338.00 If you require any additional informa¬ sonal funds to pay for a Government con¬ Frankfurt to Sofia, full economy tion on authorized routings or fares, you tract fare, you must purchase your ticket to fare ...‘. 722.09 Brussels at the lowest non-Govemment rate, _1060.09 ‘A good source of information: You should, properly, be routed the Federal Travel Directory’ “You may not add personal through Rome, as that’s the lowest-cost funds to pay for a ticket available. If you state a preference for may cable the Department (Attention: OPR/ Government contract fare’ another routing, or want to travel indirectly, ST/TD for American Express). In the the fare via Rome should be the basis for United States, call American Express at any cost construction. If the $942.91 fare which is $589. Thus, your indirect routing 1-800-752-2320. isn’t available for some reason, or if the costs you $231. A less expensive alterna¬ Remember: in the words of Benjamin issuing office has some information that this tive, if you want to visit those friends in Franklin, the first U.S. diplomat routing isn’t “consistent with reasonable Brussels, may be to fly into Paris, then take (paraphrased): the train to Brussels and back at your own ♦All fares cited were provided by the American “An ounce of prevention is worth a expense. Express Travel Management Center and were $5,000 disallowance on your travel Consider the following example of a current as of February. voucher.” ■ administration of liquids at home maintains This column by Paul Goff, M.D., the body’s balance of needed fluids and cer¬ chief of the Department’s Office of Medi¬ tain chemicals called electrolytes. Q. cal Services, appears monthly in STATE. Packets of measured sugar (glucose) My wife, who is currently taking malaria Whether you are serving overseas or at and salts to be mixed with water have been prophylaxis, is breastfeeding our 10- home, you are encouraged to get your recommended by the World Health Organi¬ month-old. The baby was recently put on questions answered on these pages. Write zation and are the most used solutions malaria prevention tablets in preparation to the editor, or to Dr. Goff directly. In throughout the world. In the United States, for our onward assignment to a malarious either case, your privacy will be respected; these premixed solutions are available at area. Is there any danger that the baby will your post will not be identified. □ be getting too much medication while the your pharmacy. Homemade solutions of breastfeeding continues? assigned. (A very good practice to follow— sugar and salt can also be used for oral as evidenced with all of our recent post rehydration in the event that a trip to the evacuees—is to use the International Cer¬ pharmacy isn’t possible. These homemade tificate of Vaccination of the World Health solutions lack some of the beneficial elec¬ A. Organization as your official record of Only very small amounts of antimalarial trolytes such as potassium, and are therefore drugs are secreted in the breastmilk of lac- vaccination.) inadequate to treat certain specific disorders tating women. The amount of drug trans¬ As is the case with both treatment regi¬ such as hypokalemia and acidoses. An ferred isn’t considered to be harmful to your mens and preventive health care, change is appropriate mixture consists of half a tea¬ nursing infant. Because the quantity of anti- constant. The Foreign Service medical staff spoon of salt and eight teaspoons of sugar in malarials transferred in breastmilk is insuffi¬ both here in Washington and at our overseas one liter of water. Consult your pediatrician cient to provide adequate protection against posts are kept abreast of changes in recom¬ or health care provider for specific instruc¬ malaria, your baby should receive the rec¬ mendations. Ycmp^vacuation happened to tions, such as quantities to use depending ommended dose per weight of antimalarial coincide with one such change. Thank you on age and the weight of your child. drug(s). There would be no danger of your for drawing my attention to your concerns. The theory establishing the importance baby getting too much medication while of oral rehydration solutions stems ftom the breastfeeding continues. fact that maximal uptake of water and Q. electrolytes in the intestines or bowels My eight-year-old son was recently hospi¬ occurs with a set ratio of carbohydrate (or talized with diarrhea and vomiting. I was sugar) and sodium, an electrolyte which is ■ ARLINGTON told he was very dehydrated. I never part of table salt. The discovery of this Before being “medevaced” from Europe thought diarrhea was serious enough to “coupled transport of sodium and glucose” to deliver my second baby, / spent a con¬ warrant hospitalization. Is this common? is fairly recent, and the follow-up studies siderable amount of time with our embassy What can I do to prevent this in the proving the effectiveness of oral rehydration nurse discussing the required infant immu¬ future? therapy have had a major impact on the nizations that might even be given here treatment of diarrhea. Oral rehydration is before returning to post. / distinctly established as the cornerstone of child- remember that the vaccine against child¬ survival efforts of the World Health Organi¬ A. zation, and the American Academy of Pedi¬ hood meningitis was to be given at 15 Diarrhea is a significant health problem in atrics has also endorsed its use. (By the months. My pediatrician here has, how¬ the United States, and a very serious con¬ way, oral rehydration solutions can safely ever, told me that my baby should have cern in many developing countries. In a be continued if other foods or fluids are this vaccine at two months of age. recent medical journal it was reported that introduced.) Sometimes, progress comes in as much as 20% of the acute-care outpatient the form of simpler and much less expen¬ visits by young children at large urban hos¬ sive treatment regimens than expected. A. pitals was for diarrheal illnesses. Your con¬ f' / must emphasize, however, that home Both sources are absolutely correct. Just cern for your child’s recovery from episodes treatment can’t exclude medical care. recently the Food and Drug Administration of diarrhea is well-founded. Infants, children under 1, should be seen by approved a new vaccine, which may be The danger associated with severe diar¬ a physician or nurse practitioner at the onset administered at two months of age, to pro¬ rhea, especially in infants and young chil¬ of diarrhea, without exception. Young chil¬ tect against meningitis and other diseases, dren, is a loss of body fluid or dehydration. dren, and even adults, who experience fever such as respiratory, ear and sinus infections Although antibiotics are sometimes required and/or ongoing diarrhea should also seek caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b to treat specific diarrhea-causing diseases, a medical treatment. (Hib). This bacterium is the major cause of course of oral fluids begun at home in the bacterial meningitis in infants and children early stage of the diarrhea may prevent later under 5. The peak occurrence is in infants dehydration. (Oral fluid treatment can and under 1. (The older vaccine wasn’t recom¬ should also be used with antibiotics.) ■ Europe/Washington mended for children under 15 months.) Dif¬ Appropriate oral therapy is effective, less As I was preparing to return to my post (in ferent vaccines may require varying im¬ traumatic and painful, and less costly than four days) for a second tour following my munization schedules. Therefore, please be ^spital intravenous treatment. This is one home leave, the State Department doctor aware that complete records of the type of of many instances in medicine where we doing my physical exam told me that I Haemophilus vaccine and the date/dates of find that the older and simpler forms of needed to have two outside specialist administration are essential. Please maintain treatment have proven as effective as the appointments. I was surprised to learn that and carry these records wherever you’re newer, more sophisticated methods. Early I not only had to delay my planned return

March 1991 25 MEDICAL SERVICES

to post, but also that no per diem was instead of lashing out in verbal argument.” couldn’t imagine life without Scotch. Col¬ allowed for these extra days spent in May 9: “Changing Home and Work leagues might get the wrong idea if they Washington. Why? Environment to Reduce Stress.”—“Stress saw me in a session like that. management and wellness mean making Fear became an increasingly larger part changes in both personal environment and of my life. I was fearful of telegrams from relationships. This video shows how to Washington asking about something I was A. develop a plan for strengthening support Employees and dependents must obtain a supposed to have done but hadn’t. Fear that networks and creating healthier new medical examination and medical my wife would one day make good her surroundings.” clearance at the end of a tour and before threat to take the children and return to the May 23: “Legal Decisions for Elderly departure for their assignment. The ex¬ States. Relatives.’’—A repeat of the April 11 aminations and medical clearances are proc¬ This latter concern finally got me to showing. esses which may take a considerable act. We were coming up to home leave; it For information, call Rita Siebenaler or amount of time, and are essential to ensure was likely that my wife wouldn’t return to Jill Chobanian at 647-4929. that medical problems are corrected before □ post after its conclusion. It came to me in a your arrival at the new duty post, or that drunken stupor one night that what I really any existing medical problems won’t be Alcohol Awareness Program needed was to get out of my current post. aggravated by your new assignment. For 7 steeled my courage and My local staff and the life style were what these reasons, I advise that all clearance was causing me to drink too much. If I physical examinations be started early in went to the embassy nurse’ could just move to a new job and environ¬ home leave so you won’t find yourself By a Foreign Service officer ment, I could get things back together again. If I asked for help with the drinking, faced with costly delays when you prepare (This magazine does not accept anony¬ that would also get my wife off my back to depart for post. Regulations don’t permit mous contribution.';, except for the articles and probably buy me some more time the Office of Medical Service to provide appearing in this space.) special funding for travel, nor per diem for before she left me. Career-wise, 1 under¬ this medical ser\’ice. □ In the last years of my drinking I had stood that “medical” problems were become a daily drinker. I drank to relax inadmissible in performance appraisals; after a stressful day at the embassy. I drank maybe seeking such treatment would Medical Services sponsors because I like the taste of Scotch. Most of “explain away” some less-than-sterling lunchtime films at State my serious drinking was done at home, typ¬ recent performance. The answer to my A lunch-time film series sponsored by ically late at night. I drank socially, of plight was to arrange a “medevac” out, to Medical Services’ Employee Consultation course, but I had to be careful with quan¬ go into a alcohol rehabilitation program and Service is continuing on Thursdays at 12:30 tities outside; occasionally. I’d go too far have my current tour curtailed for medical p.m. in Room 3243. The 35-to-50-minute and make a spectacle of myself. To most reasons. films yet to come, as described by the spon¬ outside contacts, I was still maintaining a 1 steeled my courage and went to the sors, are; reasonable front. Why did I feel like I was embassy nurse, first thing the following March 14: “How to Raise a Drug-Free going crazy? morning. 1 knew that 1 might lose my nerve Child.’’—“Most parents are concerned Daily drinking generated physical if 1 put off the meeting. To ensure they about adolescent drug and alcohol use. This problems—hangovers, diarrhea and sleep¬ would ship me out, 1 felt 1 needed to film targets preventive measures, including ing difficulties However, the mental strengthen my case. 1 included complaints ways to open communication between par¬ anguish was far worse. Why was I ruining about depression and thoughts of suicide ent and child and ways to build self-esteem my life? Why did I continue to engage in (while these were true, 1 wouldn’t have so that a child does not turn to drugs or behavior that was self-destructive? sought treatment independently). alcohol as a way to cope with life.’’ I tried several times to stop drinking. The nurse expressed some surprise (1 March 28: “Step-Parenting.’’— My best effort lasted about two difficult really wasn’t known as the embassy drunk) “Blending two families after remarriage can weeks. 1 changed drinking patterns in an but promised to talk to specialists in Wash¬ be a long and difficult process. This film effort to minimize the severity of hang¬ ington. Later that day, 1 got a call from the shows how some step-families learn to overs. In the mornings I’d frequently make Department’s alcoholism counselor. He was smooth the path. This will be of particular firm resolutions not to drink that day (these understanding and reassuring. It was a great interest to parents of adolescents.’’ typically lasted until about 5 p.m.). Yet it relief to have done something about my April 11: “Legal Decisions for Elderly still wasn’t clear to me that my basic prob¬ situation. Relatives.’’—“Few people like to think lem was the drink itself. I thought the drink¬ Within two weeks, I was in an alcohol about physical or mental incapacity. The ing was a symptom of deeper problems. rehabilitation facility in central Pennsyl¬ first of these two short films, using real-life When I tried to analyze my behavior (which vania. Most of my stereotypes were shat¬ examples, focuses on legal tools to assist in wasn’t often), the conclusion I would reach tered. I thought that drunks were old (at 30- that event, including durable powers of was that I was crazy. This was the only something 1 was one of the older attendees), attorney and living wills. The second film “logical” one possible under the drunks were poor, street-people types (law¬ depicts common legal problems faced by circumstances. yers, teachers and Foreign Service offieers the elderly and ways to deal with them The Department’s alcoholism coun¬ were the most common professions repre¬ effectively.” selor visited my post during the last six sented at this particular facility) and that April 25: “The Argument: How to months of my drinking. I didn’t attend any drunks were “weak” people. Reading the Fight Fair.”—“This 20-minute film shows of the sessions. My schedule was quite Alcoholics Anonymous “Big Book” for the how a couple learns to resolve differences busy. I didn’t really want to stop drinking; 1 —(Continued on Page 28}

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Book Review

Memoir by an ambassador to Hungary during the coid war Alfred Puhan writes about the Cardinal Mindszenty episode

By Hume Horan sequent assignments included a tour as ex¬ PUHAN, Alfred. The Cardinal in the Chancery The reviewer, a former ambassador to and Other Recollections. New York, Vantage ecutive director for the European bureau, Saudi Arabia, is currently assigned to the Press, 1990. $16.95. deputy chief of mission in Bangkok, and an acting deputy assistant secretaryship in the Office of the Director General of the For¬ war changed his life completely. An Ameri¬ eign Service and Director of Personnel. Bureau of European Affairs. From 1969 to can success story? All the more American 1972 he served as ambassador to Hungary— mbassador puhan gives us an because Ambassador Puhan emigrated to A where he showed his mastery of diplomatic interesting, instructive and satisfying the United States as a boy of 12 from his procedure by managing the departure of memoir. It’s as if we finally learn what hap¬ native Germany. Cardinal Mindszenty from the U.S. chanc¬ pened to Penrod when Booth Tarkington After the United States entered the ery after the cardinal’s reclusive 16 years stopped writing war. Ambassador Puhan’s fluent German there. about him. He con¬ won him a position in the Voice of There are useful lessons for Foreign tinued to live in America—where he eventually became one Service people in Ambassador Puhan’s small-town middle of the three most senior officials under the service to the Republic. Hard work pays America (Sandwich, director. By then he had closely followed off, so does initiative. Several times Ambas¬ Ill.), mow lawns, the Allied armies from the United Kingdom sador Puhan had the opportunity to make a work hard and win a to the continent; his German expertise had good impression on people when it counted. scholarship to increased. He had mastered the substance of He scored bulls’-eyes with both Richard Oberlin College. He his job, and become a manager too—he Nixon and Henry Kissinger. His comment proved to be Mus- supervised 900 people. , on President Nixon is interesting and shows terschuler. From In 1952 Ambassador Puhan joined the another side of that man; “He was a good such sturdy begin- Foreign Service. He comported himself listener, asked for advice and questioned it Mr. Horan nings, he moved to with dignity and integrity in a brush with if he had any doubts, and worked hard and New York and, like millions of other Amer¬ McCarthyism, then served as political coun¬ treated his Austrian hosts with respect and icans, was swept up by World War II. The selor in Vienna, a post he left in 1957. Sub¬ kindness.’’ Mentors can be important, even for senior officers. Ambassador Puhan was Schedule of courses at the Foreign Service Institute fortunate in his: they ranged from Carl Thokey—a revered high school math Program April May June Length teacher and debating coach, to Ambassadors Area studies Llewellyn E. Thompson and Foy Kohler. Africa, sub-Sahara (AR 210) — 28 20 2 weeks His work at rhe Voice, as a deputy chief of Canada (AR 129) — — 10 1 week mission and a Washington bureaucrat shows East Asia (AR 2^) — 28 — 2 weeks that even for a master of “substance” (as Latin America (AR 230) — 28 20 2 weeks Mr. Puhan was) it pays to be a good Near East and North Africa (AR 240) — 28 — 2 weeks manager. South Asia (AR 260) — 28 — 2 weeks Ambassador Puhan had orchestra seats Southeast Asia (AR 270) — 28 — 2 weeks and an occasional significant role during the U.S.S.R./eastem Europe (AR 280) — 28 — 2 weeks Western Europe (AR 290) — 28 20 2 weeks decisive maturing of America’s foreign rela¬ tions. Like his own country, he proved to Language and advanced area courses be up to the extraordinary challenges that French (LFR 100) 22 — 10 24 weeks came his way. □ German (LGM 100) 22 — 10 24 weeks Italian (LJT 100) 22 — 10 24 weeks Portuguese (LPY 100) 22 — 10 24 weeks Spanish (LQB 100) 22 — 10 24 weeks Seminars for supervisors are scheduled Familiarization and short-term (FAST) courses Bulgarian (LBU 200) 29 — 24 8 weeks Seminars for persons who are becom¬ Czech (LCX 200) 29 — 24 8 weeks ing supervisors for the first time will be French (LFR 200) 22 — 10 8 weeks held April 29-May 2 at the Foreign Service German (LGM 200) — — 10 8 weeks Institute. All newly-promoted first-time Hungarian (LHU 200) 29 — 24 8 weeks supervisors will be automatically enrolled. Icelandic (UC 200) — — 10 6 weeks A flyer from the institute says: “Al¬ Italian (UT 200) 22 — 10 8 weeks though you may have been on the job for Nonwegian (LNR 200) 22 — — 6 weeks several months or even years, it’s not too 29 — 24 8 weeks Polish (LPL 200) late to learn supervisory techniques. The Portuguese (LPY 2(X)) 22 — 10 8 weeks seminar is for you if you want to learn the Romanian (LRQ 200) 29 — 24 8 weeks fundamentals of supervision—planning, Russian (LRU 200) 29 24 8 weeks —(Continued on next page) organizing, motivating, delegating and

March 1991 27 EDUCATION AND TRAINING

—(Continued from preceding page) No worm for early birds Program April May June Length The second semester of early-morning language classes at the Foreign Service Serbo-Croatian (LSC 2(X)) 29 — 24 8 weeks Institute has been canceled “in order to Spanish (LQB 200) 22 — 10 8 weeks devote limited resources to full-time train¬ Administrative training ing,” according to a Department Notice. □ Advanced disbursing officer course (PA 251) — — 3 3 weeks Appropriation law (PA 133) — 28 — 4 days managing diversity. Supervisors don’t Budget and financial management (PA 211) 22 — 24 27 days always receive the kind of on-the-job C F.M.S. training (PA 150 through 155) Special registration procedures required, contact the course experience that prepares them for their coordinator, 875-5119. roles. This course provides an opportunity Contracting officer’s representative training, for to develop skills that have direct and imme¬ construction projects (PA 125) — — 10 3 days diate application to the job.” Contracting officer’s representative training, — — 3 1 week For information, telephone 703- for equipment procurement (PA 126) — — 17 1 week 875-7325 or your bureau training officer. □ Customer service (PA 143) One offering each month: 2 days Dates to be announced General services operations (PA 221) 1 6 3 12 weeks Better speaking 8 13 17 12 weeks Employees who want to improve in 15 20 24 12 weeks oral communication may attend a 30-hour 22 27 — 12 weeks course, "Better Office English; Oral,” 9 How F.A.A.S. works at overseas posts a.m.,-noon, on April 8-19, May 6-17, July (PA 213) — 22 24 3 days How to be a contracting officer’s representative 8-19 and September 16-27. The goal is pro¬ (PA 130) Correspondence course ficiency in standard English, enunciating How to write a statement of work (PA 134) Correspondence course clearly and speaking correctly. For informa¬ Internal control training (PA 137) — — 24 2 days tion. call (703) 875-5370. ■ Nepa training, domestic operations (PA 129) — — 17 1 week Personnel management training (PA 231) — 6 — 7 weeks Property management for custodial officers Ethics (PA 135) 25 — — 2 days —(Continued from Page 22) Retirement records tecbnician training (PA 146) 3 — — 2 days • At foreign posts, the ambassador or the ambassador's designee should approve Consular training ConGenRosslyn basic consular course (PC 530) Continuous enrollment: 26 days all invitations for post personnel to speak, (Consular orientation program (PC 105) Continuous enrollment: 6 days lecture or participate in conferences on sub¬ Immigration law and visa operations (PC 102) Correspondence course jects of official concern while on official Nationality law and consular procedures (PC 103) Correspondence course duty. Overseas citizens services (PC 104) Correspondence course • Employees may not accept travel Passport examiners (PC 110) Correspondence course expenses for their spouses. Nongovernment Curriculum and staff development employees may accept travel expenses for Advanced training of instructors (PD 510) 8 — — 1 week their Government employee spouses, pro¬ Basic facilitation and delivery workshop (PD 513) — 15 — 3 days vided that such travel is not related, and Design and evaluation workshop (PD 511) — 6 — 3 days cannot be perceived to be related, in any Economic training way to the Government spouse’s work. Economic tradecraft (PE 124) — — 10 2 weeks If you are uncertain about the propriety — — 24 2 weeks of accepting travel reimbursement in spe¬ Export promotion (PE 125) — — 3 1 week cific circumstances, you should seek advice Regional resource officer training (PE 103) — — 10 2 weeks from the assistant legal adviser for ethics Executive deveiopment and personnel or the chief of mission. ■ Deputy chiefs of mission (PT 102) — — 9 2.2 weeks E.E.O. awareness for managers and supervisors (PT 107) — 23 — 2 days Alcohol Awareness Foreign affairs leadership seminar (PT 119) 21 — — 11 days —(Continued from Page 26) Introduction to the management skills (PT 207) — 13 10 4 days first time, I could immediately identify with — — 24 4 days the stories and feelings it described. I was Managing change (PT 206) — 16 — 2 days incredibly relieved to understand that I was Performance management seminar (PT 205) 2 — — 2.5 days “only” an alcoholic; I had sincerely Program director’s management seminar (PT 106) 17 — — 3 days believed that I was mentally ill. Alcoholics Supervision for the experienced supervisor — Anonymous people with whom I quickly (PT 121) 16;22 — 3.5 days Washington tradecraft (PT 203) 6 came into contact exuded a calmness and — — 2 weeks joy that I began to hope I might acquire. Information management training This was the beginning of a process Advanced P.C. (PS 114) 10 — — 2 days —(Continued on next page) —(Continued on next page)

28 State —(ConUmjed from preceding page) Program April May June Length A clerk’s regret During the day I work. 4 — 27 2 days Introduction to Lotus 1-2-3 (PS 118) In a mild-mannered way as a clerk. Introduction to the personal computer (PS 111) 1 — 24 3 days No jobs are too big. Systems specialist training (PS 110) 1 — — 12 weeks And none are too small. Office management courses But / must say, in a quiet, timid way: Advanced word processing (PK 103) 8 13 17 3 days A raise would really be nice. Advanced W.P. Plus (PK 154) — 9 — 2 days —Ronald Gambill Better office English: oral (PK 226) 8 6 — 30 hours Office of Medical Services □ Better office English: written (PK 225) — — 3 40 hours Civil Service secretarial training for entering —(Continued from preceding page) personnel (PK 104) 29 28 — 2 weeks that continued over three years later. My D^sion-processing (PK 152) — 17 — 1 day Drafting correspondence (PK 159) — 20 — 1 week compulsion to drink left fairly soon. Not Effective speaking and listening (PK 240) 15 — — 40 hours drinking gives me a lot more choices. The Employee relations (PK 246) — — 30 2 days AA program provides practical tools to Foreign Service secretarial training (PK 102) 1 — — 12 days address the living problems I still have. Glossary (PK 151) 11 16 20 1 day More importantly, however, following AA Proofreading (PK 143) — 28 — 2 days suggestions have allowed me to live a much Secretarial statecraft (PK 160) — — 13 2 days fuller and healthier life. I believe that I’m Senior secretarial seminar (PK 109) 24 3 days — — finally starting to grow up emotionally. I State Department knowledge, information suffer a fraction of the fears I did in my and learning for Secretaries (PK 108) 11 — — 4 days Supervisory studies seminar (PK 245) 29 — 17 4 days final years of drinking. If I choose, I can be Telephone techniques (PK 141) 22 — 10 1 day grateful and enjoy today, looking at things Wang office (Parts 1 and II) (PK 161) 26 — — 1 day and people positively. Writing effective letters and memos (PK 241) 8 — 24 15 hours My perspective on work and family is better. Job performance has improved sig¬ Orientation Orientation for Department officers (PN 105) 23 21 2 days nificantly (it’s easier without a hangover), Orientation for Foreign Senrice officers (PG 101) — — 10 9 weeks but making the Senior Foreign Service is Orientation for Foreign Service specialists (PN 106) 25 — 6 3 weeks less of an issue in my life. I tried to control Orientation for Soviet and East European posts my life during my drinking years with a (PN 111) 22 — 17 1 week notable lack of success; I am more accept¬ Overseas Briefing Center ing now of people and things as they are. Documenting mobile experiences (MQ 701) - - 27 1 day // you think you have a problem with Educating the Foreign ^n/ice child while alcohol, get in touch with the Alcohol posted abroad (MQ 400) ““ 22 — 1 day Awareness Program, Department of State, Encouraging resilence in the Foreign Service 647-1843. Regulations require that all con¬ — — 1 day child (MQ 500) 23 tacts with the program be handled on the English-teaching seminar (MQ 107) 10 — — 3 days basis of strict medical confidentiality. ■ Going overseas (families, singles and couples) (MQ200) — 4 8 1 day Going overseas (teens) (MQ 201) 11 — 1 day Radio spectrum task Introduction to effective training skills for the Foreign force is estabiished Service spouse (MQ 111) — — 17 1 week A task force has been established to Introduction to Foreign Service life (MQ 100) 22 — — 1 week report to the U.S. Organization for the Life after the Foreign Service (MQ 600) — 6 — 4 days Marketing Foreign Service spouse talents — — 28 1 day International Radio Consultative Committee Security overseas seminar (MQ 911) 8 6 3 2 days on issues relating to the Voluntary Group of 22 20 10 2 days Experts of the International Telecom¬ — — 17 2 days munications Union, according to a Depart¬ — — 24 2 days ment announcement in the January 31 Post options for employment and training (MQ 703) 20 — 1 day Federal Register. Understanding regulations, allowances and finances The experts’ group is charged with in the Foreign Service context (MQ 104) 17 — — 3 days reviewing and recommending simplification Political training of radio regulations to improve utilization of Executive-cc-gressional relations (PP 204) 15 _ 1 week the radio spectrum. These regulations of the Foreign affairs interdepartmental seminar (PP 101) 13 — 2 weeks telecommunications union have treaty status Human rights in the foreign policy process for the United States, the Department noted. (PP 507) — 20 — 1 day The initial meeting of the task force was on Human rights reporting (PP 506) — — 6 1 day February 27 at State. □ National security and arms control (PP 203) — 6 — 1 week Negotiations art and skills (PP 501) 29 — 24 1 week Political tradecraft (PP 202) — — 10 3 weeks Buy U.S. savings bonds through your Workers’ rights reporting (PP 504) — 20 10 3 days ■ Payroll Savings Plan. □

March 1991 29 ;

Post of the Month: Athens

HE GLORY that was Greece” is X still evident today to the U.S. For- eign Service people who serve in this cradle of civilization, in the eastern Medi¬ terranean Sea. The capital at Athens is in the eastern part of the country. This is another in State’s continuing series.

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The Acropolis. In foreground: communica¬ tions officer Marcellas Davis and his grandmother-in-law.

STATE

1. Fishing boats and nets at the port in Kamares.

March 1991 31 POST OF THE MONTH: ATHENS A Byzantine church of the 1500s in Artis.

Ambassador and Mrs. Michael Sotirhos with Brigadier General Edmond Solymosy.

March 1991 33 POST OF THE MONTH: ATHENS

Former deputy chief of mission Edward Cohen and his wife EUy at an embassy ball. During fire drill, Ambassador Michael Sotirhos is “rescued” by the Greek fire department.

34 STATE Takis Heliotis of USIA.

Deputy chief of mission Jim Williams, center, with Marines, from left: Jay Barrett, Andy Information ofHcer Jeff Hill and secretary Benton, Tim Bedwell, Dave Miller, Ken Daisy Andrianopoulou. Hopkins, Craig Peterson, Brian Wallenmeyer, John Kletzke, Charles Fultz,

March 1991 35 / POST OF THE MONTH: ATHENS

In the personnel section, from left: Zoe Farou, Margarita Tzavra, Yuli Papadimatou.

Cultural attache Greg Elftmann at a roadside stand.

36 STATE

POST OF THE MONTH: ATHENS

Members of the defense attache’s office, front row: Gary Matthes, Mike Hemovich, Stan Hebert, Pat Walker. Second row: Maryann Pickenstein, Tim Teske, Mark Pickenstein, Ron Fry, John Contos, Brett Mclntire. Back row: Sharon Gibbens, Don Munn, Stan Kodowski.

Staffers of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, from left: Debbie Mitilianaiou, Emilio Margaritis, Eleni Gerali, Andrew Tangalos, Irini Ralli, Lillian Sfakianou, Nick Antonopoulos.

Angie Alelxiadou, John Mentonis, Hank Webb, Sophie Gitakou and Despina Halkidis.

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In the immigrant visa section, from left: a visa applicant, A/a/y Dafni, Mary Foussiani, Ben Tail.

At a men’s chili “cookoff,” front row: Dan Hernandez, Dave Crowley, Mark Fiorini. Sec¬ ond row: John Harvel, Jim Takejy. Back row: Ernest Latham, Ray Oliver, Martin and Bet- tina Barillas, Mark Pickenstein, Rob Blair, Hank Webb, m

March 1991 39 Personal Security

Being alert to the threat of sexual assault ‘\bu must take sensible precautions’

The Federal Protective Service, a divi- themselves must be the first line of defense. ..sion of the Public Buildings Service of the The following will help you find out U.S. General Sendees Administration, has what you should know about avoiding rape published a brochure, “What You Should Know About Avoiding Rape and Sexual ‘Federal installations have too Assault in the Federal Workplace.” Some many... stairwells’ excerpts follow. and sexual assault in the federal workplace. This pamphlet deals with crimes The right—and, for some questions, partly that we all hope will never happen to right—answers are in italics. For your bene¬ any of us. But these kind of crimes do hap¬ fit, explanations also are provided for pen and are devastating for the victim. wrong answers. Although rape and sexual assault are uncommon crimes in federal buildings—and When working late as a federal employee you don’t have to be How can you protect yourself if you constantly worried—you must take sensible are working late? a. Arrange to have others precautions. The time to find out what you work late the same evening, b. Lock the should do to avoid becoming a victim is door to your office, c. Avoid working late. now. All three answers, “a.,” “b.," and Some federal employees think that “c.,” are right. In general, if you can, crime prevention in the workplace isn’t their avoid working late. If you routinely work problem. They expect federal protective evening or night shifts, you have a different officers, contract guards or city police to do problem. Meet with your supervisor and the job. other officials to be sure your workplace is But this attitude isn’t practical or real¬ safe at night and to arrange vans or escorts istic. Federal installations have too many to garages, parking lots and public transpor¬ offices, halls, restrooms, stairwells, and tation at the end of shifts. parking lots to patrol and too few officers to If you work standard daytime hours, of being the only other person on the eleva¬ do the job. Instead, federal employees however, try to arrange your woikload so tor. If everyone else gets off the elevator, that you don’t have to work late. If you you get off, too. Catch a different elevator must stay late occasionally, try to arrange to your floor or recruit an escort. Don’t take for others in your own or nearby offices to the stairs. Your potential attacker may be work the same evening. Keep the door to waiting for you. It’s also a good idea to check the ‘Don’t advertise that you are in elevator before you get on. If you see some¬ your office alone’ one who looks or acts “strange,” take another elevator. When you’re waiting for your office locked and don’t advertise that an elevator, stand away from the door—that you are in your office alone. way you can’t be pulled or pushed in. When you’re ready to leave, call home Answer “a.” is wrong. Always stand to say you’re on your way. Go in a group to near the control panel when you are on an your parked cars or public transportation. If elevator. If a threatening situation arises, you live alone, make arrangements ahead of push the alarm button for lots of noise and time to call a friend when you leave the hit as many floor buttons as you can. Get office and again when you’re safely home. off as soon as the elevator stops and go into On the elevators the nearest office to call for help. What should you do if a man on an Answer “c.” is partly right and partly elevator makes you feel uneasy? a. Stand wrong. It’s good to warn your office mates, away from him, at the back of the elevator. but it’s best to call the protective service to b. Get off the elevator when others get off. find and question the person. This will help c. Tell your office mates about the man and protect every woman in your building, not go in pairs if you must take an elevator that just your office mates. day or evening. Answer “b.” is the only right answer. Corridors and restrooms If a fellow passenger makes you nervous, What should you know about using the trust your instincts and get out of the situa¬ hallways, stairwells and restrooms of your tion fast! Never put yourself in the position building? a. Use the stairs, they are gener-

40 STATE ally safer than elevators, b. Women’s rest¬ prised far from help and where escape is rooms are safe because only women use difficult. If a commercial car park is poorly Tips to keep in mind them. c. Hallways in Federal buildings are guarded and badly lit, choose another one— when you’re traveiing patrolled regularly. even if you must walk a little farther. If the Many federal employees travel on offi¬ None of the answers is right. Stairwells same conditions exist at your federal garage cial business as part of their jobs. When you in office buildings can be very dangerous. are staying in an unfamiliar city, don’t Assailants can hide in them and, in some ‘As you approach your car, have become a victim. Protect yourself by fol¬ buildings, doors to stairwells are set to lock your keys in hand’ lowing these suggestions: behind you—trapping you on the stairs. ■ Ask if your hotel offers women-only It is not at all unusual for assailants to or parking lot, alert the building manager in floors. hide in women’s restrooms. When you use writing or contact the federal protective ■ Ask if you can be seated with other the restroom, go with another woman; look service officer. guests in the hotel dining room or in restau¬ carefully in corners before you en er the Here are some other procedures you rants to avoid being targeted as a woman restroom and in stalls before you use them. should follow in parking facilities: As you traveling alone. If you will be at the office late, try to use approach your car, have your keys in your hand. Look under the car before you get ■ When you leave your room, always near it. Attackers have hidden under cars lock the door. ‘Use the restroom before the and grabbed victims by the ankles. Next, ■ When you are in your room, keep close of work hours’ even though you left your car locked, check the deadbolt locked and the chain on the inside to be sure no one is hiding in it. Then door. the restroom before the close of work hours get in quickly and lock the doors. If a man ■ If you like to jog or work out while and then not again until you are home. is roaming around the garage or parking lot you’re on travel, ask the hotel/motel to rec¬ Building security does not have the and makes you feel suspicious, drive out of ommend a safe place. Don’t jog in areas staff to patrol all corridors in a building, so the area fast. that are unsafe. don’t go down out-of-the-way halls that are An excellent idea is to team up with a ■ Take taxis after dark. Don’t walk seldom used by others. Also, avoid halls colleague to go to your cars in one or more alone at night. □ that are poorly lit or have recesses where a parking facilities. You can both walk to one potential assailant could hide. Don’t make car, then drive together to the other. Answers “b.” and “c.” are correct. yourself easy prey by being the only person Of course, it’s best to avoid walking alone in a remote area of a building. If halls and Walking alone after dark; but occasions will arise when stairways are poorly lit, notify the building If you have to walk alone after dark, you must. Walk with confidence, with your manager. how can you protect yourself? a. Be cau¬ head held high. Demonstrate that you are tious, walk near bushes or close to buildings alert and know where you are going. Rap¬ When parking your car for cover, b. Walk with confidence, head ists, like all criminals, prey upon people What is the best way to leave your car up. c. Walk briskly, facing traffic. they think look vulnerable. Don’t scurry in a public garage, the parking space of a along, slouched, looking at the sidewalk or federal building, or a parking lot? tuV-v behind you. You’ll have “victim” written a. Locked and in a lighted area. b. all over you. Unlocked, containing only the ignition key, Walk on the sidewalk facing traffic. and near the guard, c. Don’t use such facil¬ Don’t give drivers a chance to sneak up ities. They aren’t safe. Answers “a.” and “b.” are both cor¬ ‘Walk with confidence, your head rect, though “a.” is preferred, “c.” is high’_ partly correct. When leaving your car in a public or federal parking garage or in a behind you. If someone in a car stops to ask parking lot, choose a well-lighted area near f a question, keep walking and stay on the the elevator or other exit and lock your car. sidewalk so you can’t be grabbed. If parking rules require you to leave your Answer “a.” is wrong. Use well- keys, park the car near the guard/attendant lighted main streets as much as you can. if possible. Leave only the ignition key; Stay away from bushes and trees, the take your house key, the car’s trunk key, shadows of buildings, and dark doorways— and all others with you. Never use identi¬ these are places where assailants hide. fication on your keys—your car license Don’t take shortcuts through unsafe areas number, your name, or your address. If you like parks and alleys. If you think you are lose your keys, identification gives potential being followed, go to a nearby store or gas criminals easy access to your car, home, or station. office. Those who are interested in copies of Answer “c.” is right in a sense, but the pamphlet, which deals with the subject not practical in most cities. Be aware, in greater detail, may write to Viviane Lin- though, that multistory car parks and genfield. Federal Protective Service, 18th garages can be unsafe. Strangers can easily and F Streets N.W., Room 2306, Wash¬ sneak in and hide, and victims can be sur¬ ington, D.C. 20405. ■

March 1991 41 Personnel: Civil Service

Promotions GM-13 Selections under State’s Merit Promotion Program Aragon, Myrna M., Office of The following persons have been selected under the Merit Promotion Program for the positions indicated; Chief Financial Officer Announce¬ Series/ Bureau or Beard, Shirley J., General Serv¬ Selectee ment No. Position title grade office ices Division, Buildings Danielle McNamee 90-1051 Computer specialist GS-334-9 Diplomatic Security Services Branch Margaret Decquir 90-1067 Secretary (typing) GS-318-7 Human Rights and Campbell, John E., Information Humanitarian Affairs Management Programs Rolette Lancaster 90-1069 Secretary (typing) GS-318-7 ' Oceans and Interna- Shepard, Yvonne B., Office of tional Environmental Chief Financial Officer and Scientific Sloan, Cheryl Lynn, Office of Affairs Chief Financial Officer Amanda Jones 90-1078 Secretary (typing) GS-318-6 European and Canadian Thompson, Thomas N., Office of Affairs Chief Financial Officer Crystal Hebbons 90-1122 Secretary (typing) GS-318-6 Diplomatic Security Catherine Dennis 91-0011 Secretary (typing) GS-318-7 GM-14 Edward Height 91-0048 Secretary (typing) GS-318-5 Bureau of Personnel Clarke, Jimmy Nolan, Office of Karen Mack 91-0055 Secretary (typing) GS-318-5 Finance and Manage- Inspector General ment Policy Flaak, Dorothy D., Bureau of Natalie Corbet 91-0071 Secretary (typing) GS-318-5 Consular Affairs □ Personnel Gidez, Frances Z., African Affairs Nelson, Susan Hobbs, Intelligence Hall, Carrie Virginia, Passport Chief Financial Officer Chief Financial Officer and Research Services White, Pamela G., Information Calhoun, Chenobia C., Office of Stolp, Joanne Lorene, Office of Hughes, Sherry A., Office of Management Programs Protocol Chief Financial Officer Chief Financial Officer Young, Jacqueline, Western Euro¬ Chambers, Deborah K., Interna¬ Waters, Juanita A., Office of For¬ Jones, Christina Y., Refugee pean Affairs tional Conference eign Buildings Programs Administration Luck, Olga, Information Manage¬ GS-8 Holmes, Gale C., Office of Chief GM-15 ment Programs Fullwood, Frances D., Policy Financial Officer Biancaniello, Rose Marie H., Porter, Mary Alice, Passport Planning Staff Hopson, Reginald E., Information Politico-Military Affairs Services Gross, Janice M., African Affairs Management Programs Simon, Steven N., Politico-Military Scott, Barbara Weldon, Passport McCormick, Lawrence, Informa¬ Latimore, Yvette, Diplomatic Affairs Services tion Management Programs Security, Investigations Watson, Geoffrey R., Office of Sinnott, Mary Ann Ryan, Office Pickett, Mae F., Office of Global Pardon, Clara D., Bureau of Legal Adviser, Near Eastern of Protocol Change Administration and South Asian Affairs Slye, Rhonda M., Office of Chief Wilson, Ruth Ellen, International Rufenacht, Christina M., Intel¬ Financial Officer Organization Affairs ligence and Research GS-3 Wallace, Betty Jean, Passport Taylor, Monique C., Office of Feimster, Lawanda Dyanne, Pass¬ Services GS-9 Inspector General port Services Best, Gerald A., Office of Chief GS-7 Financial Officer GS-12 GS-4 Balach, Ann R., Inter-American Blacker, Dorothy J., Retirement Ellis, Sue A., Office of inspector Gilliam, Sherry R., Passport Affairs Division General Services Brown, Betty J., International Branch, Danny L., Information Jankovits, Kevin Ross, Office of Goodwin, Rosemarie, Philadelphia Conference Administration Management Programs Chief Financial Officer Passport Agency Davis, Lillie M., Information Man¬ Davis, Gracie M., Bureau of Pub¬ Klasky, Helaine S., Office of Robinson, Lisa A., Foreign Serv¬ agement Programs lic Affairs Inspections ice Institute, Office of the Davis, Theresa P., Human Rights Holmes, Corlis A., Executive Sec¬ Laine, Andrew J., Diplomatic Registrar and Humanitarian Affairs retariat, Records Management Security, Security Awareness Walker, Richard E., Passport Di Paolo, Annamaria, Medical Johnson, Cynthia A., Retirement Lewis, Edward P., Information Services Services Division Management Programs Wallace, Montani O., Passport Harris, Tara A., Bureau of Kelley, Ronnie C., Information Nibbe, Colleen R., Office of Chief Services Personnel Management Programs Financial Officer Lewis, Shelia L., Soviet Union Rodriguez-Andujar, Minerva, Noyer, Barbara J., State Magazine GS-5 Affairs Information Management Olds, Deborah M., Medical Garland, Barbara Jean, Informa¬ Mandes, Barbara Ann, European Programs Services tion Management Programs Affairs Saunders, Charleta A., Office of Pagano, Margarete-Rose, Foreign Marshall, Sheila E., Bureau of Overseas Schools Service Institute, Budget and G&« Administration Sherrill, Edna B., Intelligence and Management Allen, S. Bernadette, Passport Maxwell, Lawanda D., Refugee Research Phillips, Randolph S., Information Services Programs Management Programs Aubert, Kathleen D., Overseas Schwehm, Amanda E., Bureau of GS-10 Washington, Venny Z., Bureau of Briefing Center Personnel Johnson, Nellie M., Information Personnel Aulton, Annette Y., Bureau of Seward, Yvonne D., Bureau of Management Programs Public Affairs Personnel, Examination GS-13 Barnwell, Dorarette M., Informa¬ Division GS-11 Hermesman, Ricardo L., Foreign tion Management Programs Simms, Kathleen M., Office of Brown Jr., Carlton Joe, Office of Affairs Data Processing Center

42 STATE Appointments Dinenna, Anna C., Foreign Serv¬ American Affairs Reid, Leshan R., Information Allen, Deborah R., Office of Chief ice Institute, Economic and Icaza, Myra Lee, Bureau of Management Programs Financial Officer Commercial Training Administration Robertson, Mary Jo, Office of the Anania, Lourdes Bernal, Easterling, Traci K., Bureau of Johns, Ernest H., International Under Secretary for Economic and Business Administration Narcotics Matters Management Affairs Eggertsen, Paul F., Medical Johnson Jr., Charles E., Diplo¬ Rogers, Theresa S., Pre- Arnold-Littrel, Elisabeth, West Services matic Security Assignment Training African Affairs Ellison, Lydia A., Central African Johnson, Gary E., Intelligence and Roland, Chandler P., Near Barbour, Robert E., Office of Affairs Research Eastern and South Asian Inspector General Faulk, Treacy A., Information Johnson, Isabelle, Foreign Service Affairs Barker, Deborah A., Pre- Management Programs Institute, North and East Euro¬ Roots, Lashan Marie, Economic Assignment Training Frey, Edith Diane, Diplomatic pean Languages and Business Affairs Beasley, John A., Office of Chief Security Keller, Peter R., Information Man¬ Rose, John D., Bureau of Financial Officer Fulton, Martha C., Administrative agement Programs Administration Bettius, Tina M., Bureau of Affairs, New York Kim, Jina, Information Manage¬ Rouson Jr., Herbert, Information Administration Gaither, Jacqueline A., Office of ment Programs Management Programs Bournes, Shelby Joyce, Office of Equal Employment Oppor¬ Lambert, Larry R., African Sassano, Karen Ea A., Office of Foreign Buildings, Mechanical tunity and Civil Rights Affairs UN Social and Refugee Engineering Branch Gilley, Kristen F., Near Eastern Looney Jr., Edmund P., Office of Affairs Bowman, Francine L., Inter- and South Asian Affairs the Secretary, Accountability Serey, Paul R., Asian and Pacific American Affairs Gorman, Rose, Information Man¬ Review Board Affairs Brooke, James A., Office of the agement Programs Martin, James G., Office of Sheerin, Andrea J., International Secretary, Accountability Grayson, Winifred H., European Inspector General Organization Affairs Review Board Affairs Matthews, Veda L., Passport Sheldrick, Heather C., Informa¬ Cha, Stephanie A., Office of Gussman, William H., Office of Services tion Management Programs Inspector General Under Secretary for Interna¬ Meade, Regina M., Office of Simpkins, Dana R., Pre¬ Chatmon, James Terrell, Informa¬ tional Security Affairs Inspector General assignment Training tion Management Programs Guthrie, Donald Keith, Inter- Medley, Megan L., Information Collins, Peter, Information Man¬ American Affairs Management Programs BUREAU OF PERSONNEL— agement Programs Hathaway, Gardner R., Office of Miller, Pamela Denise, Informa¬ Record Management Staff Davis, E. Lloyd, Inter-American the Secretary, Accountability tion Management Programs receives group Meritorious Honor Affairs Review Board Misage, Jill, Visa Services Award and Superior Accomplish¬ Dawkins, Janice Wilkinson, Heep, Barbara D., Policy Planning Morris, Ann, Legislative Affairs ment Certificates with a cash Economic and Business Staff Obst, Kathie S., Pre-Assignment award. From left: Hazel M, Affairs Hewitt Jr., Ashley C., Information Training Banks, Andre E. Smith, Denise Devine, Richard C., Information Management Programs Parsons, E. Susan, Overseas Brief¬ Williams, director general Edward Management Programs Hoganson, Jerome L., Inter- ing Center J. Perkins, Cordelia Thurston, R. Steve Weaver.

March 1991 PERSONNEL; CIVIL SERVICE

Skellenger, Charles O., Executive Bailey, Leslie H., Office of Chief Heilbron, William M., Office of Vinton, Noel F., Pre-Assignment Secretariat Financial Officer Chief Financial Officer Training Smith, Marion I., Office of For¬ Barnum, Devaughn F., Passport Huynh, Juanita S., Office of Whitten, Richard V., Foreign eign Missions Services Inspector General Service Institute Talbert, Valerie, Foreign Service Baxter, Teresa Ann, Seattle Pass¬ Jackson, Josephine, Seattle Pass¬ Wiley, Taeko T., Bureau of Institute, Administrative port Agency port Agency Administration Training Bigler, Mary E., Tel Aviv Lombard, Peggy A., Houston Witt, Edith M., Information Man¬ Tome, Pedro, International Organi¬ Brown, Anthony Armstrong, Con¬ Passport Agency agement Programs zation Affairs, Budget and sular Affairs Mangan, Shawn Joseph, Houston Fiscal Brown, Richard G., Consular Passport Agency Wilkinson, Kathleen P., Interna¬ Affairs McGlynn, Dawn Putnam, Citizens Retirements tional Narcotics Matters Cedeno, Cynthia D., Information Consular Services Brown, Shirley Jane, Los Angeles Woerz, Danielle Marie, Office of Management Programs Murphey, William M., Oceans Passport Agency the Under Secretary for Copeland, Susan Lane, Diplomatic and International Environmen¬ Hardy, Benjamin Edward, Bureau Management Security tal and Scientific Affairs of Personnel Dargan, Karen L., Office of For¬ Pierce IV, James, Office of Under Morse, John E., Information Man¬ eign Missions Secretary for Management agement Programs Reassignments Davis, Audrey Yvonne, Diplo¬ Relph Jr., James F., Information Nash, Janet P., Office of Legal Allen, Florence D., Inter-American matic Security Management Programs Adviser Affairs to European Affairs Deaver, Carolyn, Office of Sharpe, Kim Claudette, Miami Owen, M. Elizabeth, International Bromell, Wanda G., Office of Protocol Passport Agency Organization Affairs Foreign Missions to Office of Denner, Thomas A., Politico- Shelton, Tyrone K., Consular Prather, Barbara B., Bureau of Chief Financial Officer Military Affairs Affairs Personnel Cory, Ana-Karina L., Pre- Dodds-Chavis, Carol Anne, Diplo¬ Smith, Beth Eilers, Boston Pass¬ Serey, Paul R., East Asian and Assignment Training to matic Security port Agency Pacific Affairs ■ Bureau of Personnel Ellis, Karen Patricia, Information Sussman, Jerry, Information Man¬ Evans, Madelyn Jeanne, Bureau Management Programs agement Programs ADMINISTRATION—Jerome F. of Personnel to International Gilder, Joshua R., Human Rights Terry, Deborah, International Nar¬ Tolson Jr., deputy assistant secre¬ Organization Affairs and Humanitarian Affairs cotics Matters tary for operations, presents the Glyptis, Mark C., International Hart, Larry T., Information Man¬ Uhlarik, Deloris Jean, Office of “Tribute of Appreciation” plaque Organization Affairs to Office agement Programs Foreign Buildings to Katherine J. Senkow at ber of Chief Financial Officer retirement luncheon. Hansen, Hans, Office of Inspector General to San Francisco Passport Agency Holloway, Sally J., International Organization Affairs to Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Howd, Jo Ann, Pre-Assignment Training to Bureau of Personnel Jewell, Earl K., Pre-Assignment Training to Bureau of Personnel Johnson, Lynettle E., Consular Affairs to Office of Chief Financial Officer Sena, Stephen D., Consular Affairs, Passport Field Coordi¬ nation Staff to Honolulu Passport Agency Stone, John E., Office of Inspector General to Bureau of Personnel Suryan, Kathleen Emily, Pre- Assignment Training to Bureau of Personnel Weathers, Kamala Nalini, Inter- American Affairs to Legisla¬ tive Affairs

Resignations Anderson, Mary C., Foreign Serv¬ ice Institute Bagatelas, Paul Theodore, Economic and Business Affairs

44 State I

Personnel: Foreign Service

Appointments Leaf, James Werner, Pre- Assignment Training to Bonn Bailey, Stephen M., Infonnation Assignment Training Terry, Norman Sean, Pre- Byron, Kevin M., Yemen to San Management Programs Lockman, Jeri Lynn, Lilongwe Assignment Training Salvador Barksdale, Babbsy L., Ankara Long, Madelyn M., Vienna Thompson, Marjorie R., Manila Cannestra, Evelyn A., Bureau of Barnes, Elizabeth Ann, La Paz Longfellow, Faith, Mexico Van Maerssen, Otto Hans, Pre- Personnel to Bridgetown MacEachern, Nell-Garwood, Bassett, Robert Mortimer, Assignment Training Cardona, Herminio F., Informa¬ Moscow Leningrad Vrooman, Peter H., Pre- tion Management Programs to Belon, Valerie Louise, Pre- Macy, Michael Peter, Pre- Assignment Training Karachi Chidester, Judith Ann, Greece to Assignment Training Assignment Training Wasserman, Dana Jill, Damascus Bernlohr, E. Deborah, Brazzaville Manupella, Gayle A., Yaounde Ouagadougou Chiocco, Ralph D., Spain to Beirut Berry, Tricia J., Tokyo McCarthy, Gavin Edward, Watson, Deborah J., Brazzaville Christensen, Katherine, Belize to Bochantin, Sheri Mestan, Accra Moscow Weeks, Wilhelmina R., Bangkok McKiver, Marshall J., Praia Office of Bilateral Trade Boyle, David William, Pre- Weisel, Teetee L., Accra Meawad, Halim M., Manila Affairs Assignment Training Wick, Nadine Shea, Lahore Mital, Yadira, Bangkok Clopp, Noland A., Tanzania to Caroscio, Martha L., Asuncion Willis, Ramona, Information Man¬ Monroe, Billie B., San Salvador Lagos Cavanaugh, Deborah W., Mexico agement Programs Muir III, William Howie, Pre- Collins III, Frank, Germany to Chiarella, Catalina, Sofia Witteman, Whitney J., Pre- Assignment Training Foreign Service Institute, Lan¬ Coffey, Nancy, Frankfurt Assignment Training O’Brien, Richard W., Pre- guage Training Cohen, Janet L., Kathmandu, Lan¬ Yalowitz, Judith G., European Assignment Training Cooper, James Ford, Grenada to guage School Affairs, Post Management O’Neal, Leahseneth, Pre- International Narcotics Matters Day, Arthur T., Information Man¬ Branch Assignment Training Day, Grenville E., India to Lome agement Programs Yannotti, Elaine S., Pre- Orley, Wendy M., Harare Deblauw, Kimberly J., Togo to Dekort, Michael J., Information Assignment Training Padilla, Leslie Marie, Pre- International Organization Management Programs Assignment Training Affairs Delaurentis, Jeffrey, Pre- Paolini, Diane Carol, Frankfurt Transfers Dreher, David Ross, Netherlands Assignment Training Patin, M^a, Yaounde Aguilera, Anne M., Colombia to Antilles to Visa Services Dermott, Maureen, Kuala Lumpur Patonai, Karen Lee, Nairobi Consular Fraud Prevention Duffy, Carol Ann, Consular Dever, Matthew Bedford, Pre- Patterson, Martha, Pre- Program Affairs to Inter-American Assignment Training Assignment Training Bakas, Mary Ann, Bureau of Per¬ Affairs Estes, Ellis Merrill, Pre- Dye, Christopher D., Information Perkins, Mary Anne L., Santo sonnel to Information Assignment Training Management Programs to Domingo Management Programs Evans, Kathleen May, Gaborone Karachi Pfau, Geeta, Gaborone Baron, Frederic S., Switzerland to Fairfax, Rosalind, Moscow Eckman, Vicki Cheryl, Office of Rabby, Avraham, Pre-Assignment Economic and Business Farnsworth, Laura Ann, Pre- Employee Relations to Training Affairs, Office of Intellectual Assignment Training Ransom, Lindy C., Singapore Recruitment Division Property and Competition Euser, Barbara Jean, Chinese Fletcher, Herbert R., Manila Riley, Kim Kilgo, Harare Bauman, Reid S., Philippines to Affairs to Andean Affairs Freeman, Sheila D., Hong Kong Rivera, Barbara Ann, Montevideo Tunis Finegan, John Joseph, Diplomatic Fry, Mark Edward, Pre- Rooney, Dianna J., Libreville Bender, John F., Sri Lanka to Security to Tegucigalpa Assignment Training Rowdybush, James Brinton, Pre- Vienna Finn, Robert Patrick John, Afri¬ Gomez, Hector R., Nassau Assignment Training Beresford, Mark W., Iraq to Goodson, Cynthia L., Lome can Affairs to Near Eastern Rowdybush, Marilynn W., Pre- Information Management and South Asian Affairs Gouri-Wood, Gita G., Lagos Assignment Training Programs Folk, Cynthia, Soviet Union to Green, Gloria W., Bonn Rudman, Andrew, Pre-Assignment Berry, Nancy, Pre-Assignment European Affairs Green, Maria Luisa, Santo Training Training to Seoul Fortin, Judith O., Ethiopia to Domingo Scanlan, Michael Douglas, Pre- Blake Jr., Robert Orris, Opera¬ African Affairs Haley, Myra A., Budapest Assignment Training tions Center to Near Eastern Fox, John Gilmore, Intelligence Harpole, John Christopher, Pre- Schmitt, Adabelle, Abidjan and South Asian Affairs and Research to Mogadishu Assignment Training Schnabel, Ruth, Moscow Blakeburn, Paul H., Malaysia to Freeman, Constance Jane, Office Hart, Regina Ann, Pre-Assignment Scott, David Lester, Pre- Office of Bilateral Trade of Food Policy Programs to Training Assignment Training Affairs Nairobi Hemovich, Diana Lou, Athens Seibel, Mark Wayne, Pie- Boneparth, Ellen Susan, Interna¬ Furtado, Gilbert O., Switzerland Hicks, Gregory Nathan, Pre- Assignment Training tional Organization Affairs to to Victoria Assignment Training Seunarine, Joyce V., Pre- Intelligence and Research Gaffney, Paul P., Diplomatic Hoey, Colleen Anne, Pre- Assignment Training Bradley Jr., Harry C., Iraq to Security, Chicago Field Office Assignment Training Simpson, Cheryl K., Cairo Bangkok to Diplomatic Security, Hollinger, Jane J., Pretoria Smitham, Thomas D., Pre- Bradshaw, John Christopher, Houston Field Office Horowitz, Jason Herman, Pre- Assignment Training Brazil to Operations Center Griff, Arlene E., East Asian and Assignment Training Sorensen, Clifford T.G., Pre- Bravo, Paula M., Bolivia to Santo Pacific Affairs to Office of the Huber, Marlene L., Ankara Assignment Training Domingo Deputy Secretary, Special Jenkins, Yasmeen, Colombo Spruth, Lorraine M., Accra Bredeck, Duane R., Germany to Adviser for Eastern European Juncker, Debra Ann, Pre- Stafford, Edward George, Pre- Bridgetown Assignment Training Assignment Training Bristol, George F., Thailand to Griffithsi Barbara J., Office of Kadunc, Helena L., La Paz Staniak, Irena K., Moscow Paramaribo the Deputy Secretary, Special Kagan, Edgard Daniel, Pre- Sterenberg, Antonuis A., Kinshasa Bryant, James H., Diplomatic Adviser for Eastern European Assignment Training Sullivan, Harry Robert, Pre- Security, New York Field Assistance to Soviet Union Karsting, Douglas D., Conakry Assignment Training Office to Lima Affairs Katt, Virginia E., Dakar Sullivan, Mary Alice, Karachi Bums, Charlene Ann, Monrovia Hale, Dan E., Kuwait to Informa¬ Kennedy, Scott Mark, Monrovia Taecker, Barbara M., Riyadh to African Affairs tion Management Programs Lane, James A., Asuncion Teirlynck, Mary Jane, Pre- Burton, Fletcher M., Saudi Arabia Hamilton, Lance C., India to Near

March 1991 PERSONNEL: FOREIGN SERVICE

Eastern and South Asian Lee, Christine D,, New Zealand to Affairs to Helsinki Van Vranken, Howard A., United Affairs Foreign Service Institute, Lan¬ Pedry, Mark L,, Soviet Union to Kingdom to Tunis Harrison, William G., Information guage Training Paris Villalobos, Gustavo, Colombia to Management Programs to Lehovich, Vladimir, Assignment Phalen, Thomas P., Mexico to Information Management Kinshasa to Nongovernmental Organiza¬ Bangkok Programs Hauptmann, Jerzy J., Mali to tion to Bureau of Personnel Pixley, Michael M., Near Eastern Vincent, John Way, Mauritania to Nuclear Risk Reduction Lemieux, Louis N., Oman to and South Asian Affairs to Mexico City Center Bureau of Administration Ankara Wgjda, Thomas J., Economic and Healey, Daniel O., Diplomatic Leonard, Mary Beth, Cameroon to Porter, Gary Lee, Thailand to Business Affairs to Ottawa Security to Office of Foreign Windhoek Tunis Ward, James L., Inter-American Buildings, Construction Lichtenwald, Daniel Henry, Putt, James R., Near Eastern and Affairs to Consular Affairs Security Management Division Pakistan to Inter-American South Asian Affairs to Welch, C. David, National Hecht, Dorothy Jean, Panama to Affairs, Regional Center, Bombay Security Council to Interna¬ San Salvador Miami, Fla. Raku.san, Jana M., European tional Narcotics Matters Helmholz, Donna M. Spina, Lindsey, Amy D., Hong Kong to Affairs to Prague White, Jeffrey S., Foreign Service United Arab Emirates to Cairo African Affairs Reidy, Edith A,, Switzerland to Institute to Legislative Affairs Houston, Patricia L., Paris to Lohre, Philip N., Barbados to European Affairs Whitt, Brenda J., Czechoslovakia Praia Frankfurt Richards, Anthony Joseph, Niger to Pretoria Huff, Kent W., Specialist Intake to Lowry, Niceta D., Sudan to Afri¬ to Diplomatic Security, Wash¬ Wills, David E., Zaire to Inter- Information Management can Affairs ington Field Office American Affairs, Regional Programs Mann, Andrew Cooper, Opera¬ Roberto, Ricardo Antonio, Center, Miami, Fla. Hughes, James R., Austria to tions Center to Politico- Guatemala to Operations Wohlers, Paul Dashner, Politico- European Affairs Military Affairs Center Military Affairs to Foreign Hume, Cameron R., Near Eastern Marine, Michael W,, East Asian Robinson, Todd D,, El Salvador to Service Institute, Language and South Asian Affairs to and Pacific Affairs to Consu¬ Operations Center Training Vatican lar Fraud Prevention Program Rowe, Paul Edward, Libreville to York, Elaine C., Diplomatic Cou¬ Hunt, Janice E., Germany to Mate-Kole, Ruth Rust, Canada to Inter-American Affairs rier Service, Washington to Office of the Chief Financial Bureau of Personnel Russell, Keith J., Sri Lanka to Abidjan Officer McCarthy, Jane B., Dominican Near Eastern and South Asian Hunter, Donald Carter, Office of Republic to Moscow Affairs Chief Financial Officer to McKeeby, Patrick, R., Iraq to Salter, Bryant J., Mexico to St. Resignations Politico-Military Affairs Information Management Johns Agostini, Catherine A., Abidjan Huscilowitc, Walter M., Uganda Programs Scarlett, Earle St. Aubin, Foreign Boothe, Betty L, Toronto to Harare McLean, J. Phillip, Colombia to Service Institute, Language Brewer, Susan L., Frankfurt Hydie, Lars H., Open Forum to Inter-American Affairs Training to Belgrade Biirback, Veronica B., Singapore Near Eastern and South Asian Miotke, Jeffrey Allen, Fisheries Schollaert, James T., Bureau of Cain, Kevin G., Helsinki Affairs Affairs to Office of Global Intelligence and Research to Campbell, Deborah Grace, Jacks, David T., Information Man¬ Change The Hague agement Programs to Vienna Karachi Monchilov, L.M. Perry, Diplo¬ Seung, N. Janet, Korea to Mexico Canon, Kaye Anne, Moscow Jackson, William H., Information matic Security to Office of City Cavanaugh, Deborah W., Mexico Management Programs to Foreign Buildings, Con¬ Sleght, Alexander K., Office of City Hong Kong struction Security Management UN Social and Refugee Chamorro, Dane L., Manila Jagers Jr., Russell T., Diplomatic Division Affairs to Inter-American Daley, Rita A., Manila Security to Office of Foreign Moore, Kathleen R., Barbados to Affairs Daly, Paul A., Bujumbura Buildings, Construction Copienhagen Smith, Scott A., Pre-Assignment Downer, Barbara J., Rang(H)n Security Management Division Morgret, Peter M., Poland to Training to Ankara Downs, Diane V., Kuala Lumpur Johnson, Barbara J., Mexico to European Affairs Sparkman, Mark S., United King¬ Fabry, Cheryle K., Mexico City Auckland Murphy, Robert Barry, Near dom to European Affairs Flannery, Laurence M., Algiers Jugar, Jeffrey M., Kuwait to Eastern and South Asian Stafford, Ronald E., China to Frankow.ski, Carol A., Kinshasa Information Management Affairs to African Affairs Information Management Gandle, David Lamont, St. Johns Programs Myers, Walter Leon, Inter- Programs Gibbs, Christiane S., Hong Kong Justesen H, Benjamin R., Surinam American Affairs to Havana Sterenberg, Margaret, Canada to Guyette, Julie Ann, Paramaribo to Singapore Myrick, Dale L., Information Kinshasa Hallman, Robert J., Diplomatic Kennedy, John N., Information Management Programs to Sundstrom, James Ladd, Special¬ Security, Philadelphia Field Management Programs to For¬ Accra ist Intake to Karachi Office eign Service Institute, Nelson, Bruce R., Sudan to Intel¬ Sylawa, Bernice Ann, Niger to Hayes, Cynthia Deanne, Language Training ligence and Research Manila Tegucigalpa Kent, Douglas Barry, Ivory Coast Nye, Marcia Louise, Oman to Tarby, Dorothy M., Sudan to Hincr, Nancy C., Bureau of to Office of Chief Financial Near Eastern and South Asian Leningrad Personnel Officer Affairs Taylor, John R,, African Affairs Hoagland, Maaria Tuuli, Niamey King, Stephen H., Germany to Oliver, Ladonna, Seychelles to to Inter-American Affairs Hoschouer, Natividad A., Bonn Bureau of Administration African Affairs Thompson, Trudie Elizabeth, Howard, Christopher L., Kiuru, Aili M., Paraguay to Bern Page, Diana P., Pre-Assignment Operations Center to Office Libreville Kleinsmith, Alexander, Malaysia Training to Georgetown for Counter-Terrorism Hunt, Susan J., Jakarta to Moscow Parkinson, Mari Jain, Switzerland Treger, Herbert L., Tunisia to Kellogg, Susan J., Buenos Aires Koblenz, Sandra Ruth, Haiti to to Dakar Paris Kitson, Beverly, San Salvador Lagos Pates, Bonnie J., Eastern European Tucker, Susie J., Philippines to Kroder, Mary Margaret, Bonn Lahoda, Nicholas P., Kuwait to Affairs to Bureau of Personnel Baghdad Matus, Kellie A., Tegucigalpa Information Management Pedersen, Jean Catherine, Near Valenti, Rose Marie, Canada to McLaughlin, Judith S., Beijing Programs Eastern and South Asian Athens McManus, Consuelo Couching,

46 STATE Cotonou Cohen, Lewis L, Tunis Economic Policy Edwards, Susan R. Melville, Joanna Catherine, Collins, Peter, Lisbon McGowan, Howard L., Bureau of Emery, Carol J. Victoria Curry, Mary Louise, Madrid Personnel Fedenisn, Aureli L. Mondejar, John P., Berlin Davis, E. Lloyd, Santiago McNaughton, James Hamilton, Felt, Walter G. Moore, Dona, Majuro Donchi, Don J., European Affairs Tokyo Gaiti, Rene M. Moore, Patricia Phillips, Amman Forbes, John David, Manila Menken, Edwin T., Frankfurt Gidley, Editb S. Morrow, Daurice C., Bangkok Fuller, Robert E., Bridgetown Molineaux, Paul D., Politico- Glass, Deborah P. Nichols, Pamela K., Mexico City Golino, Frank R., Madrid Military Affairs Haskell, Brian j Nicolet, Hye Kyung, Seoul Greene, Ernest Thomas, Bureau Myrick, James F., Athens Henriquez, Mark A. I Nicoloff, Emily T., Berlin of Personnel Prosser, James F., Rome Horkey, Charles J. I Pahler, Martha J., Santiago Gussman, William H., Office of Ragone, Vincent A., Buenos Aires Jordon, Earl D. I Patterson, Carol Lee, Manila the Under Secretary for Inter¬ Ramirez, Dominick, Paramaribo Kagler, Robert H. Pettinelli, Jacqueline M., Athens national Security Affairs Taylor Jr., Rush W., Togo Kearney Jr., John L. Phipps, Jill N., Mogadishu (Juthrie, Donald Keith, Belize Ward, Geraldine S., Bureau of Klein, Stephen J. Piipponen, Jaana K., Pretoria City Personnel Koblenz, Sandra R. Poche, Diane F., Brussels Haro, Eunace B., Nairobi Weber, Arnold R., Santo Krause, Beverley J. Powers, Margie, Mogadishu Harwood, Douglas James, Mexico Domingo □ Makhdoom, Rasbid A. Roscoe, Josephine D., Mogadishu City McDonald, William N. Saumell, Susan 1., Majuro Hyden, Ruth J., Tunis Michael, A. William Saunders, Patricia J., Paris Hoefler, Marjorie T., Bureau of Specialist tenuring Moreau, James O. Schmarr, Carol A., Honiara Personnel The Specialist Tenuring Board Nesemann, Michael Sims, Janice K., Mogadishu Hoganson, Jerome L., Bogota has completed its review of the files Nordine, Richard D. Snell, Susan Ann, Budapest Johnson Jr., Philip K., Office of of candidates eligible for tenure Patris, Frank N. Stafford, Virginia L., Shanghai Employee Relations consideration at its September ses¬ Rice, Gregory Stephens Jr., William L., Kuwait Killeen, Thomas B., Beijing sion. Recommended for career Ripley, Robert J. Thomspon, Marjorie R., King, Philip A., Bonn status: Rodgers, Thomas A. Monrovia Klotzbach, Lester W., Bureau of Barela, Michael J. Roe, Todd D. Voorhies, Judith M., Seoul Administration Benamore, Catherine Rossin, Ruth C. Kocher, James J., Arms Control Betso, Philip Robert Seeds, Kristin M. and Disarmament Agency Cain, Kevin G. Semere, Linda M. Retirements Lahiguera, Charles E., Intel¬ Chapoteau, Jean-Rene Skoog, Randall P. Bowman, Francine L., Inter- ligence and Research Colin, Thomas Smithson, Lucille M. American Affairs Maffett, Victor J., Bureau of Conway, John T. Steakley, Mark J. Budeit, James A., Bureau of Personnel Cooper, David F. Sullivan, Daniel Personnel Mazingo, James O., Antwerp Couch, John P. Washburn, Michael D. Budow, Lawrence, Bureau of McEldowney, Frederick C., Dempsey, Kevin J. Wilhelm, Steven A. Personnel Bureau of East Asian and Downer, William D. Zimmerman, Daryl P. Chenevert, A. Bernadine, Jeddah Pacific Affairs, Office of Dyer, Robert Leo Zuccarini, Joseph T. ■

GUATEMALA—Budget and fiscal staff inj;, left to ri);ht: Martin Heinrich, Thomas Bowen, Richard Scurfieid, Annette Smith, receives training in the new financial manage¬ Thornhill, Thomas Petite, Maria Cristina de Philip B. Taylor, Marilza Carillo, Russell L. ment system in this Central American Xosel, Carmen Rosa de Reyers, Aurora de Keeton, Nancy Anderson. Sealed: Glorida de country, on Mexico's southern border. Stand- Campo, Gladys de Bargain, Carmen Elisa de Motta, Sergio Aleman.

March 1991 47 I

Honors and Awards I

Superior Honor Awards Carpio, Jorge A., FO-02, Tegucigalpa Davidson, Natalie M., GS-12, Washington Chaveas, Peter R., FE-(XI, Johannesburg Eckman, Vicki C., FP-05, Washington Godard, Ronald D., FE-OC, Chile Griggs, Mary H., GS-13, Washington Harris, F. Allen, FE-OC, Durban Johnson, Bernard A., GS-13, Washington Harris, Marshall F., FO-04, Sofia Jablon, Brian A., FP-04, Washington Lutz, Jeffery T., FE-OC, Jakarta McGuire, Roger A., FO-OI, Windhoek Jenkins, George C., GM-IS, Washington Noble, David A., FS-03, Washington Junker, Delvin W., FO-02, Tegucigalpa Powers, Elizabeth, FO-2, Washington Lesher, David, FP-04, Washington Serey, Paul R., GM-15, Washington Luna, Anne E., FS-07, Tegucigalpa Smith, Ora B., GS-IO, Washington Mayfield, Mark S., FS-04, Tegucigalpa Springmeier, William G., FP-03, Jordan Maynard, Cathleen, FO-03, Washington Tulley, Michael S., FS-04, Belgrade □ Miller, Earl R., FP-05, San Salvador Myers, Jeffery S., FP-06, San Jose Neureiter, Paul, FS-05, Tijuana Meritorious Honor Awards Price, Norma J., DA-03, Mexico City Reichelderfer, T. S., FO-03, Tijuana CORRECTION: Anne M. Aguilera, FP-04, Ryan, Thomas W., FS-OI, Mexico City Bogota, has received a Meritorious Honor Stanley, Kenneth L., FP-02, Washington PRETORIA, South Africa—Maggie M. Seete Award. Her name was misspelled on last month’s Taylor, Sandra M., FP-06, Washington is presented a Meritorious Honor Award and computer listing. □ Wade, Grace Maxine, FP-06, Seoul check for $1,000 by Ambassador William Lacy Swing in recognition of her service as Applebaum, Jack M., FP-04, Washington Wilson, Robert, FO-03, Tegucigalpa residence cook to American ambassadors over Arcement, Margaret, FP-04, Washington Zuccarini, Joseph T., FP-04, the past 30 years. With them is personnel Briudoin, Jules, FP-OI, Washington Washington □ I officer Peter Tharp.

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania—Recipients of Mohamed Salem Bougouffa, Beverly Twaddell, Anna Fall, Victor Adomayakpo, awards, from left: Melissa Bryson, Robert McLaurin, Moktar Toumbou, Mohamed Mamadou Aliou Bah, Rally Fall, Alassane Bryson, Ahmed Fall, Ousmane Amadou Ba, Lemine Ould Baba, Amba.ssador William Baba D. Toure, Amadou Ba.

48 STATE Ij

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania—At award cer¬ right: Ambassador William H. Twaddell, Adomayakpo, Gregory S. Stanford, Reyno L. emony in this West African nation, from David Leege, Nestor Valenzuela, Victor Seril, George King.

KINGSTON, Jamaica—At award ceremony. Pearl Atkinson; Grace-Ann Grey; Jennifer Bazala; Alice Moore; Dahlia Cunningham; left to right: Dorna Service; Radley Williams; Ward; Angella Harvey; Clive Dixon; Sylvia Kathleen MacKay. ■

March 1991 49 Bureau Notes

CHARLES W. MOORE, senior member of resources skills, business skills, promotion of The Seventh Floor State's Architectural Advisory Board ... The American-made gtKxIs, internal controls and the individual’s role in building post morale. Office of the Deputy Secretary director for program execution, RALPH N. WHEELER, visited Pretoria, to observe the sta¬ K.AROLINE BIGLER of the Employee Group Deputy Secretary LAWRENCE S. tus of construction of the new chancery office Purchases Association at Lima, and JASON EAGLEBURGER traveled to Israel, January building, and Cape Town, to review prospective SHEPER at the American Embassy Recreation 11-14 and January I9-2S for consultations with options for relocating the consulate office and Welfare Association at Kinshasa were the the government there on the situation in the Per¬ operations. second and third-place winners, respectively. sian Gulf and the threat to Israel posed by Iraqi The following chiefs of mission met with Award nominees included the following: PAM¬ missiles. He met on several tKcasions with the RICHARD J. SHINNICK, director of operations: ELA HOFER, American Embassy Recreation prime minister, foreign minister and defense min¬ Ambassador E. MICHAEL USSERY, Rabat, to AsscK'iation, Freetown; M. GAIL CLOPP, Amer¬ ister. Accompanying him on both trips were his discuss the scope of work for the chancery power ican Employees Recreation As.sociation, Dar es senior adviser. KENNETH I. JUSTER, and his and safety upgrade; the contract covering the con¬ Salaam; LINDA KOCHER, American Com¬ special assistant MILDRED J. LEATHERMAN, struction of the penthouse for post communica¬ munity Television Association, Bonn; EBON as well as DANIEL C. KURTZER. deputy assist¬ tions; and the architecture and engineering VASCONEZ, American Embassy Recreation ant secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian contracts for roof repairs to the chancery and the Association. Quito; MARIA ELENA DUNN. affairs; the under secretary of defense. PAUL D. Tangier legation building; Ambassador JAMES American Recreation Association, Bujumbura; WOLFOWITZ; and Rear Admiral MERRILL W. MARTY KARIKA, American Employees Recre¬ RUCK of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. SUE L. K. BISHOP, Mogadishu, for a briefing on the ation Association, Ouagadougou; KATHY BREMNER. Secretariat Staff, accompanied him role played by facilities manager WALTER BRAINARD, American Employees’ AssiK'iation. on the first trip, and STEVEN N. SIMON, FLEMING in the evacuation process (Mr. Flem¬ Nassau; SANDY HMAMOUCH, Embassy Ciwp- Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs; MARY A. ing was among the last evacuees to depart post by erative Association, Rabat; and KATHY HAINES. Executive Office; and Lieutenant Colo¬ military airlift); Ambassador RICHARD W. DULAS, American Embassy Employees Asso¬ nel JOSEPH J. COLLINS. Department of BOGOSIAN, N'Djamena, to discuss obtaining ciations. Paris. Defense, traveled in support of the under secre¬ alternative Marine security guard quarters in Overseas Schools: The office has assisted in tary on the second trip. □ closer proximity to the chancery; Ambassador PAUL D. TAYLOR, Santo Domingo, to discuss arranging for a school-to-school pairing between prospects of moving from an overcrowded, long- the American-Nicaraguan Schixil and the public Office of the Under Secretary term-leased consulate office building which does schools in Richmond. Va. Two school officials for Political Affairs not meet seismic criteria; replacement of roofs at from the American-Nicaraguan School will visit Under Secretary ROBERT KIMMITT wel¬ the ambassador's residence, and at the chancery; Richmond at the end of January to initiate the comed PETER E. BASS, formerly in the Legal and installation of a 2S,()00-gallon fuel tank to program. Adviser’s Office of the State Department, to support a needed prime power plant; and General Services: LEE HENDERSON, serve as special assistant, replacing BARRY P. Ambassador-designate MICHAEL PISTOR, DICK STICKLES and REGINA BELT com¬ MclXJNALD, who departed recently to join the Lilongwe, to brief him on the post's pleted the Foreign Service Institute’s pilot domes¬ private sector. □ Government-owned and leased properties in Mal¬ tic administrative officer course ... JAMES R. awi, the minor improvement and special mainte¬ YOUNG has been appointed coordinator for Office of the Under Secretary “Operation Cleansweep” on the building’s for Economic Affairs nance requests, and the chancery electrical upgrade. □ seventh and eighth floors. Under Secretary RICHARD T. McCOR- Office of Language Services; GISELA MACK traveled to Seoul, Korea, January 14, to Office of Operations MARCUSE. ALEC TOUMAYAN and Arabic lead the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Korea sub¬ contractor GAMAL HELAL accompanied SEC¬ Office of Acquisitions: In connection with cabinet meeting ... On January 17-18 he partici¬ RETARY BAKER on his trip to Europe and the pated in the structural impediments initiative Department recycling efforts that will soon be meeting in Tokyo, Japan ... On January 21-22 extended to the procurement of goods, the office he participated in the U.S.-Japan economic .sub- is anticipating receipt of expected environmental Solution to Diplo- cabinet meetings in Tokyo ... He was accom¬ guidelines which will require federal agencies to panied by special assistant XENIA buy certain products made with recycled Crostic No. 59 WILKINSON, n materials. (See February i.ssue) Safely Office; The annual meeting of the Alan Mtx)rehead. The While Nile Department's Advisory Committee on Occupa¬ “A curious combination of hatred and love drew Office of the Under Secretary tional Safety and Health was held January 23, for International Security Affairs the explorers back to Africa. They were like men chaired by the assistant secretary for administra¬ who make a life at sea; having once committed Under Secretary REGINALD BAR¬ tion, ARTHUR W. FORT. The committee was themselves to its hazards, they feel impelled to THOLOMEW led the U.S. delegation at a series established to ensure that the Department's go back again and again, even if Africa kills of arms control negotiations with the Soviets, in domestic and overseas resource protection pro¬ them.” Washington, January 21-25. The Soviet delega¬ grams are properly coordinated, especially on A. Agreed N. Talisman tion was headed by deputy foreign minister issues which cross lines of the responsibilities of ALEKSEY OBUKHOV. □ B. Livingstone O. Howitzer member offices. Safety director STEVE URMAN C. Affects P. Emma of State's Bureau of Administration serves as the D. Namibia Q. Who Done It executive director. E. Melancholy R. Hatchback Administration Commissary and Recreation: A panel of F. Oaken S. Immaculate bureau post management officers selected G. Over the Rainbow T. Taffy Office of Foreign Buildings Operations BRIAN PECK of the Employees Welfare Asso¬ H. Reservation U. Escapade The office has been accepted for member¬ ciation at Tokyo as the 1990 “Employee Asso¬ I. Etcher V. Naked ship in the Construction Industry Institute, ciation Manager of the Year.” At the request of J. Hooked Up W. Irksome research unit of the College of Engineering at the the Central Fund Board, the panel met on January K. Excessive X. Left Field University of Texas at Austin ... The American 18 to review nominations from 12 post as.socia- L. Algol Y. Earth n Institute of Architects' Gold Medal, its highest tions according to criteria established by the M. Digital honor, will be awarded to architect and educator Department. The panel evaluated human

50 STATE Middle East ... Ms. Marcuse, ELIZA BURN¬ opened the fraud conference for program coordi¬ HAM and CAROL WOLTER traveled to New nators from the 14 domestic passport agencies. York for a meeting of Finance ministers ... Inter¬ The deputy assistant .secretary for passport serv¬ preting support for a chemical action task force ices, PAMELA J. COVINGTON, and Fraud Pre¬ meeting was provided by PATSY ARIZU, vention Programs director MICHAEL W. LILLIAN NIGAGLIONI and Ms. Wolter ... MARINE addressed the group. Also participating Staff members DIMITRI ARENSBURGER. were staff members from the Fraud Prevention LAWRENCE BURRELL, ALAN FRENCH and Programs office, representatives from Passport WILLIAM HOPKINS were detailed to the Services, Diplomatic Security, the Immigration

Geneva field office ... Three other linguists and Naturalization Service, and the U.S. ■> returned from Geneva for 10 days of arms control Customs Service. Passport fraud coordinators talks held in the Department ... During the sec¬ attending from their respective passport agencies ond half of January, the Interpreting and Trans¬ were DUNCAN MAITLAND, Boston; lating Division implemented several urgent RICHARD BECKMANN, Chicago; STEVE requests for interpreters or written translations SENA, Honolulu; SYLVIA EISELE, Houston; from the White House and USIA ... A meeting GLORIA GREEN, Los Angeles; DOROTHY of the International Council for International MORGAN, Miami; MARY SOMMERS, New Visitors was attended by Ms. Burnham, Ms. Orleans; LUIS LINARES, New York; STEVE Nigaglioni, PAUL KOVENOCK and SIM CHRISTIAN, Northeast Center; MICHAEL SMILEY ... The bicentennial exhibit “Bridge to PERSONS, Philadelphia; DOUGLAS the World,” which depicts the history of Lan¬ McDaniel, San Francisco; STEVE MULLEN, guage Services, was on display at the Cultural Seattle; HANS MAURER, Stamford; and TOM- Center of Georgetown University. □ MYE GRANT, Washington. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador—C'onsular officer Overseas Citizens Services: MICHAEL William E. Fitzgerald, left, receives Mer¬ MESZAROS has Joined the African and Federal itorious Honor Award from principal officer Consular Affairs Agencies Services Division of Citizens Consular Ralph T. Jones. Services. He was formerly assigned to the On January 24 Assistant Secretary Advisory Opinions Division in Visa Services ... ELIZABETH M. TAMPOSI attended the "Cere¬ MARCO TEDESCO has joined the child custody CONSULAR AFFAIRS—At fraud program mony of Hope for the Hostages in Lebanon,” in unit in Citizens Consular Services. He was pre¬ coordinators’ conference, first row, left to the Department. Following the ceremony, she viously in Passport Services ... RICHARD G. right: Luis Linares, New York; Duncan met with hostage family members to review Con¬ BROWN has left the Citizens Emergency Center .Maitland, Boston; Dorothy Morgan, Miami; sular Affairs' efforts to respond to their needs ... to join USIA as a Foreign Service officer. Mary Sommers, New Orleans; Gloria Green, On January 28, principal deputy assistant secre¬ Fraud Prevention Programs: MARC Los Angeles; Assistant Secretary Elizabeth M, tary JAMES L. WARD addressed young people GORELICK and ROBERT ZUEHLKE attended Tamposi; Tommye Grant, Washington; Robert participating in the program “Presidential Class- the mid-level advanced consular course at the Tsukayama, Washington. Back row: Steve r(K>m,“ on the consular response to the Gulf cri¬ Foreign Service Institute, January 7-25 ... Sena, Honolulu; Hans Maurer, Stamford; sis ... Ms. Tamposi addressed the closing WILLIAM D. CHRONISTER presented an anti¬ Arthur Lindberg, Washington; Michael session of the advanced consular course at the fraud training segment, January 11, on consular Persons, Philadelphia; Richard Beckmann, Foreign Service Institute, January 25 ... Mr. fraud issues, alien smuggling and migration pat¬ Chicago; Sylvia Eisele, Hoaston; Douglas Ward and PAM ROE, Consular Affairs staff terns and detection of counterfeit and altered doc¬ McDaniel, San Francisco; Steve Mullen, Seat¬ assistant, made pre.sentations at earlier meetings uments ... He also provided training to two tle; Steve Christian, Northeast Center; deputy of the class ... On January 16 Ms. Tamposi Immigration and Naturalization Service officer assistant .secretary Pamela Covington; Michael W. Marine, Washington.

March 1991

1 BUREAU NOTES

basic training classes at the Federal Law Enforce¬ (team leader), DOUGLAS GOODGION and ment Training Center, Glynco, Ga., January JEFFREY ECKERT provided special communi¬ East Asian and 24-25. Topics included the Department/Immigra¬ cations in Geneva and Cairo ... JOHN MON¬ tion and Naturalization Service relationship, con¬ TAGUE (team leader), WILLIAM LOUGHNER Pacific Affairs sular procedures, counterfeit document detection and WILLIAM HEADRICK provided the same Assistant Secretary RICHARD H. SOL¬ and U.S. visa and passport issuance and inspec¬ support in Ankara ... From the Bonn Regional OMON spoke to the USIA Advisory Committee tion techniques. Office of Communications, communications on Public Diplomacy, at a breakfast meeting, engineering officers ED WATSON, DANE Executive Director’s Office: NICHOLAS January 9 ... On January 17 he traveled to New HOWARD and JIN WOJCIECHOWSKl MacNEIL and LEIGH CARTER, Systems Staff, York to address the Korea Society on “The Last provided support in London; JEWELL WAL¬ accompanied contractors to the U.S. embassy in Glacier: The Korean Peninsula and the Post-Cold LACE, STEVEN WILHELM and DALE Kingston, January 23, to assist in installing the War Era.” ... On January 22-23 he and Ambas¬ JACOBS provided in Geneva; and GARY machine-readable visa computer program. As the sador JOSEPH LAKE participated in the official MINATRE, DOUGLAS HOFFMAN and LEO second post to have this capability, Kingston working visit of the president of Mongolia ... PENN in Ankara ... From the Karachi Regional joins Santo Domingo. □ TIM CARNEY has transferred from the U.S. Office of Communications, communications mission to the United Nations in New York, engineering officers BRENDAN BURNS, where he was working on East Asian and Pacific TIMMY BYRD and MICHAEL CURRENT issues in connection with the General Assembly, Diplomatic Security provided support in Riyadh, and BYRON to the bureau. He is attached to deputy assistant JONES, LARRY LIMBAUGH and GLYNN secretary DESAIX ANDERSON’S office, work¬ Information Management WILHELM in Cairo ... After the Secretary ing on special projects related to Cambodia ... Systems Operations: JAMES J. CASEY, returned to Washington, KEN HOEFT remained Ambassadors DELLA NEWMAN from New director for interagency affairs, attended the in Saudi Arabia to train embassy personnel on Zealand and EVELYN TEEGEN from Fiji were Nuclear Risk Reduction Center directors’ nego¬ equipment operations. in the Department on consultations in January. tiations in Moscow, January 8-11 ... He visited JOHN E. CAMPBELL is the new chief of JOHN BECKER, director. Office of Freely the U.S. embassy in Helsinki, January 4-6 ... the Management Information Services Branch. □ CARL GIAMPIETRO, chief of the Support Serv¬ Associated States, traveled to Kolonia, Majuro ices Division's V.l.P. Branch and deputy chief and Koror, January 3-February 3, where he con¬ JOSEPH TALBOT and staff members CARMEN Security sulted with embassy and status liaison office per¬ TALBOT and GERARD GENDRON, on short Diplomatic Security Service: KATE STEEN sonnel and met with government officials ... notice, hastily planned, coordinated, and Joined the staff of director CLARK M. DENEEN WILLIAMS, a secretary in the Office expedited the Secretary’s special communications DITTMER, as a special assistant. of Freely Associated States and a member of the in support of his January 6-13, 12-stop trip to Emergency Plans and Counterterrorism: Army Reserve, was called to active duty on Feb¬ Europe and the Near East... KEN HOEFT (team Deputy assistant secretary DANIEL NICHOLS ruary 1 and will be serving as a medic ... leader), BOB REMILLARD, GRELL BUSH- visited the Frankfurt Regional Courier Office, JASON P. HYLAND, Office of Japanese ELLE and CHARLES LYNDE provided the Sec¬ December 12-14, accompanied by Diplomatic Affairs, represented the bureau at the third annual retary’s special communications support in Courier Service director JERRY LAFLEUR and conference of AID and Japan’s ministry of for¬ London and Riyadh ... MICHAEL KOVICH the bureau’s acting attorney-adviser, DEAN eign affairs and other aid-related agencies, in WOODEN ... KATHY MISCOLL joined the Honolulu, January 14-15. The conference staff in January. addressed such issues as bilateral aid cooperation, use of aid for environmental protection and DIPLOMATIC SECURITY—The Domestic * * * Facilities Division’s Charlie Holland receives a plaque from divison chief Dick Feltault, right, The bureau’s “information day,” held at the at a ceremony after 48 years of Government Diplomatic Security Training Center on January EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS— service. 26, was hailed as a success by its coordinators. Assistant Secretary Richard H. Solomon, left, Over 400 people attended the event at the Dunn presents Paul Serey a Superior Honor Award Loring, Va., facility. This session was the result on his retirement after 50 years of Govern¬ of joint efforts of Diplomatic Security, the ment service. With them is Mrs. Serey. Bureau of Personnel and the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Civil Rights. It provided prospective applicants with information on careers as diplomatic security and security engineering officers and as diplomatic couriers. Advertisements were placed in minority publica¬ tions and newspapers of local universities. Dis¬ play booths were manned by staff members from the Training Center, the Washington Field Office, Diplomatic Courier personnel, and a rep¬ resentative of the Department’s contract guard force. In addition, visitors were able to view the fitness center and firearms training. Videos were shown depicting career opportunities. ROBERT O’BRIEN, director. Office of Professional Development, said one of the main objectives was to reinforce “the Department’s commitment to provide a workforce that is repre¬ sentative of U.S. citizens throughout the country, with geographic diversity as well as representa¬ tion of women and all racial and ethnic catego¬ ries.” □

52 State I

regional initiatives ... MARIE HUHTALA, dep¬ PAUL WISGERHOF, director. Office of London, England, to chair additional Heathrow uty director, Office for Vietnam, Laos and Cam¬ Aviation Negotiations, chaired civil aviation succession talks, January 29-30. bodia, and FRANK LIGHT, country officer for negotiations with Singapore, in Singapore, People: Recent arrivals: LaSHAN ROOTS, Vietnam, traveled to Hanoi, January 27-31, for December 11-13 ... He chaired talks with Hong Executive Office; FREDERIC BARON, Office talks on humanitarian assistance to Vietnam from Kong, in London, January 17-18 ... GENE of Intellectual Property and Competition; U.S. nongovernmental organizations ... SCOT GRIFFITHS, director. Office of Aviation Pro¬ KATHERINE CHRISTENSEN and LOURDES MARCIEL, country officer for Laos, traveled to grams and Policy, accompanied MORRIS D. ANANIA, Developed Country Trade Division. □ Laos and northern Thailand, January 9-22, for BUSBY to Europe, January 6-13, to conduct avi¬ consultations on prisoner-of-war issues and nar¬ ation security contingency planning. cotics ... BARBARA GLIDEWELL has joined WILLIAM C. RAMSAY, deputy assistant European and the Executive Office, as secretary to the post secretary for energy resources and food policy, Canadian Affairs management section. □ led the U.S. delegation to emergency meetings of the governing board of the International Energy Office of European Security and Political Agency, in Paris, January 11 and 28. The agency Affairs: CHARLES KRUPNICK, an American Economic and met to implement responses to the energy situa¬ Association for the Advancement of Science, tion produced by hostilities in the Persian Gulf Arms Control and Security fellow, has joined the Business Affairs ... GEORGE KENNEY, Office of Global strategic section and will be working on Nato EUGENE J. McAllister, assistant secre¬ Energy, attended the meeting, January II ... strategy and short-term nuclear forces issues ... tary for economic and business affairs, led a dele¬ DAVID E. BROWN attended, January 28 ... Deputy director DAVID ADAMSON accom¬ gation to Moscow, January 7-12, to continue the Mr. Brown led the U.S. delegations to emer¬ panied Assistant Secretary RAYMOND SEITZ to negotiation for the bilateral investment treaty. gency meetings of the standing group on the oil the January 25 meeting of Nato’s special con¬ While there, he held discussions with other offi¬ market and the committee on emergency ques¬ sultative group, in Brussels ... Lieutenant Colo¬ cials—on economic reform, technical cooperation tions, in January ... RALPH ANSKE repre¬ nel BRUCE lANACONE represented the Depart¬ and the overall status of U.S./Soviet economic sented the United States at the meeting of the ment and presented an informal report on the relations. NANCl HUBBELL, office of East committee of natural gas of the Economic Com¬ work of the latter group at the January 31 meet¬ West Trade, accompanied Mr. McAllister to mission for Europe; the group met at commission ing of Nato’s High Level Group in Brussels ... Moscow. headquarters in Geneva, January 21-24. The deputy director for political affairs, AL WHITE, director of commercial, legisla¬ CHARLES ANGEVINE, deputy assistant MICHAEL GUEST, accompanied Mr. Seitz to tive and public affairs, participated in the annual secretary for transportation affairs, met with Dep¬ Europe for consultations in January ... Political meeting of senior commercial officers in the uty Secretary LAWRENCE EAGLEBURGER section officers JOHN EVANS and JOAN western hemisphere, in Miami, December 12-14. and the European Community transport commis¬ WADELTON traveled to Valletta, Malta, as SUSAN SCHWAB, director general of the U.S. sioner, January 7 ... Mr. Angevine attended a members of the U.S. delegation to the Con¬ and Foreign Commercial Service, presided ... meeting, January 8, with JAMES HARRIS, the ference on Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Mr. White spoke on the U.S. commitment to Canadian special negotiator, to prepare for the meeting on peaceful settlement of disputes, Janu¬ exporting, at the southwestern Georgia con¬ civil aviation talks to be held this month ... Mr. ary 15-February 8. ference on developing an international infrastruc¬ Angevine joined Deputy Secretary Eagleburger Office of Western European Affairs: JOHN ture, in Albany, Ga., January 10 ... He and Ambassador Sir ANTONY ACLAND, from participated in an international marketing of food the British embassy, to discuss the Heathrow BELGRADE, Yugoslavia—Ambassador conference, sponsored by the Food Processing issue, January 9 ... He chaired the Heathrow Warren Zimmerman, second from left, con¬ Machinery and Supplies Association, in Wash¬ succession talks that were held in Washington, gratulates retirees and employees with 30 or ington, January 22. January 14-15 ... Mr. Angevine traveled to more years of service. Others, from left: Vera Djurovic, Predrag Popovic, Jugoslava Paunic, Milica Milicevic, Mirjana Kocijancic.

March 1991 BUREAU NOTES

tial management intern ANNE HERR’s last day The original Forum Committee of the Asso¬ was February 1; she has returned to the Bureau of ciation of American Foreign Service Women re¬ Intelligence and Research ... JEFFREY convened in December to present a painting to GARRISON and JANETTE HILL arrived in the Family Liaison Office. The painting, by Geneva, January 3 to serve on the Start delega¬ SHEILA ISHAM, and a plaque were presented to tion ... JON GUNDERSEN was to take up his Ms. Minutillo to commemorate the work of the new duties as U.S. consul general in Kiev in late original Forum Committee in the establishment of February ... The under secretary for manage¬ the office. Those attending the presentation were ment, IVAN SELIN, and Soviet deputy chief of Ms. Minutillo; ANNE KAUZLARICH, president mission SERGEY CHETVERIKHOV had ex¬ of the association; MAGGIE MORSE, chair¬ changed diplomatic notes formally establishing woman of the current Forum Committee: JANET the U.S. consulate general in Kiev and the Soviet LLOYD, first director of the office; JOAN consulate in New York last December. □ SCOTT, its first secretary; and these members of the original Forum Committee: LESLEY DORMAN, JEAN VANCE, JANET HAWLEY, Family Liaison Office ALICE LOWENTHAL and STEPHANIE SMITH KINNEY. The Family Liaison Office has mailed skills The following community liaison office verification forms to the more than 2,100 partici¬ coordinators visited the office in December and pants in its Family Member Skills Bank. The January: JEANINE SCROSIA (Antananarivo), annual mailing is designed to allow those listed to DEBORAH NEWCOMB (Freetown), and MARY look at the information on their forms and to PAT WENTZ (Casablanca). □ make additions or corrections. Now in its fourth EUROPEAN AND CANADIAN AFFAIRS— year of operation, the skills bank is a resource for Jon Gundersen, left, America’s new man in Foreign Service family members seeking employ¬ Foreign Missions Office Kiev, with Ivan Kuznetsov, the Soviet’s new ment either overseas or in the Washington area. man in New York. When a participant's spouse is assigned overseas, Director DAVID C. FIELDS, accompanied a cable is sent to post which lists the spouse’s by the under secretary for management, IVAN skills and experience. The post learns of the SELIN; Foreign Buildings Office deputy assistant HAWES, special negotiator for U.S.-Portuguese spouse’s interest in employment and can make secretary RICHARD DERTADIAN; and Diplo¬ defense cooperation, led a joint State-Defense contact in advance if necessary. Many Govern¬ matic Security deputy assistant secretary team to Lisbon, January 29, for the first round of ment agencies and private firms use the skills GREGORIE BUJAC, presented testimony, Janu¬ negotiations on access to military facilities in the bank to search for participants with specific ary 16, to the District of Columbia Board of Zon¬ Azores. KENNETH W. HILLAS, officer-in¬ skills. Following are examples that indicate the ing Adjustment on behalf of the government of charge for Portugal, was a member of the delega¬ diversity of requests, the office reported: Turkey. Also participating in the hearing were tion ... On January 26-27 Mr. Hawes and Mr. —A company planning to set up an office in Property Program director RICHARD MASSEY, Hillas consulted U.S. military representatives sta¬ a Far Eastern capital asked if there were any Office of Foreign Missions legal adviser tioned in the Azores ... JACQUELINE YOUNG spouses already at post with administrative man¬ RONALD MLOTEK and GILDA BRANCATO, has Joined the secretarial staff; she previously agement skills. Office of the Legal Adviser. worked in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. —An international organization doing field People: New staff member: JOHN Office of Northern European Affairs: The research in Africa wanted to know if there were O’ROURKE, who replaced WILLIAM MEEHAN ambassador to Finland, JOHN WEINMANN, spouses at various posts who could act as their as the customs representative to the Interagency visited Washington for consultations, January 9 agent on a freelance basis. Liaison Group and technical adviser to the Office ... Benelux deputy country officer LAURA —A post whose contract nurse resigned of Foreign Missions customs program ... The FAUX-GABLE traveled to The Hague, Brussels, wanted to know if any spouses with nursing skills Office of Foreign Missions director of the tax Antwerp and Luxembourg, January 11-19, for were coming to post before they advertised the program, DAVID BUSS, has assumed the addi¬ consultations ... Finnish deputy foreign minister position outside the mission. tional responsibility of serving as the director AKE WITHOL discussed defense issues with —The international school in a European of the customs program ... SHIRLEY Under Secretary REGINALD BARTHOLOMEW capital requested a list of spouses with teaching DRUMMOND has joined the office as senior and other officials, January 15-16 ... The ambas¬ credentials who were going to post. administrative assistant for the systems, tax and sador to Denmark, KEITH BROWN, was in —An office in the Department requested a customs programs ... SHELIA CHESTNUT Washington, January 21-25, to prepare for search for a computer operator in the Washington joined the program support area, Fesruary 12 ... QUEEN MARGARETHE II’s state visit in Feb¬ area for a temporary position. CARLOS CASTILLO transferred from the diplo¬ ruary ... The ambassador to Netherlands, C. —A Washington private school asked for matic motor vehicle office to the administrative HOWARD WILKENS, was in Washington, Jan¬ the names of teachers. office ... GLORIA McCLAlN was selected as uary 23-27, for the visit of Dutch Foreign Minis¬ —Many families with learning-disabled chil¬ the office “Quality Employee of the Month,” for ter HANS VAN DEN BROEK ... ARLENE dren here wanted to know if there was a teacher February; she was honored for her contributions DYSON has joined the office as a secretary. with special education skills at a post before they to the tax program and her expertise on sales tax Office of Soviet Union Affairs: In the office bid on it. issues. □ of multilateral and security affairs, JACK Family Liaison Office director MARYANN DEASY traveled to the Soviet Union, January MINUTILLO said the program enables her office Foreign Service Institute 6-19, to participate in the Nuclear Risk Reduction to identify employment trends and capabilities by Center’s consultations with its Soviet counterpart post and region. She added it provides statistical In January four presentations were offered to agency. He then visited the Siberian city of evidence of a cadre of highly-skilled Foreign advanced area studies students. The well-attended Khabarovsk ... GORDON GRAY spoke about Service family members. Adult family members sessions, titled “Germany and East Central U.S.-Soviet relations to students from Hope Col¬ of all the foreign affairs agencies are eligible to Europe in Historical and Contemporary Perspec¬ lege who visited the Department, January 11. He participate in the skills bank. For information, tives,” were devised by LARRY ORTON, chair¬ addressed the National Association of Evangeli¬ contact the office. Room 1212A Main State, man for Soviet Union/East Europe, with speakers cals on the same topic, January 24 ... Presiden¬ (202) 647-1076. from the Wilson Center, Columbia University

54 STATE and Chestnut Hill College ... From February 4-7 the Office of Inspections.” ... MARGARET H. tion initiative ... Mr. Holmes spoke before the the School of Area Studies offered a special ARCEMENT, secretarial inspector, received a Pacific Telecommunication Council on the role of series on “Whither Gorbachev?—Whither the Meritorious Honor Award “in recognition of telecommunications in the initiative ... He deliv¬ Soviet Union?” Speakers from the Policy Plan¬ extraordinary ability to turn insights gained as a ered an address before the World Leadership ning Staff, the Defense Intelligence Agency, secretarial inspector into effective recommenda¬ Conference, on the lessons of the U.S. experi¬ Georgetown and George Washington Universities tions for productive performance by all person¬ ence in telecommunication deregulation ... The and the Carnegie Endowment for International nel.” ... A secretarial group Meritorious Honor Advisory Committee on International Communi¬ Peace addressed the sessions. Award “for special contributions made to the cations and Information Policy held its meeting New secretaries at the School of Profes¬ successful accomplishment of the inspection pro¬ on January 23, hosted by Mr. Holmes and sional Studies are ANNA DiNENNA and VAL¬ gram during fiscal year 1990” was awarded to chaired by LEONARD MARKS. ERIE TABLERT ,.. RICHELLE KELLER and ROSSANNA BURRELL, MARIE DORSEY, Mr. Holmes, with deputies KEN DAVID BOERIGTER have joined the Consular TAMMY FURR, MIRANDA LANE, ALBERTA BLEAKLEY and Mr. Beaird, met with Federal Training Division for several months, to work on MANLEY and JAN MOUZON. Communications Commission chairman ALFRED the redesign of the basic and six-day consular Inspection teams are finishing their inspec¬ SIKES and the assistant secretary of commerce courses, and the design of the crisis management tions of Antigua, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, for national telecommunications and information, course, respectively ... On January 29 the Over¬ Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Grenada, Namibia, Para¬ JANICE OBUCHOWSKI, to coordinate interna¬ seas Briefing Center staff met with the executive guay, Peru, Uruguay and the Foreign Service tional communications policy ... Mr. Bleakley board of the Association of American Foreign Institute's Overseas Briefing Center ... Prepara¬ met with the minister of posts and telecom¬ Service Women. They presented an overview of tions are beginning for the spring cycle. Team 1, munications, IVAN GRITSUK, and other senior the training programs and resources available to led by ROSCOE SUDDARTH, will inspect Bra¬ officials of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist family members, through the center. Deans from zil; Team 2, directed by RICHARD HOW¬ Republic on January 9 ... Mr. Bleakley hosted a the Schools of Area Studies, Language Studies LAND, will review operations in Zaire, Burundi luncheon for Serbian telecommunications offi¬ and Professional Studies spioke to the group. □ and Rwanda; Team 3, under DAVID ZWEIFEL, cials in the Daniel Webster Room ... LUCY will inspect the Office of the Legal Adviser; RICHARDS traveled to Paris to represent the Team 4, led by WILLARD DEPREE, will be in United States at an Organization for European the Philippines; and Team 5, led by FERNANDO Cooperation and Development meeting to draft a Inspector General’s Office RONDON, will conduct a review of Switzerland statement of policy involving the security of and the U.S. mission in Geneva. information systems. Inspector general SHERMAN M. FUNK, □ Office of Investigations: The Office of with deputy ROBERT E. FRITTS and other sen¬ Investigations has selected DANIEL R. REILLY ior staff members, traveled to Harpers Ferry, W. as director of Division B; he will manage the Va., January 7-9, for a management and planning International Narcotics office's caseload for its Special Inquiries Branch conference. The theme was "Improving Effec¬ and the Bureaus of Inter-American Affairs and tiveness in 1991.” Speakers included FRANK Matters East Asian and Pacific Affairs. HODSOLL, executive associate director, U.S. Office of Policy, Planning and Manage¬ Deputy assistant secretary PARKER W. Office of Management and Budget; ROBERT ment: TTie assistant inspector general for policy, BORG traveled to Santo Domingo, Dominican RYAN, coordinator of the overseas management planning and management, KATHLEEN Republic, January 8-11, and Kingston, Jamaica, project for the Bureau of Finance and Manage¬ CHARLES, was the recipient of a presidential- January 11-15, to consult with embassy staff and ment Policy; RICHARD DERTADIAN, deputy rank award as a “Meritorious Executive.” government officials on counternarcotics pro¬ assistant secretary. Office of Foreign Buildings Office of Security Oversight: On January 28 grams ... STEPHANIE DEANER, TIMOTHY Operations; HERBERT BECKINGTON, FRED¬ DENNIS O'HARE, director of security inspec¬ HENDERSON and RUSS REIFF conducted a ERICK HITZ and GEORGE MURPHY, the tions, gave a presentation to the regional security field assistance visit to narcotics affairs sections inspectors general of AID, the Central Intel¬ officer class at the Bureau of Diplomatic Se¬ in Lima, Peru; La Paz, Bolivia; and Guatemala ligence Agency and USIA, respectively; and curity's Merrifield, Va., training center on the City, Guatemala, January 13-31, to review and WALTER PINCUS, Washington Post. role of the inspector general in overseas security audit countemarcotics programs ... Acting Car¬ Office of Audits: At the Harpers Ferry con¬ ... Inspections of the security programs in Thai¬ ibbean program officer R. JAMES McHUGH ference, MILTON MacDONALD, EDWARD T. land, Belize and Honduras began during January. traveled to Bridgetown, Barbados, January BRENNAN, FLOYD JUSTICE, CARL SPANN The Audits Division has issued a report, 16-18, where he represented the bureau at the and JERRY HUFFMAN discussed goals and “Recovery of Interest on Antiterrorism Assist¬ sixth U.S./United Kingdom meeting on the objectives, ongoing and planned audits and audit ance Funds Advanced to the Louisiana State regional security system ... He consulted with operations ... On January 16 EILEEN ANGLE, Police.” ... JOHN STONE has left the Audits Embassy Bridgetown and Embassy Antigua offi¬ audit manager. Consular and International Pro¬ Division for a position with the Bureau of Per¬ cials on future narcotics control programs for the grams Division, spoke to members of the Foreign sonnel. □ eastern Caribbean. Service Institute's advanced consular class about People: New arrivals include, in the Office the organization and operations of the Office of of Program Management, BONITA JAMES, sec¬ Inspector General, with emphasis on consular- International retary; in the Global Support Division, KATH¬ related findings of recent inspections and audits LEEN WILKINSON, program analyst; on the ... JOHN KANE, Departmental Support Pro¬ Communications and Policy, Planning and Evaluation Staff, ANNIE grams Division, attended the seminar for new MERRIGAN, presidential management intern. □ managers at Oak Ridge, Tenn., January 7-18 ... Information Policy KATHIE OBST has joined the Information Man¬ Director BRADLEY P. HOLMES, accom¬ agement Division as a secretary ... Senior audi¬ panied by deputy director RICHARD C. International Organization tor NORA KELLY has been called to active duty BEAIRD, traveled to Hong Kong, where he Affairs by the Army Reserves, in support of Operation signed a final exchange of letters liberalizing the Ctesert Storm. uses of international private-leased circuits Assistant Secretary JOHN R. BOLTON Office of Inspections: ORA B. SMITH, between the United States and Hong Kong ... traveled to Vienna, Brussels, Luxembourg and staff assistant, received a Superior Honor Award Mr. Beaird traveled to Kuala Lumpur, where he London, for consultations with officials concern¬ “in recognition of outstanding performance and chaired the working group on telecommunica¬ ing UN issues and the Persian Gulf crisis ... On special contributions to improve the operations of tions under the Asia Pacific Economic Coopera¬ January 12 JOHN S. WOLF, principal deputy

March 1991 55 BUREAU NOTES

assistant secretary, traveled to Florida, to address FOREMAN was selected as the deputy general and Colonel DENNIS MURPHY. Others have the Sarasota-Manatee chapter of the United counsel. Department of the Treasury ... PETER pitched in for short stints. This is in addition to Nations Association. While in Sarasota, he spoke BASS has been detailed as a special assistant to deputy director DOUGLAS KINNEY, in Saudi to the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs, met with the the under secretary for political affairs ... Arabia as deputy political adviser to General H. mayor and appeared on TV ... International ath¬ RICHARD LAHNE has taken a new assignment NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF. letic program director BERNARD ENGEL ac¬ in the Office of Spiecial Functional Problems. □ Office of Defense Trade Policy: MAR¬ companied a delegation from the U.S. Olympic LENE URBINA is coordinating the State effort Committee to Havana, Cuba, to survey sites for to implement the President’s directive on ra¬ the 1991 Pan American Games that will be held Politico-Military Affairs tionalization of the U.S. munitions list, with a in Havana and Santiago de Cuba, August 2-18. deadline of June 1 ... SCOTT MILLER, deputy Deputy Assistant Secretary ELIZABETH People: LEE ANN HOWDERSHELL, nar¬ director, traveled to Los Angeles, January 16-18, VERVILLE led the U.S. delegation to the 20- cotics program officer. Office of Technical Spe¬ to give a speech to the National Security Indus¬ nation Australia Group meetings in Paris, cialized Agencies, is on maternity leave fol¬ trial Association on the outlook for the defense December 11-13, in an effort to stem the spread lowing the birth of Matthew David Howdershell market in the Far East. of chemical weapons ... She led the U.S. delega¬ on January 17 ... Transfers: PHILICIA B. People: New arrivals: CYNTHIA tion to the December 14 London meetings on COLLINS, from the Bureau of Administration to KIERSCHT has joined the Center for Defense nonproliferation with U.S. allies, the Soviet the Office of Administrative Services ... Trade ... DONALD C. HUNTER has joined the Union and eastern European nations ... JIM KIMBERLY J. DeBLAUW, from Lome, Togo, staff as deputy executive director ... DAVIS, Office of Weapons Proliferation Policy, to the Office of International Development SOUMAYAH ZEIN and CHRISTOPHER and ANNE JOYCE, Legal Adviser’s Office, Assistance ... MADELYN J. EVANS, from the ELDER have joined the Office of Defense Trade accompanied her to both meetings, joined by Bureau of Personnel to the Office of UN System Controls. □ Recruitment ...TERRI G. SMITH, from the ANDY LIEPMAN, Bureau of Near Eastern and Bureau of Personnel to the Office of UN System South Asian Affairs, for the Australia Group Recruitment ... MARK C. GLYPTIS, from the sessions. Refugee Programs Office of UN System Budgets to the Bureau of Office of Slate Representatives to the Finance and Management Policy ... INEZ D. Geneva Negotiations on Nuclear and Space Director PRINCETON N. LYMAN, met HOCKADAY, from the Office of U.S. Budge¬ Arms: EDWARD IFFT addressed the Oslo with the newly-elected president of the United tary Presentation and Payments to the Bureau of Defense Association on “Start; The End Game Israel Appeal, NORMAN LIPOFF, and HER¬ Diplomatic Security ... SALLY J. and Beyond,” December 5, and consulted with MAN MARKOWITZ, its executive vice chair¬ HOLLOWAY, from the Office of International the Norwegian foreign ministry. man, to discuss refugee resettlement in Israel ... Development Assistance to the Bureau of Near Defense Relations and Security Assistance: Mr. Lyman met with JAMSHID ANVAR, direc¬ Eastern and South Asian Affairs ... SALLY B. SINCLAIR MARTEL, deputy assistant secretary tor, Regional Bureau for Asia and Oceania in the IRONFIELD, from the Office of Administrative for regional affairs, led the U.S. delegation to Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refu¬ Services to the Foreign Service Institute ... Bridgetown, Barbados, for the sixth annual gees in Geneva ... ROBERT L. FUNSETH, sen¬ GLORIA J. WILLIAMS, from the Office of eastern Caribbean regional security system talks, ior deputy assistant secretary, and SARAH E. U.S. Budgetary Presentation and Payments to the January 16-18. He was accompanied by STE¬ MOTEN, deputy assistant secretary for interna¬ Bureau of Diplomatic Security. □ VEN ALAN HONLEY, Latin American and Car¬ tional refugee assistance, attended the meeting ibbean affairs officer, who coordinated con¬ ... Mr. Lyman and Mr. Funseth met with Legal Adviser’s Office ference preparations ... PAUL ALMEIDA Joined ANDREW BURNS, Britain’s assistant under sec¬ the office in January to handle security assistance retary for Asia, and DAVID COLVIN, her JOHN R. BYERLY, assistant legal adviser programs for Europe ... Colonel DENNIS MUR¬ Southeast Asia director, to consult on the com¬ for African affairs, traveled to Lisbon, for a dis¬ PHY, Air Force, traveled to Stuttgart to partici¬ prehensive plan of action for Indochinese refu¬ cussion of Angola with Soviet and Portuguese pate in the annual U.S. European Command gees; and DARIOUS BAYANDOR, UN coor¬ representatives ... DAVID P. STEWART, training conference ... The office contributed to dinator for planning for Cambodian repatriation, assistant legal adviser for human rights and refu¬ State and Defense Department task forces for to discuss planning for Cambodian repatriation in gees, traveled to Charlottesville, Va., to speak at Desert Storm. Seven staff members working full¬ the event of a political settlement. the international human rights seminar at the Uni¬ time on task forces are deputy director BILL Ms. Moten and LOUIS MAZEL, program versity of Virginia law school ... JOHN E. SIEFKEN, PETER TINSLEY, MIKE SLACK, officer. Office of Asian Refugee Assistance, met OSBORN, special assistant to the legal adviser, Commander HOWARD SIDMAN, Lieutenant with International Rescue Committee officials in traveled to £>enver, to participate in a conference Colonel JAY GREER, Colonel MIKE SMITH New York to discuss assistance programs for sponsored by the International Bar Association Burmese students/dissidents in Thailand. At the and the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Founda¬ meeting were the committee’s executive director, tion, and to present a paper on the protection of ROBERT DeVECCHl; Thailand desk officer international investment ... CLIFTON M. SARAH JACKSON; and the deputy for overseas JOHNSON, attorney-adviser. Office of Interna¬ programs, FAYE RICHARDSON ... Ms. Moten tional Claims and Investment Disputes, traveled attended meetings at UN headquarters to review to The Hague, for settlement negotiations with UN-assisted emergency relief programs in Africa Iran at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal. and to offer U.S. assistance ... Mr. Mazel deliv¬ People: Joining the bureau recently were. ered a speech at the UN Border Relief Organiza¬ Navy Lieutenant Commander REBECCA tion’s donor meeting in New York ... ANN GILCHRIST, Office of International Claims and INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH— MORGAN, director. Office of Refugee Training, Investment Disputes; MICHAEL CESSNA, Charles Jefferson, left, acting director, Office monitored English-as-a-second language and attorney-adviser. Office of Ethics and Personnel; of Politico-Military Analysis, and an Army cultural orientation programs in the Philippines and LINDA R. JORGENSEN, secretary. Office reserve colonel, receives Defense Meritorious and Thailand ... NORMAN W. RUNKLES, of Oceans, International Environmental and Sci¬ Service Award from Lieutenant Colonel David comptroller, and EMILY K. KRANTZ, deputy entific Affairs ... JANET NASH retired from the Underwood for his efforts as a politico- comptroller, met in New York with International Office of Treaty Afffairs ... JAMES EARL military planner for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Organization for Migration officials and private accepted a position with the International Mari¬ Assistant Secretary Douglas P. Mulholland is voluntary organization representatives to discuss time Satellite Organization ... DENNIS at center. transportation loans. ■ Letters to the Editor

—(Continued from Page I) We believe that the quality of both packing audience to have an article on long-serving Forgive my criticism of your editorial and transportation services provided to For¬ nationals who have created their own For¬ judgment in this matter, and allow me to eign Service employees has improved eign Service careers. We can contribute add that your magazine does a good job of markedly in recent years, and we are con¬ four! keeping us clued in to what’s happening at fident that Mr. Betts’ comments on his next Sincerely, State. move will reflect that improvement. Daniel J. Young Sincerely, Sincerely, Principal commercial officer □ Stu Hatcher George C. Jenkins □ Citizens Emergency Center □ Look-alike? Nationals as rovers LISBON, PORTUGAL Why the complaint vanished Dear Editor; Washington MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA We at the Dear Editor; Dear Editor; American embassy As the chief of State’s Transportation It’s always a pleasure to share memor¬ here, and most peo¬ Division, 1 would like to respond to the let¬ able events with our State/Commerce, etc., ple in Portugal, feel ter in the January issue from Timothy colleagues around the world. that communications Betts. Mr. Betts was concerned that a 1987 Foreign Service national Shirley Jay- officer John E. letter his wife had written, describing a bad atunga, commercial secretary here in the Williams bears a experience with one of State’s contract consulate general, received her 20-year striking resemblance packers, was not in the packing company service pin recently from Michael Hand, to Sammy Davis Jr. letter files. He also expressed dissatisfac¬ senior commercial officer. We thought you tion at the possibility that representatives It might be of interest that she began may agree with us. from the packing companies routinely her U.S. Government career as AID secre¬ It is also cleaned out our Department files, as he tary at the embassy in Sri Lanka. She Mr. Williams rumored that Mr. was told by one of the transportation opera¬ migrated to Australia and joined the consu¬ Williams is quite a singer and dancer as tions receptionists. late here. well. The outbound packing contract was As part of our researches we found Sincerely, recently renegotiated, and a number of new three other nationals here who had service ISABEL VlANA companies have been added. We felt it in other U.S. posts: Berth, Canberra and Secretary, general services office ■ would be unfair to provide files on some Manila. It might be of interest to your companies while the newer ones have had no opportunity to amass any; we therefore have removed all of the letters from the files. As letters come in commenting on packouts conducted under the new contract, new files will be prepared. Letters more than 18 months old will be removed from the files. These files will be maintained privately and will not be made available to packing company representatives except under supervision. Employees who wish to review pack¬ ing company files may request them from the receptionist in Room 1244. On behalf of the Transportation Divi¬ sion, 1 would like to thank Mr. Betts for his interest in our Quality of Service Program.

Anapestic Assignments By ebp There was a person assigned to Brazil, The prospect of which gave her a real thrill. When told she could not be cleared by MED, At that time .she was heard to have .said: “The thought of not going does leave me ill!" □ Shirley Jayatunga and Michael Hand.

March 1991 57 Obituaries

Mary Ann Elliott, 54, a Foreign Serv¬ 1961-62. He became deputy chief of mis¬ King of Sedan, Kan., and two ice secretary in Nouakchott until last year, sion in Helsinki in 1962. He served as grandchildren. □ died of cancer in Knoxville, Tenn., on Jan¬ country director for Norway, Finland, Ice¬ uary 21. land, Sweden and Denmark before retiring Charles G. Mueller, 73, a retired For¬ Ms. Elliott joined the Service in 1970 in 1971. He holds the Department’s Mer¬ eign Service officer at State, died of Parkin¬ and went to Jakarta later that year. She itorious Honor Award. son’s disease in Billings, Mont., on served in Moscow, 1972-74, Rome, Mr. Ingram was born in Nashville on December 25. 1974-77, and Bangui, 1977-78. After an November 8, 1914. He earned a bachelor’s Mr. Mueller joined the Service in 1945 assignment in Freetown, she returned to from Vanderbilt. During World War II he and went to Bogota as commercial officer Washington in 1979 to work for the assist¬ served in the Navy in Europe. He leaves his later that year. He was commercial and visa ant secretary for African affairs. Then she wife, Helen Ingram of Rackliff Island, Me., officer in Panama City, 1948-50, and was posted to Kinshasa, 1981-84, and two daughters, a son, five stepchildren and Tegucigalpa, 1950-53. Next, he was an London, 1985-88. She began her final tour 13 grandchildren. □ investigator in Hong Kong, 1953-56, and in Nouakchott in 1988. She holds the minerals officer in Manila, 1957-59. He Department’s Meritorious Service Award. John A. Hollingsworth, 63, a retired returned to the Department as an interna¬ Ms. Elliott was born in Sevierville, Foreign Service officer, died in Ft. Myers, tional economist in 1959. Then he served in Tenn., on November 13, 1936. She leaves Fla., on January 8. Mexico City, 1963-67, and Lima, 1968-69. her aunt, Nina Fuller of Knoxville, a Mr. Hollingsworth joined the Service He became economic and commercial cousin, two nieces and a nephew. □ in 1954 and went to officer in Buenos Aires in 1969. His last Bonn as a courier assignment, before retiring in 1973, was Janet Gorbett, 49, a Foreign Service later that year. Then economic officer in Paramaribo. officer assigned to Nairobi until last year, he was mail super¬ Mr. Mueller was bom in Butte, Mont., died of cancer in Arlington, Va., on visor in Vienna and on January 7, 1917. He received a bach¬ January 24. She was the wife of Foreign administrative assist¬ elor’s from the University of Montana in Service officer Alton ant in Isfahan. He 1939. Besides his wife of 50 years, Elaine Gorbett. became disbursing Mueller of Billings, he leaves a daughter, Ms. Gorbett specialist in Moga¬ two sons and four grandsons. □ joined the Service in dishu in 1962, and 1964 as a secretary Taiz in 1963. Next, Odessa M. Parker, 73, who was the for the Office of Mr. Hollingsworth he was disbursing wife of retired Foreign Service officer International Trade. (1982) specialist and budget James A. Parker, died of cancer in Wash¬ She went to Bangkok and fiscal officer in Bonn, 1963-65. He ington on November 27. in 1967. She served served in Algiers, 1966-70, and received She had accompanied her husband on in Kabul, 1970-73, the Department’s Award for Valor when he overseas postings to Monrovia, Lagos, Bar¬ Warsaw, 1974-75, was held hostage in Yemen. He went to celona, Douala, Yaounde and La Paz. and Ankara, 1975- Luxembourg as administrative officer in Ms. Parker was born in King George, Ms. Gorbett 77. Then she was 1971. Then he was administrative officer in Va., on July 1, 1917. She received a bach¬ secretary to the ambassador in Tel Aviv Karachi, Lagos and Addis Ababa. He elor’s from Morgan. She taught school in until 1984. She was administrative assistant returned to Washington as a foreign build¬ Baltimore and Monrovia and served as pres¬ in N’Djamena, 1984-86. Her final position ings officer in 1982. He returned in 1984. ident of the American Women’s Club in was budget and fiscal officer in Nairobi. Mr. Hollingsworth was born in Iowa Barcelona. Besides her husband, of She holds the Department’s Meritorious on September 28, 1927. He received a Arlington, Va., she leaves two daughters, a Service Award. bachelor’s from the University of Iowa. He son and a grandchild. □ Ms. Gorbett was born in Syracuse, served overseas in the Navy during World N.Y., on March 25, 1941. Before her work War 11. He leaves his wife, Renate Hol¬ Samuel Marion Pinckney Jr., 69, a at State, she was a secretary for the Farmers lingsworth of Ft. Myers, and a brother. □ retired Foreign Service officer, died in Palm Home Administration in New York. A Beach, Fla., on December 11. memorial service for her was held in Clay, Billie Jean King, 72, a retired Foreign Mr. Pinckney joined the Service in N.Y., on January 29. Her survivors include Service specialist, died in Bartlesville, 1963 and went to her husband. □ Kan., on January 12. Phnom Penh later Ms. King joined the Service as a clerk- that year. He was George Mason Ingram III, 76, a typist in 1961 and went to Monrovia the fol¬ general services and retired Foreign Service officer, died in lowing year. After tours in Damascus and administrative officer Rockport, Me., on January 15. Warsaw, she became a communications and before the embassy Mr. Ingram began his career at State as records officer in Jakarta in 1968. She closed in 1965. After acting chief of the International Administra¬ served in Nairobi, 1971-74, and Beirut, serving briefly in tive Staff in 1948. He became chief the fol¬ 1974-75. She was given a final posting to Rangoon, he was as¬ lowing year. He went to Vienna as Karachi before retiring in 1979. signed to the Bureau administrative officer in 1954. Then he was Ms. King was bom in Wichita on June of East Asian and political officer in Baghdad, 1956-58. After 7, 1918. Before her tenure at State, she Pacific Affairs, an assignment as a Foreign Service inspec¬ worked as a librarian for the Phillips Mr, Pinckney 1965-67. He went to tor, he attended the National War College, Petroleum Co. She leaves a son, Richard Kuala Lumpur as administrative officer in

58 STATE 1967, and Saigon as personnel officer in received his appointment as assistant secre¬ Adventist Hospital in Maryland on January 1969. He served a second tour in Phnom tary. In that role he became an advocate of 14. Penh, 1970-71. In 1971 he returned to the less restriction on the release of official Mr. Roberts began his career at State Department as deputy examiner for the information. He was given the rank of as a personnel officer in 1955. After an Board of Examiners. His last overseas ambassador in 1962, when he became U.S. assignment as an information specialist for assignment was administrative counselor at representative to the European office of the the Bureau of European Affairs, he became The Hague, 1973-74. He served as deputy United Nations. His final position, before consul in Seville in 1958. Then he was prin¬ assistant secretary for equal employment he retired in 1972, was acting dean of the cipal officer in Puerto La Cruz, 1961-64. opportunity and civil rights before retiring Foreign Service Institute. He was assigned to the Bureau of Interna¬ in 1977. Mr. Tubby was born in Greenwich, tional Organization Affairs, 1964-67. He Mr. Pinckney was bom in Orangeburg, Conn., on December 10, 1910. He received was deputy director, then director, of the N.C., on December 27, 1921. He received a bachelor’s from Yale. After his tenure at office of program planning and develop¬ a bachelor’s from South Carolina State, State, he was director of development at ment for educational and cultural affairs in where a scholarship has been set up in his Paul Smith’s College, 1972-75. He ran Europe, before retiring in 1970. name. During World War II he was an unsuccessfully as a Democratic candidate Mr. Roberts was born in Dublin on Army artillery officer in Morocco, Algeria, for Congress from New York in 1974, and January 31, 1914. He came to the United France, Germany and the Philippines. He was a deputy commissioner of the New States in 1929 and earned a bachelor’s from continued his Army service after the War, York State Department of Parks and Recre¬ Camegie-Mellon. Before his tenure at State, retiring as a major in 1963. ation, 1975-77. He leaves his wife, Anne he worked for the Army as a war crimes After his tenure at State, he ran a choc¬ Tubby of Saranac Lake, a son, three daugh¬ investigator during World War II, and as olate candy business and a travel agency in ters, his mother, a sister and nine chief translator for the Allied Control Massachusetts. He leaves his wife of 44 grandchildren. □ Secretariat. years, Ella Pinckney of Granville, Mass., He leaves his wife, Gertrude Roberts two daughters, two sons, three brothers and Peter Roberts, 76, a retired Foreign of Chevy Chase, Md., a daughter, a son, a five grandchildren. □ Service officer, died at Shady Grove sister and five grandchildren. ■

Roger Wellington Tubby, 80, who had been assistant secretary for public affairs during the Kennedy administration, died in Saranac Lake, N.Y., on January 14. Mr. Tubby be¬ gan his career as a reporter for the Ben¬ nington Banner in Vermont in 1938. After serving as the paper’s managing editor, he entered Government service in 1942 as an infor¬ mation specialist with the Board of Mr. Tubby (1961) Economic Warfare. He then became director of information for the Foreign Economic Administration and the Office of Economic Trade at the Depart¬ ment of Commerce. He began his career at State as a press officer in 1946, becoming executive assist¬ ant for press relations in 1950. Later that year he was appointed assistant press secre¬ tary to President Truman. He served as press secretary in the final months of the Tmman administration in 1952. In 1953 he returned to private life as copublisher of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise and owner of the Lake Placid News in New York. He was also a personal assistant to Adlai Stevenson during his 1956 presidential campaign and a member of the VATICAN CITY—Ambassador Thomas P. d’affaires in the Holy See. Mr. Martin died of faculty at Paul Smith’s College. Melody visits newly-restored tombstone of malaria shortly after his appointment hy the He returned to State in 1961, when he Jacob L. Martin, the first U.S. charge President in 1848.

March 1991 59 Library Booklist

The conduct of war Books in 3 categories

Law of war PA, U.S. Army War College, 1981. 11 p. Brace, Ernest C. A Code to Keep: The True Best, Geoffrey. Humanity in Warfare. New UG447.C35. Story of America’s Longest-Held Civilian York, Columbia University Press, 1980. Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat: the Prisoner of War in Vietnam. New York, St. 400 p. JX4511.B4. Urgent Need for Remedies: Hearings Before Martin’s Press, 1988. 264 p. Brunos, Bernard Joseph. Hostages, Prisoner the Committee on Foreign Relations, United UB271.U52B733. Reprisals, and Collective Penalties: the States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Clarke, Douglas Lane. The Missing Man: Poli¬ Development of the International Law of First Session, January 24, March 1, and tics and the MIA. Washington, National War with Respect to Collective and May 9, 1989. Washington, U.S. Govt. Defense University, 1979. 121 p. Vicarious Punishment. Washington, 1969. Printing Office, !989. 257 p. UG447.U52 DS559.8.M5C56. 3 vols. JX5143.B78. 1989. Homolka, William. Americans in Southeast Cassese, a., Ed. The Current Legal Regulation Chemical Weapons: Destruction and Conversion. Asia: the POW/MIA Issue. New York, New of the Law of Force. Dordrecht, The Nether¬ London, Taylor and Francis, 1980. 201 p. World Books, 1986. 201 p. DS559.4.H65. lands, 1986. 536 p. JX4511.C87. UG447.C54. Levie, Howard S. Ed. Documents on Prisoners Delupis, Ingrid Detter. The Law of War. Harris, Robert. A Higher Form of Killing: the of War. Newport, RI, Naval War College Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Secret Story of Chemical and Biological Press, 1979. 853 p. REF JX1295.U4 v.60. Press, 1987. 411 p. JX4511.D47. Warfare. New York, Hill and Wang, 1982. Levie, Howard S. Prisoners of War in Interna¬ Dinstein, Yoram. War, Aggression, and Self- 274 p. REF UG447.7.H37. tional Armed Conflict. Newport, RI, Naval Defence. Cambridge, England, Groutis, Keeley, James F. international Atomic Energy War College Press, 1978. 529 p. REF 1988. 292 p. JX1391.D54. 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