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The Foreign Service Journal, February 1959 A Cornerstone At Baghdad ON THE day Baghdad’s govern¬ Mr. William B. King, Country Western motifs. Sert, now Dean of ment toppled last summer the PAO, has written us that the new Harvard University’s School of Archi¬ JOURNAL received these pictures of Embassy’s compound at Baghdad oc¬ tecture, produced a bold design that the laying of the cornerstone of our cupies an area of 44,000 square me¬ is modern yet conservative. The new new Embassy at Baghdad. Since that ters. The property was purchased Chancery building, for instance, has day over 700 Americans were evacu¬ July 17, 1946. It will comprise four an oriental-style open court in the ated, largely to Rome. main buildings the Chancery, which center with two reflection pools, and In an eloquent talk at the corner¬ has 38,000 square meters of office a modernistic accordion-like roof. stone ceremony, Ambassador Gall- floor area; a utility building, hous¬ An average of 230 Iraqi workers have been employed daily on con¬ man* touched on highlights from the ing maintenance equipment for heat¬ struction work, according to con¬ Miscellaneous Record Books of the ing, air-conditioning and automobile struction supervisor Burton S. Nel¬ Baghdad Mission, dating back to the service; the staff housing unit con¬ son of F.B.O. All materials used have taining fifteen 1 to 3-bedroom apart¬ first American consular officer, John been purchased in Iraq or on the ments, and the Ambassador’s resi¬ Haynes, who arrived in Baghdad in Continent through Iraqi distributors. 1889, and paying special tribute to dence overlooking the river. Work on the reinforced concrete three Americans who played signifi¬ American Architect Jose Luis Sert buildings started on August 1, 1957. cant roles in the history of American- was commissioned by the Department Construction tender for the Em¬ Iraqi relations—Charles Bissel, 1914- of State to draw up plans for the Em¬ bassy buildings was awarded to the 1916, Alexander Sloan, 1931, and bassy buildings that would reflect an Iraqi firm of Shaheen and Janabi. Paul Knabenshue, 1932-1942. artistic combination of Eastern and Total cost is estimated at $1,800,000. *Recently appointed Director General of the Foreign Service. Going Abroad? Changing Posts? Get the GM car you want \ Mi 1 ...the way you want it... when you want it \ You save—in time, in trouble, in so many other ways ! Naturally! You’re dealing with the largest, most reliable automotive organization in the world— General Motors. You choose from the widest range of cars and models available! And you can depend on having the car you want—with the color, trim t % and other special equipment you specify—on the terms you've arranged—waiting for you when you reach the U. S. or your new H'' overseas post! If your need is urgent and the exact car you want is not immediately available, we will offer you the closest specifications possible for immediate delivery in the U. S., or to the steamer or to your / shipping agent. We’ll be pleased to handle the shipment for you without y service charge. Send for descriptive literature and prices. '02 ! m sK Cts r X Write or Cable General Motors Corporation • Foreign Distributors Division 224 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. • Telephone: PLaza 7-4000 Cable Address; “Gemoautoex" New York GM’s High Standard of Service and Low Cost Factory Parts are available everywhere The Foreign Service Journal is not official and material appearing herein rep¬ resents only the opinions of the writers, and is not intended to indicate the official views of the Department of State or of the Foreign Service as a whole. AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION CONTENTS FEBRUARY, 1959 JOSEPH C. SATTERTHWAITE, President Volume 36, Number 2 G. FREDERICK REINHARDT, Vice President DAVID MCK. KEY, General Manager page BAREARA P. CHALMERS, Executive Secretary 6 DIPLOMACY IN THE NUCLEAR AGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS by Lester B. Pearson J. GRAHAM PARSONS, Chairman THOMAS S. ESTES, Vice Chairman 19 ARE WE ADMINISTERING AWAY OUR EFFECTIVENESS? MAX KREBS, Secretary-Treasurer V. by John E. Cunningham STEPHEN WINSIIIP, Ass’t. Secretary-Treasurer CHARLES W. ADAIR, JR. WILLIAM 0. BOSWELL 22 Is THIS THE TURKEY FOR WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN CULVER GLEYSTEEN SEARCHING? FRED W. JANDREY by Rebecca Haigh Latimer ROBERT H. MCBRIDE MARGARET J. TIBBETTS 26 LETTER FROM HUE by David G. Miller The AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION is an unofficial and voluntary association of the members, active and retired, of The Foreign Service of the United States and the Department of State. The As¬ sociation was formed for the purpose of fostering 29 TOWARDS “PARTNERSHIP” IN RHODESIA & NYASALAND esprit de corps among members of the Foreign Service and to establish a center around which might be by A. C. Floyd grouped the united efforts of its members for the improvement of the Service. 40 A NOBLEMAN FROM AMERICA by H. F. Sukich Nimmanuaemin JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD W. T. M. BEALE, JR., Chairman JOHN H. BURNS 44 CHINK IN AMERICA’S ARMOR CHARLES F. KNOX, JR. by Jacob Ornstein EDWARD W. CLARK HENRY C. RAMSEY departments JAMES CARSON PHILIP H. CHADBOURN, JR. EILEEN R. DONOVAN 4 BIRTHS, MARRIAGES S. I. NADLER RICHARD T. DAVIES 14 AFSA’s NEW COMMITTEES GWEN BARROWS, Managing Editor 16 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO DAVID McK. KEY, General Manager by Janies B. Stewart JANE D. FISHBURNE, Editorial and Adv. Asst. WINIFRED B. TURNER, Circulation Manager 24 WASHINGTON LETTER by Gwen Barrows The Editorial Board of the FOREIGN 28 EDITORIAL PAGE SERVICE JOURNAL will consider all articles submitted. If accepted, the author will be paid one cent a word at time of publication. Photo- 34 THE BOOKSHELF graphs accompanying articles will, if accepted, be purchased at one dollar each. Five dollars is paid for cover and full page pictures. No 51 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR photos are returned. COVER PAINTING: “Chez Josephine” by Robert Sivard, USIA. Empire . austerity . couture . are all represented in Mr. Copyright, 1959, by the American Foreign Service Sivsrd’s timely portrait of Paris today. Mr. Sivard exhibited again at New Association. Y’ork’s Midtown Galleries early this winter, and again the exhibition was a Issued monthly at the rate of $4.00 a year, 50 cents sell-out. His most recent Journal cover appeared in January 1958, and his a copy, by the American Foreign Service Association. most recent appointment at USIA is to ready an exhibit for Moscow which is 1908 G Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Second- planned for this summer in Sokolniki Park. class postage paid at Washington, D. C. Printed in U.S.A. by Monumental Printing Com¬ pany, Baltimore. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS AWARDS Rhodes Scholarships: Alban Towers _ 41 American Foreign Service Protective Association 50 To Cadet Powell Hutton, who will be graduated by West American Motors Corporation 5 American Security and Trust Company ■ 31 Point in June. He attended St. Andrew’s School in Middle- American Storage Company . _ _ 35 Arlington Realty Company 42 town, Delaware, and is the son of the Consul General (Win¬ B &: B Vitamin Company 40 nipeg) and Mrs. Paul C. Hutton. Barclay, The - 42 Bobbs-Merrill Company, The 38 Bowling Green Storage and Van Company 33 To Erik Ronhovde, who will be graduated in June by Brewood, Engravers 35 Harvard University, where he has been majoring in Slavic Calvert School, The . __ 42 Chase Manhattan Bank, The 16 Studies. He is a member of the Air Force ROTC and upon Chatel, Millicent—Realtor 35 Circle Florists 38 his graduation will be commissioned a second lieutenant in Clay, J. P., Investments 16 the Air Force. He is the son of FSO Andreas G. Ronhovde Curies Movers . 12 DACOR 40 I assigned to the Department) and Mrs. Ronhovde. Firestone Tire and Rubber Company . 32 First National City Bank of New York 12 Francis Scott Key Apartment Hotel 46 BIRTHS General Electronics Incorporated , 10 General Motors Corporation 2 COXSON. A son, Gregory Emmett, horn to Mr. and Mrs. Emmett M. Hilltop House, Incorporated 40 Insured Tuition Payment Plan , 14 Coxson, December 12, 1958, at Guayquil, Ecuador. Intercontinental Hotel Corporation 7 NARTEN. A daughter, Marguerite Luisa, born to Mr. and Mrs. Philip John Day Company, The 38 Marvin & Snead Sales Corporation 30 C. Narten, December 21, 1958, in Washington. Mayflower Hotel 30 SMITH. A son, Charles Bryan, born to Mr. and Mrs. W. Angie Smith, McLachlen Banking Corporation 40 Merchants Transfer and Storage Company 5 III, October 7, 1958, at Houston, Texas. Miller, R. William, Jr. _.. 40 Mitchell, G. J., Jr., Company 10 National Distillers Products Company 39 MARRIAGES Paxton Van I.incs 17 Philco International Corporation . 9 DEWEY-VON LOSSBERC. Mrs. Kathleen Dewey and Consul Victor von Renault, L. N. & Sons, Incorporated 17 Lossberg were married on July 31, 1958, at the residence of Schenley International Corporation ' HI Cover Seagram Distillers Corporation 18 Consul General and Mrs. Arthur E. Beach in Johannesburg. Security Storage Company _ 31 HUTTON-LOREN. Charlene Hutton and William O. Loren, son of Service Investment Corporation _. 8 Simmons Properties _ 40 Odin G. Loren, FSO retired, were married on December 17, Smith’s Transfer and Storage Company 46 1958, at San Antonio, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Loren will make State Department Federal Credit Union 43 their home in Mexico City where Mr. Loren is with the American Studebaker-Packard Corporation 13 Swartz, Walter H„ Company I Smelting. United Fruit Company 43 WALSH-FLENNER. Sylvia G. W'alsh, FSS, and Robert H. Flenner, FSO, United Services Officers’ Insurance Association 46 were married in Washington, D. C. on August 29, 1958.
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