Jcticnl Q.KC MPO RTED) O.F.C. CANADIAN WHISKY ONLY O.F.C. IS GUARANTEED OVER 6 YEARS OLD! \ HIK \1> Among Canadian whiskies, only O.F.C. tells you its exact age by placing a Certificate of Age on every bottle. Every drop has the same unchanging taste and quality. Yet O.F.C. costs no more than other Canadian whiskies. SchmkyM' Any bottle that says ^Schcnlc says SCHENLEY INTERNATIONAL CORP., NEW YORK, N Y. For Business .. For Pleasure Fnr a WnrIH nf ^prvirp YOU CAN COUNT ON AMERICAN EXPRESS Here are the world-wide, world-wise service, offered by American Express . 397 offices in 35 nations always ready to serve you completely, expertly, whatever your needs for business or pleasure. TRAVELERS CHEQUES MONEY ORDERS The best-known, most widely accepted cheques in the world! Pay bills and transmit funds American Express Travelers with convenient, economical Cheques are 100% safe—immediate American Express Money refund if lost or stolen. You can Orders... available through¬ buy them at BANKS, Railway out the U. S. at neighborhood Express and Western Union offices. stores, Railway Express and Western Union offices. TRAVEL SERVICES The trained and experienced OTHER FINANCIAL SERVICES staff of American Express Swift... convenient and dependable, will provide air or steamship other world-wide American Express tickets... hotel reservations... financial services include: foreign uniformed interpreters, and remittances, mail and cable transfer plan independent trips or of funds, and the purchase and escorted tours. SHIPPING SERVICES American Express offers t complete facilities to handle personal and household effects shipments, also the entire operation of import or export forwarding, including customs clearances and marine insurance. Offices in Principal Cities of the World Now in our Second Century of Service Headquarters: 65 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y. MAY, 1957 1 Special Rates to Foreign Service Personnel at 4 GREAT HILTON INTERNATIONAL HOTELS THE CARIBE HILTON THE CONTINENTAL HILTON San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S.A. Mexico City, Mexico THE CASTELLANA HILTON THE ISTANBUL HILTON Madrid, Spain Istanbul, Turkey Friendly Hilton hospitality will welcome you and your family at these four fine Hilton Hotels in leading cities around the world. As a Hilton guest you will enjoy athactive accommodations, fine food and superb service. Each of these hotels is centrally located— convenient to government buildings, shopping areas, entertainment and social activities. RESERVATION OFFICES New York—401 Seventh Ave., N. Y. 1—LOngacre 3-6900. Miami—150 Southeast Third Ave.—FRanklin 9-3427. Phila¬ delphia—ENterprise 6000 (Dial Operator). Chicago—The Palmer House—RAndolph 6-7500, Ext. 476. San Francisco- 235 Montgomery St.—YUkon 6-0576. Toronto—25 Adelaide St., West—EMpire 8-2921. Montreal—1080 University St.— UNiversity 1-3301. Madrid—The Castellana Hilton—Tel. 37-22-00. Cable: Hiltels-Madrid, or any Hilton Hotel. Sales Promotion Office (for information on groups and special arrangements) The Waldorf-Astoria, New York 22, N. Y.— Tel. MUrray Hill 8-2240. Joseph T. Case, Sales Manager. CONRAD N. HILTON, PRESIDENT 2 FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL published, monthly by the AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION MAY, 1957 Volume 34, Number 5 CONTENTS page 8 BRITAIN’S ANCIENT BEACONS by E. R. Yarham 21 DIPLOMACY, INTELLIGENCE, AND PROPAGANDA by S. I. Nadler 22 TODAY’S CARS ARE LOW-SLUNG, SLEEK AND SUPER-SIZED Honorary President by Henry S. Villard JOHN FOSTER DULLES, Secretary of State Honorary Vice-Presidents THE UNDER SECRETARIES OF STATE 25 MEETINGSMANSHIP THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARIES OF STATE by Philip H. Trezise THE ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF STATE THE COUNSELOR THE LEGAL ADVISER 30 ASIA IN FERMENT . LEAVEN OF MAN THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE by Saville R. Davis C. BURKE ELBRICK, President ROBERT NEWBEGIN, Vice President DAVID MCK. KEY, General Manager 46 THE PROBLEM OF LEADERSHIP BARBARA P. CHALMERS, Executive Secretary by Henry A. Kissinger board of directors E. ALLAN LIGHTNER, JR., Chairman ANNE W. MERIAM, Vice-Chairman departments THOMAS S. ESTES, Secretary-Treasurer STANLEY M. CLEVELAND JOSEPH PALMER, 2ND 4 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Alternates HERBERT P. FALES ARTHUR L. RICHARDS 14 WILBUR J. CARR SCHOLARSHIP RANDOLPH A. KIDDER W. TAPLEY BENNETT, JR., Ass’t. Sec’y-Treas. 16 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO ROY R. RUBOTTOM, JR. journal editorial board by James B. Stewart WILLIAM R. TYLER, Chairman CHARLES F. KNOX, JR. 18 BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES EDMUND GULLION NORMAN HANNAH WILLIAM L. KRIEG 26 SERVICE GLIMPSES JOHN T. WHEELOCK PATRICIA M. BYRNE 28 FROM THE FIELD EDWARD W. CLARK HOWARD P. JONES JAMESON PARKER 29 NEWS TO THE FIELD GWEN BARROWS, Managing Editor by Gwen Barrows DAVID MCK. KEY, General Manager HESTER H. HENDERSON, Editorial and Adv. Asst. WINIFRED B. FOULDS, Circulation Manager 36 THE BOOKSHELF The AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION is an by F. C. de Wolf unofficial and voluntary association of the members, active and retired, of The Foreign Service of the United Stales and the Department of State. The As¬ 51 AMONG OUR CONTRIBUTORS sociation was formed for the purpose of fostering esprit de corps among members of the Foreign Service and to establish a center around which might be 52 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR grouped the united efforts of its members for the improvement of the Service. The FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL is not official and material appearing herein represents only the opinions of the writers, and is not intended in any way to indicate the official views of the Department of State or of the Foreign Service as a whole. The editors will consider all articles submitted. TAXCO HILLSIDE BY PAUL CHILD If accepted, the author will he paid one cent a word Before dawn, Paul Child says, he rose to paint this at time of publication. Photographs accompanying articles will, if accepted, be purchased at one dollar village on a hill, between Mexico City and the sea. each. Five dollars is paid for cover pictures. The mist was rising as the sun came up and it was quite cool. He painted in tempera on gesso. How Copyright, 1957, by the American Foreign Service Association. many people can you discover who were also up Issued monthly at the rate of $4.00 a year, 35. cents early that morning? For more information about the a copy, by the American Foreign Service Association, artist, see page 51 in Our Contributors column. 1908 <3 Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office in Washington, D. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Printed in U.S.A. by Monumental Printing Com¬ pany, Baltimore. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Appointments and Designations May, 1957 American Express Company 1 Ambassadorial Appointments American Foreign Service Protective Association „ 45 American Security & Trust Company 33 BONSAL, Philip W. Bolivia American Storage Company 18 DREW, Gerald A. Haiti Barclay, The 8 FOLGER, JOHN C. Belgium Begg, J. F., Inc. 12 Bookmailer, The 36 RUSSELL, Francis H. New Zealand Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation 1 9 YOUNG, Philip Netherlands Calvert School 18 Canadian Schenley II Cover The following nominations have been sent by the President Chaje Manhattan Bank 49 to the Senate: Circle Florists . 4 DACOR 51 BOHLEN, Charles Philippines Easy Washing Machine Corporation 49 MCLEOD, Scott Ireland Educational Consulting Service 51 Federal Storage Company 16 TAYLOR, Henry J. Switzerland Firestone Tire & Rubber Company 20 WILLIS, Frances E. Norway First National City Bank of New York 48 Fowler Enterprises 51 Francis Scott Key Apartment Hotel 6 General Electronics, Inc. 10 The following nominations were confirmed by the General Motors Corporation 47 Senate April 17 1957. Goodman, Henry J. & Company 18 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 39 Class 1, and Secretary, to be also Consul General Grace Line 41 Memminger, Robert B. Harper & Brothers -1 — 37 Hilton Hotels International 2 Class 2, and Secretaries, to be also Consids General International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation : 19 Maphis, J. Alan 8 Moreland, Allen B. Owen, George H. Mayflower, The - 10 Merchants Transfer & Storage Company 40 To be Class 2, Consuls and Secretaries National Distillers Products Corporation „ 15, 43 Evans, John W. Riley, Russell L. New Mexico Military Institute 12 Ney’s Shopping Service 6 To be Class 3, Consuls and Secretaries Riggs National Bank 11 Schenley International Corporation III Cover Brown, John L. Gerber, William Seagram’s V.O. 35 Walker, D. Merle Security Storage Company of Washington 33 Service Investment Corporation 14 To be Class 4, Consids and Secretaries Smith’s Transfer & Storage Company 12 Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc. 5 Duffus, Mrs. Ursula H. Jerolaman, Jean State Department Federal Credit Union 17 Lentz, Lucy Richmond Swartz, W. H. Co. 7 United Fruit Company 14 To be Class 5, Consids and Secretaries United States Dispatching Corporation 51 United States Lines 17 Browne, Elwood M. Quick, James C. Waldorf-Astoria, The IV Cover Monticone, William J. Toulme, Clarence W. Wilner, Joseph A., & Company 14 Wooster School 6 Class 6 and Secretary, to be also Consul Zenith Radio Corporation 13 Hallam, Malcolm P. To be Class 6, Consul and Secretary Shockley, William P. Jr. d3eau tifJ 3L wer4 To be Class 6, Vice Consids ami Secretaries For Every Occasion Bowe, Martin S. Jr. McKenzie, Mary W. Glenn, Eleanor Pinard, Isabelle AT POPULAR PRICES Goldstein, Fannie Rossi, Irene CHARGE Ruyle, Benjamin J. ACCOUNTS Hardage, William H, INVITED Harnit, Jessie L. Sullivan, John W. Heissel, Clarence J. Taylor, E. Paul Henry, J. William Ward, James G. lorists Kelley, Margaret R. Warner, Charles T. 5634 CONNECTICUT AVENUE Lindsey, James B. Young, Walter C. EM. 3-6465 McCabe, David H. 4 FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL DOCTOR OF SHIPS Rick Bruhn specializes in preventive “medicine.” delay—that as a passenger you arrive and depart Rick is the Mobil marine engineer in Hong on schedule—that every voyage is a Bon Voyage.