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Name Address City/State/Zip Note: The insurance policies, not this advertisement, will form the contract •|f calling from the Washington between the insured and the insurance company. The policies contain limits, D.C. area (202) 457-0250 exclusions and limitations not listed here. 481 SE>reign emcc journal( American Foreign Service Association APRIL 1981: Volume 58. No. 4 Officers and Members of the Governing Board ISSN 0015-7279 KENNETH W BLEAKLEY. President ANTHEA S. DE ROUVILLE, Vice President FRANK DIMOND. Second Vice President GALEN FOX, Secretary Communication re: Moonlight War at RON WITHERELL, Treasurer JONATHAN L, SPERLING, AID Representative BEX STEPHEN M. CHAPLIN, ICA Representative LEONARDO NEHER 6 MATTHEW P, DALEY, JOSEPH N. MCBRIDE. ROBERT H. STERN, State Representatives SPENCER KING AND CHARLES WHITEHOUSE, Armies in Flight: Portraits from a Retired Representatives Dissident Diary Journal Editorial Board NICHOLAS DAVIES 14 JOEL M. WOLDMAN, Chairman H. 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Second-class postage paid at Washington, D.C. and at additional post office Membership dues are: Active Members—Dues range from $52 to $104 her article, “looking back over the we provide to help them make in¬ Letters last decade, progress is visible while formed judgments. far from enough.” Those who participate as discus¬ Progress Is Visible DOROTHY DILLON sion leaders not only have the op¬ Director portunity to make constructive use Barbara Good’s article on “Women Washington Center for of their own experience and exper¬ in the Foreign Service: A Quiet Latin American Studies tise but also broaden their knowl¬ Revolution” in the Foreign Service edge of this country and perhaps Journal of January 1981 focused gain additional perspective on our primarily on women in the Foreign Foreign Service Constituency foreign policy. Mr. Roush's offer to Service in positions falling within be a source of further information is the jurisdiction of the Department of merican consulate Oporto re¬ A a welcome one—I hope he is inun¬ State. As a retired Foreign Service ceived news of the hostages’ re¬ dated with inquiries. Information officer, I should like to lease with jubilation, relief and the Anyone who wishes to get in add a footnote to her article by fo¬ strong hope that the administration, touch with the Foreign Policy Asso¬ cusing on discrimination against the department, and AFSA will ciation directly can do so at 205 women in the US Information Agen¬ know how to utilize this tragic event Lexington Avenue, New York. NY cy and its successor, the US Interna¬ finally to convince the American 10016 or (212) 481-8450. Needless tional Communication Agency. people that diplomacy is the first to say, those who would like to help In 1968, two years before Alison line of national security. It is only at us in our efforts with contributions Palmer brought the first formal dis¬ great peril that we persist in perpet¬ can use the same address. We have crimination complaint against the uating our historical error of neglec¬ been engaged in citizen education in Department of State, I had filed a ting diplomacy and permitting situa¬ foreign affairs for 63 years but it still similar complaint against USIA. I tions to develop whose tardy solu¬ takes money to keep the machine did so with the thought that if I won tions end up costing us dearly in going. my case, it might help other women human life and national treasure. in the agency who had been discrim¬ The hostages should prove a precious WILLIAM E. SCHAUFELF., JR. President inated against in work assignments resource to demonstrate to our citi¬ and promotions but who were un¬ zens just what sort of business the Foreign Service really is and the Editor’s Note: To support the Great willing to risk reprisal by raising the Decisions program. FPA prepares each issue publicly. 1 had four very clear- kind of problems our nation faces in year a booklet setting forth the principal cut cases of discrimination against the world today. The department can issues involved in the eight Great Deci¬ me—two in the Civil Service and no longer justify its failure to build a sions topics and gives pros and cons of two in the Foreign Service—and much needed constituency. various potential policy responses. Over¬ hence felt that I could prove my ROBERT F. ILLING seas posts can obtain copies of the FPA allegations. As it turned out. there Oporto booklet through the ICA Library in was no contest. The agency readily Washington. admitted that 1 had indeed been the Great Decisions victim of discrimination and placed The Consular Field this verdict in my personnel file.