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GENTLEMEN, I FEEL GREATLY HONORED 

r TO HAVE·BEEN ASKED TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. 

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· 0lAST WEEK SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FORRESTAL 

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'·· . ADD"RES$ED THE GRADlf AT t NG ClA SS AT WE$T 

POINT. IN HIS OPENING REMARKS HE STATED, 

· Tl.f AT HE HAD ASKED HIS ADV I.SERS '8 T HE 

sHnULD SAY TO THESE yryuNG MEN. THE 

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ANSWER WAS THEY WI LL N"T CARE WHAT YOU 

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TAL~ ABOUT JUST SO IT IS BRIEF.μ I A~ 

SURE YOV GENTLEMEN FEEL THE SA~E WAY AND 

I LIKEWISE Will BE BRIEF. 

YOU HAVE BEEN. PRIVILEGED TO COME . 

HERE F1R TWO WEEKS OF ACTIVE DUTY AT 

UNCLE SAMS EXPENSE. I SAY PRIVILEGED 

ADVISEDLY. SOME OF YCU MAY &EEL THAT 

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YOU~ TIME HAS NOT BEEN TOO WELL SPENT: 

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THAT YOU COULD HAYE BEEN EMPL~JED ON 

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THE LINES ON.WHICH YOU H~D ~E:Y I OUSL Y 

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BEEN EMPLOYED. THERE ARE SEVERAL REASON 

WH1-i THIS COULD NOT BE, AMONG wt; I CH IS I 

THE RESTR.ICT I ON IMPCS ED BY THE' ,PEPART-

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MENT OF THE ARMY REGARDING NiAT~ CATEGORY 

OF CLASSIFIED MATERIALS MAY BE iELEASED I ' 

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Tb RESERVE OFFICERS. A~OTHER KE~SON I 

1~ ' THAT DV~ING YOUR PREVIOUS . tMP~QYMENT . ' I 

YOU WE~E IN ON~. HIGHLY !Pf CI Al. I ZE:J\'~, • I \ ._ 

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· :PLEtELY OBLITERATED ~y THE CESSATION OF,~ i I I 

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.'· .~OSTILITIES-: AND IT IS DEPARTMENT\ OF · 

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_ J jlflE ARMY _POLICY TIJ BROADEN !H~ Vtf'w.,: 

.J \:1ro1NT AND TRAINING OF .ITS OFFICERS. \ { I I t . , ' ~ ~ I 1 i I 

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. A YEAR .,R SO AGO THIS AGENCY LAUNCHED 

A BASIC AND ADVANCED COURSE (J 26 AND 

46 WEE~S RESPECTIVEtY, ENTIQD ARMY 

SECURITY AGENCY Cf FICE~ GENE~AL COU~SE~ 

PART I AN~ PART II. THESE COURSES ARE 

DESIGNED TO GIVE OFFICERS A GROUNDING 

AND APPRECIATION OF All PHASES OF ASA 

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ACTIVITIES SO THAT THEY M LL BE ABLE. 

TO SUPERVISE ANY OF THEM. QNLY IN THIS 

WAY CAN ryFf ICERS BE CF MOST EFFECTIVE 

USE TC THE AGENCY. OF COURSE, IT IS· I 

EXPECTED THAT AN OFFICER Will CONCENTRATE ON ONE SPECIALTY IN ACCQRDANCB 

WITH HIS APTITUDES AND CAPABILITIES, 

· AND WHEREVER POSS BLE HE Will BE PLACED 

ON SUCH JOes. AND so WITH YOU GENTLEMEN. 

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, -YOU M~ly BE CALLED UPON TO DIRECT MANY . 

/ DIVERSE Ac11v111rs. 1N A'FUTURE EMERGENCY, 

J . - -AND IT . IS INCUMBENT UPON THE AGENCY AND . 

· UPON vou io BR1ADEN YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO . -

THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. , -

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ll RT. UPON-YOU THE COUNTRY _DEPENDS FOR . 

ITS MAJ~R EFFORT. IN TIME OF EMERGENCY • . THE ARMY· TEAM CONSISTS OF THE KE GULA RS, 

THE NA110NAL GUARD, ANJ THE ~ESERVES • . 

NO ONE (f' THEM CAN AFFry~o TO ASSUME 

THAT ANY ONE OF THEM CAN CARRY THE ·BURDEN 

ALONE. EACH ONE OF THEM MUST,ASSIST 

AND ENCOURAGE THE OTHERS. AND EACH 

I ND IV IDUAL (f ANY OF THEM MUST- NOT OVERI 

LOOK ANY OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICIZE AND - ' 

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FURTHER THIS CONCEPT. THE COUNTRY . COMES FIRST, ANYTHING ELSE ~F A SELFISH 

NATURE MUST BE SUBORDINATED. YOU ~ .. 

I CAN CI TE MA NY EXAMPLES !lF VI OLAT 1· ONS 

I OF THIS PRINCIPLE. euT LET us BE SURE 

THAT YOU AND l ALWAYS KEEP IT IN MIND · 

AND PRACTICE IT. 

I HiPE YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE MADE I 

THE MOST OF Y'JUR OPPORTUNITIES Wi ILE 

HERE DURING THE PAST TW~ WEEKS, AND 

I HOPE YOU Will RETURN OFTEN. WE WILL 

ALWAYS TRY T~ MAKE YOU~ STAY PLEASANT ' i 

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AND PROFITABLE. 'WE WELCOME ANY SUGGES1 

TIONS YOU .MAY HAIE FOR IMPROVEMENT. I 1 

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PAST ANO YOU Will FIND IT ·so IN THE 

FVTURE. THE ARMY IS A HUGE CALOSSUS. 

IT MOVES 9..0WLY, IMPONJEROU.SLY, ANO IT 

MAKES MISTAKES. RED TAPE IS INEVITABL~ 

' WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT AND MAKE THE 

BEST OF IT. . ' 

LET ME LEAVE WITH Y~U A QUOTATION . . FR'JM 0 R. REINHOLD NIERBUHR, OF THE . 

UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY--

('GOD ·GRANT ME THE COURAGE 

TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN I 

eHANGE, THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT . 

THOSE I CANNOT CHANGE, ~ D THE 

WISDOM TO KN'JW THE DIFFERENCE.)) 

I URGE UPON YOU TO CULTIVATE THIS I 

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