Evening star., 1947-07-06


nportant vice consul's post.
4 Service now have to spend two
passport, visa and shipping clear
ance work of the type that will be
involved in their first duties abroad.
Topics of some of the lectures in
the institute program last month
are: Security in the Foreign Serv-
ice" Reorganization and Functioning
of the Department of State" 1.-The
Foreign Service, a Way of Life;
Relations With the American Pub
lic," Research and Intelligence"
protecting American Citizens"
Economic Objectives of American
Foreign Policy" American Objec-
tives in Greece and Turkey" Vital
Strategic Interests of the United
States Several deal with special
interests abroad Of the Agriculture,
Commerce and other Government
departments.
The Institute is not a school for
people trying to qualify for jobs
abroad Only those already en-
ployed by the Government can be
trained there. Beginning Foreign
Service officers assigned there have
won their appointments after pass
ing extremely tough written and
oral examinations that, for most
people, require special preparation
on top Of a college education.
Probation Period
After going through the basic
training course here, most of the
young Foreign Service officers can
expect to spend up to three years
abroad on probation. Then gen.
orally will come a years assign
ment back to the United States, at
least half of it to be spent in ad-
vanced training at the institute.
The full program of advanced
training has not been planned in
detail yet. The thinking now. how
ever, is that there will be two more
stages of schooling at about
the seventh or eighth year of
career diplomats service and the
other about his 18th year.
The next-to-last period is being
thought of largely as the time to
stimulate development of specialized
aptitudes, such as economic an
alysis.
Some will have opportunity during
the final training period to go for
a year to the National War College,
sponsored jointly by the State, War
and Navy Departments and stress
ing integration of foreign policy
with military policy. For the 9TH
ers, there may be some four months
of intensive seminars dealing with
practical problems that might face
an officer in charge of mission
abroad, such as what to do in case
a revolution breaks out.
Stressed in the advanced training
program also will be 1eorientation in
American life for Foreign Service
officers who have been abroad a
long time. They will be briefed on
developments on the home scene
and many will be sent on get
acquainted visits to industrial
plants, business houses, scientific
and technical laboratories and so
forth.
Specialists Necessary
AS DR.. Maddox sees it, the func-
ticn of the institute is to develop
the general abilities of Americas
representatives abroad to carry out
assignments of an increasingly
higher order of responsibility.
The institute will foster Specialize
ton in some fields, along with de-
velopment of an overall COM
petence. In the past, the general
aim for Foreign Service officer has
been a polished Jack of all trades"
Now it is recognized that some de-
gree of specialization is necessary
in the service because of the COM
plexity of the modern world.
Two types of specialization are
envisaged. One is functional-in
such things as economics, informa-
tion and cultural work, or interna-
tional law and diplomacy generally.
The other is area and language spe-
cialization. For the latter, the prin-
cipal need now is for specialists in
the languages and politics of the
countries all around the fringe of
the Soviet Union-Finland, Poland,
Czechoslovakia, down through the
Balkans and across the Near East
into Asia.
Some of this specialized training
will be carried out through assign
ment of foreign service officers to
established universities. Sixteen
will be sent to various universities
next fall, five for advanced work in
economics and II for courses In
such languages as Russian, jap
anese and Chinese.
DR.. Maddox, q well-known edu-
Gator, was named director of the
institute after serving as chief of
the old Division of Training Serv-
ices since last August. He spent
four years during the war in Eng
land and Italy as co-ordinator Of
intelligence for the ONCE of Stra-
tegic Services, attaining the Army
rank of colonel.
A Rhodes Scholar
| Before the war he taught rolifical