DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Washington, D.C. 20520

September 27, 1973

THE SECRETARY

I am attaching talking points for the 12:30 p.m. meeting of all Department employees tomorrow. In addition to these talking points you also may want to mention your relationship with Ken Rush in running the Department.

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TALKING POINTS

MASS MEETING OF DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES

I. INTRODUCTION.

-- I am pleased to meet with all of the Department
today. On this occasion inevitably there is
<u>only the chance for me to talk</u> to you. In the
months ahead I <u>look forward to hearing from you.</u>

-- Tribute to Secretary Rogers and other past
Secretaries of State.

II. A NEW PERIOD IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY.

-- <u>This is an exhilarating time for those engaged in</u>
<u>foreign policy.</u>

. In <u>recent years</u> we've succeeded in ending conflict,
reducing tensions, launching new departures.

. The world is less beset by immediate crises than
it has been for many decades. We have <u>hopeful</u>
<u>foundations</u>.

. But as I said at the UN, it is a time of <u>ambiguous</u>
<u>transition</u>. We must go from controlling confronta-
tion to a more positive peace; from coexistence to
cooperation. We must respond to imperatives of
humanity as well as security. We must begin to
think and act as a world community.

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* So we now have the opportunity and excitement of broad, positive tasks, where for so long we have had to concentrate on managing conflict. A brief look at our agenda illustrates this.

-- Familiar areas where we must build on foundations.

Here hopeful beginnings have been made or necessary adjustments have started. We have to further these trends:

* Continue building a constructive relationship with the Soviet Union.

* Expanding the opening with China.

* Developing new principles and partnerships with Europe and Japan that reflect the world a generation after World War II.

* Maintain momentum in arms control--SALT II, MBFR.

-- Familiar areas that need fresh approaches. Where assumptions have changed, old patterns no longer apply, and new avenues must be charted.

* Economic development. We need to review experience since the war and see what now makes sense--to other countries, to our own self-interest, to the Congress and public.

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* <u>Agricultural policy.</u> We've always assumed America could easily feed itself and the world. We've always pressed for unlimited exports. Now we see: shortages and inflation at home; export controls; scarcity, sometimes famine, abroad.

* <u>Trade, Investment and Monetary policy.</u> The dollar is no longer unchallenged; others have gained new strength. We must reflect these new realities and the growing interdependence of the world's economies.

* <u>Western Hemisphere, Africa, South Asia.</u> These are regions that have received less attention in recent years. We need to review what we've been doing or not doing.

**-- <u>Unprecedented challenges.</u>** New problems and opportunities produced by a planet that has been shrunk by technology and human aspirations. They will require global cooperation.

* Exploration of the <u>oceans</u> and seabeds.

* Preserving the <u>environment</u>.

* Reaping the fruits and curbing the excesses of breakthroughs in <u>science and technology</u>.

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* Assuring ample *energy* supplies over the short term and finding new sources for the longer pull.

-- Clearly this agenda requires a whole new approach of *openness*.

* Getting *new ideas* from within and outside the government.

* Broader participation within the *executive branch*.

* Working with *Congress* and developing *public understanding* and support.

* A *global* perspective, multilateral as well as bilateral diplomacy, global cooperation.

* In short, this will be an open State Department-- open to all of you and your ideas, open to Congress, open to the press and the American people.

### III. THE ROLE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT.

-- I will expect much from the Department.

* This is and must be one of the great departments of Government.

* We are beginning a process of change. I want to *improve our analyses* of foreign affairs issues. Our work must present the President with real choices, not merely bureaucratic compromises.

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The issues must be sharpened, not obscured;
the choices must be made clear for the President's
decisions.

* The writing should be simple and direct; we must clarify our policy and have the concepts clear; the daily flow of work in the Department, clearing and answering cables, should not detract from our ability to think and project our ideas ahead.

* I intend to use the regular machinery of this Department in doing the work of foreign affairs in the Government. I expect full cooperation with the other major Government departments concerned. Purely bureaucratic differences should not replace major policy differences as objects of genuine concern; the former we can do without, the latter should be the source of options for the President.

-- Institutionalization of Policy.

* The President wants to preserve and to expand our achievements in foreign policy as well as our new methods for making decisions and for implementing policy.

* The career professionals and all employees of the Department must and will play a central role in this process.

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-- Pursuit of Excellence.

* We will look to the Department to provide
excellence in its work.

* Tradition is no longer enough; your expertise and your best thinking are required if together we are to lead the government in foreign affairs.

Influence must be earned; it is not given as a prerogative to any organization.

-- How I Will Use the Department

* I intend to employ all areas of the Department in the effort to provide excellence: desk officers, country directors, assistant secretaries, researchers, and lawyers can all expect to hear from, and be in touch, with me. And I want to hear from them in formulating policy.

* Once our policies are formulated, I expect all to ensure that they are implemented with imagination and vigor.

* The administrative and service people who stand behind and support the policy makers perform a vital role. We must have the greatest efficiency possible if our organization is to function well. And beyond that, a strong spirit of service can contribute to the elan of this entire organization.

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-- What the Department Can Expect From Me.

* I expect to *put you where the action is*; in the days and months ahead you are consistently going to be asked to produce your best for the people of this country.

* A busy, productive, efficient, and frequently-tested State Department should have *no morale problems*.

* The demands will be great; the rewards will be the satisfaction of doing important jobs well. Participation in these activities and working as a team reinforces these rewards.

-- What's the Purpose of This Change?

* We are not building for one Administration, or for one time, but *for the decades ahead*. Times will change and policies will change to meet them.

* What must continue is an institution which will seek out the best this country has to offer, sense the goals of all Americans, and move our policies to meet those goals. This is the institution which will last.

-- The Department's Constituency.

* It is a common complaint that the Department has no constituency. This is true in a narrow sense: no special interest groups find the Department defends their interests.

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* But more profoundly, the Department has the broadest constituency of all. For in your continuing work for a peaceful world, you are promoting the vital interests of all the people.

* I intend to work with you in building a constituency of an informed American public for our policies and our labor. This requires the closest cooperation with the Congress and the public. I expect that the Department will make major efforts toward improving our relations with these two great institutions of this country.

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-- We have begun the process of working together in our meeting here today.

* I look forward to facing great challenges with your assistance and support.

* There is no more important effort than to help the President build a structure of peace for the people of this country and the world.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Washington, D.C. 20520

September 27, 1973

MEMORANDUM TO: The Secretary

You have agreed to address Department employees on Friday, September 28, at 12:30 p.m.

If weather permits, the address will be given in the South Court on a podium positioned on the east side of the courtyard. A press area will be placed to your right as you face the crowd. (Tab A) The appropriate staging will be provided for the program. The scenario (Tab B) provides details of the event.

Should inclement weather force the ceremony indoors, the Diplomatic Lobby would be used for the address. The podium would be placed at the foot of the stairs located on the east side of the lobby. The press area would again be placed to your right as you face forward. (Tab C) Staging would again be provided. An inclement weather scenario is also attached. (Tab D)

In both scenarios you will be accompanied by Under Secretary Porter. Dr. Tarr and Ambassador Bunker will be present in a special standing area near the podium. Their movements may be found under "Staff notes" in the scenarios.

USIA also plans to record and film the entire proceeding for distribution to overseas posts.

The text of your remarks will be sent to all posts by cable.

Talking points are being supplied separately.

Attachments:

Tab A - Fair Weather Diagram

Tab B - Fair Weather Scenario

Tab C - Inclement Weather Diagram

Tab D - Inclement Weather Scenario

(INCLEMENT WEATHER)

SECRETARY'S ADDRESS TO DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES

September 28, 1973

Event No. 1

11:58 The Secretary of State accompanied by Ambassador Porter departs his office via the Secretary's elevator to the Diplomatic Lobby on the first floor and is escorted by Ambassador Porter to the podium in the Diplomatic Lobby. Ambassador Porter introduces the Secretary and then joins the assembled officials.

Note: The State Department employees will be con- gregated in the Diplo- matic Lobby.

Staff Note: 11:55 Dr. Tarr and Ambassador Bunker assemble at designated standing area at right of podium in the Diplomatic Lobby.

12:00 The Secretary addresses the assembled employees.

Press Note: Press platforms will be located on the Secretary's right as he faces the crowd.

12:15 (Approx) At the conclusion of the speech the Secretary will proceed back to his office via the arrival route.

PRESS
DEPARTMENT OF STATE

(c)

September 28, 1973

No. 354

REMARKS OF THE HONORABLE HENRY A. KISSINGER, SECRETARY OF STATE
BEFORE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES

SEPTEMBER 28, 1973

AMBASSADOR PORTER: The distinguished public servant who has come here to meet you today, needs no introduction. He comes to State with unprecedented credentials for achievement in foreign affairs. Those achievements, as you know, have received world-wide acclaim and they have placed our country in the forefront of the effort to bring about a global peace.

We have truly acquired an extraordinary leader.

Without further ado, therefore, on behalf of the
22,000 of us here and around the world, I extend a warm
welcome to Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger.
(Applause.)

SECRETARY KISSINGER: Mr. Porter, Ladies and Gentlemen:

When it was suggested that I meet so large a group,
some of my colleagues advanced the argument that this
would make me feel at home. I've been puzzling about
this remark, and I have concluded that based on the news-
paper accounts of how I am supposed to have treated my
staff at the White House, that my new colleagues here
had thought that this was the closest thing to a Nuremberg
Party Rally that they could organize. (Laughter)

In convincing me of the wisdom of doing this, they
also pointed out that Secretary Dulles met a similar
group. They forgot to mention that this was the last
time anybody in the Department saw Secretary Dulles.
(Laughter.)

I wanted to talk to you briefly, about what I think
we can do together.

When I was appointed, I mentioned that there was a
need for the institutionalization of foreign policy, and
this is true in many respects:

First of all, the whole nature of our foreign policy
has changed. For the greater part of our history we really
did not participate on a day-to-day basis in foreign
affairs, and therefore, more emphasis was placed in our

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And having worked with many of you, I know that there is no reason in the world why this building and this organization should not produce the best and most thoughtful work in town. And indeed, if we are going to have a long-term foreign policy, it must produce the best work in town. And not just for this administration, but for the administrations to come.

I have talked to some of the officers in the Foreign Service Association, and I take their concerns extremely seriously.

What we will try to do in addition to the normal administrative concerns which you must have, however, is to make sure that the ablest people get put into the key positions as rapidly as possible.

And in writing your memoranda, you should consider that successful foreign policy depends not only on difficulties avoided but on opportunities seized.

I asked every bureau yesterday to let us have by the end of next week a statement of all the problems that they perceive over the next year, as well as a statement of those things we ought to do -- even if they are not problems. That is to say, we should know where we want to go if we want to do the right thing.

And this gets me to my final point. In working out policies at the various levels, at some point it is inevitable that some compromises will have to be made. But in thinking about policy it is not necessary to make those compromises as the papers are being written. In this current state of America and of America's relations to the world, we have an unparalleled opportunity to help bring about a peaceful international structure, a world in which the major participants feel that they have had a share in creating and which, therefore, they have an interest in maintaining.

It is an opportunity that comes not often in a century, and then through a combination of historical events that cannot inevitably be repeated.

At this state in America's relations with the world and in this stage of America's concern with itself, our primary concern ought to be to ask ourselves what is right, and not to worry about political pressure, about bureaucratic expediency, or the short-term considerations.

I think with this attitude, and with your help, we can do great things together with some joy and some enthusiasm and some hope.

Thank you very much.

(Applause.)

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