DEAR

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• Document Release Date: December 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: February 24, 1959
• Content Type: LETTER

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PO NEWSLETTER NO. 3
February 24, 1959
In previous Newsletters we invited each of you to suggest items of
interest for inclusion in future issues. Response has not been consistent,
and yet items of considerable value hai resulted. For example, those of
you who travel and report on the current publications situation in the
areas you visit may be interested to learn that we reproduce your more
significant reports and make them available to other offices in the Depart-
ment. Extracts of these are also furnished to the inter-agency publica-
tions procurement committee in Washington. In view of the general
interest in such reports, P0's performing travel might well send in selected
trip reports as despatches. But in whatever form they may come in, such
contributions are most welcome.
Fiscal Matters
Most posts have replied to CA-5017 of December 8, 1958, requesting
special current status reports on obligations against WF, SP and AMS
publications procurement allotments. Since adjustments of allotments to
provide P0's with necessary support must await the receipt of these data,
posts which have not yet replied should do so without delay. Adjustments
of allotments previously supplied to certain EUR posts are now being made
and similar changes are being drawn up for posts in FE, NEA (including
Africa) and ARA.
Survey Trips
have returned from their survey trip,
and from mine. We visited a number of the posts jointly and are grateful
to all concerned for the many kindnesses and courtesies shown us. Our
respective reports on these trips, with comments and recommendations, will
be submitted to the appropriate authorities.
Counterpart Fund Program PL 480)
Although there is little that is concrete to be reported, yet, several
proposals have been put forward by the National S-eience Foundation, WF and
the Library of Congress. I shall continue to keep you informed of develop-
ments.
PO Travel
The following trips have been or are being made by the Publications
Officers listed:
Harry Barnes (PO)
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Harry Barnes (PO) and Byron Morton (Apsisstant PO) (Me , w);. Q'co Lenin acl.
The latter also visited Minsk.
Anthony Lewis Cairo), to Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Turkey,
Roger Gifford (New Delhi), to Madras, Trivandrum, Bangalore and Ceylon.
John E. Bradley (Tokyo), to Southeast Asia.
Personal Notes
1. The latest list of full-time and part-time Publications Officers
is attached.
2. Harry Barnes has completed his two-year assignment at Moscow and will
report back to the Department this February. We want to take this opportunity
to thank Harry for his cooperation and to congratulate him on a job well
done. He is to be assigned to EE in the Department and is to be replaced
by Paul A. Smith of that office, We welcome I ul and wish him puceess in
his new assignment.
3. William J. Drew, Economic Officer, and Wilbur W. Hitchcock,
Political Officer, have been carrying out the duties of part-time PO at
Embassy, Vientiane. The fact that Mr. Drew hap a fluent command of French
and Mr. Hitchcock has been trained in Laotian leads us to anticipate
a particularly active publications procurement program at the post.
4. The Embassy at Tel Aviv has net as yet named a part-time publi-
cations officer and it is anticipated that the post will soon notify the
Department of its designation, Marcel van E sen, who has been part-time
Publications Officer at Dakar, has just left-there on transfer and home
leave and has been replaced by Joseph A. Harary; notification is antici-
pated from the post as to who will assume the duties of part-time Publi-
cations Officer. The same is expected soon from Leopoldville. There
Ruth J. Torrance, until recently part-time Publications Officer, has
departed on home leave and transfer. She has been replaced at the post
by Jerome Le Vallee.
5. Changes in
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5. Changes in personnel at the posts are taking place constantly.
e try to keep up with them here. The time taken by posts to report to
a new designations of part-time Publications Officers by OM, despatch
r letter is sincerely appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
Leo M. Goodman
Chief
Division of Intelligence
Collection and Distribution
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