SENIOR SEMINAR IN FORIGN POLICY

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Foreign service Institute
.SENIOR, I SEMINAR; IN FOREIGN POLICY
Department of State
1967-1968 Session
August 21, 1967 - June 14, 1968
Objective and Scope
The Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy is the most advanced educational
program in the field of international relations and foreign policy
offered by the Department of State. Its purpose is to assist in the
preparation of officers for positions of high responsibility. The
Seminar provides an intellectual framework for a free and vigorous
inquiry into some of the complexities of foreign policy and US
domestic problems. It aims to broaden and deepen the thinking of its
Members with regard to both the domestic and foreign affairs of the "
United States and to stimulate their powers of creative and thoughtful
judgment.
The Senior Seminar is a select group of about 25 officers from the
principal agencies of the Government concerned with the conduct of US
foreign relations. In the Seminar of 1966-67, thirteen were Foreign
Service Officers of Classes 1 and 2. The remainder consisted of the
following: three from AID, two from USIA and one each from CIA,
Commerce, Agriculture, Defense, USAF, USN, USA and the Marine Corps.
The Seminar requires the full time of its Members and lasts ten
months.
Plan of Study
The Seminar relies greatly on reading and research by the Members,
stimulated by discussions with outstanding authorities in relevant
fields of inquiry. Guest speakers in the past have included Members
of Congress, officials of the federal executive and of local govern-
ments, university professors, military leaders and experts in the
fields of business, education, industry, labor, religion, arts,
sciences and public affairs.
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Discussions, reading, documentary films, and oral and written reports
are supplemented by individual and group attendance at meetings of
professional associations and research organizations, by visits to
the United Nations and to military and industrial installations, and
by other purposeful domestic and foreign travel., Field trips in the
United States give the Members first-hand knowledge regarding some of
the political, economic and social problems of various regions of the
country. The Seminar of 1966-67 performed over 21,000 miles of group
travel within the United States.
Course Content
Because the Members' ages average about 46 and their length of service
in Government averages about 22 years, the Seminar is able to range
fast and far in its studies. It assumes, particularly in the field of
foreign relations, that a considerable body of first-hand knowledge is
possessed by the Members.
The Seminar begins with a series of organizational and introductory
meetings. This is followed by a full week devoted to the history of
the American people--social, economic, ethnic, political and diplo-
matic. This important series of lectures sets the foundation for
studies to follow.
The Seminar attempts to expose its Members to the latest developments
world-wide in science, arts, communications, space, atomic energy,
industry, commerce, agriculture, labor, education, transportation,
the communist threat and counterinsurgency, the poverty program, the
Peace Corps, race relations, the city-state relationships, automation,
computers, and systems and functional analysis. In doing so, it
reminds the Members of much knowledge learned in the past but about
which they had not for years thought seriously. The Seminar encourages
copious reading and give-and-take discussion in both large and small
groups. In the true Seminar tradition, Members are expected to impart
knowledge as well as to acquire it.
To the extent possible speakers appearing at the Seminar are keyed to
the Seminar's travel plans: thus the Seminar concentrates before
visiting the United Nations on "International Relations: Institutions
and Concepts," Before visiting military and naval establishments and
before visiting industrial installations, the Members will have
listened to presentations by the Chiefs of Staff of the armed services,
manpower experts, and distinguished economists in a position to deal
with the military and economic power of the United States.
Experience has shown the desirability of avoiding overcompartmentali-
zation of the study program.
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Individual Travel and Case-Studies
Approximately three weeks are provided--from February 26 to March 17--
for Members to perform individual field travel in connection with
research on foreign policy topics or domestic issues selected by them
in consultation with the Seminar's Coordinator. Members are given
considerable scope with regard to the subject of their Case Studies
and the countries or places they wish to visit, but Members are
counseled to explore topics and areas of the world wholly new to them.
On returning from individual travel, Members are required to make an
oral presentation to the Seminar and to lead a round-table discussion
of their topic. The Coordinator on these occasions usually invites
special guests and alumni.
The Seminar's Corporate Character
Past Seminars have demonstrated that individual Members can contribute
greatly to the Seminar's activities through personal contacts and
specialized knowledge: thus an effort is made in scheduling events to
avoid rigidity. Calling themselves the Tuesday-Thursday Club, the
Members take turns presenting their own topics on as many Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons as the regular schedule permits.
Ambassador-of-the-Week Program
When the Seminar is in Washington, certain American Ambassadors return-
ing for consultation and/or leave are invited to speak: Ambassadors
of foreign countries located in Washington are similarly invited to
make presentations, when their areas are being studied. In each
instance, ample time is provided for Members' questions.
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.S..ENIOIR SEMINAR.11N... FOREIGR ..POLICY
Tenth Session
August 21, 1967 - June 14, 1968
FACT SHEET
The Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy is the most advanced pro-
gram of studies in international affairs and foreign policy offered
in the United States Government. The Seminar is limited to an honor
group of twenty-five senior officials. Half of these are career offi-
cers of the American Foreign Service; the other half are officers of
an equal degree of achievement and length of service, nominated by
other Government Departments in Washington, such as Defense, Commerce,
Agriculture, the United States Information Agency, the Central Intell-
igence Agency, and the Agency for International Development. The
Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps are represented by officers of
the rank of Colonel or Naval Captain.
Members are selected on the basis of the excellence of their per-
formances in the past and their potential to achieve positions of
greater responsibility in the future. The average age of the Members
is 46; their average length of US Government. service is 23 years.
The Seminar requires the full time of its Members for an academic
year (August - June), during the course of which they carry out a
rigorous program of studies in foreign and domestic affairs.
An important aspect of the Seminar's study program is designed to
bring the Members up-to-date regarding recent social, economic and
industrial developments in the United States. Officers, many of whom
have served predominantly in foreign countries and in Washington, are
given an opportunity to learn at first hand about developments in
various parts of the US, so that in their future assignments they can
better represent the US and talk knowledgeably about the recent achieve-
ments of the American people. They will be more effective Ambassadors,
Deputy Chiefs of Mission, and senior commanding officers by being in
touch with the latest developments on the American scene and by hearing
local leaders and experts discuss plans and problems.
Aside from the extensive group travel around the United States and
its territories, the Members are given an opportunity to perform indi-
vidual travel to regions of the world in which they have special. interest.
This individual travel permits the Members to prepare studies useful to
them and useful to the United States Government.
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The Seminar's activities are coordinated by Ambassador G. Lewis
Jones, a Career Minister and Foreign Service officer of more than
thirty years' experience. His three most recent positions have been
American Minister in London, Assistant Secretary of State for Near
East and South Asian Affairs, and American Ambassador to Tunisia. He
has also served in Greece, Iran, and Egypt. The Deputy Coordinator is
Mr. Orson W. Trueworthy, a career Foreign Service officer who has
served most recently as Executive Director of the Bureau of East Asian
and Pacific Affairs in the Department of State. The Seminar's Research
Assistant, Mr. Robert S. Gelbard, is also a career Foreign Service
officer.
The Seminar is a component of the Foreign Service Institute of the
Department of State. Its Headquarters is on the 12th floor of the
Nash Street Office Building (State Annex No. 3), 1400 Key Blvd.,
Rosslyn, Virginia. Its telephone number is DUdley 3-2528 or
Code 182 x2528.
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Foreign Service InsMute
Tenth Session
August 21, 1967 - June 14, 1968
BASIC INFORMATION FOR SPEAKERS
The Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy, held annually since 1958,
is the most advanced educational program in international relations
and foreign policy offered in the United States Government. Each
ten months' session, from August to the following June, occupies the
full time of its 25 Members. Usually one half of these are from the
upper ranks (FSO-ls and FSO-2s) of the American Foreign Service, many
of whom will be assigned, upon completion of the course, to the field
either as Chiefs of Mission or Deputy Chiefs of Mission. Other Mem-
bers in the Seminar are officers of comparable standing in the armed
services, the Defense Department and in civilian departments such as
Commerce, Agriculture, USIA, and AID. Membership in the Seminar is
awarded on the basis of excellence of performance and potential for
future leadership. The average age of Members lies in the mid-forties
and their average length of Government service is about twenty years.
STATUS OF INFORMATION GIVEN TO SEMINAR:
Remarks made by a speaker, whether or not he is employed by the
United States Government, are never quoted or attributed. Traditionally,
the discussions and interchange of ideas are considered privileged.
Normally, no outside guests are invited, but if so, the speaker's
Members reporters
permission rvobtained present. All advance.
are r cleared forr classifieds
the press are e ever r pinfor-
mation up to, and including, Top Secret.
PROCEDURE:
The procedure is that of a seminar. There is an opening talk or
statement beginning at 9:30 a.m. followed by a discussion. The pre-
sentation, which need not be a formal lecture, usually lasts about an
hour and sets the frame for a discussion of an hour or more following
a coffee break. Most speakers remain seated. One of the Members acts
as chairman of the day and coordinates questions. Another serves as
an intra-Seminar rapporteur.
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LOCATION:
The Seminar occupies part of the twelfth floor of the
Department of State's Foreign Service Institute (State Annex No. 3)
at 1400 Key Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia (see attached map). The
Foreign Service Institute is ten minutes from the main building of
the Department of State and twenty minutes' drive from National
Airport. The Seminar is unable to provide transportation for
speakers, but a free shuttle bus service operates every thirty
minutes between Main State and the Foreign Service Institute.
PARKING:
Parking space is available in the building for speakers who
drive their own cars. The parking area marked "B Level" is on the
Nash Street side of the Foreign Service Institute. Speakers should
tell the attendant that they will be speaking to the Senior Seminar.
They will be given a special visitors parking ticket, half of which
should be placed on the car. The other half should be turned in at
the Senior Seminar.
Attachment:
Map
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