LETTER TO DR. GATES FROM CAROL VELANDER

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• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 24, 1986
• Content Type: LETTER

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Young Presidents' Organization
YPO
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April 24, 1986
Dr. Roger Gates
Deputy Director of
Central Intelligence
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Washington, D.C. 20505
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Per my telephone discussion with Seminar Chairman Ed Eisele
today, I am delighted that you will be participating in
YPO's USSR Travel Study Program at our Washington, D.C.
Briefing, Saturday, May 24 from 1:45 - 3:15 p.m.
The briefing will take place in the Pennsylvania Room of
The Mayflower Hotel, located at 1127 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
I would appreciate your sending a brief biographical sketch
to me for inclusion in a May 1st mailing to all participants.
I have enclosed for your information and review the pre-
liminary program schedule, roster of registrants and YPO's
Faculty Guide for Speakers.
Sincerely,
With kindest regards.
I look forward to meeting you on Saturday, May 24.
Senior Seminar Associate
Carol Velander
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USSR TRAVEL STUDY PROGRAM
Leningrad, Tbilisi, Tashkent, Samarkand,
May 23 - June 10, 1986
FRIDAY, MAY 23
WASHINGTON, D.C.
P.M
3:00 - 5:30
SATURDAY, MAY 24
8:00 - 9:30
Registration/Mayflower Hotel
Foyer of Colonial Room
Reception
Colonial Room
A HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE
SOVIET UNION
Continental Breakfast
Pennsylvania Room
PRESENT POLICY OF THE USA
TOWARDS THE USSR AND PROBABLE
FUTURE POLICY
Robert McFarlane
Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
The White House
GORBACHEV AND THE LEADERSHIP OF
THE USSR
Dr. Dimitri Simes
Senior Associate/
Soviet Foreign Policy
Carnegie Endowment for Interna-
tional Peace
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11:45 - 1:30 Lunch
Rhode Island Room
PARALLAX AND OTHER PERSPECTIVES
ON THE SOVIET UNION--THE VIEW
FROM RADIO LIBERTY
Jon Lodeesen
Director/U.S. Operations
Radio Liberty
Dr. Roger Gates
Deputy Director of
Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
345
400 - 4:45
530 - 6:39
9:00
SUNDAY, MAY 25
P.M.
2:25 - 420
600
730 - 800
Depart hotel for Washington
National Airport
Group Check In and Luggage
Check In
Pan Am Flight #594 departs
Washington National Airport and
arrives John F. Kennedy Interna-
tional Airport in New York
Connect to Finnair Flight #106
to Helsinki
Connect to Finnair Flight #712
to Leningrad
Arrive Hotel Astoria
Leningrad
Cocktail Reception
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MONDAY, MAY 26
City Tour and St. Isaac's
Cathedral
Lunch
Austeria Restaurant
Siege Museum/Factory Visit
Reception with U.S. Consul
General Charles T. Magee
Grodnenskiy Pereulok 4
8:00 - 10:00 Gala Dinner
Petrovsky Zal
TUESDAY, MAY 27
Petrodvorets and Grand Palace
by Hydrofoil
Lunch
Turku Restaurant
Victory Square
Hermitage Museum and Gold Room
6:30 - 7:30 House of Friendship Seminars
Dinner
Metropol Restaurant
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28
A.M.
THURSDAY, MAY 29
Special Visits: Factory
Dostoevsky House
Lunch
Europetskaya Restaurant
Russian Museum and
Ethnography Museum
Dinner
Hotel Astoria
Lunch
Hotel Astoria
Flight #6882 to Tbilisi
Dinner
Hotel Iveria
Lunch
Hotel Iveria
City Tour
Wine Tasting Ceremony
Dinner and National Dancing
Restaurant on Rustaveli
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A.M.
P.M.
Collective Farm or Gory and
Mtskheta with lunch on the road
Lunch
Hotel Iveria
Dinner
Mukham Basy Restaurant
10:45 - 1:25
SUNDAY, JUNE 1
Flight #6815 to Tashkent
A.M.
Breakfast
Hotel Uzbekistan
11:02 - 12:02
Flight #43 to Samarkand
(Group
1)
P.M.
12:57 - 1:57
Flight #41 to Samarkand
(Group 2)
Lunch
Hotel Samarkand
Free Time
Dinner
Rooftop Restaurant
Hotel Samarkand
Panorama Show at Registan
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MONDAY, JUNE 2
Lunch
Hotel Samarkand
City Tour continued
Dinner
Hotel Samarkand
Theatre: Uzbek Dancing
TUESDAY, JUNE 3
Special Visits: Cotton Farm
Porcelain Factory
Science Institute
Lunch
Hotel Samarkand
Roundtable Discussions with
Samarkand Trade Union represen-
tatives
Dinner with Guests
Hotel Samarkand
7:25 - 11:35 Fight #688 to Moscow
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4
A.M.
10:00
- 12:00
P.M.
230
- 530
Lunch with U.S. Press Represen-
tatives
Hotel National
Institute on USA and Canada
630
- 830
Studies
.Reception at Spaso House with
U.S. Ambassador Hartman
THURSDAY, JUNE 5
FRIDAY, JUNE 6
245 - 430
430 - 530
800 - 10:00
Excursion to Zagorsk
Lunch at Zagorsk
Dinner
Hotel Intourist
Special Visits: Pioneer Camp
Kinergarden
Stolichnaya
Lunch with Soviet Press Represen-
tatives
Hotel Intourist
City Tour
U.S. Embassy Briefing
Dinner
Top of Rossiya Restaurant or
Starsky Restaurant
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SATURDAY, JUNE 7
9:30 - 11:00
SUNDAY, JUNE 8
A.M.
P.M.
Lenin Mausoleum and
Lenin Museum
Lunch
Mr. Michael Rae
President
Argus Trading Limited
Shopping Excursion and Novo
Devichy
Reception
Theatre Cultural Center
Dinner/Uzbekistan Restaurant
Hippodrome and Metro Tour
Lunch
Hotel Intourist
Pushkin Museum or
Free time choices
Gala Dinner
Aragvi Restaurant
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MONDAY, JUNE 9
10:30 - 11:20
TUESDAY, JUNE 10
A.M.
Economic Achievement Institute
and Gems or Plant Visit
Lunch
Hotel Intourist
Dinner
Hotel Intourist
Finnair Flight #707 to Helsinki
Free time for shopping
2:05 - 4:00 Finnair Flight #105 to New York
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Welcome to the
Young Presidents' Organization
We are honored to include you on our
roster of distinguished international
faculty. Your professional background
and specialized expertise contribute to
the excellence of our executive educa-
tion programs. These meetings, semi-
nars, conferences and universities
create a stimulating forum for education
and idea exchange. They present a
platform from which world leaders in
business, finance, government, the arts
and sciences, law and communication
can discuss and debate mind-challeng-
ing concepts, profit-making ideas and
personal improvement theories with
our membership, a group of the world's
most successful young corporate
executives and presidents.
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The Young Presidents' Organization is a member-
run international educational association of over
4,500 corporate presidents under the age of 49 Its
purpose is to provide members with a comprehen-
sive program of advanced education and personal
enrichment activities in which individual and profes-
sional skills can be improved and business contacts
developed and extended.
Members of the Young Presidents' Organization,
along with their spouses and families, are active
participants in the advanced education programs
which they have chosen as important to their
business and personal growth. They are well-edu-
cated, highly motivated, affluent men and women
who have become corporate presidents before age
40. These highly select individuals, who are among
the corporate elite of today's CEOs, are committed
to cultivating and expanding their roles as "Com-
pleat Corporate Executives"-decision makers,
global citizens, concerned parents and spouses.
As a group, members are actively engaged in a
variety of businesses, including manufacturing,
retail or wholesale trades, construction, finance, the
service industries, natural resources and transpor-
tation, and employ, on the average, 343 workers. (See
accompanying chart for percentage breakdown of
businesses.) Fifty-three percent of the companies
are currently involved in international business,
with the number forecast to increase in the future.
The current sales volume of these successful
companies ranges from US $5 million to US $100
million or more. Approximately half of the compa-
nies are principally family owned, with the other
half almost evenly distributed between privately
owned (28%) and publicly owned (21%).
The long-range goal of the Young Presidents'
Organization's executive education programs is to
provide its members with the knowledge and tools
to improve their business/management skills and
family and individual development. At the same
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time, the programs are selected to help members
reflect on the values and attitudes that have formed
their corporate strategies, their visions of executive
excellence and their roles as business leaders in their
communities and in the world.
Principal
Manufacturing
35%
34%
40%
Retail or Wholesale
22%
21%
23%
Construction
11%
11%
12%
Finance
9%
9%
8%
Service Industry
18%
18%
16%
Natural Resources
2%
2%
1%
Transportation
3%
3%
5%
Other
6%
6%
5%
Education Programs
The programs described below range from the
fundamental educational program, the local
chapter meeting, to the comprehensive international
universities for presidents, and are complemented by
supportive educational materials: electronic and
computer communications media, a magazine, a
newsletter and other literature.
Local Chapter Meetings are highly active grass-
roots level education programs held about 10 times
each year. Local and global business issues-from
the international economy to small business-and
cultural and family interests are discussed in small
group settings. Family and personal interests also
are major topics on field trips and weekend retreats.
Area Conferences are 3-4 day gatherings of about
300 members and spouses from chapters within a
specific geographical region. Well-known speakers
discuss such business topics as successful high-tech
acquisitions, as well as women's and family subjects
that include women's health issues and drug and
alcohol use among children. The annual area
conferences also present a great opportunity for
members to interact with their successful peers.
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Seminars are 2-3 day small-group intensive pro-
grams on specific topics open to the entire member-
ship. They are led by Organization members and
international faculty. Programs focus on industry
trends, management concerns, executive skill
development, personal and family enrichment, and
other areas of interest. Travel seminars combine
visiting a new locale with the study of its history,
culture, governmental structure and business
practices.
Family University is the principal program that
enables members' children to share in Organization
activities. The speakers and program agenda are
geared specifically to family-related issues.
International Universities for Presidents are the
largest (about 1,000 attendees-CEOs and spouses)
and most wide-reaching education events of the
year (100 hours of educational programming).
These week-long international gatherings, held
three to four times a year in major world capitals,
attract a faculty of about 50 world-famous leaders,
corporate giants, academicians and specialists. The
curriculum covers global topics such as business
leadership in the world, geopolitics and the world
economy. Also included are timely self-improvement
subjects and discussions on the future development
in major fields and industries, such as education,
technology and energy. Participants also have the
opportunity to explore new cultures and customs,
while learning about local business opportunities.
Supportive Educational Materials include audio-
tape selections of outstanding faculty and member
presentations; a videotape program addressing
industrial and family-oriented subjects; the YPO
Data Network, a computer-based network system
for information exchange; Enterprise, a sophisti-
cated magazine that reports on international
business and management trends and individual
member achievements; the monthly newsletter
Briefing that keeps members up-to-date on pro-
grams, people and events; and other informative
literature sent to members throughout the year.
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Presentation Points
Experience has shown that the most successful
presentations are those that are well-organized and
dynamically delivered, stimulate lively interaction
among all parties, and introduce innovative, even
daring ideas. These programs are designed to
motivate the corporate decision makers to reexam-
ine their corporate visions, leadership roles and
personal responsibilities in an increasingly complex
and rapidly changing economic, political, social and
cultural environment. Following are several sugges-
tions to help you prepare a successful YPO
presentation.
? Well-planned, concise presentations, paced to the
subject and summarized to provide practical
end-benefits, when appropriate, have proved very
popular with the Organization's results-oriented
audience.
? In preparing your presentation, consider opening
your discussion with questions, as they sometimes
serve to quickly motivate members, or by canvassing
members about what issues they would like to have
expounded.
? When suitable to meeting format and topic, plan
to include individual and small-group exercises that
can be prepared and completed by participants
during the work sessions.
? In organizing your presentation, you should allow
some time for a free give-and-take among
participants.
? Creative formats such as joint presentations, panel
discussions, teleconference hookups, and video or
computer setups might be considered for presenting
your information.
? If you plan to send course materials to registrants
before the meeting, please contact the member or
staff person in charge of the program early enough
so that the material arrives in time for the session.
Also, if you intend to use handouts, your YPO
contact can tell you the anticipated attendance.
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? If any special equipment movie or slide projector,
flip charts, supplies, etc.-is needed, please request
it from the member or staff person responsible for
the program.
? Before your scheduled appearance, arrange a
meeting with the member or staff person to discuss
the theme, format and methodology of your
presentation.
Additional Information
? Frequently, faculty members' presentations are
selected for audio and/or videotaping. These tapes
are distributed exclusively to present and former
members. Should your presentation be chosen, you
will be asked to sign a release and will be given a
complimentary copy of the tape.
? It is the policy of the Organization not to permit
reporters or any type of press coverage at its meet-
ings. Your presentation is strictly off the record and
for YPO members, their spouses and invited guests.
? At the week-long YPO universities held in major
cities around the world, members acting as faculty
hosts will familiarize you with how a YPO univer-
sity operates. They also will escort you to YPO
social functions and introduce you to other faculty
and YPO members, as well as to your class.
Evaluation of Presentations
Generally, the individual in charge of the program
will request participants to evaluate your presenta-
tion using a form YPO has designed for this pur-
pose. Evaluation of presentations is beneficial to
faculty, members and YPO education staff. Faculty
can improve future talks when they understand the
areas of strength and the areas of weakness in their
presentations. Members have the opportunity to
review what they have gained from the presentation
and to comment on what information needed
greater clarification. And, the YPO education staff
is better able to maintain the high standards for
selection of faculty, gauge the changing interests
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and preferences of members and develop a data
bank of faculty and programs, which serves as a
reference when staff and members plan future
programs.
Evaluations are used only by YPO staff and
members, and information is kept strictly confiden-
tial. You are encouraged to review the evaluation
form before and after your presentation.
Conducting Business with Members
Direct solicitation of business is to be avoided. Your
presentation should serve as your calling card.
There is no need to pass out sales brochures,
business cards, or make a sales pitch. Interested
members will make it their business to do business
with you by contacting you directly or through
YPO staff. If complaints regarding a speaker's
professional conduct are evidenced, the speaker
may be removed from the Organization's faculty list
or other similar action may occur.
If you have any questions, or wish to discuss any of
the above information, please don't hesitate to
contact us.
Young Presidents' Organization, Inc.
52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 U.S.A.
Telephone: [phone]
International Telex: 422271 YPO UI
North American Telex: 968489 YPO NYK
YPO European Area Office
14, Route Morache, CH-1260 Nyon, Switzerland
Telephone: [phone]
Telex: 28136 YPO CH
YPO Trans-Pacific Area Office
1002 Sutherland House, 3 Chapter Road, Central
Hong Kong
Telephone: [phone], 268825
Telex: 63000 YPO HX
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