SENIOR SEMINAR IN FOREIGN POLICY DEPARTMENT OF STATE TENTH SESSION AUGUST 21, 1967 - JUNE 14, 1968 FACT SHEET

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• Publication Date: June 14, 1968
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Foreign Seriit'ce Institute
i'ENIOR SEMINAR I. .e
Department of State
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.
State Department review completed
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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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Department of State
Tenth Session
August 21, 1967 - June 14, 1968
BASIC INFORMATION FOR SPEAKERS
The Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy, held annually since I
is the most advanced educational program in international relati
and foreign policy offered in the United Status Government. Lac
ten months' session, from August to the following June, occupies
.full time of its 25 Members. Usually one half of these are from
upper ranks (FSO-ls and FSO-2s) of the American Foreign Service,
of whom will. be. assigned, upon completion of the course, to. the
either as Chiefs of Mission or Deputy Chiefs of Mission. Other
bers in the Seminar are officers of comparable standing in the a
services, the Defense Department and in civilian departments suc
Commerce, Agriculture, USIA, and AID., Membership in the Seminar
awarded on the basis of excellence of performance and potential
future leadership. The average age of Members lies in the mid-f
and their average length of Government service is about twenty y
STATUS OF INFORMATION GIVEN TO SEMINAR:
Remarks made by a speaker, whether or not he is employed by
United States Government, are never quoted or attributed. Tradi
the discussions and interchange of ideas are considered privileg
Normally, no outside guests are invited, but if so, the speaker'
permission is obtained in advance. No reporters or representati
the press are ever present. All Members are cleared for classifi
mation up to, and including, Top Secret.
PROCEDURE:
The procedure is that of a seminar. There is an opening to
statement beginning at 9:30 a.m. followed by a discussion. The
sentation, which need not be a formal lecture, usually lasts abo
hour and sets the frame for a :discussion of an hour or more foil
a coffee break. Most speakers remain seated. One of the Member
as chairman of the day and coordinates questions. Another serve
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 areas marked "C" or "D" level are 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:
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