FOIA
JOHNSON'S APPOINTMENTS
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP75-00001R000100090061-1
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K
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1
Document Creation Date:
November 11, 2016
Document Release Date:
February 5, 1999
Sequence Number:
61
Case Number:
Publication Date:
May 7, 1965
Content Type:
NSPR
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E. 360,845 B. 542,218
MAY 7 1965
-Johnson's Appointment
osts, only one. professional po` il
ician, former Democratic national
hairmai Frank E. McKinney, wasy
mong the nominees. McKinney wasl.
ffered a minor post-Jamaica...The1
resident thus continued a pracAj
ice of choosing career officials fort
igh government office.
Of 50 ambassadorial assignmentA
inee Johnson took office, 36 have'
een career diplomats and 11 suchl,
xperienced individuals as G e n.ll
axwell D. Taylor in South Viet-1
am and Angier Biddle Duke in
pain; Including five Johnson ap-
ointments not yet confirmed, ca-ii
eer foreign service officers nowt
ead 78 of the 112 embassies and
wo legations maintained abroad'
a ratio of 68% in favor of career4
ersonnel. The ratio in recent yearsy
ad been about 60%.
In filling 226 major, and minor
ederal offices, the president hasl
uite naturally sought individualsi
ho have some philosophical identi-
'
ication with his Great Society. At
he advancement of career person
el and toward middle aged per-
ions with broad experience in spe
ific fields, regardless of political
lave never inquired into the ad-
ublicans. The president added:;."I
one, and Allen W. Dulles, were Re-
enceaenc;Johnson noted that.
n as director of the ran r at iuthi1
lair; F. Raborn was recently sworn
When retired Vice-Admiral Wil
affiliation.
thing of his talents and that-is-
hat is why,
he was Selected for this particular,
about, "Mich _ an, appointment policy;;
There , can' .be little complainb~
task."
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