SPEECH TO NAVY PERSONNEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01554R003500130001-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Content Type: SPEECH

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GOOD MORNING
CONSUL GENERAL OF ---
ELCOME TO AN INTERNATIONAL CLASS
ENTERING I NTO THE ?ORLD' S Ii~OST
INTERNATIONAL PROFESSION. FOR MANY
OF YOU, TODAY DEGINS LIFETIME DEDICA-
TION TO YOUR SERVICE AND THE SEA.
YOU ~~~'iLL FIND IT A VERY DEMANDING
LIFE. THERE ~~ILL DE MANY LONG LONELY
HOURS OF PATROL ON THE MEKONG AND
KARU RIVERS. AT THE SAME TIME
THERE "~I LL DE JUST AS MANY HAPPY
REUNIONS Fall TH YOUR FAMILIES I N
KHORRAMSHAHR, NHA TRAG AND EAK
LOEUNG.
YOU ARE JOINING ONE OF THE ~~IORLD' S
GREAT DROTHER HOODS. THERE ARE ~:.2
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MILLION OFFICERS AND MEN SERVING THEIR
COUNTRIES IN 77 NAVIES. THE MENDERS
OF OUR FRATERNITY SUFFER SIMIL~~R
PERILS AND ACHIEVE SATISFACI~ION
FROM THE SAME ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WHEREVER SHIPS FEET, DE I T P~ER51 AN
OR TONKIN GULF THEY SALUTE OUT OF
MUTUAL RESPECT
AS YOU ENTER YOUR PROFESSION IN
THIS, A FOREIGN COUNTRY, ENSURE
THAT YOU TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ADOUT THE
UNITED STATES, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
AND OUR NAVY. FURTHERMORE DECOME :_
CLOSE FRIENDS KITH YOUR CLASS RTES
FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. EACH COUNTRY
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AND ITS PEOPLE HAVE MUCH TO OFFER
TO THE PERSON MHO IS PATIENT AND
DESIRES TO LISTEN.
YOUR ARRIVAL RE-ESTADLISHES
THAT ADMIRAL ZUMALT ENVISAGES AS
A VERY VITAL ONGOING EFFORT IN THE
CHAIN OF NAVAL EDUCATION HERE IN
NE~JPORT H I CH STARTS I TH YOURSELVES
AT THE OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AND
MOVES UP~IARD `~I TH THE I NTERNAT I ONAL
OFFICERS ATTENDING THE DESTROYER
SCHOOL, FOLLO~IED DY THE NAVAL STAFF
COURSE, AND CULMINATING KITH THE
NAVAL COMMAND COLLEGE--DOTH PART OF
THE NAVAL BAR COLLEGE.
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IT MIGHT DE iELLTO GENERALLY
DESCRIDE IN A DIT MORE DETAIL THE
NATURE OF THE COURSES WHICH I'VE
MENTIONED. TURNING TO THE DESTROYER
SCHOOL, THE FIRST CLASS GRADUATED
LAST JULY . I N THE CLASS ~~'ERE 29
OFFICERS FRO ~13 DIFFERENT NATIONS.
ESSENTIALLY, THE SCHOOL TRAINED THE
STUDENTS TO DE THE HEADS OF THE
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ADOARD DESTROYER
TYPE SHIPS--THEY MERE (QUALIFIED IN
ENGINEERING, OPERATIONS AND IEAPONS.
I MIGHT ADD THAT THIS COURSE INCLUDED
A 3-MEEK CRUISE ON A US DESTROYER.
TURNING NO`S TO THE NAVAL STAFF
COURSE WHICH ASSISTS SPECIALLY
SELECTED MIDDLE GRADE OFFICERS IN
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DEVELOPING PLANNING AND MANAGERIAL
SKILLS. LAST DECEMDER ~fE GRADUAT'ED
THE FIRST CLASS OF 'I5 OFFICERS AND
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THE FIRST
U . S. OFFICER; CIE I LL CONTINUE THIS
PRACTICE OF ASSIGNING A U.S. OFFICER
TO THE MORE SENIOR COURSES DECAUSE
E FEEL THAT THE PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS AND THE CO ARADERIE
RESULTING FROM JOINT ATTENDANCE IS
EENEFICIAL TO THE NAVIES CONCERNED--
OUR NEXT CLASS SILL START THIS MONTH
AND ill LL I CLUDE A STUDENT FROM
AND FINALLY, E HAVE THE TOP
STEP OF OUR INTERNATIONAL LADDER OF
NAVAL EDUCATION--THE NAVAL COMMAND
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COLLEGE' AT THIS COLLEGE fE HAVE 1H
THE SENIOR FREE WORLD NAVAL OFFICERS
iHO ARE DEING PREPARED FOR HIGHER ~-
COMMAND RESPONS I D I L I T I ES ~J I TH I N
THEIR NAVIES. IT ESSENTIALLY PROVIDES
ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL STUDIES COMPAR
ADLE TO OTHER SENIOR U.S. ~fAR COLLEGE
COURSES AND THIS YEAR I'VE TAKEN ONE
STEP FURTHER DY COMPLETELY INTEGRATING
THE NAVAL COMMAND COLLEGE AND THE
COLLEGE OF NAVAL CARFARE IN THE VITAL
STUDY OF MANAGEMENT. I FEEL THAT
THIS CLOSENESS HOLDS GREAT PROMISE.
IN FACT, MANY STUDENTS IN THE COLLEGE
OF NAVAL ARFARE HAVE DEEN ENCOURAGED
TO AND HAVE VOLUNTARILY, STUDIED ITH
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THE STUDENTS OF THE NAVAL COMMAND
COLLEGE I THE INTERNATIONAL LAS',
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND INTER-_
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUB-STUDIES
AT THE NAVAL COMMAND COLLEGE. THIS
YEAR'S CLASS HAS 32 STUDENTS MHO, I
HOPE, SILL FOLLO'~ IN THE FOOTSTEPS
OF MANY OF THEIR PREDECESSORS TO
FLAG RANK--IN SEVERAL CASES EVEN TO
CHIEFS OF THEIR NAVIES--AND OTHER
POSITIONS OF H I GH RESPONS I D I L I TY I N
THE I R OLIN NATIONS.
THIS HAS BEEN A RATHER RAPID
VIE~N OF OUR PROGRAM HERE IN NE~~PORT
FOR THE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF
THE INTERNATIONAL NAVAL OFFICER. A
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PROGRAIO~ H I CH I SINCERELY HOPE 1~~1 LL
DRIG THOSE ~~HO FOLLOW THE SEA CLOSER
TOGETHER I N A CONiIVION ENDEAVOR T0lARD
QOTH PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AND
COON CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING.
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