FDERALTIMES

MAY 10, 1972

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WASHINGTON - The State
Ser
\Tiee Institute (FSn IS the least
likely place one would
to find a lecturer expoupdmg
Dn d i v e r s e po Ii ti ca 1
ideologies, whether of the left
o.r right. .
. Nevertheless, this happens
tobeafactoflife at FSI-and
bas. become a part of the
institute's aim t.o provide
high-level federal officials
from aU departments and
agencies officialsWcho play
a role in some aspect .of
iJiternational relations- with
an eye-opening view of the
world as it really is. Conse:
quently, among other things,
the program seeks also to
. acquaint them with all facets
of today's politi
.cal spectrum.
To achieve this
ers from all fields
those
Imag1ll'!i.UJlt::
_ as well as
.' differing political outlooks
are invited t() leeture.
The site of these le.ctures is
the FSI's interdepartmental
Foreign Affairs Executive
Seminar (FAES).
This new concept in the
education and training of
federal officials has heen
'made possible through the
efforts QfFSI director pr.
Howard and the
F AES seminar chairman,
Howard KHaugerud. .
'To widen the scope of tram
fltre*ecutiVS, Haugerud
been a free hand.in
the large
topies is beneficial in hdphIg
the student understand na
<{iQnal, political, economic,
ecological or other kinds of
.problems confronting the
.nation.
Another aim ofthe program,
,as heexplained,is to encour
age classroom discussion
apd avoid drab, routine lec
tures on irreievant subjects.
Haugerud added that those
.attending the seminar . are
mature, receptive and open
minded enough to concede
that - although they often
disagree with the speaker's
overall philosophical ideolo
... J!,Y - they see validity in some
ttf' the arguments offered by
'the leeturer.
the lecture is only
.''One aspect of the overall
i:seminar techniques but
an important
.
_ in on one of these
While 1972 marks the year.
that FSI commemorates its
25th anniversary, this year
'alsomarks the beginning of
the interdepartmental
Foreign Affairs Executive
Seminar (FAES).lts predeces
sor the National Interdepart
Seminar, has been
phased out.
'r
A DECISION by Under Sec
retary of StateJohnN, IrwinII
to create the new selldnaro
n
Jan; 6, 1972was prompted by
findings of a
group composed of the varI
OUS foreign afiam.roriented
member agencies. On Jan. 10
the first session of the new
seminar under the new name
and format was formally in
itiated,
According to Haugerud, "in
this age of specialization
fast-moving events, it is consi
dered of vital importance that
the information of U.S. offi
cials in the foreign affairs
'area not only be. in a
broad way resent
U.s. foreign aM' se
curity polieyae srd
but the vtewpo
'officials .
to take


He strEssed
of ctlllsjderl

f .
tal groups. Hauge-rad ex
plained. the State Department
seminars as discussion groups
to follow up on in the
plenary sessions.
In each regionalsemina,-: an
FAES faculty adviser aSslsts
in organizing the discussion
assuring that it is related to
and integrated into the
program_ <
A tbird instruction method
entails field visits to various
agencies and Congress.. Par
ticipants reportedly
there is no substitute', fOT. a
visit to 'an agencyor Congress
to get a feel for the environ"
ment, the people and the
program or 'that partieular
institution.
SeminaT Gfficials feel that it
often . is easier to get the
attenWm of key persons in
that institution - and .to
receive more candid state
ments tUbe session is held
on their homegrounds.
A fourth method of instruc
tion encompasses both re
quired and optional reading.
Theseminar,<Haugerud ex
plained, provides a rareop*
portunity Dot often available
to busy officials for the read
ing of timely books, artieles
and papers that supplement
the lecturesand group discus
sions.
The semmar isinterdepart
mentallv staffed and funded.
Themetnbel"departmentsand
agencieseaei!contribute a
'1;esident faeultymember.

-aT'-io' . . . all views j'that
m:&flkor
is looked unon to take the lead ..
in the coordination of agency ,fi';......"".<1.",...'1:. Ie}'
viewpoints in the formulation thenew semi
and implementation process ofregmar
concerning foreign policyand
national security matters. partkrularlytrue
Specifically, the being eonsi
of the of missions,
Foreign Affairs Executive
SemInar (FAES) is to provide
an advanced,
course on the current formu
latiQD,coordination and ex
ecution of U.S. foreign policy
to senior foreign affairs ex
ec.utives of federal agencies_
The program includes senior
officials who .serre either in
the United
The three-week eOUTSe is
divided into four parts, plac
ing special emphasis on the
Nixon doctrine, foreign

of mission,
eon
geller-al and superVisory
constilsgeneraJ, bureau and
otrn:-e he3!ls, country .direc
desk offiffrs.
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QUALIJ71CATIONS

that . be a
involved
in relations
field that he holds a
rank effoieign servie officer
o!'r. serviee reserve:
HOWARD E. HAUGERUD, right, cho
Institute's toreigJl. Affairs Executiv
f h N' J h
with formerSecretar.yo t e O'\Iy 0
engagement by Chafee before a gotl
attending the seminar. (FSI P1mto)
from 'principal State Depart- E.
mentofiicers, the. letter also ot
issued assurances that .the
,ofl.icials are: wi.lling
ml our effectiveness
more -direct
and to pro- ur
videa understanding of al
one another's role." . ci
But what of some of the re
speeifi .cs and lecturers Cl
appea efore FAES par- c-y
ticipants?' of
During the January session, St
some' of the speakers and W
topics included: George C. W
.Lodge, . Harvard UniverSity, - St
talking on "Political Ap- W
proaches to. Modernization; St
Charles T. Vetter, of FAES, on g)
"Communications Factors in C<
AJIl.eriean Operations Over- M
seas;" John R. Petty, assistant m
secretary for international af- Al
iairs, Treasury Department, U;
on "U.s. Economic Policy;" F1
Marshall .(7reen;assistant sec" of
retanr of the State Depart- ey
ment's BUreau of East Asian TO
and Pacific Affairs, on "U.S.
Foreign Policy and the Nixon a.r
Doctrine;" Dr. Marion J. Levy, all
of Princeton on 2P