Missions in the Near East, South Asia, and Africa Key C means that the head of the American diplomatic mission in the country was a career officer. N means that the head of the American diplomatic mission in the country was not a career officer. An asterisk (*) followed by a C or an N means that on January 1 of the specified year the head of the Amer ican diplomatic mission in the country was a chargé d'affaires (or, in Turkey in 1928 and 1952, an appointed but not-yet-confirmed ambassador) and that, at sometime during the next 4 years, a career officer or noncareer officer, respectively, was confirmed. Missions in the Far East Key C means that the head of the American diplomatic mission in the country was a career officer. N means that the head of the American diplomatic mission in the country was not a career officer. An asterisk (*) followed by a C or an N means that on Jan. 1 of the specified year the head of the American diplomatic mission in the country was a chargé d'affaires and that, at sometime during the next 4 years, the chargé was succeeded by a career officer or a noncareer officer, respectively. C means that the head of the American diplomatic mission in the country was a career officer. N means that the head of the American diplomatic mission in the country was not a career officer. An asterisk (*) followed by a C or an N means that on Jan. 1 of the specified year the head of the American diplomatic mission in the country was a chargé d'affaires and that, at sometime during the next 4 years, the chargé was succeeded by a career officer or a noncareer officer, respectively. DEFINITIONS USED IN COMPILING THE DATA 1. The countries covered in the foregoing tabulations are those in which the United States has maintained diplomatic missions at any time between January 1, 1924, and the present. 2. By a head of mission is meant an ambassador, a minister, a minister resident, or a diplomatic agent, but not a commissioner, high commissioner, personal representative of the President, etc. 3. A head of mission is counted as a career officer if, just prior to his appointment as head of mission, he was (a) A Foreign Service officer; or (b) An officer of the Department of State or a head of mission in another country, provided that just prior to his service in the Department or as a head of mission, he had been a Foreign Service officer; or (c) A retired Foreign Service officer (i. e., one who had retired on an annuity, as distinguished from one who had resigned from the Foreign Service and entered another occupation); or (d) An officer of the Department of State who had risen from the ranks of the Civil Service. For "Foreign Service officer", read "officer in the Diplomatic or Consular Service", in the case of those whose career service occurred prior to the enactment of the Rogers Act of 1924. 4. The dates for which the information is shown in this study are as follows: (a) For the years 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1952January 1 of the particular year. (b) For the year 1955-March 31. 5. In determining what officer was serving as head of mission on the specified date, the compilers used the following limits of the period of service of each officer: (a) As the opening date of his service the date of Senate confirmation of his nomination. (b) As the closing date of his service the effective date of his resignation or retirement, or the date of his transfer to another position. 6. In the statistics used in preparing the two charts on page 1236, those posts at which, on the specified date, the head of the mission was a chargé d'affaires, but he was (within the next 4 years) replaced by a career or noncareer ambassador or minister, the career or noncareer character of his replacement is counted. 7. The statistics illustrated in the first chart on page 1 are 8. The statistics illustrated in the second chart on page 1 are 1924 1928. 1932. 1936. 1940 18 career, 33 noncareer. | 1944. 9. The sources used in preparing this study are 33 career, 20 noncareer. 41 career, 24 noncareer. 49 career, 25 noncareer. 47 career, 28 noncareer. (a) The appointment records in the Office of Personnel, Department of State, which are arranged both by Foreign Service posts and by individual officers. (b) Various issues of the quarterly Foreign Service List and of the annual Register of the Department of State. Senator. KILGORE. If there is nothing further, the hearing is concluded. (Whereupon, at 5:07 p. m., Tuesday, May 17, 1955, the hearing was concluded.) Andretta, S. A....... 597, 644, 650, 678, 681, 686, 698, 705, 716, 740, 760, 807 Bennett, J. V. 760 Berding, Andrew H. 890, 1018 Bradford, Saxton 1018 Branscomb, Dr. Harvie.. 1136 Briggs, Leland S. 996 Brown, John C. 833, 851, 857 Brownell, Attorney General Hon. Herbert, Jr. 597 Burdette, Franklin L 895, 1044 Burger, W. E.. 716 Castle, Eugene 1186 Capella, Basil.. 419 Chandler, Henry P. 813, 818 Drake, Lucian D. Clark, William L.. Conant, Dr. James B. Convey, Edwin L.. Damon, G. Huntington. Davie, Miss Emily. Dulles, Hon. John Foster. 965, 987, 1046 DuVal, Olive L., 2d. 1 818 1009, 1048, 1050 1221 818 125 888, 911, 913 Estes, Thomas S. 341, 345, 362, 368 Foley, W. F.. 715 Fulbright, Hon. J. William_ 197 Hefner, Frank K. Henderson, Loy W. 17, 40, 45, 52 147, 155, 161, 250, 254, 329, 334, 340, 368, 391, 408, 434, 464, 596 |