Robert N. Liebau, OC/T, attended the 16th presentation of the National Communications Security Course, sponsored by the National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland.

New employees reporting for duty in OC are Mary F. Meyer, OC/T, and Avis Mundy, Valerie T. Laws, and Michele A. Robinson, OC/P. Clinton Bowman transferred to OC/P from INR.

Deforrest A. Settles, Lionel R. Martin, Barry N. Wilson and William E. Sims of OC were awarded Quality Step Increases. Glenn Powell and John J. McMillen were awarded Meritorious Step Increases.

African Affairs

Johnnie Carson, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., at Lourenco Marques, was in the Department on consultation and orientation December 15-19.

Ambassadors recently in the Department on consultation included Philip W. Manhard, Mauritius, and Melvin L. Manfull, Liberia, who has returned to the Department.

James W. Spain, Ambassador to Tanzania, and Walter L. Cutler, Ambassador to Zaire, have departed to undertake their new assignments.

Mr. Cutler, former Director of the Office of Central African Affairs, recently completed a visit sponsored by

the Business Council for International Understanding. His consultations with U.S. companies took place November 24-26.

Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency

The SALT, MBFR and PNE negotiations all recessed recently and the members of the delegations returned from Geneva, Vienna and Moscow, respectively.

Dr. John Lehman, Deputy Director of ACDA, gave a talk on "Arms Control and Military Strategy" at the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, on January 9.

Charles Carey, Special Assistant to the Director, appeared on a panel discussion of the Global Consciousness Committee at the University of Montana on January 20. The theme of the discussion was "Missile Silos Among Us: 'Promise and threat.' "'

Dale Cooter, Assistant Personnel Officer for the past year and a half, is leaving ACDA to establish a law firm.

Administrative Officer James G. Seyster will assume new duties as Administrative Officer at Embassy London on January 26. Mr. Seyster also served here as Assistant Staff Director for the Presidential General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament.

East Asian and
Pacific Affairs

Assistant Secretary Philip C. Habib departed November 29, accompanying the President on his trip to Peking, Jakarta, and Manila. Following the President's trip, Mr. Habib went to Tokyo with the Secretary and then visited Seoul, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Bangkok.

Deputy Assistant Secretary William H. Gleysteen, Jr., addressed the CIA Senior Seminar Group and met with a group of senior Japanese labor leaders touring the United States on November 19. On November 29, Mr. Gleysteen left to accompany the President to China. He also accompanied the Secretary to Tokyo. He briefed the 1975 Harvard International Fellows on East Asia on December 10.

Deputy Assistant Secretary Lester E. Edmond chaired a briefing on the Generalized System of Preference with representatives from various embassies. He attended the Ditchley Foundation Conference in Oxford, England, and attended the Conference on Economic Cooperation in Paris.

Oscar V. Armstrong, Director of the Office for People's Republic of China, Mongolia, Hong Kong, and Macao Affairs (EA/PRCM), accompanied the President's party to Peking and then spent several days in Hong Kong.

Wever Gim, Deputy Director of the Office of Regional Affairs (EA/RA), attended the NATO Far East Experts Meeting held in Brussels from November 3-6.

Peter G. Smith, Political Officer in EA/PRCM, lectured on U.S.-PRC relations at FSI's Foreign Affairs Executive Seminar and at the PRC Area Studies course.

Donald S. Harris, formerly of Embassy Jakarta, entered on duty in EA/RA on December 8 as the EA Labor Affairs and Human Rights Officer. He succeeds Robert L. Walkinshaw, who is retiring after 16 years of service.

Richard A. Holmes, Economic/ Commercial Officer in EA/PRCM, participated in a panel on U.S.-PRC trade at a conference in Boston sponsored by the International Center of New England.

Mary Von Briesen, Political Officer in EA/PRCM, escorted a group from the PRC Liaison Office on a tour of soybean farms in Maryland.

Prior to Chinese language training and his assignment to Hong Kong, William C. McCahill, Jr., has been temporarily assigned to EA/PRCM, following completion of Junior Officer training at FSI.

Persons on consultation in the Bureau included Richard A. Ericson, Jr., Deputy Chief of Mission at Seoul; Lee T. Stull, Deputy Chief of Mission

at Manila; Leona Anderson, prior to her assignment to Tokyo as Administrative Counselor; Dana Marshall, prior to home leave and assignment to Melbourne as Commercial Officer; and Mark Mohr, Political Officer at Hong Kong.

Economic and
Business Affairs

Assistant Secretary Thomas O. Enders was in Stockholm on November 24 for negotiations on international economic issues. On December 2 he gave the keynote address on the results of the U.N. Special Session at a dinner of the Overseas Development Council in Washington.

Mr. Enders testified on December 3 on the subject of grain exports before the House Subcommittee on Interna

tional Resources, Food and Energy of

the Committee on International Relations. On December 19 he was in Paris to participate in meetings of the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency.

Deputy Assistant Secretary Julius L. Katz participated in the consultations of the OECD High Level Group on Commodities in Paris on November 29. The following weekend he was in Ditchley, England, where he attended a conference on "The Changing Relationship between Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and the United States, and Bri

tain as a part of Europe," held by the Ditchley Foundation.

Joel W. Biller, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Commercial and Special Bilateral Affairs, served as U.S. representative to the meeting in Geneva, November 24 to December 5, of the UNCTAD Committee on Transfer of Technology. At this session, a code of conduct for technology transfer, measures to strengthen the technological capability of LDCs, and the role of patents in technology transfer were considered. Walter Lockwood, Deputy Director, Office of Business Practices, served as alternate U.S. representative.

Donald Bramante, Director, Office of Special Bilateral Affairs, led an interagency team to Paris, November 19-23, to discuss international industrial cooperation with OECD subgroups, and then participated in OECD development assistance committee discussions of related subjects.

Eugene Lawson, Deputy Director of Special Bilateral Affairs, accompanied Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Gerald Parsky on a trip to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Israel, November 16-28, in connection with Joint Commission activities in those countries.

John Nesvig represented the EB Bureau at a UNIDO permanent committee meeting in Vienna, November 1-10. Subjects of discussion were permanent sovereignty, transfer of technology, and an insurance system for developing countries.

Jay Grahame, Economic Officer in OSB, was the foreign policy adviser and escort officer for a 19-man delegation of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, representing major Indian private and public sector enterprises. The delegation toured Washington, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, and Chicago, December 2-20.

James Placke, Director, Office of Food Policy and Programs, attended the 75th Session of the International Wheat Council in London, December 1-4, as alternate representative. On December 5, he represented the U.S. at the 21st meeting of the Food Aid Committee. On December 12, Mr. Placke spoke at the annual convention of the Growers' Association in Oklahoma City. While there he also participated in several local media programs concerning food problems.

Richard K. Bank, Director, Office of Maritime Affairs, participated in a five-nation meeting on Liability of Operators of Nuclear Vessels, held October 31 in Bonn. He also was a member of the U.S. Delegation to the

8th Extraordinary and 35th Regular Session of the IMCO Council and the 9th Session of the IMCO Assembly, held in London, November 3-14.

Mr. Bank held discussions in Tokyo, December 1-5, with Japanese Government officials, as well as with Japanese shipowners' representatives. Among the areas covered were the UNCTAD Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences, Eastern-block shipping, and U.S. and Japanese legislation and regulations.

Michael H. Styles, Director, Office of Aviation, chaired the U.S. delegation to the bilateral air transport negotiations with Mexico which were held December 1-5 at the Department. The delegations agreed to extend the current Air Transport Agreement from December 31, 1975, to April 30, 1976, and to meet again on March 1 to continue discussions aimed at revising the air routes operated between the United States and Mexico.

E. Allan Wendt, Director, Office of International Commodities, headed the U.S. Delegation to the December 8-19 meeting of the UNCTAD Committee on Commodities. He was accompanied by William Weingarten of the Office of Strategic Materials. Mr. Wendt earlier attended meetings in Paris of the OECD High-Level Group on Commodities, December 2 and 3, and the OECD Trade Committee, December 4 and 5, to coordinate developed countries' strategy for the UNCTAD meeting.

Thomas J. O'Donnell, Chief of the Tropical Products Division, participated in negotiations for a new International Coffee Agreement in London during November and part of December. He was accompanied by Frank S. Parker. The five-week session ended in a draft agreement with some novel new features of benefit to participating countries.

Michael Johnson, Director, Office of Private Cooperation (CU/PC), and Thomas Turqman and Donn Barrett, also of CU/PC, attended meetings of the National Council on Philanthropy at the Washington Hilton, December 3-5. Mr. Richardson also attended a dinner in honor of conference participants at the Kennedy Center on December 4.

On November 28, Mr. Richardson attended a basketball game between a visiting women's team from the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Federal City College. Following the contest, Mr. Richardson spoke briefly on behalf of the Department at a reception sponsored by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. The Acting Chief of the Liaison Office of the PRC also attended the game and reception. The five-city tour of the Chinese team was part of the government-facilitated cultural exchange program with the PRC.

On November 3 Mariada C. Bourgin, Special Assistant for International

ing at the Graduate School and University Center in New York City with the director of the Program of Study Abroad, Dr. Martin Murphy and his associate, Dr. Bernard Seubert.

Mrs. Bourgin participated in the International Student Seminar which was sponsored by the Raleigh Consortium of colleges and universities (St. Augustine's, Shaw, North Carolina Central, North Carolina State and Duke), November 16-18. She also attended meetings at the Atlanta University Center, November 19-21.

The CU International Minority Program sponsored a meeting in the Department, December 4 and 5, for the directors of eight historically Black and racially-mixed consortia of colleges and universities which are participating in a series of international cross cultural exchanges.

Diane Salisbury, Office of InterAmerican Programs (CU/ARA), traveled to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile, October 26 to November 16, while her CU/ARA colleague Marvin Hoffenberg visited posts in Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. The purpose of the trips was

to assist the Fulbright Commissions in preparing their FY-77 program proposals.

Mr. Johnson of CU/PC attended the Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce, held in Seoul, November 6-10. Following the meeting Mr. Johnson consulted with Cultural Affairs Officers in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Jakarta and Sydney and with officials at the East-West Center in Hawaii. En route to Seoul Mr. Johnson consulted with the Stanford Research Institute in San Francisco.

Mr. Johnson visited New York City on December 1 to participate in a panel on corporate programs in international public affairs at the annual Council of the Americas meeting.

Fred Hartley, Office of Policy and Plans (CU/OPP), participated in the December 8-10 Wingspread Conference on "The Media and World Understanding," in Racine, Wisconsin.

Gilbert Anderson, CU/OPP, spoke on the Department's international educational exchange program at a luncheon meeting at Duke University on December 3. Faculty members in the departments of political science, anthropology and international studies attended.

Marshall Berg, Director, Office of African Programs (CU/AF), escorted Zambian Minister of State Greenwood Silwizya on a CU-sponsored visit to the United States and Puerto Rico, November 2-20.

Marjorie L. Rodgers, CU/AF Academic Program Coordinator, surveyed CU programs in seven West and Central African countries from October 19 to November 19.

James Westmoreland, Office of Youth, Student and Special Programs, made consultation visits to Youth for Understanding and International Cultural Exchange in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and to the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan, November 20-24.

Richard Straus, Director, Office of Western European and Canadian Programs, chaired the U.S. Delegation in discussions with representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany about academic equivalencies between the two countries. The talks were held November 17-19.

Robert Nichols, Deputy Director of the Office of East Asian and Pacific Programs (CU/EA), spent December 8 and 9 in New York participating in debriefing sessions of the World Affairs Delegation which visited the People's Republic of China during October. He also consulted with officers of the Asia Society and the American Council of Learned Societies.

Deborah Ruth Wilen has come from

Atlantic Council was held at Brussels on December 11 and 12, with Secretary Kissinger leading the U.S. Delegation. Those attending from the Bureau included Assistant Secretary Hartman; Deputy Assistant Secretary James G. Lowenstein; H. Allen Holmes, Director of the Office of NATO and Atlantic Political-Military Affairs (EUR/RPM); and Gerald B. Helman, Deputy Director of EUR/ RPM. William L. Eagleton, Jr., Director of the Office of Southern European Affairs (EUR/SE), was also present for the Secretary's meetings with the Greek and Turkish Foreign Ministers.

A European Chiefs of Mission Conference, hosted by Ambassador Elliot L. Richardson, was held in London December 13 and 14. The Delegation from the Department was headed by Secretary Kissinger and included Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Charles W. Robinson, Deputy Under Secretary for Management Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Counselor Helmut Sonnenfeldt, Director of the Policy

Gwen Clare as Educational and Cultural Officer. Ms. Clare has gone to FSI.

James A. Moss, an Accountant from the Budget & Finance Office, has joined CU/EX/BM as Budget Analyst.

European Affairs

Assistant Secretary Arthur A. Hartman accompanied Vice President Rockefeller to Madrid November 21-25 to attend the funeral of General Franco and the swearing-in and investiture of King Juan Carlos.

A Ministerial Session of the North

General of the Foreign Service Carol C. Laise, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs John Richardson, Jr., and EUR Assistant Secretary Hartman. Other participants from the Bureau included Deputy Assistant Secretaries Lowenstein and John A. Armitage.

On November 19, Mr. Armitage addressed students and advisers of the

Inter-American Defense College on the topic, "A Political Survey of Eastern Europe."

Deputy Assistant Secretary Bruce Laingen was in Minneapolis and Milwaukee for speaking engagements De

cember 5-9. In Minneapolis, he spoke before a group of businessmen and faculty at a "Consultation on Spain" luncheon at the World Affairs Center, University of Minnesota. At Milwaukee, Mr. Laingen spoke before the Institute of World Affairs, University of Wisconsin, regarding the Iberian Peninsula and Cyprus and also addressed a group of community bankers and businessmen at a Milwaukee World Affairs Council luncheon.

Ambassador Joseph A. Greenwald, Representative to the European Communities, participated in the Eleventh

Round of the U.S.-EC Consultations in Washington on November 18 and 19, followed by consultations in the Department.

Ambassador Wells Stabler returned with the Vice President from Madrid to Washington for consultations, November 27 to December 1.

Louis F. Janowski, Office of Canadian Affairs (EUR/CAN), traveled to Kalispell, Montana, on December 2 to attend Montana State hearings on the Flathead River Project.

David Anderson has resumed his duties as Director of the Office of Cen

tral European Affairs (EUR/CE) after serving as chairman of the Threshold Review Panel.

Lucian Heichler, Deputy Director of EUR/CE, was in Brussels December 10-14 for meetings in connection with the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council.

Carroll Brown, Deputy Director, Office of Eastern European Affairs (EUR/EE), spoke on the current Yugoslav political scene before the U.S.-Yugoslav Economic Council Meeting in New York on December 9.

Kent Brown, Czech Desk Officer, EUR/EE, traveled to Prague, Munich and Brussels for consultations, November 14-23. Mr. Brown also attended a conference on Political Development in Eastern Europe, held at Stanford University Dec. 5 and 6.

Florence D. Repka departed EUR/EE on November 26 to assume her new duties at Embassy Colombo.

Charles Schaller, Desk Officer for Denmark and Ireland, Office of Northern European Affairs (EUR/NE), paid orientation visits to U.S. posts at Copenhagen, London, Belfast and Dublin during the period November 17 to December 1.

Warren Clark, Office of OECD, European Community and Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs (EUR/ RPE), was in Paris November 13-21 to attend OECD meetings of the Economic Policy Committee, the In

Virginia Schwegel, formerly assigned to Bucharest, has joined the staff of EUR/SE as secretary for the Turkish Desk.

Mark Garrison, Director, Soviet Union (EUR/SOV), participated in the December 14 opening in Nashville of the Soviet Union's "Scientific Siberia" exhibit, which is currently touring the U.S.

Annual review talks on the U.S.U.S.S.R. General Exchanges Agreement took place December 15-17 in Washington. These talks focussed on all aspects of cultural exchanges between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Sol Polansky, Deputy Director, EUR/SOV, and William Kushlis, EUR/SOV, attended the talks.

Sandra Humphrey, EUR/SOV, represented the Department in the December meeting of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Joint Committee on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, December 3-5.

James Treichel, EUR/SOV, was in Moscow December 1-5, and again December 16-18, for the negotiation of a new Maritime Agreement with the Soviet Union.

Michael Dixon, EUR/SOV, was in Moscow December 15-19 for consultations at the Embassy. He also participated in a three-day joint seminar there on organizational and legal aspects of U.S.-Soviet trade.

Vernell Bellamy has joined the staff of EUR/SOV Bilateral Affairs. Phyllis Gain has joined the staff of EUR/SOV Exchanges.

Foreign Service Institute

Howard E. Sollenberger, Director of FSI, and two other FSI staff members traveled to Tunis recently to assist in the relocation of the FSI field Language School, formally located in Beirut. The other officers, Dr. Margaret Omar, Scientific Linguist, and James Cokes, Executive Assistant, spent almost three weeks on this assignment providing program and administrative assistance on what is presently planned as a temporary arrangement. The Institute also hopes to arrange for advanced Arabic language training at the American University in Cairo, and Mr. Sollenberger traveled there from Tunis to work out the details.

M. Jeanette Hook was reassigned from the Foreign Affairs Executive Seminar to the Office of General Services.

Mary K. O'Brien has transferred