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35. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State ( Bowles ) to President Kennedy

r ambassadors. This was followed by more specific guidance papers which spelled out ways in which our overseas operations could be strengthened. The success of this effort has been dramatically demonstrated in the meeting which I am now attending in Lagos. In addition, the overseas service term for career officers is being lengthened, language standards raised, and sixteen Foreign Service Officers of ministerial or ambassadorial rank who in the past Administration would now be heading embassies have been retired so that younger, abler officers could be promoted. Even the most casual study of S…

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1961-07-28
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XXV, Organization of Foreign Policy; Information Policy; Unite
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v25/d35
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Record ID	`frus:frus1961-63v25/d35`

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35. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State ( Bowles ) to President Kennedy. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1961-63v25/d35.