The American Overseas: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, First SessionReviews placement of U.S. Foreign Service personnel, foreign opinion of U.S., and general problems faced by official U.S. representatives and private citizens abroad. |
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Page 9 - When we talked to Prime Minister Nehru, he said, "I would say of Americans that they are friendly, and this is very good. But they are not receptive. When an American comes to India on a technical job," he went on, "he is a kind of teacher. The relation between teacher and pupil is a two-way
Page 1 - Gerard J. Mangone of the Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and
Page 27 - What you don't understand is this: I am sure that my fingers have not been in anybody else's mouth, but I am not so sure about your spoons." Senator CARLSON. Those of us who are sitting on this side of the table well know the advantages of stepping into
Page 7 - For example: We see no particular damage, in the field of economic aid, in setting up a new agency every time we get a new idea about how to finance public investment, every time we want to offer a somewhat softer loan, or every time we want to start a new specialized program of technical assistance.
Page 9 - at least it must look that way to the student. A teacher's task is not simply to tell his pupils what is in his mind, but to find out what is in their minds.
Page 9 - In Calcutta they told us the story about a rich Bengali who had been informed that a friend of his really hated him, and he said, "I don't really understand why that man should hate me. I never helped him in my life." Well, we are not so fortunate. We are involved in one way or another in helping several dozen countries.
Page 16 - agency advisers is almost certainly increasing more rapidly than the local government's capacity to cope with them. The time for consolidation of our efforts in this respect is already overdue. Moreover, we now have enough experience with foreign operations to know that they have to be consolidated by countries and by regions, because that is the way the world itself is organized.
Page 1 - The committee met, pursuant to call, at 3:30 pm, in the committee room, US Capitol Building, Senator JW Fulbright (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Fulbright, Green, Sparkman, Humphrey,
Page 8 - agencies because of their very inability to man the professional and administrative tasks the modern world thrusts upon them; these governments are expected to mold into an integrated program the skills, knowledge, prejudices, and weaknesses of hundreds of foreigners, most of whom are unaware of the history, politics, or even the language of the country whose domestic policies they are influencing. NECESSITY OF CONSOLIDATING
Page 10 - More is expected of the Americans because of their power. People will expect Americans to make a great effort to understand them, without themselves making a great effort to understand the Americans. But," he added with a philosophical smile, "your people should not worry about it so much. This is the price of power." than anybody else, but because for a century we increased