THE FOREIGN SERVICE ACT HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE OF THE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 4674 JUNE 21, 28; JULY 9, 11, 17, 18, 24; SEPTEMBER 6, 7, 11, 19, 20, 27; AND OCTOBER 16, 1979 52-083 O Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1980 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Wisconsin, Chairman L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachusetts DONALD J. PEASE, Ohio DAN MICA, Florida MICHAEL D. BARNES, Maryland WILLIAM H. GRAY III, Pennsylvania HOWARD WOLPE, Michigan WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan JOHN H. BUCHANAN, JR., Alabama ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California JOHN J. BRADY, Jr., Chief of Staf SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS ANDY IRELAND, Florida WILLIAM H. GRAY III, Pennsylvania JOHN H. BUCHANAN, JR., Alabama EDWARD J. DERWINSKI, Illinois JOEL PRITCHARD, Washington R. MICHAEL FINLEY, Subcommittee Staff Director COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE JAMES M. HANLEY, New York, Chairman MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona HERBERT E. HARRIS II, Virginia WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri GUS YATRON, Pennsylvania JIM LEACH, Iowa GENE TAYLOR, Missouri ANDREW FEINSTEIN, Subcommittee Staff Director (II) CONTENTS WITNESSES Hon. Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary of State--. Hon. Ben H. Read, Under Secretary of State for Management-- Hon. Harry Barnes, Director General of the Foreign Service-_- James H. Michel, Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State---. Hon. John E. Reinhardt, Director, International Communication Robert H. Nooter, Acting Administrator, Agency for International Richard W. Parsons, Deputy Director, Office of Personnel Manage- Lars Hydle, president, American Foreign Service Association_. Kenneth Bleakley, president-elect, American Foreign Service Asso- Hon. Alan K. Campbell, Director, Office of Personnel Management_- Hon. Robert G. Neumann, senior associate, Center for Strategic and Marguerite Cooper King, vice president for the State Department for the Women's Action Organization___. Hon. Ben H. Read, Under Secretary of State for Management--- |