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...Russia's planned propaganda barrage, European broadcasters called it "a master stroke." But the unprecedented transatlantic transmission of the master's voice and face also gave rise to international problems undreamed of a week ago. CBS's Walter Cronkite noted that the President had violated diplomatic protocol by addressing foreign peoples directly without first notifying their governments. A British Broadcasting Corp. official complained that he was forced to disrupt the normal evening schedule on short notice. Foreign chiefs of state, suddenly alert to the prestige potential of broadcasting directly to foreign nations by satellite, began stirring. German...
...significant that this position is largely open only to holders of Harvard Ph.D.'s. "It is rare," Fleming says "to bring a man in from the outside at this level." If a junior man is to be brought in, protocol dictates that he be given the rank of instructor...
...Protocol & Pain. The President's general feeling is that guests from abroad are fine, but that the 19th century diplomatic protocol that surrounds state visits is both time-consuming and obstructive to really getting anything done. These days, if there is any serious matter to discuss with any foreign statesman, it can be done almost instantly by modern communications. Visits are fine to get a personal appraisal of a man, but they take a disproportionate time on the schedule of the world's busiest executive. In this spirit, Johnson has also been cutting back on appearances before domestic...
...Protocol [March 5] might be physically an American dream, but to say that their limited knowledge in languages is a minor matter is just as superficial as was their appointment...
...department store window; perfect, full-scale replicas of any of a number of American dreams. Instead, Ann and Lloyd Hand answered a different casting call. In December Lloyd accepted a bid from the President to succeed Angier Diddle Duke as the Chief of the U.S. State Department Office of Protocol...