Letters // Correspondance
I cannot agree more with Diana Lary’s case for more exchanges between the Department, Universities and the Private sector (bout de papier, vol. 8, no. 1, “Outsider, Inside”). The four university sinologists I have personally known in Beijing are all leading very…
Undiplomatic Notes: Tales from the Canadian Foreign Service
When Sid Freifeld was active in The Department he was well-known and universally liked as a person who took on whatever was asked of him. That included opening a Press Office in spite of a management that really didn’t want us to…
Si j’avais écouté mon père …ou ma mère!
Si j’avais écouté mon père, je serais devenue
Wot, me worry!
bout de papier, Vol. 8, No. 2 (1991) — Spring 1991 // Printemps 1991, p. 35 Terry Jones The conversation beside me was very intense.Sipping their cafeteria-swill coffeevoices low, leaning forward, brows furrowedthey talked of increasing tension, worry, stress.“Do you feel it too?” I heard one ask.God yes! I wanted to shout, I worry:will my […]
Would You Like to Put Your Tax Dollars to Work?
There are sound reasons why high quality income-producing real estate should be part of any serious investment portfolio.
Et moi, je n’ai rien à faire
A crossposting in 1972 from Dakar as new Second Secretary at the London High Commission where I was Head of Personnel with an office in MacDonald House, Grosvenor Square, was quite a change. Two years later, I was re-assigned as Head of…
Absence of Justice: Promotions, Appeals and the Merit Principle
As part of the Corporate Review process, a consultant was hired by the Department to study its organizational structure and management process. These he described as one of the worst in either the public or private sectors. The consultant focussed, inter alia,…
Letters // Correspondance
I live in an elegant apartment for which I pay more or less the same as for my place back home. It is located in a country full with wonderful, hospitable people, surrounded with physical beauty and fascinating antiquities. I am a…
Winning Article for RHOMA Award
In the last issue, we indicated that the Retired Heads of Mission Association (RHOMA) would award $500 for the best article written by a PAFSO member in the last volume of bout de papier.
Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
In this issue, bout de papier enters a new phase with a new editor and a new year. Similarly, the world of the foreign service and the practice of international diplomacy are changing dramatically. bout will focus ever more closely on these…
