The American Foreign Service Journal; Vol. VIII, No. 1, January 1931
Washington DC: American Foreign Service Association, 1931. Presumed First Edition, First printing this issue. Wraps. pages 1-44, plus covers. Illustrations. Advertisements. Cover is a message from Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson. New Year's Greetings printed at top of front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling and an ink notation at top front. Spine worn and torn in places. This includes articles on Ecuador, Counsul's Wives, "Rosebank" Staten Island, Homes of the State Department, Representation, Bibliography of Foreign Service Study, and compact Canadian Golf Courses. The Foreign Service Journal is a monthly publication of the American Foreign Service Association. It covers foreign affairs from the perspective of American Foreign Service personnel, members of Washington's foreign policy establishment, as well as features on living overseas as a foreign affairs professional. The American Foreign Service Association was preceded by The American Consular Service Association which was founded in the spring of 1918. In March 1919 the American Consular Service Association published the first issue of the American Consular Bulletin. The diplomatic and consular branches of the State Department were combined into a single Foreign Service by the Rogers Act of 1924 and, as a result, the American Consular Service Association gave way to the American Foreign Service Association. It was decided to continue the monthly American Consular Bulletin as the official publication of the expanded association. In 1924, with the publication of the October issue, the title of the bulletin was changed to American Foreign Service Journal. Among the contributors were Agnes Seaborg De Lambert, Walter Boyle, C. Paul Fletcher, John J. Muccio, and John Carter. John Joseph Muccio (March 19, 1900 – May 19, 1989) was an Italian-born American diplomat who served as the first United States Ambassador to Korea following the establishment of the Republic of Korea in 1948. His title was "Special Representative of the President" (Harry Truman) in 1948–49 and Ambassador from 1949 through 1952. During his tenure, the Korean War began. In 1950, before the war broke out, he negotiated the first agreement on American military aid to Korea, worth $10 million at that time. Later that year, in testimony to Congress, Muccio called for increased assistance to Seoul and warned that Communist forces were a growing threat north of the 38th parallel.
After the North Korean invasion in June 1950, and the dispatch of U.S. army divisions to defend South Korea, Muccio informed the State Department that U.S. commanders had decided to fire on refugees approaching U.S. lines, for fear of enemy infiltrators. His letter, dated July 26, 1950, warned of “repercussions in the United States from the effectuation of these decisions.” On that same day U.S. troops began a three-day slaughter of South Korean refugees in what is known as the No Gun Ri massacre. An estimated 250-300 were killed, mostly women and children. Through the first two years of the war, before he returned to State Department duty in Washington, Muccio was a crucial liaison in exerting U.S. influence over the impulsive and unpredictable South Korean president, Syngman Rhee, helping set the stage for armistice negotiations. Under President Dwight Eisenhower, Muccio served as United States Ambassador to Iceland, where he previously served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Finally, Muccio served as United States Ambassador to Guatemala before he retired from the United States Foreign Service in 1961. Rosebank is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City. It is bordered by Clifton to the north, Arrochar to the south, and the Upper New York Bay to the east. Originally called Peterstown, then called Clifton, Village of Edgewater, the name "Rosebank" appears to have been first used to denote the neighborhood around 1880. Before 1880, the area was the "Newport, Rhode Island" of the United States. The area was home to great estates. Some of the richest families in the country had mansions along the shore and inland. The New York Yacht Club summer house was built and still stands next to the Alice Austen House. The Vanderbilts, Aspinwalls, and Townsends built and attended St. John's Episcopal Church. The first baptism at that church was Cornelius Vanderbilt II. Condition: Fair.
Keywords: Department of State, Consular Service, Foreign Service, Public Health, Commercial Work, Agnes Seaborg De Lambert, Walter Boyle, C. Paul Fletcher, John J. Muccio, John Carter, Ecuador, Compact Canadian Golf Courses
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