B-144033, SEP. 20, 1960
Highlights
IS PLANNING TO VISIT SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN THE FAR EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR GENERAL OBSERVATION AND ON-SITE FAMILIARITY WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN UNITED STATES AGENCIES. FOR TOKYO AND WILL VISIT THE ABOVE UNITED STATES INFORMATION SERVICE OFFICES WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS FOLLOWING THAT DATE. HE WILL ARRANGE THROUGH THE EMBASSIES FOR ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF HIS ARRIVAL IN EACH COUNTRY. IT WILL BE APPRECIATED IF YOU WILL REQUEST THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICERS AT THE USIS OFFICES MENTIONED ABOVE TO GIVE HIM THEIR FULLEST COOPERATION. A SIMILAR LETTER IS BEING SENT TODAY TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE ADVISING HIM OF MR.
B-144033, SEP. 20, 1960
TO HONORABLE GEORGE V. ALLEN, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY:
MR. GEORGE H. STAPLES, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF OUR CIVIL ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING DIVISION, IS PLANNING TO VISIT SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN THE FAR EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR GENERAL OBSERVATION AND ON-SITE FAMILIARITY WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN UNITED STATES AGENCIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION SERVICES IN KOREA, VIETNAM, LAOS, THE PHILIPPINES (PRINCIPALLY THE PRINTING PLANT IN MANILA), AND, IF TIME PERMITS, PAKISTAN AND INDIA.
MR. STAPLES EXPECTS TO LEAVE WASHINGTON ABOUT OCTOBER 15, 1960, FOR TOKYO AND WILL VISIT THE ABOVE UNITED STATES INFORMATION SERVICE OFFICES WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS FOLLOWING THAT DATE. HE WILL ARRANGE THROUGH THE EMBASSIES FOR ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF HIS ARRIVAL IN EACH COUNTRY.
IN ORDER THAT MR. STAPLES MAY DERIVE THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT FROM HIS VISIT, IT WILL BE APPRECIATED IF YOU WILL REQUEST THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICERS AT THE USIS OFFICES MENTIONED ABOVE TO GIVE HIM THEIR FULLEST COOPERATION.
MR. STAPLES HAS SECURITY CLEARANCE THROUGH TOP SECRET AND CERTIFICATION THEREOF HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN FURNISHED TO THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL SECURITY AND INTEGRITY, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ADMINISTRATION.
A SIMILAR LETTER IS BEING SENT TODAY TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE ADVISING HIM OF MR. STAPLES' TRIP AND REQUESTING THE ASSISTANCE OF EMBASSY OFFICIALS IN THE COUNTRIES TO BE VISITED.