Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XXXIII, Organization and Management of Foreign Policy; United Nations

66. Editorial Note

In a March 10, 1966, memorandum William Crockett, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration, included the following figures on employment in the Department of State:

	GS 9–18		FSO’s		FSR’s		Totals
	Total	Negro	Total	Negro*	Total	Negro*	All	Negro
2/28/61	1542	25	3732	17(1)	1140	3	6414	45
10/1/63	1880	55	3706	20(1)	1365	27(2)	6951	102
10/1/64	1719	71	3660	21(2)	1328	33(2)	6707	125
10/31/65	1631	78	3498	19(1)	1510	43(5)	6639	140
	(8/31/65)

* Ambassadors are included in parentheses

(Kennedy Library, Crockett Papers, MS 74–287, WJC Book)

FSRs were members of the Foreign Service Reserve, temporary specialists given grades and pay identical to those of Foreign Service Officers but without tenure.