Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume II, Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1969–1972

328. Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration (Macomber) to the President’s Assistant (Flanigan)¹

Washington, December 29, 1970.

Peter: Here is the “percentage chart” you asked me for the other day.

William B. Macomber, Jr.

Attachment

Washington, undated.

COMPARISON OF CHIEFS OF MISSION APPOINTMENTS

	Career	Per Cent	Non-Career	Per Cent
Eisenhower	146	68%	68	32%
Kennedy	73	61%	47	39%
Johnson	89	60%	59	40%
Nixon	66	69%	30	31%

1. Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, Staff Member and Office Files, Flanigan, Box 13, Ambassadors—Broad Memoranda. No classification marking. In a January 19, 1971, follow-up memorandum to Flanigan Macomber stated: “the percentage chart figures on career and non-career Chiefs of Mission in the last four Administrations reflect the total number of Ambassadors appointed during each of these Administrations. Thus, if a non-career Ambassador was replaced after brief service by another non-career person the figures would reflect two non-career appointments and a resultant distortion in the percentage figures. I think a 70%–30% split in career appointees at post is just about right, and that is where we are at the moment.” (Ibid.)