It is not in the interest of the Foreign Service or the United States that career officers become subject to retribution for diligent execution of their instructions.
Richard Nixon: “It is not in the interest of the Foreign Service or the United States that career officers become subject to retribution…”
On the recordJuly 11, 1973
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presidency.ucsb.eduEditor's note · Context
White House Statement About the Failure To Confirm Ambassador G. McMurtrie Godley as an Assistant Secretary of State.
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