candidates in 1978 and 246 (131 winners!) in 1980. I was hired by former executive vice chairman (now chairman) Lyn Nofziger to handle all aspects of producing a newsletter for contributors to CFTR. It was published twice a month for 22 years and now comes out monthly. Circulation has ranged as high as 46,000 subscribers. December 1975 to December 1976: National Federation of Independent Business, 150 West 20th Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403. Staff Assistant to Education Director. NFIB is the nation's largest membership organization for small business. The Education Department, headed at that time by Charles L. Heatherly, worked with teachers, students and others to promote an understanding of the free enterprise system and an apprecia tion for the importance of small business in the American economy. I did re search, wrote press releases and articles, and handled much of the department's correspondence. June 1973 to September 1975: Berkeley Daily Gazette and Richmond Independent, 164 Harbour Way, Richmond, CA 94801. News Reporter. General assignment, University of California and Berkeley public schools beat during 1973. Berkeley city government beat January 1974 to March 1975. Richmond city government beat to September 1975. December 1972 to June 1973: Fremont Argus and Hayward Daily Review, P.O. Box 667, Fremont, CA 94536. News Reporter. Newark city government beat and general assignment in Fremont-Newark-Union City area. November 1970 to October 1972. Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, P.O. Box 100, Lawrence MA 01942. News Reporter. General assignment, Lawrence redevelopment and public housing boards, regional agencies. Lawrence city government beat from July 1972. Résumé: William S. Stetson, Jr. Education Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages (German and French), University of Maine, Orono, ME 04473-August 1967. Certificate in German Language and Culture, Interpreters' Institute, University of Heidelberg, West Germany-July 1969. Prior German language study at the Goethe Institute and the University of Tübingen, West Germany. Graduate study and teaching assistantship in German at the University of Maine, Orono, ME 04473-September 1969-June 1970. Military Service U.S. Army Security Agency, active duty Jan. 25, 1963-Oct. 24, 1965. Cryptanalyst, top secret crytological security clearance. Stationed in Bad Aibling, West Germany, 22 months. Honorable discharge as Specialist Fourth Class. Personal Born Aug. 28, 1941, in Bangor, Maine. Married July 25, 1969, to Lida Podškubková, a native of Czechoslovakia (she became a U.S. citizen May 28, 1974). Son, Eric Wolker Stetson, born May 27, 1979. Other interests: Hiking, bicycling, photography, music. WILLIAM S. STETSON, Jr., Senator ZORINSKY. You know, I can cite my graduation and all that and a lot of people still tell you that they do not feel I am qualified. I graduated from college, too, and a lot of people still feel I am not qualified so maybe just a college degree is not the sole criterion. Mr. WICK. I was merely giving you background supporting his qualifications. You asked what his qualifications were. Dr. TROWBRIDGE. Sir, if I might make this point, and I would like to put this in the record. While Bill Stetson is a political appointee, he does not vote on the panel. He obviously informs the panel, but he does not vote on them. Senator ZORINSKY. Well, the inspection report finds that the qualifications and skills of other employees in E/P are marginal and there the per diem as "standard, acceptable government allowance which would be provided for staff members of any age in all branches of government when on similar business trips". My point, of course, was that these grant recipients are not on official government business but are supposedly young people engaging in an exchange-of-persons activity. Especially in view of the requirement of the guidelines that such expenses be kept to a minimum, I fail to see the justification for such large per diems for these youth travellers. Has USIA even considered requiring less expensive accommodation, such as youth hostels? I regret that there continues to be such serious problems in the Private Sector Office. I appreciate your difficulties in properly overseeing the activities of this office especially given your significant responsibilities elsewhere-but I nevertheless believe the taxpayers deserve no less than full accountability. Sincerely, EDWARD ZORINSKY. Senator ZORINSKY. In light of the admission that Mr. Godson pressured Agency officials and grant panelists, do you still feel that you properly monitored his conflict of interest? Mr. WICK. That we monitored it? Yes. As soon as he attempted to exercise a technical benefit for his organization he was rejected by those he sought to pressure. You know, I cannot watch everything, but my delegatees I found have acted very responsibly and there has been no damage done. Senator ZORINSKY. Four months have passed since the completion of the aforementioned inspection report on private sector programs. As you are well aware, I am concerned about the inappropriate grant given to the International Youth Year for National Strategic Information Center. Was the program officer a political appointee? Mr. WICK. What do you mean by program officer? Do you mean the person in charge of private sectors? Senator ZORINSKY. Yes. Mr. WICK. Yes. Senator ZORINSKY. Can you name who he was? Mr. WICK. Do you want to take that please? Dr. TROWBRIDGE. The Director of that office is Dr. Mark Blitz. He is a political appointee. Senator ZORINSKY. Can you provide for the record the credentials of the officer? Mr. WICK. We would be happy to do so. For your present information he graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, Phi Betta Kappa and got a bachelor's degree in international affairs. Senator ZORINSKY. I am concerned about the one actually running the grant. Dr. TROWBRIDGE. You mean the actual program officer who had the immediate contact with the grant. That is Bill Stetson, and he is a political appointee. Senator ZORINSKY. It is his qualifications and background that I am interested in. Dr. TROWBRIDGE. I will be happy to provide that for you. [The information referred to follows:] Experience WILLIAM S. STETSON, Jr., Culver City, Calif., January 1977. Citizens for the Republic, 1253 Seventh St. #200, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Writer and Editor of eight-page political newsletter. CFTR is a political action committee founded by Ronald Reagan in 1977. It aided more than 400 Republican candidates in 1978 and 246 (131 winners!) in 1980. I was hired by former executive vice chairman (now chairman) Lyn Nofziger to handle all aspects of producing a newsletter for contributors to CFTR. It was published twice a month for 22 years and now comes out monthly. Circulation has ranged as high as 46,000 subscribers. December 1975 to December 1976: National Federation of Independent Business, 150 West 20th Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403. Staff Assistant to Education Director. NFIB is the nation's largest membership organization for small business. The Education Department, headed at that time by Charles L. Heatherly, worked with teachers, students and others to promote an understanding of the free enterprise system and an appreciation for the importance of small business in the American economy. I did re search, wrote press releases and articles, and handled much of the department's correspondence. June 1973 to September 1975: Berkeley Daily Gazette and Richmond Independent, 164 Harbour Way, Richmond, CA 94801. News Reporter. General assignment, University of California and Berkeley public schools beat during 1973. Berkeley city government beat January 1974 to March 1975. Richmond city government beat to September 1975. December 1972 to June 1973: Fremont Argus and Hayward Daily Review, P.O. Box 667, Fremont, CA 94536. News Reporter. Newark city government beat and general assignment in Fremont-Newark-Union City area. November 1970 to October 1972. Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, P.O. Box 100, Lawrence MA 01942. News Reporter. General assignment, Lawrence redevelopment and public housing boards, regional agencies. Lawrence city government beat from July 1972. Résumé: William S. Stetson, Jr. Education Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages (German and French), University of Maine, Orono, ME 04473-August 1967. Certificate in German Language and Culture, Interpreters' Institute, University of Heidelberg, West Germany-July 1969. Prior German language study at the Goethe Institute and the University of Tübingen, West Germany. Graduate study and teaching assistantship in German at the University of Maine, Orono, ME 04473-September 1969-June 1970. Military Service U.S. Army Security Agency, active duty Jan. 25, 1963-Oct. 24, 1965. Cryptanalyst, top secret crytological security clearance. Stationed in Bad Aibling, West Germany, 22 months. Honorable discharge as Specialist Fourth Class. Personal Born Aug. 28, 1941, in Bangor, Maine. Married July 25, 1969, to Lida Podškubková, a native of Czechoslovakia (she became a U.S. citizen May 28, 1974). Son, Eric Wolker Stetson, born May 27, 1979. Other interests: Hiking, bicycling, photography, music. WILLIAM S. STETSON, Jr., Senator ZORINSKY. You know, I can cite my graduation and all that and a lot of people still tell you that they do not feel I am qualified. I graduated from college, too, and a lot of people still feel I am not qualified so maybe just a college degree is not the sole criterion. Mr. WICK. I was merely giving you background supporting his qualifications. You asked what his qualifications were. Dr. TROWBRIDGE. Sir, if I might make this point, and I would like to put this in the record. While Bill Stetson is a political appointee, he does not vote on the panel. He obviously informs the panel, but he does not vote on them. Senator ZORINSKY. Well, the inspection report finds that the qualifications and skills of other employees in E/P are marginal and there is a need for better personnel in some cases. This is especially so with regard to those officers who negotiate grants with relatively new outside organizations. The results where both sides to the process lack significant experience can be undesirable, and it should accordingly be a firm policy of E/P that only the most experienced officers should be assigned to the new grantees. Is it not true that dubious grants such as those to Claremont and the Foreign Policy Research Institute were staffed by political appointees? Dr. TROWBRIDGE. I would say yes. I would have to find out specifically who the program officers were on the individual grant. I can find out for the record and will, but I believe in fact that they were political officers; yes. Senator ZORINSKY. Since 1981 how much USIA money has gone to the NSIC and how much prior to 1981? You can provide that for the record. Dr. TROWBRIDGE. As a matter of fact in this letter that will be submitted to you in response to your September 15 letter we will give you precisely the date and the amount. Senator ZORINSKY. Would you please provide a list of the specific projects carried out by this organization and provide all of the cables and evaluations of the NSIC grants? Dr. TROWBRIDGE. Yes. [The information referred to follows:] Dr. RONALD TROWBRIDGE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, D.C., August 3, 1983. Associate Director, Educational and Cultural Affairs DEAR RON: I am writing to let you know that we have found the National Strategy Information Center's Reports on Global IYY Developments, prepared under a USIA grant agreement, to be of invaluable assistance. I am therefore sorry to hear that there is now some hesitancy to fund further research, and planning activities to assist the IYY Commission, and the U.S. Government, prepare for the 1985 International Youth Year. I urge you, now more than ever, to retain this essential component of our IYY planning process, for as you know, we are about to become even more involved in IYY. Indeed, without this assistance we fear that our plans for the observance of IYY will be in jeopardy. If we can be of any assistance in securing the continuation of this effort, please do not hesitate to call. Sincerely, JAMES D. PHILLIPS, Director, Office of Communication and UNESCO Affairs. NATIONAL STRATEGY INFORMATION CENTER, INC., Subject: Grant Agreement IA-19911-19-G. Chief, Educational and Cultural Contracting Division, Bureau of Management, DEAR MR. SHELOR: Two years ago the National Strategy Information Center, under subject grant agreement, began studying global preparations for the 1985 International Youth Year and their implications for the U.S. In conformity with Article V of the agreement, we are enclosing a copy of our program report.' We believe that the U.S. Government and private sector now 1 See Tab C, page 357. stand ready to capitalize on the opportunities presented by IYY. However, a great deal remains to be done. With best wishes, DOROTHY E. NICOLOSI, Secretary and Treasurer. UNI REPORT For several years, the National Strategy Information Center (NSIC), under the auspices of its Advisory Committee on European Democracy and Security (ACEDAS) has been working with European NGO groups to promote NATO objectives. To continue to identify and train young leaders in Europe and assist them in promoting the concerns of the Atlantic Alliance, NSIC conducted two series of seminars with the French organization Union Nationale Inter-Universitaire, which works in schools, universities and local government in France, and the U.S. attendees participated in a series of post-seminar meetings to consider follow-up activities. UÑI comprises professors, assistant professors, teachers and students, whose common interests include not only the defense of their own economic and social interests, but also to counter the monopoly of the totalitarian elements in the educational field. This group engages in activities which are not under government auspices. A number of prominent and intelligent Frenchmen have been providing the group with great moral and material support for some time. The seminars on the theme of Neutralism and Freedom were conducted in Nantes and Bordeaux on June 7 and June 14 and follow-up meetings were held in Nantes on June 9 and 10 and in Paris June 16 and 17, 1983. The format and attendance for the seminars in both cities were the same. In both cities there was a formal meeting prior to the seminars which the local organizers, the major speakers, (politicians and academics) from the United States, Nantes, Bordeaux and Paris familiarized themselves with the agenda and set protocol. The guest of honor was Michel Debre, former Prime Minister and author of the 5th Republic's Constitution. Second in precedence was General Alain deBoissieu, former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and DeGaulle's son-in-law. Then came the Mayor of Bordeaux, the President of UNI Professor Jacques Rougeot of the University of Paris, and finally Professor Jacques Garello, the University of Nice. The American speakers were Dr. Roy Godson of Georgetown University and Dr. Angelo Codevilla of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. University Rector and Professor Yves Durand of Nantes was the Master of Ceremonies at both seminars. The French politicians and academics, including the prominent Gaullists not previously known for going out of their way to stress the importance of close relations with the United States, did so throughout the seminars. The seminars were conducted entirely in French. The meetings in both cities began with three separate afternoon "commissions." Each consisted of 10 panelists mostly young professors, and about 25 others, who seemed to be young professional people from the community, listened. The themes of the panel discussions were that whenever a military struggle is in prospect or ongoing, neutrality is possible only in rare circumstances and can only be purchased by substantial military power. Neutralism, on the other hand, is a mindless wish for neutrality on the part of people who are themselves in the line of conflict. The discussion probed the causes of this attitude. Its consensus was that the Alliance must offer its member peoples realistic hope of survival in case of conflict, and that cooperative exploitation of new technology permits us to do this. Above all there was consensus that in the 1980's concern for the future of France will require ever-closer cooperation with the United States. After the commissions, a public buffet-reception took place. In each city about 500 people attended an evening plenary session for a total attendance of 1,000 people at both seminars. About one-third were students. The rest were professional people mostly between the ages of 25 and 45. The evening plenary session was covered by the major local newspaper, the Sud Quest, and by a camera crew from the local television network. Michel Debre |