European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday september 20,1987 state dept. Cutbacks announced by Shultz stateside Washington up Secretary of stale George Shutlz announced a major cutback and reorganization in the state department Friday As a mull of congressionally ordered budget cuts. Shutlz told a group of foreign service officers we need to Man at the lop and said 21 positions will be Cut on the seventh floor where Shutlz and his Princi pal aides work. He said there will also be cutbacks in his travel and in other diplomatic missions and will mean that 13 consulates and two other diplomatic posts will be closed Down in the coming year. He did not name the posts to be closed. There arc about 160 consulates and embassies in operation. Thirteen of them were closed in the last two years because of budget cuts. Shutlz said the cuts will save about $59 million in the first year and $116 million in the allowing year. He said we have to Cut out functions and do with considerably fewer people. There in t any other the american foreign service association which represents professionals in heir dealing with he department said it is dismayed at the Prospect of reduced diplomatic capability during a critical Lime in International relations Shutlz appearing weary and disturbed at the Prospect of the cutbacks finished his explanation by say ing Don t clap but the diplomats in the audience applauded politely anyway. Shutlz said there would be a consolidation within the department with some bureaus losing specialized aides such As those that Deal with Congress or co Nom in issues. He said there will be fewer Deputy assistant secretaries of state the fourth layer of the diplomatic bureaucracy which is often the training ground for senior professionals who become ambassadors. Some state department bureaus such As the one that covers the near East and South Asia have six Deputy assistant secretaries each one covering a cer Tain Region. Shutlz said the department will move toward the Small embassy concept in which certain posts that Nosy tyke up Pluto Boris Mcguire. A of Boston inspect the gun nose to the City children1 museum. The cur rent exhibit developed by he Rouw Iun us the Harvard Community health fun Foon Alloa lakes children of Oil lae on a exploration of heir bodies. Secretary of stole George Shaltz do not handle classified information Wilt not have the secure communications equipment required for Classi fied material nor the communications specialist nor in Security staff. There will be an Early retirement program Shultz said but inc department will avoid rims the arbitrary Rcd Elton a Force Lay offs that have been used in some government agencies. He also said the slate department is going to begin charging other Federal agencies for work it does for them including housing Mieir offices overseas. Shutlz said somehow or other we must find a Way so thai the Basic Quality we have is not eroded. I owe it to my we re going to hold our head up and find a Way. But we have to find a Way to do in less he concluded i deliver this message with great regret because i Don t think what we Are doing is in our interest but we must live within the Money Congress gives retiring judge getting medal Washington a president Reagan will award the medal of Freedom the nation s highest civilian award to former chief Justice Warren Bur Ger and judge Irving Kaufman the while House announced on Friday. The Washington Post reported in saturday s editions that attorney general Edwin Meese Iii and Sev eral while House officials arranged for Kaufman to get inc medal after Kaufman agreed to retire from Active service. The newspaper quoting unidentified sources said the judge s retirement and the medal were part of an explicit Trade. Kaufman is it Liberal on Many issues and the news paper said the Reagan administration wants to Nomi Nate conservative to the closely divided . Circuit coun of appeals in new York. The administration plans to nominate Stuart sum Mit a former Law partner of Deputy attorney general Arnold i. Burns to fill the vacancy the newspaper said. Summit would be the administration s eighth appointee to the 13-Membcr panel which is considered one of the most important Federal courts. Mcnese denied through a spokesman that any Trade was made. Terry Eastland a Justice department spokesman. Said it is my undemanding that there was no quid pro quo Between the medal and Kaufman s decision to retire from Active status. Kaufman who announced in june hat he was taking senior status on the appeals court refused to comment. Kaufman who As a trial court judge ordered the execution of convicted soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1951, ii known for his Liberal rulings on the first amendment civil rights prisoners night environmental Protection and other issues. Burger will receive the award for his years on the supreme court and the outstanding Job of planning activities recognizing the Bicentennial of the Constitution the White House said. The awards ceremony will take place on. 7 at the White Home the White House said in an announce ment. Smoky cockpit forces Airliner to backtrack Minneapolis a a Northwest air lines Jet bound for san Diego had to return to Minneapolis is. Paul International Airport after smoke was spotted coming from the cockpit a spokesman said. The Boeing 727 carrying 146 passengers landed safety Ana the passengers were transferred to another plane which left for san Diego said Robert Gibbons spokesman for the airline. Gibbons said the smoke was caused by faulty electrical wiring leading to
