European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse National Points the by Guy Gugliotta Washington Post Upp Osc you re a Brand new consular offi cer working for a in a not particularly Friendly nation arid things Are getting out of hand. You be got to visit Yoiiro counterpart in the Host government and deliver a Tell you something you say. We act sick and tired of people with machine pistols show ing up in the visa line on monday mornings. Let s do something about the guns pm. " wrong wrong wrong. When delivering a demarche says former ambassador Edward Peck one follows old world rules. It s very formalized and very let s " government has instructed me to inform your government that persons carrying machine pistols arc seeking visas at the , consulate on moriday mornings causing consternation among staff. My government wishes that this practice be while your counterpart replies thank you very Nuch. \ thank you very much you exclaim. What do you mean thank you very no no. to remember in delivering a demarche that the person to whom you Are speaking is an agent says Peck. He is not going to leap up and say my god All he does is pass on the message pecking order. \ Peck Vyp retired from the diplomatic service in 1989, teaches demarches to aspiring envoys at the National foreign affairs training Center. D6 Marche pronounced As if someone from Chicago were talking about the dismal swamp Peck notes is the Art of conveying information to a foreign government from your government 1 the United states is the world s leading practitioner of demarches probably by a ratio of 10 to 1, Peck says this is because the United states loves to Tell bother nations How to behave."1 doubt . Received Many demarches when we invaded the Branch Davidian compound in Waco Peck said but if it happens somewhere else we re on them like a memorable notes because meddling in the internal affairs of other nations is such an integral part diplomacy you ought to to it right. As Peck a former . Ambassador to Mauritania explains there Aio Many options. First is the diplomatic note Art official numbered communique from the . Embassy to a Host government. My ambassador has the Honor to inform you that he will be spending the next two weeks ski ing in Garmisch you say. Lie ret re is he will be unable to attend the annual Dalmatian Fusiliers Christmas clog dancing Festi Val drop copy to the Fusiliers next is the Aid my Moira literally Aid to Mem Ory which is what you leave behind when what you re if is either too Boring or too heavy Dull team Effort on the haitian dictators 33jwi&eifciiy. Ter 6 l9f
