Efficiency Report, undated, file Policy Planning (NAID 3562197), 1947-52, Entry A1-1583G, RG 59: General Records of the Department of State.
Humor in the Government, c. 1957? Not an oxymoron!
By David Langbart, Archivist, National Archives at College Park, MD l The Text Message
Robert Bowie served in the Department of State as director of the Policy Planning Staff and as the Department of State representative to the National Security Council Planning Board from 1953 to 1957. In 1955, he also assumed the new position of Assistant Secretary for Policy Planning.
At some point in 1957, one of his colleagues created the following mock annual efficiency report for Bowie with tongue firmly planed in cheek.[i]
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