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court -- at his own personal expense -= where all can play. The strictly diplomatic work of many of these posts is Limited. Treaties are not concluded very often, and if anything at all is sinned, it is likely to be an agreement to supply some tons of insecticides, an Encvlish teacher, a Peace Corps group, sone road-scrapers, or surplus food for a famine or flood area. We have one ambassador who likes to hike. Though advanced in years, he drove to the end of the road in the mountains and walked 13 miles farther to yisit the U.S. missionaries at their station. Vomen are making a major contribution in our diplomatic missions in Africa. Many a diplomet's wife, beside her family and domestic duties, enlarged by all sorts ef tropical proolenms, lavors to arouse interest in the sorts of community activities so common in the U.S, end so traricaily lackinp here. JT have a mental dimace of the precious wife of one of our ambassadors, hobtbling about her garden with her foot in a@ocasgt, welcoming local women and children to a movie showing. In thet predominantly Muslim country this may have been the only window open on the world for these woncn, though they were the wives of Ministers and other high officials. We have a wenan administrative officer at one of our posts, in charge of such fascinating itcms as transport, shipment of goods, leases on staff houses, ete. Her chief said she was doing a fine job, We heve a woman economics officer at another post. J met her First «eoro veare sen at an ombhassy din Fasteorn Furona hore hear anacor te Pe Oe heat od ave tal & Theol ae le mene Me bob bt hd at at 7 awe et a be te fet ee ee La ah Bib hee me Mert fe * en n rect in the Lhe e nterest in economics and the art of that difficult area was outstanding. Now she is a voluntcer in Africa, zest undiminished, interest keen. "Give me a developing area," she ssid; "for me the real hardship posts would be Paris, London, Geneva---." And every embas- sy has one or more secretaries from home: a lonesome life for many, and unsung, but without whom not much would get done. There is a lot happening in French Africa that should be of vital interest to Anericans. Let's at least give it the benefit of the doubt, as we are already piving it senerous technical and financicl aid, and, increasingly, human aid in the form of the Peace Corps. These countries are tackling some monwiental problems,