way to promote mutual understanding and achieve a lasting peace in the Korean peninsula. Like a number of other professors in the various departments and colleges of the University, he helped to establish the international reputation of Western Michigan University. A separate collection consisting of his personal library, his publications, and other works on Korea, Asia, military studies and political development will be established in Waldo Library at Western Michigan University. In 1984 Gene Kim was named Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Western Michigan University. This is how many will remember him, but his close friends and colleagues will also remember his good humor, ready smile, and generosity of spirit and good will.
What has made the difference between success and failure for the Policy Planning Staff over time? Why has it had an impact on policy in some situations but not in others? More generally, what does the staff's experience tell us about the conditions under which planners can influence the direction of foreign policy? These questions are not new. From its formation in 1947, through its enlargement and bureaucratic upgrading in 1961 and its transformation during 1969, to its rejuvenation in 1973 with Henry Kissinger's move to the Department of State and Winston Lord's appointment as director, the Policy Planning Staff has generated extensive discussion, research, and commentary concerning its effectiveness in the policy-making process. Staff members and directors, secretaries of state, academic observers, and government reformers on numerous occasions have evaluated the State planning group. What consensus can be identified suggests a mixed record of performance since the resignation of George Kennan in September 1949 over the issue of independent S/P access to the secretary of state. 4
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