I submit that the way to achieve this ever better Foreign Service is to leave it alone for a while. to develop its own esprit de corps. I also believe that the Foreign Service itself should be small and immensely able and competent. My thought is that there should be a central core of highly skilled. articulate. and educated Foreign Service officers who would be assisted in their work by specialists in various categoriesinformation. aid. economic. and labor reporting. administration. and certain specialized visa and citizenship functions. I believe that men and women should be able to make careers in these specialties and to achieve promotion. responsibility. and good pay right up through the equivalent of class I. They should be free at any time to take the lateral entry examination. and. if the examination results show them particularly able and competent. to join the regular Foreign Service.