Diplomat Jim Patterson and Termination of Executive Order 9066

                                                    Diplomat and 1976 President Ford Convention Staffer Jim Patterson                                                     at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum,                                                                                             Grand Rapids, Michigan.

On Feb. 19, 1942, during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order (E.O.) 9066, which authorized the creation of U.S. military areas "from which any or all persons may be excluded"; the order was used mostly to relocate and intern people of Japanese ancestry, including American-born citizens, although fewer numbers of people of German and Italian backgrounds were also singled out.

On February 19, 1976, President Gerald R. Ford, calling issuance of Executive Order (E.O.) 9066 in 1942 "a sad day in American history," signed a proclamation formally confirming its termination.

February 19, 2017

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Jim Patterson worked for the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Campaign in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Washington DC and Kansas City, MO. Speaking availability JEPDiplomat@gmail.com

Jim Patterson is a life member of the American Foreign Service Association, contributor to Foreign Service Journal, TheHill.com, and member of the Indiana and California State Societies. His work has appeared in Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Examiner, Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser, and Agricultural History among others. 

Mr. James Patterson’s professional activities:

Life Member American Foreign Service Association

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

Member Friend Israeli Defense Forces

Member America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)

Associate Member Korean War Veterans Association

Life Member Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America

Member, US Philippines Society

Member Indiana State Society

National Book Critics Circle, Voting Member

Life Member Republican National Committee

Member California Republican Party

Donor Helen Keller International

Contributor TheHill.com

Contributor Foreign Service Journal

Contributor Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser

Member, Computer History Museum

National Active and Retired Federal Employees

Alumni Fraternity of Alpha Zeta

Life Member Auburn University Alumni Association

Donor International Student House (Washington DC)

Donor Fredonia (AL) Rosenwald School Historic Preservation

Member, Aldo Leopold Foundation

Friend President Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation

Life Member Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (Fremont, California) Soft Diplomacy of Film 

Board Member Dorothy and Lillian Gish Theater Bowling Green State University Soft Diplomacy Project 

Member and Contributor Agricultural History Society
Friend of New York Public Library 

Jim Patterson at Embassy of the People's Republic of China Washington DC

Taking a brief rest.

Topic: US-China Relations in the Trump era

Enjoying Lunar New Year Exhibits

                                                         Art at the Embassy of PRC is not Minimalism by Western                                                                      standards.

The event at the Embassy of PRC was postponed in December after President-elect Trump took a congratulatory phone call from the Taiwanese president. It was re-scheduled after President Trump affirmed the One-China policy in a "cordial" 90-minute telephone conversation with President Xi Jinping..

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Mr. James Patterson’s professional activities:

Life Member American Foreign Service Association

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

Member Friend Israeli Defense Forces

Member America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)

Associate Member Korean War Veterans Association

Life Member Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America

Member, US Philippines Society

Member Indiana State Society

National Book Critics Circle, Voting Member

Life Member Republican National Committee

Member California Republican Party

Donor Helen Keller International

Contributor TheHill.com

Contributor Foreign Service Journal

Contributor Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser

Member, Computer History Museum

National Active and Retired Federal Employees

Alumni Fraternity of Alpha Zeta

Life Member Auburn University Alumni Association

Donor International Student House (Washington DC)

Donor Fredonia (AL) Rosenwald School Historic Preservation

Member, Aldo Leopold Foundation

Friend President Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation

Life Member Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (Fremont, California) Soft Diplomacy of Film 

Board Member Dorothy and Lillian Gish Theater Bowling Green State University Soft Diplomacy Project 

Member and Contributor Agricultural History Society

Friend of New York Public Library 

Diplomat Jim Patterson Looks at the World Situation

Diplomat Jim Patterson Looks at World Situations 

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad “succeeded in bringing Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) to Damascus and having her parrot [his] propaganda on her return,” writes the Washington Post. WaPo questioned funding for the trip and suggested Syrian sources facilitated it.

Gabbard visited President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at Trump Tower before Trump’s Inauguration. Washington tongues are wagging Gabbard was on a Trump-supported mission to gather intelligence. The congresswoman received criticism from Democratic leaders for her outreach to Trump.

When Gabbard’s group returned, she claimed the United States is arming al Qaeda and ISIS which the Post said was Assad’s “talking points.” The Post: “Principled opposition to US intervention in Syria is one thing. Becoming a tool of a mass murderer’s propaganda and influence campaign is another.”  

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At the United Nations, Ambassador Nikki Haley, in her first address to the Security Council, admonished Russia for recent shelling in Ukraine. Harsh winter, with temps -20 Celsius and disruptions of water and electricity, make the situation dire.

Email on Ukraine to Senator Dianne Feinstein:

My friends in the Bay Area’s Ukrainian community are concerned about recent Russian shelling in Ukraine which has killed 20 people and left thousands without food, water and electricity in -20 Celsius weather.

In remarks to the UN Security Council, Ambassador Nikki Haley said the situation is worsening. The only option for the security of Ukrainians is full implementation of the Minsk Protocol negotiated two years ago between the warring parties with the European Union assisting in negotiations. EU leaders have not stepped forward to respond to the renewed crisis.

Please inform me what the current US policy is on Russian aggression in Ukraine. I was disappointed former President Obama ignored Russia’s violation of international law when it invaded Ukraine. Please ask Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to commence serious action to seek a diplomatic solution to this serious problem before it destabilizes a broader region. 

Thank you for the courtesy of an email reply to JEPDiplomat@gmail.com Thank you for all you are doing to help prevent further Russian aggression in Ukraine

Sincerely,

James E. Patterson

Member California State Society

Life Member American Foreign Service Association

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February 2 Highlights of American Foreign Relations History

On February 2, 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending the war between the United States and Mexico.

  

On Feb. 2, 1942, a Los Angeles Times column by W.H. Anderson urged security measures against Japanese-Americans, arguing that a Japanese-American "almost inevitably ... grows up to be a Japanese, not an American."

On Feb 2, 1990, in a dramatic concession to South Africa's black majority, President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.

Birthdays of Note:

Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing is 91.

Ponderable:

"Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great." - Bussy-Rabutin, French author.


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James E. Patterson is a Life Member of the American Foreign Service Association, Alumni Fraternity of Alpha Zeta, Life Member Auburn University Alumni Association, Member Indiana State Society, Former elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner 2A04 Washington DC (during 9/11 attacks) and my district included the State Department, The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the George Washington University. 

Senator Dianne Feinstein on UN-Israel Developments

Received by Email on February 1 2017 Readers: Additional Developments Follow

Dear Mr. Patterson:

Thank you for contacting me to express your thoughts on U.S. policy toward the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).  I appreciate the time you took to write, and I welcome the opportunity to respond.

As you may know, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (P.L. 101-246) prohibits funding for any United Nations agency that accords the Palestinians the same standing as UN member states. In October 2011, UNESCO admitted Palestine as a member state, resulting in the withholding of U.S. contributions to that agency. 

After failing to pay dues, the United States was stripped of its voting rights within UNESCO on November 8, 2013.  However, on November 11, 2015, the United States was elected to UNESCO’s Executive Board for a term ending on November 11, 2019. 

I understand that you oppose U.S. contributions to UNESCO because of a draft resolution criticizing Israel’s actions around the Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem.  You may be interested to know that the Obama Administration criticized UNESCO’s draft resolution.  A State Department spokesperson stated: "We are deeply concerned about these kinds of recurring, politicized resolutions that do nothing to advance constructive results on the ground. And we don't believe they should be adopted.”

  

Please be assured that I have carefully noted your thoughts on this matter, and as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I will keep your views in mind as the Senate considers providing funding for UNESCO in FY17.

Once again, thank you for writing.  I hope that you will continue to keep me informed about issues of importance to you.  Should you have any further comments or questions, please feel free to contact my Washington, D.C., office at (202) 224-3841 or visit my website at www.feinstein.senate.gov.  Best regards.

Sincerely yours,


  Dianne Feinstein
         United States Senator -xxx- Additional developments: In January 2017 US Congressman Mike Rogers 3rd District Alabama introduced legislation to cut US funding from the United Nations. The US provides one-fifth of the UN's operating budget. President Donald Trump's new UN Ambassador, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, is on the Security Council with plans to restore the US-Israel relationship damaged and betrayed by Obama, Secretary John Kerry and Samantha Power.  One final point, former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will not run for political office in South Korea.    New York Post Editorial February 1, 2017 UN-usual Sweet-Talk Well.  here's something fresh out of the United Nations: On Friday, the new secretary general, Antonio Guterres, had some nice words to say about Israel. Speaking to Israel Radio, the new UN chief said there's "no doubt" that Jerusalem is holy to all three of the major monotheistic religions, adding that it's also "completely clear that the Temple the Romans destroyed in Jerusalem was a Jewish temple."  Welcome words, after one UN agency recently insisted the Temple Mount isn't Jewish--but what really matters are the votes. Like the ones that passed last month's Israel-bashing Security Council resolution.  Yes, the Obama administration bears the chief blame--it refused to veto the measure, and indeed worked behind the scenes to see that it even came up for a vote. But the whole United Nations has long been rife with Israel-bashing--endless efforts by rank human-rights abusers to condemn the Jewish state for imaginary "crimes."   Now that Security Council slap may prove a tipping point. There's serious talk in Congress about slashing the United Nations budget. You have to wonder if that's why Guterres is suddenly talking so nicely about Israel.  (c) New York Post  -xxx-

Significant Dates in American Foreign Relations History

“History is a vast early warning system.” Norman Cousins

February 1 2017

Notable Birthdays:

Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007), Russian president

Princess Stephanie of Monaco (1965- )

1942, during World War II, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London.

1943, one of America's most highly decorated military units, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up almost exclusively of Japanese-Americans, was authorized.

1946, Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie (TRIHG'-vuh lee) was chosen to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations.

1968, during the Vietnam War, South Vietnam's police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head in a scene captured by news photographers.

1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (hoh-MAY'-nee) received a tumultuous welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile.

1992, Federal judge Irving R. Kaufman, who sentenced Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to death, died in New York at age 81.

2007 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched anniversary celebrations for Iran's Islamic Revolution with a defiant promise to push ahead with the country's controversial nuclear program.

2012 Mark Zuckerberg creator of Facebook announced plans to go public with a stock offering. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) stock price on February 1 at 1:44 p.m. Eastern:  $132.25 per share, a record high.
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Economist/diplomat Jim Patterson is a Life Member of the American Foreign Service Association, Life Member Republican National Committee, Member Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations, Member California State Society, Member Agricultural History Society, Donor Helen Keller International. 

Senator Dianne Feinstein Reports on Israeli Dispute with UNESCO

Dear Mr. Patterson: Thank you for contacting me to express your thoughts on U.S. policy toward the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).  I appreciate the time you took to write, and I welcome the opportunity to respond. As you may know, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (P.L. 101-246) prohibits funding for any United Nations agency that accords the Palestinians the same standing as UN member states. In October 2011, UNESCO admitted Palestine as a member state, resulting in the withholding of U.S. contributions to that agency.  After failing to pay dues, the United States was stripped of its voting rights within UNESCO on November 8, 2013.  However, on November 11, 2015, the United States was elected to UNESCO’s Executive Board for a term ending on November 11, 2019.  I understand that you oppose U.S. contributions to UNESCO because of a draft resolution criticizing Israel’s actions around the Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem.  You may be interested to know that the Obama Administration criticized UNESCO’s draft resolution.  A State Department spokesperson stated: "We are deeply concerned about these kinds of recurring, politicized resolutions that do nothing to advance constructive results on the ground. And we don't believe they should be adopted.”    Please be assured that I have carefully noted your thoughts on this matter, and as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I will keep your views in mind as the Senate considers providing funding for UNESCO in FY17. Once again, thank you for writing.  I hope that you will continue to keep me informed about issues of importance to you.  Should you have any further comments or questions, please feel free to contact my Washington, D.C., office at (202) 224-3841 or visit my website at www.feinstein.senate.gov.  Best regards. Sincerely yours,   Dianne Feinstein          United States Senator Further information about my position on issues of concern to California and the nation are available at my website,feinstein.senate.gov. And please visit my YouTube, Facebook and Twitter for more ways to communicate with me.

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