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EDNA AUBEL San Francisco
No Newcomer
Sir:
In your Oct. 3 issue, New Zealand is described incorrectly as a "newcomer to the foreign aid game."
New Zealand was, with other Commonwealth countries, a founder member of the Colombo Plan in 1950, and since that time we have contributed under the Colombo Plan about $30 million to economic development projects in South and Southeast Asia. New Zealand also has a record of substantial support for the assistance programs of the United Nations, including UNRRA, UNICEF, Palestinian and other refugees, the United Nations Technical Assistance Program, Korean Relief and Rehabilitation, as well as the many aid activities of the specialized agencies of the United Nations. Recently, we pledged support for technical assistance for Africa.
G. D. L. WHITE Charge d'Affaires New Zealand Embassy Washington, D.C.
The Value of Inexperience
Sir:
Midwifery is the world's second oldest profession—you say in your Oct. 17 issue.
I protest your downgrading of diplomacy, which since time immemorial has been outranked only by prostitution, the world's oldest profession. This intimate relationship is because they are the only two professions in which experience doesn't count. ROBERT W. RINDEN Washington, D.C.